How much does end of tenancy cleaning cost in Southend-on-Sea?
End of tenancy cleaning in Southend-on-Sea starts at £156 for a studio and runs to £425 for a four-bed house. Those are End of Tenancy LTD’s standard fixed prices, the same in every area we cover. Your final figure depends on the size of the property, how it has been left, and any add-ons the inventory asks for, and we confirm it before the job is booked.
| Property size | From |
|---|---|
| Studio | £156 |
| 1-bed | £207 |
| 2-bed | £243 |
| 3-bed | £339 |
| 4-bed | £425 |
These are standard per-size prices; condition, location and add-ons set the final figure in your quote. Build an instant quote or see the full price list.
Areas we cover in Southend-on-Sea
Postcode areas: SS0, SS1, SS2, SS9.
- Westcliff-on-Sea
SS0 streets of Victorian terraces, a good share converted into rental flats let to professionals and sharers. The conversions keep sash windows, cornicing and original floors that an inventory clerk checks, so we budget extra detailing time on top of the usual kitchen and bathroom list.
- Chalkwell
Seafront SS0 roads of period houses and flats with sea views, many of them lettings. Salt air and hard water leave the windows, glass and chrome quick to mark, so internal glazing, the shower screen and limescale on taps are usually the clerk’s first stops at handover.
- Leigh-on-Sea
SS9 town including Old Leigh, with period cottages and heritage homes near the cockle sheds and the broadway. Older properties carry timber floors, painted woodwork and original windows that take time to bring to report standard, so we set the slot to suit the detail rather than the size alone.
- Thorpe Bay
SS1 area of detached, owner-occupied family homes with a steady end-of-tenancy turnover among the rented ones. These are large houses, so several bedrooms, a utility and two or more bathrooms all sit on the inventory, and we scope the visit by room count to cover the whole property.
- Southchurch
SS1 district of terraced houses and privately rented flats inland from the seafront. The rented stock turns over often, and fitted carpets through halls and stairs show wear first, so a checkout here concentrates on flooring condition together with the oven and bathroom.
- Prittlewell
Southend’s oldest village in SS2, with terraced houses set around Priory Park. The period terraces keep narrow staircases, picture rails and original sills that the inventory itemises, so we plan the detailing time the older houses need that a modern flat does not.
- Shoeburyness
SS3 area mixing Garrison conversions with semi-detached rental houses on the eastern seafront. The former barracks conversions carry high ceilings and original features alongside fitted kitchens, so the clean spans period detailing in the living space and limescale on the bathroom fittings.
- Clifftown
SS1 conservation area of Victorian and Georgian terraces on the cliffs above the pier. These listed and period houses bring sash windows, ornate cornicing and timber floors that an inventory clerk inspects closely, so we set aside the longer detailing time the architecture asks for.
- Milton
SS1 conservation area of Victorian and Edwardian terraces between the centre and the seafront, much of it let as flats. The period conversions keep picture rails, deep skirtings and original windows on the inventory, so we budget extra time to detail those features for the report.
- Victoria
SS2 pocket of privately rented flats near Prittlewell station, popular with commuters. Flat hand-backs turn on the kitchen and bathroom, where the oven, the hob and limescale from hard Essex water on the taps and screen are the points a clerk records first.
End of Tenancy LTD cleans rented homes across Southend-on-Sea from £156, with a free re-clean inside 48 hours if the check-out report flags our work, terms apply.
What a Southend check-out usually catches
Southend-on-Sea is a city of converted flats. The Victorian and Edwardian seafront villas along the cliffs at Westcliff and through Clifftown were split into flats and bedsits decades ago, and that older stock is where most deposit deductions start. A check-out clerk heads straight for the kitchen and the bathroom, because those are the rooms a clerk can mark line by line, so that is where we spend our time too.
Hard water is the other Southend problem. The supply here runs very hard, around 313 ppm on the Essex and Suffolk Water network, well above the national average, so taps, shower screens, kettles and the inside of the loo scale up fast in a flat that has been rented for a year or two. A wipe-down does not shift it. We descale taps, screens, tiles and grout properly, because limescale is exactly the kind of thing a clerk photographs.
- Oven interior, door glass and the hob, the single most common deduction
- Heavy limescale on taps, shower screens, tiles and grout from very hard water
- Inside kitchen units, drawers and under the sink
- Skirting, switches and high dust lines in tall conversion rooms
- Shared hallways, stair carpets and bin areas in HMOs and split houses
Converted flats, HMOs and shared-area disputes
A lot of Southend lettings are houses in multiple occupation or rooms in a shared seafront conversion, and the city runs a selective licensing scheme covering the Chalkwell, Kursaal, Milton and Victoria wards, with mandatory HMO licensing for any property let to five or more people from two or more households. That matters at check-out because shared areas are where deposits get argued over. The communal kitchen, the shared bathroom and the hallway and stair carpet are listed on the inventory just like a private flat, but four tenants share the mess and nobody owns the cleaning.
We clean the shared parts to the same standard as the room you are leaving. If you are moving out of a single room in an HMO, tell us whether your tenancy makes you responsible for the communal kitchen and bathroom, and we price it in. For a whole converted flat we work through the kitchen, bathroom, every cupboard and the internal windows the inventory records, so the clerk has nothing left to mark.
What it costs in Southend-on-Sea
Prices are fixed once we have the basics. A studio starts at £156, a one-bed at £207, a two-bed at £243, a three-bed at £339 and a four-bed at £425 for a standard end of tenancy clean. Carpets are an add-on, usually worth booking when your check-in inventory recorded them as cleaned, which matters in conversions with a shared stair carpet.
Send your postcode, the number of bedrooms and the number of bathrooms and we confirm the figure before anything is booked. No surprises on the day.
Every clean is backed by a free re-clean inside 48 hours if the check-out report flags our work, terms apply. Call 07418 354499 or use the instant quote form to lock in a slot.
Parking and access on the day
Southend has no ULEZ and no charging clean-air zone, so getting the van into the city is simple. Parking near the front is the only thing to plan. The council runs controlled parking near the seafront and town centre, including the Seafront (SF) and Clifftown (CT) zones, where on-street bays are pay-and-display and resident permits apply, with enforcement running into the evening on busy seafront roads.
If your flat is in one of those zones, a visitor permit or a pay-and-display bay lets us park close to the door. Streets out in Thorpe Bay, Southchurch, Prittlewell, Leigh-on-Sea and Shoeburyness are mostly unrestricted, so the van parks on the road. Tell us the parking situation when you book and we plan arrival and unloading around it.
Other Essex areas we cover
The usual add-ons
Booking a clean in Southend-on-Sea
- Tell us about access: keys, concierge, parking restrictions, permits.
- Pass on anything the inventory requires: oven, carpets, windows, upholstery.
- Photos of any neglect or strong smells help us plan the time properly.
- Fastest route to a firm figure: postcode, size and condition.