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After builders cleaning in Highbury, N5

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 a newly finished basement family room with a lightwell

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  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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Highbury's homes run from Georgian terraces on Highbury Place to post-war estates, and Complete After Builders cleans both once the builders leave: a 3-bed house after a refurbishment is usually £332 all in. Plan around Arsenal home games, when skip and parking rules tighten.

Highbury in numbers

Georgian terraces, Victorian villas and post-war estates

Highbury Place's 39 houses were built under leases granted from 1774 to 1779, and the centre of Highbury Terrace is dated 1789. Highbury New Park followed from 1851, and Aberdeen Park had large Italianate villas by the mid 1850s. Council Tax records for this part of Highbury count 3,830 homes. Of the homes with a recorded build date, 34.1% are older than 1900 and another 34.9% went up between 1945 and 1972; only about 50 date from 2015 on. At the 2021 Census 83.5% of households in Arsenal ward lived in flats (17.0% in converted houses) and 14.2% in a terraced house.

Big villas carved into flats bring their own job list: a shared hall and stair the builders used all day, high ceilings, heavy plaster mouldings and long sash windows. The crew takes each floor from the top, starting with the cornice and picture rail, then the doors, frames and skirting. The floor comes last. It dusts the mouldings a second time at the end, since lath and plaster keeps dropping fine grit after a wall has been opened.

What a builders clean costs in Highbury

A 3-bed house after a standard refurbishment usually takes 2 cleaners for 5 hours: £332 all in, at £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents. A 4-bed villa is 3 cleaners for 4 hours, or £392, and the same house after a full renovation £632. A 2-bed flat in a converted house is £272.

Carpets that sat under the dust can be cleaned on the same visit, at £36 for a bedroom and £41 for a flight of stairs; see carpet cleaning after building work. What a builders clean costs has the rest of the sizes.

Arsenal match days: skips, parking and visitor vouchers

Home games change the street rules around Highbury. A skip near the stadium has to be off the street seven hours before kick-off or the start of an event, and extra parking controls apply on match days in zones E, F, G, H, J, L, N, Q and V. The bays on Drayton Park between Benwell Road and Bryantwood Road are kept for coaches when needed. A visitor e-voucher still works on a match day, though a visit that runs into the match-day period needs a second booking for that period, bought before the controls start.

So pick a clean date away from a home game if you can, and mention the fixture when the office rings. We ask for a free space or a visitor e-voucher for the crew's van; paid parking is passed on at cost.

Conservation areas, listed buildings and the old stadium

Nine conservation areas fall within 800 m of the middle of Arsenal ward: Highbury Fields, Highbury New Park, Aberdeen Park, Calabria Road, Sotheby Road, Whistler Street, Newington Green, Brownswood and Clissold Park. The same radius holds 47 listed buildings, including the Grade I former Church of St Saviour, and the 1936 East Stand of the old Highbury Stadium on Avenell Road, designed by William Binnie, is listed at Grade II. Original sashes are cleaned inside, with the frames, sills and runners. Outside glass is extra and only where it is safe from inside or the ground; see outside window cleaning.

Highbury ward is in Islington's selective licensing scheme from 23 November 2026, so a landlord refurbishing a let may be working to an inspection date. The council's brownfield register lists sites for new homes nearby. Holloway lies to the west, Stoke Newington (N16) to the north-east and builders cleans in Dalston to the south-east, and the council rules are on the rest of Islington.

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

Highbury builders clean questions

Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.

Can you clean on an Arsenal match day?

Yes, though parking is harder. Extra controls apply around the stadium and visitor e-vouchers need a second booking for the match period, so a non-match day is easier.

How long does a builders clean take in a Highbury villa?

A 4-bed after a standard refurbishment usually takes 3 cleaners for 4 hours. Each extra bathroom adds about an hour and a half of cleaner time.

Will paint come off the old floorboards?

The crew tries with a product suited to old timber and tells you on the day what will not come off. Paint that has soaked into bare boards usually needs sanding, which is the floor fitter's job.

Is a site visit needed for a big house?

Usually not. Photos or a video by email are enough to set the crew and hours, and for a big or unusual job a site visit costs £20.

Nearby areas

Highbury is in Islington. All areas

Sources for the local facts on this page

  • Highbury Place's 39 houses built under leases of 1774 to 1779; centre of Highbury Terrace dated 1789; Highbury New Park developed from 1851; Aberdeen Park Italianate villas by the mid 1850s. british-history.ac.uk
  • Council Tax stock, Islington 009: 3,830 homes; of those with a recorded build date, 34.1% before 1900, 34.9% 1945 to 1972; about 50 from 2015 on. gov.uk
  • Census 2021, Arsenal ward: 83.5% flats, 17.0% in converted or shared houses, 14.2% terraced. nomisweb.co.uk
  • Skips near the Emirates Stadium must be removed at least seven hours before matches and events. islington.gov.uk
  • Match-day parking controls in zones E, F, G, H, J, L, N, Q and V; Drayton Park bays between Benwell Road and Bryantwood Road used for coaches. islington.gov.uk
  • Visitor e-vouchers during match-day controls need a separate booking for the match-day period, bought before the controls begin. islington.gov.uk
  • Nine conservation areas within 800 m incl. Highbury Fields, Highbury New Park, Aberdeen Park, Newington Green, Clissold Park. planning.data.gov.uk
  • 47 listed buildings within 800 m; former Church of St Saviour Grade I. planning.data.gov.uk
  • East Stand, Highbury Stadium, Avenell Road: Grade II, 1936, designed by William Binnie. historicengland.org.uk
  • Highbury ward is in Islington's selective licensing scheme from 23 November 2026. islington.gov.uk

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