After builders cleaning in Harpurhey, M9
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

In Harpurhey, round M9 5PX, 47.1% of homes with a recorded build date are from 1973 to 1999 and 41.7% of households rent from a social landlord. Complete After Builders cleans a 3-bed house here after a refurbishment for £332 all in.
Harpurhey in numbers
- 23%of homes here were built before 1919VOA, homes with a recorded build date, 2025
- 29%of households live in flatsCensus 2021, Harpurhey ward
- 6listed buildings within 800 mHistoric England list, planning.data.gov.uk
1970s to 1990s homes and older terraces in Harpurhey
The council tax list for the area round M9 5PX holds 4,930 homes. Of those with a recorded build date, 47.1% are from 1973 to 1999, 16.0% from 1945 to 1972 and 19.1% older than 1900; about 160 have gone up since 2015. In Harpurhey ward, 39.3% of the 7,894 households live in a terrace, 28.6% in a flat and 24.4% in a semi.
Houses from the 1970s to the 1990s have plasterboard walls and ceilings more often than lime plaster. Sanding the joints of new or patched board makes a pale, very fine dust that floats for hours and lands on everything twice, inside the new kitchen units included. The crew dusts once, lets it settle while it works on the bathroom and the kitchen, then dusts again before the floors are done.
Landlords, tenants' leftovers and asbestos
41.7% of the ward's households rent from a social landlord and 28.7% from a private one, so many refurbishments here end with a new tenant. Recycle for Greater Manchester is clear with landlords: building waste and anything a tenant leaves at the end of a tenancy are business waste, paid for by the landlord through a skip or a transfer station, and holiday lets need a commercial collection. The crew cleans the rooms once they are empty and takes nothing away.
If the builder finds asbestos, removing it is a job for a licensed contractor. Asbestos taken out by a hired tradesperson is accepted at no Greater Manchester facility. Book the clean only once that work is finished and the rooms have been handed back.
Collyhurst Village, Kenyon Lane and new homes in M9
Within 1.5 km of the middle of the census area, the brownfield register lists Collyhurst Village, part of Victoria North, for 990 homes with no planning permission recorded, and 112 to 116 Kenyon Lane, permitted for 37 homes on 22 December 2023. Victoria North, a partnership between Manchester City Council and a private developer, is planned to add 15,000 homes in seven neighbourhoods north of the city centre.
New homes at handover need a lighter clean: dust inside the units and on the door tops, film on the frames, labels on the glass and plaster smears round the sockets and switches.
Prices for a builders clean in Harpurhey
The price is £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents:
- 3-bed house after a refurbishment: 2 cleaners for 5 hours, £332 all in
- 2-bed flat after decorating between tenants: 2 cleaners for 3 hours, £212
- 3-bed terrace stripped and replastered: 3 cleaners for 5 hours, £482
A new bathroom adds the most time to a small house, with grout dust and sealant smears on every surface; cleaning a new kitchen or bathroom says what comes off. If the tiler left a haze across a whole floor, hard floor cleaning is an add-on at £6 a m². What a builders clean costs has the other sizes.
Crews also work in Crumpsall to the north-west, Moston (M40) to the east and builders cleans in Ancoats towards the city centre. Skip, scaffold and tip rules for the city are on Manchester.
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 cleanQuestions people ask
Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.
Can you clean a house for a landlord between tenants?
Yes, once the works are finished and the rooms are empty. Tell the office the date the new tenant or the inventory clerk arrives, and about a week's notice is usually enough.
Will the crew clear what the last tenant left?
No. The crew removes no waste or belongings, and Recycle for Greater Manchester counts a tenant's leftovers as the landlord's business waste.
Can the crew clean after asbestos removal?
Only after the licensed contractor has finished and handed the rooms back. A builders clean deals with ordinary building dust.
Nearby areas
Harpurhey is in Manchester. All areas
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Council Tax stock 2025 (CTSOP4.1), Manchester 009 round M9 5PX: 4,930 homes; 47.1% 1973 to 1999, 16.0% 1945 to 1972, 19.1% before 1900, about 160 since 2015 gov.uk
- Census 2021, Harpurhey ward (7,894 households): 39.3% terraced, 28.6% flats, 24.4% semi nomisweb.co.uk
- Census 2021 tenure, Harpurhey ward: 41.7% social rented, 28.7% private rented nomisweb.co.uk
- Construction waste and items a tenant leaves are chargeable business waste for the landlord; holiday lets need a commercial collection recycleforgreatermanchester.com
- Asbestos removed by a hired tradesperson is not accepted at any Greater Manchester facility recycleforgreatermanchester.com
- Brownfield register within 1.5 km: Collyhurst Village (Victoria North) 990 homes, non-permissioned; 112-116 Kenyon Lane 37 homes, permission 22 December 2023 planning.data.gov.uk
- Victoria North: Manchester City Council and a development partner, 15,000 homes in seven neighbourhoods victorianorth.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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