After builders cleaning in Reddish, SK5
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
Houldsworth in Reddish was a farming settlement until the canal and the cotton industry arrived, and 40.7% of households round SK5 6AF live in a terrace today. Complete After Builders cleans a 3-bed terrace after a new kitchen and bathroom in 2 cleaners for 5 hours: £332 all in.
Reddish in numbers
- 28%of homes here were built before 1919VOA, homes with a recorded build date, 2025
- 22%of households live in flatsCensus 2021, Stockport 002 MSOA
- 1conservation area within 800 mplanning.data.gov.uk
- 11listed buildings within 800 mHistoric England list, planning.data.gov.uk
Reddish terraces and the dust from old lath and plaster
In the census area round SK5 6AF, in Reddish North ward, 40.7% of households live in a terrace, 34.5% in a semi and 22.1% in a flat (Census 2021). The Council Tax records for the same area date 28.2% of homes with a recorded build date to before 1919, and about 310 to 2015 or later.
On an older terrace the usual jobs are a kitchen extension into the back yard, a through-lounge, a new bathroom upstairs or a full refit before a sale or a let. Taking down a lath and plaster ceiling, or chasing a wall for new wiring, fills the house with grey grit and fine lime dust. It settles on the picture rails, in the cornice, along the top of every door and inside the sash boxes, and it works into the gaps between the floorboards. The crew starts at the top of the house and works down, vacuums the ledges and boards before it wipes, and dusts a second time because the fine dust keeps falling.
A 2-bed terrace after a new kitchen is usually 2 cleaners for 4 hours: £272 all in, and a 3-bed gutted and replastered throughout is 3 cleaners for 5 hours, £482. All of it is £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents, as the full price list sets out.
Houldsworth Mill, its conservation area and the mill flats
The Houldsworth conservation area reaches within 800 metres of SK5 6AF. The council's account of it says the area changed out of all recognition once the canal and the cotton industry came, and that after Houldsworth Mill was built the population grew from 860 in 1841 to 5,557 in 1881. Its western edge follows the line of the old Stockport arm of the Ashton Canal, filled in during the 1970s. Houldsworth Mill, the Houldsworth Working Men's Club, Houldsworth School and the rectory to the Church of St Elisabeth are all listed Grade II*.
The mill is now a business centre with offices and flats. A clean in a mill flat means a lift to book, a fob or a concierge to arrange and a van to park, so give the office those details with the request. Offices and units fitted out in a converted mill are priced on the same hourly basis; a builders clean for offices and shops explains how the hours are worked out.
Getting a Reddish house or flat ready to let
Renting is common here: 26.2% of households in the census area rent privately and 20.6% from a council or housing association. So a builders clean in SK5 is often booked by a landlord between tenants. A 2-bed flat after decorating is usually 2 cleaners for 3 hours, £212, which covers the dust inside the cupboards, paint flecks on the glass where they will come off, and hard floors vacuumed and mopped.
A landlord turning a house into a shared home needs Stockport's mandatory HMO licence once the house qualifies. For up to five bedrooms the fee is £1,190, of which £360 is due with the application and £830 when the licence is granted. Get the fire doors and alarm work finished before booking the clean.
New homes are planned nearby. The council's brownfield register lists Broadstone Mill for 90 homes and the Vauxhall Industrial Estate on Greg Street for 120, neither with permission yet, so handover cleans will follow if they go ahead.
Skips, parking and rubble on SK5 terraced streets
On a terrace with no drive, the skip sits on the road and needs a council permit, which the skip firm gets. The crew's van also needs a space close to the door all day, and Stockport has stopped issuing visitor scratch cards for resident parking schemes, so it will be an unrestricted street or a public car park; paid parking is passed on at cost.
The rubble has to go before the crew comes, and it is the builder's job. The council's recycling centres refuse waste that a paid tradesperson took out of a house, and the crew does not carry any away. Crews also work in Heaton Moor, over the Manchester boundary in Levenshulme and east in Denton (M34), which is in Tameside and has its own council rules; after builders cleaning in Stockport covers this borough.
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 cleanReddish builders clean questions
Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.
How much does a builders clean cost for a terraced house in Reddish?
A 2-bed terrace after a new kitchen or bathroom is usually 2 cleaners for 4 hours: £272 all in. A 3-bed after the same work is 2 cleaners for 5 hours, £332.
Can you clean a flat in one of the Reddish mills?
Yes. Tell the office how the lift is booked, who lets the crew in and where the van can park, and send photos of each room for the price.
Do you clean rented homes between tenants?
Yes, after decorating, a new kitchen or bathroom, or new flooring. The landlord, the letting agent or the contractor can book, and the crew needs the keys and the works finished.
What must be done before the crew arrives?
Every trade finished and gone, the rubble and the skip cleared, and water, hot water, power and lights on. Empty the cupboards you want cleaned inside.
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Stockport 002 (round SK5 6AF): 40.7% of households terraced, 34.5% semi-detached, 22.1% flats (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
- Stockport 002: 26.2% of households rent privately, 20.6% social rented (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
- Stockport 002: 28.2% of homes with a recorded build date before 1919 (19.2% before 1900, 9.0% 1900 to 1918); about 310 built 2015 or later (Council Tax stock, 31 March 2025). gov.uk
- Houldsworth conservation area within 800 m of SK5 6AF. planning.data.gov.uk
- Houldsworth Mill, Houldsworth Working Men's Club, Houldsworth School and the rectory to the Church of St Elisabeth are listed Grade II*. planning.data.gov.uk
- Houldsworth: a farming settlement changed by the canal and the cotton industry; population 860 in 1841 and 5,557 in 1881 after Houldsworth Mill was built; western side follows the former Stockport arm of the Ashton Canal, filled in the 1970s; the mill is now a business centre with offices and flats. stockport.gov.uk
- Mandatory HMO licence for up to five bedrooms £1,190: £360 on application and £830 on grant. stockport.gov.uk
- Brownfield register: Broadstone Mill, Broadstone Road (90 homes) and Vauxhall Industrial Estate, Greg Street (120 homes), both not permissioned. planning.data.gov.uk
- Skip permits on the highway are applied for by the skip firm. stockport.gov.uk
- Visitor scratch cards no longer issued for resident parking schemes. stockport.gov.uk
- Waste from tradespeople hired to work on a home is refused at Stockport's recycling centres. stockport.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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