After builders cleaning in Charlton, SE7
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

Close to six in ten homes around Charlton Village were built before 1919, and about one household in seven lives in a flat cut out of an old house. Complete After Builders cleans them after the works from £212 all in; a 3-bed terrace after a refurbishment usually takes 2 cleaners for 5 hours, £332.
Charlton in numbers
- 59%of homes here were built before 1919VOA, homes with a recorded build date, 2025
- 50%of households live in flatsCensus 2021, Charlton Village & Riverside ward
- 1conservation area within 800 mplanning.data.gov.uk
- 14listed buildings within 800 mHistoric England list, planning.data.gov.uk
Victorian and Edwardian houses converted into flats
In the Council Tax records for the streets round Charlton Village, 43.2% of homes with a recorded build date went up before 1900 and another 15.6% between 1900 and 1918. Charlton Village & Riverside ward has 4,054 households: 49.8% live in flats, and 13.7% in flats made from converted or shared houses, more than twice the borough figure of 6.0%. Terraces (27.8%) and semis (19.3%) make up most of the rest.
A conversion flat holds dust in places a new block does not have. Lath and plaster ceilings shed a grey powder for days after a patch repair or a new downlight. Old boards have gaps, and the dust works up through them from the void below; callers describe it as dust coming up through the floorboards. Sash windows need the boxes and runners done as well as the glass. The crew vacuums the boards and the gaps before any mop goes near them, so the dust is lifted out and not pushed down as grey slurry, and it goes over the cornices and picture rails twice because they catch the second fall. The page on getting plaster dust out of a home explains the order the crew works in.
Charlton House and the listed buildings nearby
Charlton House is Grade I listed, and so are its gateway and the old garden house beside it; the church of St Luke with Holy Trinity is Grade II*. Fourteen listed buildings stand within 800 metres of the middle of the ward, and the edge of the Woolwich Common conservation area falls inside that radius too.
In period homes the crew keeps to the surfaces it can clean without harm. Old glass, original tiles and stripped boards get the product that suits them, and paint flecks are tried with care. Anything that will not come off is pointed out on the walk-round before the crew leaves.
Charlton Riverside and the new homes still to come
The London Plan names Charlton Riverside as an opportunity area with capacity for 8,000 homes. The council's brownfield register lists sites for new homes nearby, among them 445 Woolwich Road and Fred Styles House on Fletching Road. Only 0.3% of the homes in the Council Tax records for the streets round the village date from 2015 or later.
The first clean in a new flat is mainly fine dust inside cupboards and drawers, stickers on the glazing and sealant smears round the bath. With light dust a 2-bed takes 2 cleaners for 3 hours, £212 all in.
Hard water marks on new tiles and taps in SE7
Thames Water puts SE7 7NN, by Charlton Village, in its Charlton supply zone, where 2025 tests found total hardness of 233 to 337 mg/l, an average of 277. Thames Water classes 200 to 300 as hard. Mineral spots dry on top of the grout haze a tiler leaves on new tiles, and new chrome taps and shower screens mark as soon as they are used. The crew uses a product made for the surface and works the film off where it will come; older limescale gets a try with no promise. Haze across a whole tiled floor is the hard floor deep clean, an extra at £6 a m² (see tile and grout cleaning).
Charlton sits between Woolwich to the east and the town centre of Greenwich to the west, with Kidbrooke and Blackheath up the hill to the south. The full price list has 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 cleanCharlton builders clean questions
Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.
Can you clean just the top-floor flat in a converted house?
Yes. We price the flat you book, and a clean of some rooms only starts at 2 cleaners for 3 hours, £212 all in. Mention the stairs when you book, because the crew carries its kit up.
Dust keeps coming up through the floorboards. Can you stop it?
The crew clears what has settled and vacuums the gaps before mopping. It cannot seal the boards: dust in the void keeps rising until the floor is filled or covered, so book once the floor finish is down.
How much is a builders clean for a 3-bed terrace in Charlton?
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. After a full renovation allow 3 cleaners for 5 hours, £482.
Will hard water marks come off new tiles and screens?
Fresh marks usually do, with the right product for the surface. The crew says on the day what has not shifted; there is no promise on limescale.
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Charlton Village & Riverside ward: 4,054 households, 49.8% flats, 13.7% in flats in converted or shared houses, 27.8% terraced, 19.3% semi-detached (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
- Royal Greenwich: 6.0% of households in flats in converted or shared houses (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
- Greenwich 014: 43.2% of Council Tax properties built before 1900, 15.6% from 1900 to 1918, 0.3% in 2015 or later (31 March 2025). gov.uk
- 14 listed buildings within 800 m, including Grade I Charlton House, its gateway and garden house, and Grade II* St Luke with Holy Trinity. planning.data.gov.uk
- Woolwich Common conservation area lies within 800 m. planning.data.gov.uk
- Brownfield register within 1.5 km of SE7 7NN includes 445 Woolwich Road and Fred Styles House, Fletching Road. planning.data.gov.uk
- London Plan 2021: Charlton Riverside opportunity area, indicative capacity 8,000 homes. london.gov.uk
- Thames Water's lookup places SE7 7NN in supply zone SLE30 (Charlton). water-quality-api.prod.p.webapp.thameswater.co.uk
- Charlton supply zone 2025: total hardness 233 to 337 mg/l as calcium carbonate, average 277. water-quality-api.prod.p.webapp.thameswater.co.uk
- Thames Water classes 200 to 300 mg/l of calcium carbonate as hard and over 300 as very hard. thameswater.co.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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