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After builders cleaning in Woolwich, SE18

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
A couple smiling in their newly finished kitchen extension with roof lights and garden doors

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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.

Your details
Add a note (access, parking, deadline)

No payment now. We ring or text between 8am and 7pm to confirm, then a 50% deposit secures the date.

We use your details only to arrange this job. Privacy

In Woolwich Arsenal ward 90.1% of households live in flats and 45.5% rent privately, so the usual builders clean here is a flat being got ready to let. Complete After Builders does a 1-bed after a refurbishment in 2 cleaners for 3 hours: £212 all in.

Woolwich in numbers

Flats in the Royal Arsenal's listed buildings

The Royal Arsenal was a munitions works covering 36 hectares by the river, and its listed stores and foundries now stand among the new flats. 8.7% of households in Woolwich Arsenal ward live in flats inside converted buildings such as the Arsenal stores, and only 1.5% in converted houses. Within 800 metres of the middle of the ward there are 56 listed buildings, among them the Grade I Royal Brass Foundry and the Grade II* Dial Square entrance range and Grand Store. Two conservation areas, Royal Arsenal Woolwich and Woolwich Common, fall inside the same radius.

A refurbishment inside a converted store is a different clean from one in a new block. Exposed brick sheds fine red dust after drilling, industrial windows have deep sills that catch everything, and ceilings can be well above head height. The crew's ladders reach about 2 metres, so give us the ceiling height when you send photos. Dust on a beam far above that needs the builder's access tower, which a cleaning crew does not bring.

Victorian houses round the town centre

In the Council Tax records for the area round the town centre, 29.9% of homes with a recorded build date went up before 1900.

Works in one of those houses leave lath and plaster dust in the cornices, on picture rails and inside the sash boxes, and in a house split into flats it creeps under the flat door. The crew cleans the rooms you book, starting at the ceiling line and working down to the skirting, with the floors last. Expect the first pass to lift most of the dust and the second pass, later in the job, to catch what has settled since.

The council's brownfield register lists sites for new homes nearby, and on the Royal Arsenal Riverside alone the council expects over 5,000 homes, with building until 2030.

Parking for the crew in a Woolwich zone that runs all week

The Woolwich Arsenal (WA), Woolwich Common (WB) and Woolwich Market (WM) zones are controlled from 8.30am to 6.30pm every day of the week, Sundays included, so a weekend booking still needs a permit or a voucher. Visitor vouchers there cost £26 for five all-day or £13.50 for five half-day. The Woolwich Dockyard zone (WD) is lighter: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday only.

If your block has a concierge or a managing agent, book the lift and any loading bay before the day and tell the office what you have arranged. A crew kept waiting at a gate is cleaning time lost on an hourly job.

Getting a Woolwich flat ready to let

Central Woolwich is inside Royal Greenwich's selective licensing scheme for single-household lets, in force from 1 October 2022 to 1 October 2027. In 2026 the council consulted on a replacement that would cover Woolwich Common, Woolwich Dockyard and the southern part of Woolwich Arsenal; no decision had been made when we checked. Landlords refurbishing between tenancies tend to want the works, the clean and the inventory to land in one week.

On a let the kitchen and bathroom get looked at hardest. The crew does cupboards and drawers inside once they are empty, the splashback, sink and taps, the tiles and grout and the shower screen, and lifts sealant smears where they will come off. Appliances are wiped outside; inside an oven is extra. The page on grout haze and silicone smears goes into the detail.

Price of a builders clean for a Woolwich flat

A 1-bed flat after a refurbishment usually takes 2 cleaners for 3 hours: £212 all in. A 2-bed takes 2 cleaners for 4 hours, £272, and a 2-bed after a full renovation, with plaster dust in every room, 2 cleaners for 5 hours, £332. Each extra bathroom adds about an hour and a half of cleaner time. Our prices cover bigger homes and add-ons such as outside window cleaning, done only where the glass can be reached safely from inside or from the ground.

Woolwich sits between Charlton to the west and Abbey Wood and Thamesmead to the east, and the borough page on after builders cleaning in Greenwich has the council's skip, scaffold and waste rules.

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

Woolwich builders clean questions

Anything else? Ring 07418 351088.

Do I need a parking voucher for a weekend clean in Woolwich?

In the WA, WB and WM zones, yes, because control runs every day from 8.30am to 6.30pm. Buy visitor vouchers, or a weekly tradesperson permit (£31.10) if the works run on, or tell the office about a free space in your block.

Can you clean a flat in a converted Royal Arsenal building?

Yes. Send photos or a video by email first, with the ceiling height, because the crew's ladders reach about 2 metres. For a large or unusual job a site visit costs £20.

Should the clean happen before the inventory?

Yes: works finished, rubbish out, clean, then the inventory clerk. Give the office the inventory time when you book so the crew is finished first.

Will the crew take away the old kitchen units?

No. Old units, offcuts and rubble go with the builder or a licensed waste carrier before the clean, because the crew needs clear rooms to work in.

Nearby areas

Woolwich is in Greenwich. All areas

Sources for the local facts on this page

  • Woolwich Arsenal ward: 90.1% of households in flats, 1.5% in flats in converted or shared houses, 8.7% in flats in other converted buildings, 45.5% private renting (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
  • Woolwich Arsenal ward tenure: 45.5% private rented (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
  • Royal Arsenal Riverside is a 36-hectare former munitions site that will have over 5,000 homes, with construction running until 2030. royalgreenwich.gov.uk
  • 56 listed buildings within 800 m, including the Grade I Royal Brass Foundry and the Grade II* Dial Square entrance range and Grand Store. planning.data.gov.uk
  • Royal Arsenal Woolwich and Woolwich Common conservation areas lie within 800 m. planning.data.gov.uk
  • Greenwich 011: 29.9% of Council Tax properties built before 1900 (31 March 2025). gov.uk
  • The brownfield register lists sites for new homes within 1.5 km of SE18 6ED. planning.data.gov.uk
  • Woolwich Arsenal (WA) zone runs Monday to Sunday 8.30am to 6.30pm; visitor vouchers 26 pounds for five all-day or 13.50 pounds for five half-day. royalgreenwich.gov.uk
  • Woolwich Common (WB) zone runs Monday to Sunday 8.30am to 6.30pm. royalgreenwich.gov.uk
  • Woolwich Market (WM) zone runs Monday to Sunday 8.30am to 6.30pm, vouchers 26 pounds for five all-day or 13.50 pounds for five half-day. royalgreenwich.gov.uk
  • Woolwich Dockyard (WD) zone runs Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. royalgreenwich.gov.uk
  • Selective licensing designation covering central Woolwich in force from 1 October 2022 until 1 October 2027. royalgreenwich.gov.uk
  • 2026 consultation on a replacement scheme including Woolwich Common, Woolwich Dockyard and the southern part of Woolwich Arsenal; no decision made. communityconversations.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
  • Greenwich tradesperson permit: £31.10 a week, one to six weeks, bought by a resident in a controlled zone. royalgreenwich.gov.uk

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