After builders cleaning in Vauxhall, SE11
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
95.8% of Vauxhall households live in flats and one home in six went up from 2015 on, so a builders clean here usually means a flat in a block, which Complete After Builders cleans from £212 all in. A new 2-bed before the keys go to the buyer is usually £212.
Vauxhall in numbers
- 20%of homes here were built before 1919VOA, homes with a recorded build date, 2025
- 96%of households live in flatsCensus 2021, Vauxhall
- 9conservation areas within 800 mplanning.data.gov.uk
- 134listed buildings within 800 mHistoric England list, planning.data.gov.uk
Vauxhall is almost all flats, and many of them are new
In Vauxhall ward 95.8% of households live in flats and 87.6% in purpose-built blocks; terraced houses are 2.6% (Census 2021). Council Tax records for the area count 5,890 homes: 16.8% of homes with a recorded build date went up in 2015 or later and 18.4% between 2000 and 2014. Private renting is 40.6% of households, the highest of the main tenures here.
A builders clean in a block starts before the crew arrives. Many towers want the service lift booked and the concierge given the crew's names and arrival time, with the van sent to a loading bay. Send the office the building's rules when you book, with the flat number and how the keys are handed over, and the day runs on time.
Handover cleans in the Nine Elms towers
The council's brownfield register lists sites for new homes nearby. On the Lambeth side, 10 Pascal Street was granted permission in December 2021 for 479 homes in towers of 16, 17 and 21 storeys. The London Plan counts the whole Nine Elms Vauxhall opportunity area, across Lambeth and Wandsworth, at up to 18,500 new homes.
A new flat is lightly soiled, but buyers and tenants notice the details. The crew takes labels and protective film off the glazing and cleans the inside of floor-to-ceiling glass, frames and tracks. It wipes the new kitchen units inside and out and lifts grout haze and silicone smears in the bathroom where they will come off. Balconies are swept. A new 2-bed is usually 2 cleaners for 3 hours: £212 all in; a new studio or 1-bed is 2 cleaners for 3 hours, £212.
Georgian terraces in the Vauxhall and St Marks conservation areas
The Vauxhall conservation area, first designated in 1981 and last changed in 2016, runs from Kennington Lane through Harleyford Road to Vauxhall Park and keeps 18th and 19th century streets with homes and businesses mixed together. St Marks, next to it, has an Article 4 direction, and there are 134 listed buildings within 800 m, among them the Grade II* houses at 155 and 157 Kennington Lane.
A refurbished flat in one of those terraces is a different job from a tower: tall sashes, shutters, cornices and old boards that hold plaster dust in their gaps. A 1-bed conversion after a refurbishment takes 2 cleaners for 3 hours, £212; a full refit with new plaster and sanded floors is nearer 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £272. Pimlico's conservation area, across Vauxhall Bridge, is also within 800 m; that side is covered on our Westminster page.
Cleaning a flat while the rest of the block is still being fitted out
Big Lambeth schemes have to submit a construction logistics plan to the council, so deliveries, loading and site access are timed. If other floors are still being fitted out, the flat we clean must be finished and closed off, with no trades returning, and the site team should tell the office how the crew signs in and where the van goes. For a run of units, a builders clean for offices and shops explains how crews are sized for a floor at a time.
For a borough-wide view of skips, the tip and building hours, see the rest of Lambeth. The neighbouring page for the Elephant is Elephant and Castle (SE1); all totals are on the full price list.
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 cleanVauxhall builders clean questions
Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.
Can you clean a new flat before the buyer's snagging visit?
Yes. Book it for after the last trade has signed off the flat, so nothing is marked again; about a week's notice is usually enough.
Do you clean the balcony and the outside of the glass?
Balconies are swept as part of the clean. The outside of balcony doors and windows is an add-on, done only where the crew can reach it safely.
My building has a concierge. What do you need from me?
The lift booking, the loading bay or a parking space, the crew's access time and how the keys are handed over. The office confirms all of it by phone or text before the day.
Do you take away the developer's packaging and offcuts?
No. Cardboard, offcuts and builders' waste have to be cleared by the contractor first; the crew cleans, it does not remove waste.
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Vauxhall ward, Census 2021: 95.8% flats, 87.6% purpose-built, 2.6% terraced nomisweb.co.uk
- Vauxhall ward, Census 2021: 40.6% private renting nomisweb.co.uk
- Lambeth 003 area, Council Tax stock 2025: 5,890 homes; of those with a recorded build date, 16.8% built 2015 or later, 18.4% 2000 to 2014 gov.uk
- 10 Pascal Street, SW8: permission granted 17 December 2021 for 479 homes in buildings of 21, 16 and 17 storeys planning.lambeth.gov.uk
- Nine Elms Vauxhall opportunity area, across Lambeth and Wandsworth: London Plan potential for 18,500 homes; Local Plan policy T7 construction logistics plans beta.lambeth.gov.uk
- Vauxhall conservation area: first designated 8 June 1981, last changed 18 July 2016, Kennington Lane through Harleyford Road to Vauxhall Park, 18th and 19th century mixed streets lambeth.gov.uk
- Article 4 direction for St Marks planning.data.gov.uk
- 134 listed buildings within 800 m, including 155 and 157 Kennington Lane (Grade II*) planning.data.gov.uk
- Pimlico conservation area within 800 m planning.data.gov.uk
- Brownfield register: sites for new homes within 1.5 km of SE11 5HT 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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