How much does end of tenancy cleaning cost?

With End of Tenancy LTD, a standard end of tenancy clean starts at £156 for a studio and runs to £425 for a four-bed, set by the size of the property and how many rooms and bathrooms we cover. Those are fixed starting prices per size, not a guess that climbs once we arrive. We do not load the figure because you have a smart postcode.

Where you land inside that band depends on condition, the inventory you are being checked against, and any add-ons. Two flats of the same size can quote differently if one has been kept on top of and the other has a year of grease behind the hob. The fastest way to a real number is the instant quote, which asks for your postcode, bedrooms, bathrooms and date, or you can see the full price list.

A two-bed clean starts at £243. That covers the base clean across both bedrooms, the kitchen, the bathroom and the living space, cleaned to the inventory checklists that landlords and letting agents use at check-out.

The figure moves up if there is a second bathroom, a lot of carpet, or if it is a house rather than a flat with stairs and extra floor area. Heavy limescale, mould or an oven left in a bad state also add time. We tell you what is included and what is optional before the day, so the price you agree is the price you pay unless the property differs from what you described.

The starting price assumes a normally lived-in home. A handful of things push the quote above the base figure, and most of them are predictable once you have looked at your check-in inventory.

On a standard assured shorthold tenancy that began or was renewed after 1 June 2019, your landlord or agent cannot make a professional clean a condition of the tenancy or charge you a compulsory cleaning fee. The Tenant Fees Act banned that. What they can do is propose a deduction from your deposit at checkout if the property is left below its check-in condition.

So in practice the tenant usually arranges and pays for the move-out clean, because the alternative is a deposit deduction at a rate you do not control. A landlord between tenants pays for their own turnaround clean. If you want to know what a landlord can fairly charge for cleaning, we explain it in what a landlord can charge for cleaning.

This is where the cost makes sense. The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) found that cleaning featured in 54% of its 2024/25 deposit disputes, the single most common cause, while the average protected deposit reached £1,175. The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) reports the same pattern, with cleaning behind 26.64% of the disputes it handles.

Put next to those numbers, a professional clean costs a fraction of the £1,175 average deposit at stake, and it is the one fail point you can remove before the check-out happens. It does not guarantee your deposit back, because that depends on the whole property against the inventory, but it takes the most-disputed item off the table.

On paper, yes. A DIY clean costs you materials and a day or two of your own time. The real question is whether it holds up against the check-in inventory, because a clean that gets flagged at check-out means either a re-clean or a deposit deduction, and at that point you have paid twice.

A professional clean costs more up front but comes with the scope agreed in writing and our free re-clean within 48 hours if the check-out flags our work (terms apply). The table below sets the two side by side honestly so you can decide. If you do clean it yourself, work room by room and photograph everything before you hand keys back. You can see exactly what a professional clean covers.

Use the instant quote. It asks for your postcode, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and your preferred date, then returns a figure for the base clean. Add carpets, oven or windows and the quote updates per item. If your place is an unusual case, send photos and we will price it properly rather than guess.

We work across Greater London and the bordering counties plus Manchester and Liverpool, with the same fixed per-size prices in each. If you want local notes for your area, start at London or Manchester, or call 07418 354499 to talk it through.