After builders cleaning in Salford Quays, M50
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
Nearly every household in Quays ward lives in a flat (94.9%), and 57.6% of homes with a recorded build date went up in 2015 or later. Complete After Builders cleans a new 1-bed flat at handover for £212 all in, or a 2-bed after a refurbishment for £272.
Salford Quays in numbers
- 58%of homes here were built in 2015 or laterVOA, homes with a recorded build date, 2025
- 95%of households live in flatsCensus 2021, Quays ward
- 8listed buildings within 800 mHistoric England list, planning.data.gov.uk
New-build flats and handover cleans in M50
The council tax list for this part of the Quays has 5,790 homes. Of those with a recorded build date, 57.6% are from 2015 or later and 32.9% from 2000 to 2014, and 93.5% of households in Quays ward live in a purpose-built block. No conservation area reaches within 800 m of the middle of the ward. So the usual job here is a flat that has never been lived in, or one that has just had its first refit.
A handover clean on a new flat deals with light, fine dust in awkward places: inside the kitchen units and the extractor hood, on the tops of the door frames, in the sliding door track to the balcony and along the window sills. There are labels on the glazing and the oven door, film on the handles and plaster spots on the floor. A balcony is swept, and the inside of the balcony doors and windows is cleaned with the rest of the glass. If the flat has floor-to-ceiling glazing, send a photo of it; the page on window cleaning after the builders explains what can be reached and what is an add-on.
Rented flats between tenants
78.4% of households in Quays ward rent privately, so a lot of builders cleans here are landlords and agents getting a flat ready to let after a repaint, a new kitchen or new flooring. The deadline is usually a tenant moving in, so give the office the date the decorator finishes and the date of the first viewing.
Salford counts whatever the last tenant leaves in the flat as commercial waste that the landlord must clear, and a flat let on Airbnb or as a holiday let counts as a business, which needs a commercial waste contract or a licensed carrier however few nights it is let. The crew does not take furniture, bags or builders' offcuts away, so clear them before the clean. If the carpets in a rented flat sat under the dust for weeks, carpets that sat under the dust can be cleaned at the same visit.
MediaCity and the Quays: the homes still to come
Salford adopted its MediaCity/Quayside Regeneration Framework in March 2024, with plans that include 3,000 new homes and a Living Hub zone for homes, businesses and local shops. Places for Everyone identifies land for about 12,200 new homes in the Quays as a whole, counting the Trafford side of the water as well as Salford's.
For a developer handing over a block, the crew cleans finished flats only: every trade out of the flat, water and power on, lights working. Cleaning while the fitters are still working in the next flat along brings dust back through the corridor. Offices, studios and shops fitting out round the Quays are priced the same way as homes; a unit of 50 to 100 m² after a fit-out usually takes 2 cleaners for 5 hours, £332, and a builders clean for offices and shops has more on fit-outs.
Access, parking and prices at the Quays
Blocks with a concierge or a managing agent often let contractors use the lift or the loading bay only at booked times. Tell the office the building's rules, the fob arrangements and where the bin store is when it calls, and the crew's arrival is set to fit. Salford's trades dispensation does not cover pay and display bays or car parks, so the crew needs a visitor space in the building's car park if there is one; otherwise paid parking is passed on at cost.
A new 1-bed flat with light dust usually takes 2 cleaners for 3 hours: £212 all in, at £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents. A 2-bed flat after a new kitchen and bathroom is 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £272, and a 3-bed duplex after a full refit 3 cleaners for 5 hours, £482. The full price list covers every size. Skip and scaffold rules for the city are on the rest of Salford; across the canal, Old Trafford is in Trafford, with Trafford Council's own permits, and Eccles (M30) lies to the west.
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 cleanSalford Quays builders clean questions
Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.
Can you clean several new flats in the same block?
Yes. Send the list of flats with photos or floor plans and the office sets the crew size and hours. Each flat must be finished, with the trades out, before the crew starts on it.
Our building only allows contractors at booked times. Is that a problem?
No. Give the office the lift or loading bay slot and any induction rules when it calls, and the crew arrives at that time.
Is the balcony included?
The balcony is swept and the inside of the balcony doors and windows is cleaned. Outside glass is an extra, done only where it can be reached safely from inside or the ground, and the jet wash add-on is for patios and paths.
How far ahead should I book a handover clean?
About a week's notice is usually enough, and Fridays and weekends go first. Book once the developer or builder has given you a firm completion date.
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Census 2021, Quays ward: 5,139 households; 94.9% in flats, 93.5% in purpose-built blocks nomisweb.co.uk
- Census 2021, Quays ward: 78.4% of households rent privately nomisweb.co.uk
- Council Tax stock 2025, Salford 037: 5,790 homes; 57.6% 2015 or later, 32.9% 2000-2014, of homes with a recorded build date gov.uk
- No conservation area within 800 m of M50 2AB planning.data.gov.uk
- MediaCity/Quayside Regeneration Framework adopted March 2024, plans including 3,000 new homes; zones include the Living Hub salford.gov.uk
- Places for Everyone: land for about 12,200 new homes in the Quays across the Salford and Trafford sides greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk
- Items left behind by a tenant become commercial waste for the landlord to clear salford.gov.uk
- Airbnb and holiday lets count as businesses and need a commercial waste contract or licensed carrier salford.gov.uk
- Salford tradesperson parking dispensation is not valid in pay and display bays or car parks salford.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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