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After builders cleaning in South Kensington, SW7

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
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  1. Step 1: Postcode
  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.

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South Kensington is almost entirely Victorian: more than four in five homes on the local council tax list were built before 1900, and only 10 from 2015 onwards. Complete After Builders cleans its flats and houses after refurbishments and basement digs: a 2-bed flat usually takes 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £272 all in.

South Kensington in numbers

Stucco terraces, garden squares and mansion blocks

The streets round Queen's Gate are a conservation area, and 373 listed buildings stand within 800 metres of SW7 5BD, with Pelham Crescent, Pelham Place and three houses in Harrington Gardens at Grade II*. In Brompton and Hans Town ward 77.7% of households live in flats, 60.6% in purpose-built blocks and 12.2% in flats in converted houses, while 18.1% have a terraced house to themselves. Private renting is 55.9%, well above the borough's 39.6%.

Old buildings of this kind hold dust in a lot of places at once: deep cornices, ceiling roses, picture rails, tall doors with ledges on top, shutters, sash boxes and the gap behind every radiator. After a refurbishment the crew dusts all of those dry, from the top of the room down, then wipes the woodwork, cleans the kitchen and bathrooms and does the floors last. A dust clean after sanding and plastering shows the full sequence.

Basements in South Kensington: bonds, consent and the dust

Every basement under a house in the Royal Borough needs planning permission: a borough-wide Article 4 direction has removed the permitted development right from 28 April 2016. Policy CL7 keeps a basement to one storey under no more than half the garden and rules one out beneath a listed building, which matters in streets as heavily listed as these. A basement dig is a Category 1 job under the council's Code of Construction Practice, with an £8,500-a-year bond and section 61 consent, and concrete breaking is allowed only from 9am to noon and 2pm to 5.30pm on weekdays.

The dust from a dig rises through the whole house, into light fittings, wardrobes and the top-floor landing, so the clean is priced as heavy work: a 4-bed house is usually 4 cleaners for 5 hours, £632 all in, and a 5-bed 4 cleaners for 6 hours, £752. On houses this size the crew grows and the day stays roughly the same length.

Flats between tenancies near the museums

With more than half the households renting privately, a lot of jobs are a flat between tenants: new paint and new carpet. A 2-bed of that kind is often 2 cleaners for 3 hours, £212 all in, or 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £272, with a new bathroom. The crew cleans the inside of the windows, sills and tracks and takes paint flecks and labels off the glass where they will come off; see paint and labels off new windows. New carpets that took a coat of dust during the last trades' visit can be washed during the same visit, from £36 a bedroom; see carpet cleaning.

The SW7 postcode also reaches into Westminster, so check the council before the builder applies for licences. East along Brompton Road is Knightsbridge, north-west past the Albert Hall is Kensington High Street, and beyond Earl's Court is West Kensington. Hours and licence fees for after builders cleaning in Kensington and Chelsea are on the borough page.

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.

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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

South Kensington builders clean questions

Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.

What does an after builders clean cost in South Kensington?

From £212 all in for 2 cleaners for 3 hours. A 2-bed flat after a refurbishment is usually £272; after a basement dig a 4-bed house is £632. See the full price list.

When should the clean be booked after a basement dig?

Once the dig and every trade after it have finished, tools and rubbish are out, and water, power and lights are on. Give the dust a day to settle, then book; about a week's notice is usually enough.

Do you clean decorative plaster and cornices?

Yes. They are dusted dry first and never soaked. Old paint or plaster that has come loose is pointed out on the walk-round and left alone.

Can the crew clean while the neighbours' basement works carry on?

Yes, if your own home is finished. Dust from next door can come back in through open windows, so keep them shut on the day.

Nearby areas

South Kensington is in Kensington and Chelsea. All areas

Sources for the local facts on this page

  • Council Tax stock, Kensington and Chelsea 016: 4,290 properties; 83.3% of those with a recorded build date (82.8% of all) built before 1900; 10 built 2015 or later gov.uk
  • Queen's Gate conservation area covers SW7 5BD planning.data.gov.uk
  • 373 listed buildings within 800 metres of SW7 5BD (planning.data.gov.uk listed-building dataset) planning.data.gov.uk
  • 1-14 Pelham Crescent listed Grade II* historicengland.org.uk
  • 2-14 Pelham Place listed Grade II* historicengland.org.uk
  • 35 and 37 Harrington Gardens and 39 Harrington Gardens listed Grade II* historicengland.org.uk
  • Census 2021, Brompton and Hans Town ward: 77.7% flats, 60.6% purpose-built, 12.2% in converted or shared houses, 18.1% terraced; 55.9% private renting; borough 39.6% nomisweb.co.uk
  • Article 4 direction from 28 April 2016 removes permitted development rights for basements under houses rbkc.gov.uk
  • Policy CL7: one storey, no more than 50% of the garden, none beneath a listed building rbkc.gov.uk
  • Category 1 (basement) construction bond 8,500 pounds a year and section 61 consent; high-impact work 9am to noon and 2pm to 5.30pm weekdays rbkc.gov.uk
  • SW7 covers Kensington and Chelsea wards and Westminster's Knightsbridge and Belgravia and Lancaster Gate wards api.postcodes.io

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