After builders cleaning in West Derby, L12
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

West Derby round L12 0HR is detached-house country: 42.3% of households live in a detached home and 72.6% own it. Complete After Builders sends three cleaners to a 4-bed after an extension, £392 all in, and more to the biggest houses.
West Derby in numbers
- 8%of households live in flatsCensus 2021, Liverpool 013 MSOA
- 19listed buildings within 800 mHistoric England list, planning.data.gov.uk
Post-war detached houses near Croxteth Country Park
This part of West Derby takes in Croxteth Country Park ward, and its council tax list holds 2,420 homes. Half of the homes with a recorded build date (50.8%) went up between 1973 and 1999 and 31.8% between 1945 and 1972; only 7.0% are older, and about ten are from 2015 on. After the 42.3% in detached houses come 26.1% of households in semis and 23.3% in terraces. Flats are rare, 8.3%.
A bigger house changes the crew more than the clock. Rather than send two cleaners for a long day, the office adds cleaners: a 4-bed after a standard refurbishment is 3 cleaners for 4 hours and a 5-bed is 3 cleaners for 5 hours. Each bathroom after the first adds about an hour and a half of cleaner time, and en-suites count, so a house with three bathrooms needs more hours than its bedroom count suggests.
Tall hall windows and landings over the stairs are the parts to mention when you book. The crew's ladders reach about 2 m, and anything higher is pointed out on the walk-round.
Croxteth Hall, listed buildings and the West Derby conservation area
Nineteen listed buildings lie within 800 m of the middle of the census area, four of them Grade II*: Croxteth Hall itself, its dairy, its laundry and laundry cottage, and the stable block. No conservation area falls inside that circle, but West Derby is one of Liverpool's 36, and Article 4 directions cover most of them, so new windows, doors or roof coverings there can need planning permission.
In an older house the original joinery stays put through a refurbishment. The crew cleans painted sashes, panelled doors and old boards with products that suit the finish, and lifts paint spots only where they come off without damage; what will not shift is named on the walk-round before the crew leaves.
Scaffolding, extensions and outside glass on a West Derby house
Scaffolding that stands on the road or pavement needs a licence from Liverpool City Council, applied for by the contractor at least 7 days ahead; a domestic one costs £85 for up to 7 days or £156 for up to a month, plus a £50 admin fee. Book the builders clean for after the scaffold has come down. Striking it drops grit and dust on every sill and through any open window.
Outside glass is an add-on, from £66 depending on the size of the house, and only where it can be reached safely from inside or from the ground. Inside, the crew cleans the glass, frames, sills and tracks and takes the labels off new units; see outside window cleaning for the rest. Rooms with new oak or engineered boards are vacuumed and mopped with a product suited to the finish, and a full deep clean of a hard floor is extra at £6 a m².
What a builders clean costs in West Derby
The working is £30 per cleaner-hour plus £32 for equipment and detergents. A 4-bed detached house after a rear extension usually takes 3 cleaners for 4 hours: £392 all in. A 5-bed after a refurbishment is 3 cleaners for 5 hours, £482, and after a full refit with every room replastered, 4 cleaners for 6 hours, £752. A 3-bed semi after a new kitchen is 2 cleaners for 5 hours, £332. If the furniture stayed in the house through the works, sofas and mattresses after the works can go on the same booking, a two-seat sofa at £57. What a builders clean costs lists every size.
Crews work across L12 and next door in Croxteth (L11) and Knotty Ash. To the east, Huyton comes under Knowsley Council. The Liverpool rules on skips, bay suspensions and the tip are on the rest of Liverpool.
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 cleanWest Derby builders clean questions
Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.
How many cleaners come to a 5-bed house in West Derby?
Usually 3 cleaners for 5 hours after a refurbishment. The crew grows on bigger houses so the job still fits in a working day.
Who applies for the scaffold licence in Liverpool?
The contractor, at least 7 days before the scaffold goes up on the road or pavement. The clean should wait until it has come down.
Will the crew wash the walls after the plastering?
No. Wall washing is outside a builders clean. The crew dusts the walls where dust sits on them and cleans skirting, frames, switches and sockets.
Can you clean the patio after the extension went in?
Not as part of the builders clean. A patio or path can be jet washed as an add-on at £4 a m².
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Census 2021, Liverpool 013 (round L12 0HR, Croxteth Country Park ward): 42.3% detached, 26.1% semi, 23.3% terraced, 8.3% flats nomisweb.co.uk
- Census 2021 tenure, Liverpool 013: 72.6% owned nomisweb.co.uk
- Council Tax stock 2025, Liverpool 013: 2,420 homes; 50.8% 1973 to 1999, 31.8% 1945 to 1972; about 10 since 2015, of homes with a recorded build date gov.uk
- 19 listed buildings within 800 m, including Grade II* Croxteth Hall, Dairy, Laundry and Laundry Cottage and Stable Block; no conservation area within 800 m planning.data.gov.uk
- West Derby is one of Liverpool's 36 conservation areas liverpool.gov.uk
- Article 4 directions cover most of Liverpool's conservation areas (windows, doors, roof coverings) liverpool.gov.uk
- Scaffold licence: contractor applies, at least 7 days; domestic £85 up to 7 days, £156 up to a month, plus £50 admin fee liverpool.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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