After builders cleaning in Camberwell, SE5

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
An older couple in their newly fitted kitchen with blue cabinet doors

Price your clean

  1. Step 1: Postcode
  2. Step 2: The job
  3. Step 3: Your details
Where is the job?

We cover London, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and north Cheshire.

What needs cleaning?

The property

The work that was done

For a 2-bed flat after a refurbishment we usually send 2 cleaners for 4 hours. Change it if you know the job better.

Cleaners
Hours
Add carpets, hard floors or outside windows
Carpet: bedrooms £36 each
Carpet: living rooms £43 each
Hard floor deep clean m², £6 a m²
Bedroom £36
Living room £43
Through lounge £61
Small room £29
Hallway £22
Landing £9
Flight of stairs £41
Rug up to 3 m² £35
Rug over 3 m² £51
Two-seat sofa £57
Extra sofa seat £26
Armchair £33
Mattress £35
Dining chair £13
Office chair £10
Curtains, short £35
Curtains, long £42

Which sides?

What kind of clean?

Floor area m²

Your price

£272

  • 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £30 an hour each£240
  • Equipment and detergents£32

Nothing to pay now. We confirm the details by phone, then a 50% deposit holds the date. This is the price for the choices shown when the page opened; if you change them, the office gives you the new price when it rings.

Your details
Add a note (access, parking, deadline)

No payment now. We ring or text between 8am and 7pm to confirm, then a 50% deposit secures the date.

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Nine households in ten in Camberwell Green ward live in flats (90.1% at the 2021 Census), and more of the area's homes date from 1945 to 1972 than from any other period. Complete After Builders cleans a 2-bed Camberwell flat after a refurbishment with 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £272 all in.

Camberwell in numbers

Post-war blocks and new flats round Camberwell Green

Of the homes with a recorded build date in the council tax figures for the area, 39.8% were built between 1945 and 1972, the biggest single period by far, and 14.2% (about 710 homes) in 2015 or later. Purpose-built blocks hold 76.3% of the ward's households, and 52.0% rent from a social landlord.

Before the crew arrives, tell the office the floor, whether there is a lift, where the van can stop and whether the building manager wants the lift protected or booked. After a refurbishment the hours go on the new kitchen and bathroom: cupboard interiors, grout haze on the wall tiles, sealant smears and the plaster dust that gets into extractor grilles and the tops of wall units.

More new flats are on the way, and the council's brownfield register lists sites for new homes nearby, most of them small. A handover clean in a new flat is lighter work, with fine dust in the units and labels and film on the windows.

Camberwell Grove, the Green and Sceaux Gardens

Seven conservation areas lie within 800 metres of the middle of Camberwell Green ward. Camberwell Green itself, designated in February 1981, is the old village centre where Camberwell New Road meets Camberwell Church Street, with three and four-storey blocks over shops and Peabody tenement buildings on the east side. Camberwell Grove, a conservation area from 24 June 1970, covers Camberwell Grove and Grove Lane, late Georgian to Edwardian houses with the Maudsley Hospital and the Salvation Army college on the western side. Sceaux Gardens joins late 18th century buildings round the Old Town Hall on Peckham Road to a 1950s council estate. The Church of St Giles is Grade II*, one of 101 listed buildings within the same 800 metres.

A Georgian house on the Grove takes longer: there are several floors to carry the kit up, sash boxes and runners to vacuum, cornices that hold plaster dust and old boards that need a mild product. The crew starts at the top and works down, dusting each floor twice because the dust settles again. Paint flecks come off old glass only where they lift without force; window cleaning after the builders covers the rest.

Parking, rubbish and licensing for Camberwell landlords

Camberwell's zones (K, North Camberwell and East Camberwell) are controlled from 8.30am to 6.30pm on weekdays, and pay-by-phone here is £5.70 an hour. A day session bought by the resident for a visiting tradesperson costs far less than a working day at that rate, so buy one before the day; a free space is better still.

For a landlord getting a flat ready to let, Camberwell Green ward is in Southwark's selective licensing area from 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2028, and St Giles ward in the earlier scheme until 1 March 2027. Waste from a rented property is refused at the council's tip, so the builder or a licensed carrier clears the rubble before the clean. The crew does not take waste away.

What a builders clean costs in Camberwell

A 2-bed flat after a refurbishment usually takes 2 cleaners for 4 hours: £272 all in. A 1-bed after redecorating only can be £212, and a new kitchen and bathroom on their own count as rooms only, £212 for 2 cleaners for 3 hours. A 4-bed house on Camberwell Grove after a refurbishment takes 3 cleaners for 4 hours, £392; if every floor was replastered, allow 4 cleaners for 5 hours, £632. Each bathroom beyond the first adds about an hour and a half; grout haze and silicone smears are where that time goes.

The sum is £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents, and the full price list shows every size. Crews cover the whole of Southwark, east along Peckham Road to builders cleans in Peckham and north to Elephant and Castle.

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.

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Camberwell builders clean questions

Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.

Can you clean a flat on an upper floor with no lift?

Yes. Tell the office the floor when you book, because the crew carries vacuums, ladders and detergents up by hand and that adds a little time.

Can you clean just the new kitchen and bathroom?

Yes. Rooms-only jobs start at £212 for 2 cleaners for 3 hours.

Do I need a parking permit for the crew in SE5?

In zones K, North Camberwell and East Camberwell, yes, on weekdays from 8.30am to 6.30pm. A resident can buy a visiting tradesperson session; otherwise paid parking is passed on at cost.

When should I book after the plastering?

When every trade has finished and the plaster is dry and painted, with the tools and rubbish out. About a week's notice is usually enough.

Sources for the local facts on this page

  • Census 2021, Camberwell Green ward: 90.1% flats, 76.3% in purpose-built blocks; 52.0% social rented. nomisweb.co.uk
  • Council tax stock, Southwark 021, March 2025, shares of homes with a recorded build date: 39.8% built 1945 to 1972; 14.2% (about 710 homes) 2015 or later. gov.uk
  • Brownfield register: sites for new homes within 1.5 km of the middle of Camberwell Green ward, most of them small. planning.data.gov.uk
  • Seven conservation areas within 800 m of the middle of Camberwell Green ward: Addington Square, Camberwell Green, Camberwell Grove, Camberwell New Road, Minet Estate, Sceaux Gardens, Vassall Road. planning.data.gov.uk
  • Camberwell Green conservation area designated February 1981: old village centre at Camberwell New Road and Camberwell Church Street, three and four-storey shopfront blocks, Peabody tenements on the east side. southwark.gov.uk
  • Camberwell Grove conservation area designated 24 June 1970: Camberwell Grove and Grove Lane, 1770s to 1840s, late Georgian to Edwardian; Maudsley Hospital and Salvation Army college on the west side. southwark.gov.uk
  • Sceaux Gardens conservation area: late 18th century buildings round the Old Town Hall on Peckham Road and the 1950s Sceaux Gardens estate. southwark.gov.uk
  • 101 listed buildings within 800 m; Church of St Giles Grade II*. planning.data.gov.uk
  • CPZs K, North Camberwell and East Camberwell: Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.30pm; pay-by-phone £5.70 an hour in these zones. southwark.gov.uk
  • Selective licensing: Camberwell Green ward 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2028; St Giles ward 1 March 2022 to 1 March 2027. southwark.gov.uk
  • Devon Street Reuse and Recycling Centre takes no waste from rental properties. southwark.gov.uk

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