After builders cleaning in Blackfen, DA15
From £212 all in: two cleaners for three hours with their own equipment and detergents. Every extra cleaner-hour is £30.
- Crews of two or more, with their own kit
- 7 days a week, 8am to 7pm
- No payment online; a 50% deposit holds the date
Eight in ten Blackfen & Lamorbey households own their home (82.3%), and about seven in ten local homes date from 1919 to 1939. Complete After Builders cleans them after kitchen and bathroom refits, extensions and lofts from £212 all in; a 3-bed house after a refurbishment usually takes 2 cleaners for 5 hours, £332.
Blackfen in numbers
- 12%of households live in flatsCensus 2021, Blackfen & Lamorbey ward
- 1conservation area within 800 mplanning.data.gov.uk
Kitchen and bathroom refits in 1930s Blackfen houses
In Blackfen & Lamorbey ward 46.7% of households live in semis, 32.4% in terraces and 8.6% in detached houses; only 12.2% live in flats. Hardly any new homes are planned: the council's brownfield register lists only small sites nearby, such as 28 Blackfen Road, with permission for four homes. The building work here is owners updating houses they already live in, and most of the cleaning time goes into the rooms that got new fittings.
In a new bathroom the crew works the grout haze off the wall tiles, lifts silicone and adhesive smears from the bath, basin and screen where they will come off, and brings up the taps. Once you have emptied the kitchen cupboards, the crew cleans them inside and out, then the worktops, splashback, sink and the fronts of the appliances. In a house of three bedrooms or more, each bathroom beyond the second adds about an hour and a half of cleaner time. The page on kitchen and bathroom cleaning explains what usually comes off new fittings and what may not.
The Oval: a 1933 parade in a conservation area
The Oval conservation area, within 800 metres of the middle of the ward, keeps a 1930s parade and green that New Ideal Homesteads laid out as part of its Marlborough Park Estate. The shops were built in 1933 in an Arts and Crafts style of herringbone brick, white render and timber.
When one of those units is fitted out, the clean before it opens is commercial work, worked out at £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32; a unit of up to about 50 m² after a light fit-out usually takes 2 cleaners for 3 hours, £212 all in. The page on cleaning a fit-out before opening covers what that includes. The fit-out has to be finished and the rubbish gone first, the same as in a house.
Very hard water in the Bexley and Blackfen supply zone
Thames Water puts DA15 8PG, in the middle of Blackfen, in its Bexley & Blackfen supply zone. In 2025 the water there tested at 287 to 318 mg/l of hardness, an average of 304, just over the 300 line where Thames Water starts calling water very hard. New shower screens and chrome show it first, with white spots that dry within a day of use. The crew uses products suited to glass, chrome and enamel, and points out on the walk-round anything that has set; there is no promise on limescale.
Booking a builders clean in Blackfen
A detached 4-bed after a full renovation takes 4 cleaners for 5 hours, £632 all in, with four cleaners so the job still fits in a day. Most Bexley parking zones are controlled for about two hours a day, so a drive or a free space outside those hours usually settles parking; the office checks when it rings to confirm. About a week's notice is usually enough, and a 50% deposit by card or bank transfer secures the date.
Blackfen sits between Eltham over the Greenwich border to the west and Sidcup to the south. The page on Bexley has the council's skip, scaffold and tip rules, and the full price list covers every size of home.
What a builders clean costs here
CleanersHours£30£32 kit
Every crew brings its own vacuums, cloths, ladders and detergents; the £32 covers them once per job. The table shows our usual starting point for a standard refurbishment. Lighter or heavier work moves it, and you can set your own crew and hours in the form.
Price my cleanBlackfen builders clean questions
Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.
Can you clean just the new bathroom and kitchen?
Yes. A clean of some rooms only starts at 2 cleaners for 3 hours, £212 all in. If dust has reached the hall and stairs, add them when you book.
We are staying in the house during the works. When should the clean be?
After the last trade has finished in every room and the tools and rubbish are out. The crew does not move belongings, so box up or cover what is in the rooms before the works start.
Can you clean a shop on The Oval before it opens?
Yes, as commercial work at £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32. Send photos by email and the office sets the crew and hours.
How much is a builders clean for a 3-bed semi in Blackfen?
After a refurbishment it usually takes 2 cleaners for 5 hours: £332 all in, at £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents. Light dust after decorating can be 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £272.
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Blackfen & Lamorbey ward: 46.7% semi-detached, 32.4% terraced, 8.6% detached, 12.2% flats (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
- Blackfen & Lamorbey ward: 82.3% of households own their home (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
- Bexley 022: 71.2% of Council Tax properties built 1919 to 1939 (31 March 2025). gov.uk
- Brownfield register within 1.5 km of DA15 8PG: small sites only, among them 28 Blackfen Road, 4 homes (permission 11 August 2022). planning.data.gov.uk
- The Oval conservation area within 800 m. planning.data.gov.uk
- The Oval conservation area preserves a 1930s parade and green laid out by New Ideal Homesteads as part of its Marlborough Park Estate, with shops built in 1933 in an Arts and Crafts style of herringbone brick, white render and timber. bexley.gov.uk
- Thames Water's lookup places DA15 8PG in supply zone SLE40 (Bexley and Blackfen). water-quality-api.prod.p.webapp.thameswater.co.uk
- Bexley and Blackfen supply zone 2025: total hardness 287 to 318 mg/l as calcium carbonate, mean 304; Thames Water's very hard threshold is 300 mg/l. water-quality-api.prod.p.webapp.thameswater.co.uk
- Most Bexley controlled parking zones are controlled for short windows, typically two hours. bexley.gov.uk
Builders nearly done?
Book the clean for the day after they finish. Price it in a minute, or ring and talk it through.
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