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After builders cleaning in Chester

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
A family in the hallway of a renovated Victorian terrace with restored floor tiles

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  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.

We use your details only to arrange this job. Privacy

In Chester's city centre ward 53.5% of households live in a flat and 42.6% rent privately, so many builders cleans here are flats got ready to let. Complete After Builders cleans a 2-bed flat after a refurbishment in 2 cleaners for 4 hours: £272 all in.

Chester in numbers

Flats and lets in the city centre and the Garden Quarter

In Chester City and the Garden Quarter ward 43.0% of all households live in a purpose-built block of flats (Census 2021), and the housing is old and new at once. In the Council Tax records for the area, 35.3% of homes with a recorded build date went up before 1900 and 15.7% in 2015 or later, about 860 homes. The Local Plan provides for at least 5,200 new homes in Chester by 2030. Chester Northgate's second phase aims to add more than 400 homes around the Town Hall, and the council's brownfield register lists Charterhall House on Charterhall Drive for 176 homes, permitted in March 2025.

A flat being got ready to let needs the kitchen and bathroom right above all. In the kitchen the crew cleans the cupboards inside once they are empty, then the worktops, splashback, sink and taps. In the bathroom it does the tiles, grout, screen and fittings, with sealant smears lifted where they will come off. In a block, book the lift and tell the concierge before the day, so the crew is not left waiting at a locked door. The wider borough is houses: 36.3% of households live in a semi and 30.6% in a detached house.

Listed buildings, the Rows and Chester's conservation areas

Within 800 metres of the middle of the city centre ward there are at least 500 listed buildings, from the Rows to the Grade I blocks of Chester Castle. The council counts 96 conservation areas in the borough, twelve of them in Chester, among them the City Centre, Hoole Road, Handbridge, Queens Park, Curzon Park and Liverpool Road. Chester and Boughton is also one of only five Areas of Archaeological Importance in England: starting work that disturbs the ground there without giving the council six weeks' notice is a criminal offence, unless the work is exempt. Builders planning a basement or a new extension need to know that before they dig.

In a listed Georgian or Victorian house the clean is slow and gentle. Old boards, shutters, plaster cornices and old glass get hand work, and the crew says on the day if a paint spot will not come off without damage. For landlords, turning a family house into a small HMO needs planning permission in the Garden Quarter and the King Street and Newry Park areas, under Article 4 directions, and a mandatory HMO licence for up to six habitable rooms costs £786.

Working hours, skips and scaffold licences in Cheshire West and Chester

The council asks builders to keep construction to 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 1pm on Saturdays, with nothing on Sundays or bank holidays, and to keep site vehicles and deliveries away between 6pm and 8am. A site proved to be a statutory nuisance gets an abatement notice, and ignoring one can bring a fine of up to £20,000.

A skip on the road needs a licence from the skip company: £110 for up to a month, issued in about five working days, never within 10 metres of a junction. Scaffolding and hoarding licences cost £275.01 each for the first week and £103 for each week after, and neighbours must get at least 10 days' notice before a scaffold goes up. All of it should be down and gone on the day of the clean.

Parking the crew's van inside and outside the walls

Inside the bollards on Northgate Street, St Werburgh Street, Eastgate Street, St John Street, Bridge Street and Watergate Street no dispensation lets a van park between 10.30am and 8pm, and vehicles may enter the pedestrian area from Northgate Street only before 10.30am and after 4.30pm. For a flat above the Rows, the crew unloads early and parks outside the zone; tell the office the nearest legal space when you book.

Elsewhere a works dispensation lets a commercial vehicle park against restrictions for £30 a day, or £20 a day in residents' parking areas for eligible residents. It is issued online only and never covers loading bays, disabled bays, taxi ranks or bus stops. Residents in the Chester parking scheme can also hold all-day visitor permits at £1.50 each, activated online for the day.

Rubble and the recycling centre rules

Every household now registers its vehicles to use the council's recycling centres, which read number plates: up to three vehicles (only one of them a van or pick-up) and 30 visits in any 12 months. The council's July 2026 recycling centre FAQ sets a free DIY allowance of two 50-litre bags of rubble or one fitted item per visit, on up to four visits in four weeks, and rubble must come in containers one person can lift. The council says waste from a tradesperson working in your home is commercial waste, which needs a skip or a licensed site, and a business must use a licensed carrier and keep disposal records for two years. No centre takes asbestos.

So the builder clears the rubble, the old units and the offcuts before the clean, and the crew does not take any of it away. The council's bulky collection, £25 an item, is for household items only.

Builders clean prices in Chester

A 2-bed flat after a refurbishment usually takes 2 cleaners for 4 hours: £272 all in, and a 1-bed 2 cleaners for 3 hours, £212. A 3-bed Victorian terrace after a full renovation, replastered throughout, takes 3 cleaners for 5 hours, £482. The total is £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents, with about an hour and a half more for each extra bathroom. The full price list has every size, and the pages on kitchen and bathroom cleaning and paint and labels off new windows cover the detail.

The same council covers Ellesmere Port, with its new-build estates, and Northwich, where Weaver Square is planned for town centre homes; their pages carry the local facts.

Areas we cover in Chester

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 clean
Suggested crews and prices for a standard refurbishment
PropertyCrewPrice
Studio flat2 × 3 h£212
1-bed flat2 × 3 h£212
2-bed flat2 × 4 h£272
3-bed flat or house2 × 5 h£332
4-bed house3 × 4 h£392
5+ bed house3 × 5 h£482
Some rooms only2 × 3 h£212

Prices include travel. Parking: we ask for a free space or a visitor permit; paid parking is added at cost. A site visit for big or unusual jobs costs £20. All prices

Prices as of October 2026

Chester builders clean questions

Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.

Can the crew's van get into Chester's pedestrian streets?

Only to unload, entering from Northgate Street before 10.30am or after 4.30pm. No dispensation allows parking inside the bollards between 10.30am and 8pm, so the van then moves outside the zone.

Can my builder take the rubble to Chester recycling centre?

No. The council treats waste from a tradesperson working in your home as commercial waste, so it needs a skip or a licensed site. Have it gone before the crew arrives.

Does a skip outside a Chester house need a licence?

Yes. The skip company applies, it costs £110 for up to a month and the skip cannot sit within 10 metres of a junction.

Can you clean a listed house in Chester after building work?

Yes. Tell the office it is listed and send photos of the original floors, shutters and glass; the crew cleans those by hand and tells you on the day if a mark will not come off safely.

Nearby areas

Sources for the local facts on this page

  • Chester City & the Garden Quarter ward: 53.5% of households in flats, 43.0% in purpose-built flats (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
  • Chester City & the Garden Quarter ward: 42.6% private rented (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
  • Cheshire West and Chester: 36.3% of households in semi-detached houses, 30.6% detached (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
  • Cheshire West and Chester 034: 35.3% of homes with a recorded build date built before 1900, 15.7% (about 860) 2015 or later (Council Tax stock, 31 March 2025). gov.uk
  • Local Plan (Part One), adopted 29 January 2015: at least 5,200 new homes in Chester, 2010 to 2030. planningpolicy.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Chester Northgate phase two aims to add more than 400 homes around the Town Hall. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Brownfield register: Charterhall House, Charterhall Drive, 176 homes, permissioned 4 March 2025. planning.data.gov.uk
  • At least 500 listed buildings within 800 m of CH1 1PD, including Grade I blocks at Chester Castle. planning.data.gov.uk
  • 96 conservation areas, twelve in Chester, including City Centre, Hoole Road, Handbridge, Queens Park, Curzon Park and Liverpool Road. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Chester and Boughton is one of five Areas of Archaeological Importance in England; six weeks' notice needed before ground-disturbing work unless exempt. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Article 4 directions require planning permission for small HMOs in the Garden Quarter, King Street and Newry Park areas. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Mandatory HMO licence: £786 for up to six habitable rooms. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Construction hours 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, 8am to 1pm Saturdays, none Sundays or bank holidays; no site vehicles or deliveries 6pm to 8am; statutory nuisance abatement notice, fine up to £20,000. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Skip licence £110 for up to a month, about five working days, skip company applies, not within 10 m of a junction. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Scaffolding and hoarding licences £275.01 first week, £103 each extra week; neighbours need at least 10 days' notice. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Works dispensation £30 a day, £20 a day in residents' parking areas for eligible residents; online only; not loading bays, disabled bays, taxi ranks or bus stops. No parking inside the bollards on Northgate, St Werburgh, Eastgate, St John, Bridge and Watergate Streets 10.30am to 8pm; entry from Northgate Street only before 10.30am and after 4.30pm. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Chester parking scheme residents: all-day visitor permits £1.50 each, activated online. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Recycling centres: vehicle registration, up to three vehicles, one van or pick-up, 30 visits in 12 months. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • DIY allowance two 50-litre bags of rubble or one fitted item per visit, up to four visits in four weeks; waste from a tradesperson working in your home is commercial waste. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Rubble must arrive in containers one person can lift. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • No recycling centre accepts asbestos. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Business waste needs a licensed waste carrier and disposal records kept for two years. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk
  • Bulky item collection, households only, £25 per item. cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

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