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After builders cleaning in East Finchley, N2

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 man in the doorway of his new tiled bathroom with a glass walk-in shower

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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)

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East Finchley's Victorian and Edwardian houses, many of them split into flats, drop old plaster dust into every cornice once they are opened up. Complete After Builders cleans them after the trades leave: a 2-bed conversion flat after a refurbishment usually comes to £272 all in.

East Finchley in numbers

Victorian and Edwardian N2: what a refurbishment leaves behind

Nearly half of the homes with a recorded build date in the local statistics area (Barnet 029) are pre-1919: 23.3% were built before 1900 and 22.2% between 1900 and 1918, against 3.0% from 2015 or later (Council Tax stock, March 2025). At the 2021 Census 58.9% of households in East Finchley ward lived in flats and 24.7% in terraces; 11.9% of all households were in flats inside converted houses.

Opening up a house of that age releases old lime plaster and grit from behind the laths. The dust packs into cornices and picture rails, sits on sash window boxes and runs into the gaps between old floorboards. The crew works from the ceiling line down, vacuums the board gaps and skirting before anything is wiped, and dusts the high ledges twice, since the fine part settles again after the first pass. A dust clean after sanding and plastering covers the method in more detail.

A 2-bed conversion flat after a refurbishment usually takes 2 cleaners for 4 hours: £272 all in. A 3-bed terrace after a rear extension usually takes 2 cleaners for 5 hours, which is £332.

N2 is split between Barnet and Haringey

Postcode records place N2 in two councils: East Finchley and Garden Suburb wards belong to Barnet, while Fortis Green and Highgate wards are in Haringey. The conservation areas within 800 metres of N2 9EA reflect that split, with Hampstead Garden Suburb on the Barnet side and Fortis Green and Muswell Hill on the Haringey side. Skip licences, bay suspensions and visitor permits come from whichever council collects your council tax, so check the bill before the builder orders a skip.

On the Barnet side, a resident inside a controlled zone can buy the crew a one-day virtual visitor permit; they come in fours. The rules for the rest of Barnet are on the borough page, and the streets over the line towards Muswell Hill (N10) follow Haringey's.

Hard water and new bathrooms in East Finchley

Affinity Water's Finchley supply zone, which takes in N2 0FE and N2 9PJ, measured 275 mg/l total hardness in its 2025 sample, inside the company's hard band. Once the trades have tested and used a new shower, water like that soon leaves scale on the screen and the chrome.

The crew cleans the tiles, grout, sanitaryware, screens and fittings, and lifts sealant and adhesive smears where they will come off. Fresh scale gets a descaler suited to the surface; limescale and stains carry no promise, and the crew says on the day what will not shift. Cleaning a new kitchen or bathroom explains what is wiped inside and out.

Small new blocks on East End Road

New homes here come in small blocks. In January 2025 Barnet approved 36 new flats at Fairacres, 164 East End Road, and in December 2022 a block of 25 on land behind the Bobath Centre at 250 East End Road. A handover clean in a block that size can be booked flat by flat or as a run on one day, with the crew taking labels off the glazing and the dust out of the kitchen units before buyers come to snag. Each flat is priced by its size, and the full price list shows the totals.

To the west, the larger houses of Hampstead Garden Suburb (NW11) begin.

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

Questions people ask

Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.

How long does a builders clean take in an East Finchley conversion flat?

A 2-bed flat after a refurbishment usually takes 2 cleaners for 4 hours. Where plaster has been trodden into the floors or there is a second bathroom, allow 2 cleaners for 5 hours: £332 all in.

Is my N2 address in Barnet or Haringey?

Your council tax bill says. It matters for skip licences, parking suspensions and visitor permits, which each council runs on its own terms.

Can you get paint spots off original encaustic tiles?

The crew tries, using a product suited to old tile, and tells you on the day what will not come off. Paint that has soaked into the face of an old unglazed tile sometimes stays.

What do I need to sort before the crew arrives?

Trades finished, rubbish and materials gone, and water, hot water, power and lights on. In a controlled zone, a visitor permit or a free space for the crew's vehicle.

Nearby areas

East Finchley is in Barnet. All areas

Sources for the local facts on this page

  • Barnet 029: 23.3% of homes built before 1900, 22.2% 1900 to 1918, 3.0% 2015 or later (Council Tax stock of properties, 31 March 2025). gov.uk
  • East Finchley ward, Census 2021: 58.9% of households in flats, 11.9% in flats inside converted or shared houses, 24.7% terraced. nomisweb.co.uk
  • N2 is shared between Barnet (East Finchley, Garden Suburb wards) and Haringey (Fortis Green, Highgate wards). api.postcodes.io
  • Conservation areas within 800 m: Hampstead Garden Suburb, Fortis Green, Muswell Hill. planning.data.gov.uk
  • Barnet virtual visitor permits are sold in multiples of four, one day each. barnet.gov.uk
  • Affinity Water Finchley zone (AF054), covering N2 0FE and N2 9PJ: 275 mg/l total hardness in 2025, hard band. affinitywater.co.uk
  • Fairacres, 164 East End Road N2 0RR: 36 new flats approved 22 January 2025 (24/1113/FUL). publicaccess.barnet.gov.uk
  • Land rear of the Bobath Centre, 250 East End Road N2 8AU: 25 flats approved 19 December 2022 (21/2602/FUL). publicaccess.barnet.gov.uk

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