After builders cleaning in Eccles, M30
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
Eccles mixes Victorian villas with flats: 42.3% of households in Eccles ward live in a flat, and about three in ten homes with a recorded build date are older than 1919. Complete After Builders cleans a 2-bed flat after decorating for £212 all in.
Eccles in numbers
- 30%of homes here were built before 1919VOA, homes with a recorded build date, 2025
- 42%of households live in flatsCensus 2021, Eccles ward
- 1conservation area within 800 mplanning.data.gov.uk
- 10listed buildings within 800 mHistoric England list, planning.data.gov.uk
Victorian houses and post-war flats in Eccles
The council tax list for this part of Eccles has 5,910 homes. Of those with a recorded build date, 21.1% went up before 1900 and another 8.8% by 1918, then 27.9% between 1945 and 1972; only 7.1% date from 2015 or later. At the 2021 Census 36.3% of households in Eccles ward lived in a purpose-built block, 20.7% in a terrace and 26.6% in a semi.
Ellesmere Park, the conservation area within 800 m of the middle of the ward, is the Victorian end of it. Salford City Council designated it in 1981, and its own description puts over 75% of the houses there in or just after the Victorian era: two and three storey detached and semi-detached houses, often with attics, on large plots behind brick and stone walls. After a refit in a house like that the plaster dust is spread over three floors. It sits on the cornices, the tops of tall doors and the window boards of every sash, and it drifts up the attic stairs into rooms no trade touched. The crew works from the top floor down, cleans each sash box and runner gently and wipes the stair spindles one by one.
The post-war blocks are simpler: standard ceilings, a lift or a shared stair, and the dust mostly in the kitchen units and on the skirting.
Eccles town centre after the first demolitions
Salford appointed a regeneration partner for Eccles town centre in July 2025. The first round of demolition (the market hall, the disused multi-storey car park and several shop units) is finished; Charles House on John William Street is due to come down during 2026/27, and new building is expected to start in early 2028. The council's brownfield register also lists the former Vauxhall garage on Albert Street for 256 homes with planning permission.
Until those homes are built, a builders clean round M30 usually follows a refit, a rear extension or a loft room. The church of St Mary, listed grade I, is within 800 m of the middle of the ward, along with nine other listed buildings, so mention any original glass or joinery when you send photos. The crew takes paint flecks and labels off the inside of the glass where they will come off; see paint and labels off new windows for how the crew treats old and new glazing.
Selective licensing for Eccles landlords
23.6% of households in Eccles ward rent privately, and Eccles sits inside the selective licensing scheme for Eccles, Barton and Winton, which runs until 1 September 2027. A first licence application costs £609 and a later one £589, and letting a home there without a licence is a criminal offence. Turning a family house into a small HMO needs planning permission too: Eccles was in Salford's first HMO Article 4 Direction in 2018.
A landlord between tenants usually wants the flat ready to let before the inspection and the photos. After decorating that is mostly dust on the skirting, paint spots on the floor and smears on the glass. Carpets are vacuumed as part of the clean, and a tired bedroom carpet can be booked in at the same visit through carpet cleaning after building work.
What a builders clean costs in Eccles
A 2-bed flat after decorating usually takes 2 cleaners for 3 hours: £212 all in, at £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents. A 3-bed semi after a new kitchen is 2 cleaners for 5 hours, £332. A large Ellesmere Park house after a full refit, replastered throughout, needs 4 cleaners for 6 hours: £752. Each extra bathroom adds about an hour and a half, so mention them with the photos. A new kitchen and bathroom get their own attention, set out on cleaning a new kitchen or bathroom, and our prices list every size.
The builder takes the rubble. Plasterboard pulled out by a paid trade counts as business waste, so Boysnope Wharf turns it away even though the site takes plasterboard from residents clearing their own homes. Crews work across the rest of Salford, including Worsley to the west and Swinton (M27) to the north.
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 cleanEccles builders clean questions
Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.
Does a three-storey Victorian house take longer to clean?
Yes. More floors, taller rooms and more woodwork mean more hours, and a big house gets a bigger crew. Send photos of each floor and the office sets the crew and hours before the day.
Can you clean my Eccles flat before the licence inspection?
Yes, once the works are finished. Book the clean for after the last trade leaves and before the inspection date, and tell the office what the inspector will look at.
Will the crew take the old plasterboard away?
No. The crew does not remove builders' waste, and the recycling centres refuse plasterboard taken out by a paid tradesperson. The builder or a licensed waste carrier deals with it.
What do I need to sort before the crew arrives?
Trades finished, tools and rubbish out, water, hot water and power on and the lights working. A free parking space near the door helps, and the office asks about access when it calls.
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Council Tax stock 2025, Salford 020: 5,910 homes; 21.1% before 1900, 8.8% 1900-1918, 27.9% 1945-1972, 7.1% 2015 or later, of homes with a recorded build date gov.uk
- Census 2021, Eccles ward: 42.3% of households in flats, 36.3% purpose-built blocks, 20.7% terraced, 26.6% semi nomisweb.co.uk
- Census 2021, Eccles ward: 23.6% of households rent privately nomisweb.co.uk
- Ellesmere Park conservation area: designated 1981; over 75% of houses built during or just after the Victorian era; two to three storey detached or semi-detached houses, often with attics, in large grounds salford.gov.uk
- Ellesmere Park conservation area within 800 m of the middle of Eccles ward (M30 0LS) planning.data.gov.uk
- Ten listed buildings within 800 m, including the Church of St Mary (grade I) historicengland.org.uk
- Regeneration partner appointed for Eccles town centre in July 2025; first demolition phase (market hall, multi-storey car park, shop units) finished; Charles House due for demolition 2026/27; construction expected early 2028 salford.gov.uk
- Brownfield register: Former Vauxhall Garage, Albert Street, Eccles, 256 homes, permissioned (H/ECC/044) salfordcitycouncil.my.site.com
- Selective licensing in Eccles, Barton and Winton to 1 September 2027; first application £609, subsequent £589; letting without a licence is a criminal offence salford.gov.uk
- 2018 HMO Article 4 Direction covers Barton and Eccles salford.gov.uk
- Boysnope Wharf takes householders' own plasterboard; plasterboard removed by a hired tradesperson is business waste and refused recycleforgreatermanchester.com
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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