After builders cleaning in Dalston, E8

Private renting is the biggest tenure in Dalston ward, at 43.0% of households in 2021, with 27.0% renting socially. Dalston is also one of the 17 Hackney wards where, from 1 May 2026, most private lets need a selective licence, and shared homes of three or more people from two or more households need an additional licence anywhere in the borough. Landlords refitting between tenants usually have two dates, the end of the works and the start of the next tenancy. Give us both when you book; about a week's notice is usually enough.

A let goes through the agent's inventory, so the crew concentrates on what the check-in report looks at: the inside of empty cupboards and drawers, worktops and splashbacks, sink and taps, the outside of the appliances, tiles, grout and shower screens, then skirting, switches, radiators and the inside of the windows. Our page on cleaning a new kitchen or bathroom has the detail. Carpets and a furnished flat's sofa can be done on the same visit, a bedroom carpet at £36 and a two-seat sofa at £57; see carpet cleaning and cleaning a dusty sofa.

Thirteen conservation areas fall within 800 m of the middle of Dalston ward, among them Kingsland, Dalston, Dalston Lane (West), De Beauvoir, Albion Square, Kingsbury Road and St Mark's. St Mark's, around the church, was laid out as a planned Victorian estate of villas and houses between 1860 and 1870, and an Article 4 direction made in 2008 means owners of many houses there need planning permission to change windows, front doors, railings or plasterwork. Original sashes and plaster mouldings therefore tend to survive a refit, and the crew treats them gently: dry dusting first, then a damp wipe with a mild product, with no scouring on old paint. Of the homes with a recorded build date in this part of Dalston, 32.7% are older than 1900 and 28.8% went up between 2000 and 2014.