After builders cleaning in Muswell Hill, N10
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
Muswell Hill was built in under twenty years, between 1896 and 1913, and nearly two thirds of its homes still predate 1919. Complete After Builders cleans a 2-bed flat in one of those Edwardian houses after a refurbishment with 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £272 all in.
Muswell Hill in numbers
- 64%of homes here were built before 1919VOA, homes with a recorded build date, 2025
- 64%of households live in flatsCensus 2021, Muswell Hill ward
- 5conservation areas within 800 mplanning.data.gov.uk
- 18listed buildings within 800 mHistoric England list, planning.data.gov.uk
Edwardian houses and the dust they hold
Haringey's conservation appraisal calls Muswell Hill an essentially Edwardian suburb on high ground. The builder James Edmondson bought The Limes and Fortis House in 1896, put up the first parades along Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill Road and Colney Hatch Lane, and laid out Princes Avenue and Queens Avenue as the first residential streets. Valuation Office figures for March 2025 show 40.5% of local homes with a recorded build date from before 1900 and 23.7% from 1900 to 1918.
Edwardian houses usually give dust plenty to sit on: deep moulded skirtings, picture rails, plaster ceiling roses, panelled doors, stained glass in the front door and a long staircase with turned spindles. After a refit the crew dusts all of it from the top down, takes the spindles one by one and goes round each room twice. A 4-bed house after a refurbishment usually takes 3 cleaners for 4 hours: £392 all in. When the floors were sanded, construction dust cleaning is most of the job.
Flats above the Broadway parades and in converted houses
At the 2021 Census 63.7% of Muswell Hill ward households lived in flats: 32.6% in flats in converted houses and 26.2% in purpose-built blocks. Around the Broadway the parades are mostly three storeys of red brick with flats above, reached through shared doorways between the shopfronts.
For a flat over a shop, the crew carries vacuums, ladders and detergents up a narrow stair, so tell us where the entrance is and when the shop opens. Upper-floor glass is cleaned inside; outside glass is an extra, done only where it can be reached safely from inside or the ground, so most parade windows stay an inside job. A new kitchen squeezed into a converted flat is where the hours go; see cleaning a new kitchen or bathroom.
Rookfield Estate and the Muswell Hill conservation areas
The Muswell Hill and Fortis Green conservation areas were both designated on 1 March 1974 and Rookfield on 26 March 1976; the Rookfield Estate also has an Article 4 direction, so windows, doors and other outside details cannot be changed without permission. Alexandra Palace and Park is a conservation area of its own, within 800 metres of the middle of Muswell Hill ward.
Those rules keep original timber windows in use, and the decorators leave them with paint on the glass and filler dust in the runners. The crew lifts paint spots by hand where they will come away, vacuums the sash runners and wipes the boxes, and leaves soft old putty untouched. It tells you on the day about any spot that will not shift.
Parking in zone MH and clearing rubble in Muswell Hill
Zone MH is controlled every day from 11am to 1pm, weekends included, and Muswell Hill West and Fortis Green zones on weekdays, all at £4.10 an hour on street. The two middle hours need a resident's visitor permit or a driveway; the rest of the day the bays are open.
Rubble is the builder's job. Haringey's bulky collection will not take plasterboard, rubble or paint, and the Western Road site in Wood Green takes only two 50 litre bags of a resident's own DIY rubble per visit. The skip and the bags go before the crew comes in. For other parts of the borough see the rest of Haringey; Crouch End is down the hill to the south-east and East Finchley to the west, and our prices has every size.
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.
How much is a builders clean for a Muswell Hill house?
A 4-bed Edwardian house after a refurbishment is usually 3 cleaners for 4 hours, £392 all in. That is £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents.
Can you clean a flat above a shop on the Broadway?
Yes. Tell us where the entrance is, which floor, and where the van can stop to unload; the crew brings everything it needs up the stairs.
Will you clean the stained glass in the front door?
The crew wipes old stained and leaded glass gently with a soft cloth and lifts paint spots only where they come away safely. Anything that looks loose or cracked is left and pointed out to you.
Do you clean carpets after the works?
Carpets are vacuumed as part of the builders clean. A deep carpet clean is an add-on, from £36 for a bedroom and £41 for the stairs.
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Appraisal: essentially Edwardian suburb on high ground, laid out 1896 to 1913; James Edmondson bought The Limes and Fortis House in 1896; first parades on Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill Road and Colney Hatch Lane; Princes Avenue and Queens Avenue first residential streets; Broadway parades mostly three storeys of red brick with flats above through shared doorways haringey.gov.uk
- Haringey 021: 40.5% of homes before 1900, 23.7% 1900 to 1918 (Council Tax stock, 31 March 2025) gov.uk
- Muswell Hill ward, Census 2021: 63.7% of households in flats, 32.6% in flats in converted or shared houses, 26.2% purpose-built nomisweb.co.uk
- Muswell Hill and Fortis Green conservation areas designated 1 March 1974, Rookfield 26 March 1976 haringey.gov.uk
- Rookfield Estate Article 4 direction removes permitted development rights such as changing windows and doors haringey.gov.uk
- Zone MH controlled every day 11am to 1pm; Muswell Hill West and Fortis Green weekdays; £4.10 an hour haringey.gov.uk
- Bulky item collection excludes plasterboard, rubble and paint haringey.gov.uk
- Western Road RRC: DIY rubble in two 50 litre bags per visit, up to four times in four weeks nlwa.gov.uk
- Alexandra Palace and Park, Fortis Green, Muswell Hill and Rookfield conservation areas within 800 metres planning.data.gov.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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