A one off deep clean in Dalston is a team booking. Every cleaner hour on site is £26, the machines and detergents are one £30 charge rather than a charge each, and the floor is two people for three hours. That puts the smallest job at £186 and the largest, three cleaners across six hours, at £498.
| Team and hours on site | Total, kit included |
|---|---|
| 2 cleaners, 3 hours | £186 |
| 2 cleaners, 4 hours | £238 |
| 2 cleaners, 5 hours | £290 |
| 3 cleaners, 3 hours | £264 |
| 3 cleaners, 4 hours | £342 |
| 3 cleaners, 6 hours | £498 |
Leave your own vacuum and products out and the £30 comes off. Finish ahead of the clock and the bill follows hours worked rather than hours booked. Both a pair over six hours and a trio over four come out at £342, so the deciding factor there is how long you want the flat full rather than what it costs.
Which of the two you actually want
| Question | One off deep clean | Move-out band |
|---|---|---|
| Priced on | Team hours, £186 to £498 | Bedroom count, £156 to £425 |
| Who decides it is finished | You do | The inventory clerk does |
| Cooker | Charged apart, £77 or £110 | Added on top, £31 |
| Best for | A flat you are keeping | Keys going back |
The difference is simple. If the flat is being handed back, the banded move-out price is usually cheaper, and the oven tips it further, £31 on a move-out against £77 or £110 on a deep clean. If you are staying and the place has simply got away from you, this is the right booking.
How it compares with the weekly clean
The weekly service at £23 an hour is one cleaner going round a flat that is basically in order. A deep clean is a team taking that flat apart: units emptied and done inside, appliances pulled out where the floor allows, limescale off everything it has grown on, skirtings and frames washed rather than dusted, and the inside faces of the windows. Describe the actual state of the place when you ring and you will be told which of the three you need, including on the occasions when the answer is the smaller invoice.
Where the hours go in a Dalston bathroom
Almost always the bathroom, and almost always the water. Thames Water runs hard here, and the chrome, glass and rainfall showers in the Dalston Square flats and the warehouse conversions behind the high street fur up faster than anything else on the round. A rainfall head has to come down and soak. A screen takes an acid descaler and two passes with a blade, with dwell time in between doing more than pressure ever will. A badly furred screen comes clear with patience.
Kitchens, and the appliances in them
Cupboards are emptied and worked inside, over the door tops and down the end of the run. Appliances get pulled forward wherever a hard floor lets them roll. On a deep clean the cooker keeps its own line, £77 single and £110 double, since the racks still come out and soak and the cavity still gets its two hours, whatever else the team is doing. A hob is £23 and an extractor £28. Floors are separate as well, counted by the room from £36. So is anything soft: £57 a two seater sofa, £33 an armchair, £35 a mattress, £13 a dining chair, and curtains done on the pole at £35 or £42 depending on the drop.
After the builders
The warehouse conversions behind the high street get refurbished constantly and plaster dust is a job of its own. It needs two passes at a minimum, because the first lifts what has settled and the second collects what came down off the ceiling while the first was happening. Once the waste is out and the trades have finished, it can be quoted properly. The canal-side blocks over in Haggerston throw up the same job about once a month.
Getting a team and its kit to the door
Three cleaners and a full kit is more to move than one cleaner with a bag, which is why the access question comes first. A Georgian house on Dalston Lane means a narrow staircase with a half-turn and no lift, so equipment goes up in pieces. A warehouse flat means three or four floors and a goods lift that may be locked at a weekend. Dalston Square means a concierge, a visitor list and sometimes a loading bay booked with the building. The team itself usually arrives on the Overground rather than in the van, which keeps a Saturday booking simple. Say which sort of building you are in when you ring and the slot gets built around it.
What we need from you on the day
Somewhere to fill and empty water, and a working socket. Then enough space cleared that the team is moving your possessions rather than cleaning, because two cleaners in a one bedroom flat get in each other’s way when every surface is loaded. It does not need to be tidy. It does need to be reachable. In a narrow conversion where the hall is the only route between rooms, two cleaners are often quicker than three, since the third spends the morning queueing in the corridor.
Team cleans run at the same rate from 8am to 7pm on all seven days with nothing added for an evening or a Sunday. Every figure is printed on the prices page, the jobs are taken one at a time on the services page, and 020 8077 6967 reaches a person while the line is open.
Questions we get asked
How much is a one off deep clean in Dalston?
From £186, which is two cleaners for three hours at £26 a cleaner hour plus £30 for kit. Two over four hours is £238 and over five £290. Three cleaners give £264, £342 and £498 across three, four and six hours.
How is it different from regular cleaning?
Regular cleaning is one person by the hour, £23 weekly or £24 fortnightly, keeping a flat that is already in order. A deep clean puts a minimum of two cleaners in for a minimum of three hours and goes into cupboards, behind appliances and after the limescale.
Is the oven included?
It sits on its own line at £77 single or £110 double, because an oven takes the same time to strip and clean whatever else is being done. Hobs are £23, extractors £28. An end of tenancy booking also keeps it as an add-on above the band, at £31.
Can you clean after builders?
Yes, once the waste is out and the trades have finished. Plaster dust needs at least two passes, so the booking is longer.
What is the biggest booking you take?
Three cleaners over six hours at £498, which is enough to strip a whole house between breakfast and teatime. Beyond that it becomes two visits rather than one very long one.
Does the £30 kit charge apply per cleaner?
No, once per booking. Leave your own vacuum and products out and it comes off altogether. Every total in the table already has it added a single time.