End of Tenancy Cleaning Cost and Prices
An end of tenancy clean costs £75 to £250. A studio is £75, a two-bed £100, a three-bed £100 to £125 and a four-bed £150 to £200. We charge £25 an hour rather than a padded fixed fee, so the table below is simply the hours each property size usually takes.
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Studio through to four-bed house
An end of tenancy clean costs £75 to £250. A studio is £75, a two-bed £100, a three-bed £100 to £125 and a four-bed £150 to £200. We charge £25 an hour rather than a padded fixed fee, so the table below is simply the hours each property size usually takes.
Compare this estimate with the hours and prices from our completed cleaning jobs in Derby, then view the matching service before booking.
There is no single national price for end of tenancy cleaning, which is why quotes vary so much. The two things that actually decide the cost are the number of rooms and the condition the property is left in. Everything else is marketing.
We work at £25 an hour with products, equipment and travel included. A studio flat in reasonable condition is usually 3 hours. A four-bed house that has been a student let can be 10. The table shows the honest middle for each size.
End of tenancy cleaning price by property size
All prices include cleaning products, equipment and travel within Derby. We quote before we start, not after we finish.
Common extras
- Carpet shampooing
Add £50 to £75 for a three-bed house. Only needed if the inventory or tenancy agreement specifically requires professional carpet cleaning.
- Heavy oven build-up
Adds 30 to 60 minutes (£12 to £25) where the oven has not been cleaned for years. We flag it before we start.
- Mould treatment on sealant and grout
Adds 30 to 45 minutes per bathroom. Treatable in most cases, though badly perished sealant needs replacing rather than cleaning.
- Furnished property
Add roughly an hour. Furniture has to be moved, cleaned around and put back.
Why hourly beats a fixed price for most tenants
Fixed-price end of tenancy quotes have to assume the worst, because the company has not seen the property. That means the quote carries a padding for a mess that may not exist, and you pay for it either way.
An hourly rate means a property in good condition costs less. If your flat is genuinely tidy and you have kept on top of the oven, a one-bed can come in at three hours rather than four. That saving goes to you rather than into someone's risk margin.
What is always included
Kitchen including oven, hob, extractor, inside and outside of all cupboards, fridge and freezer where empty. Bathrooms descaled throughout including tiles, sealant, shower screen, toilet and extractor. All bedrooms and living spaces dusted top to bottom, skirting boards, switches, sockets, internal windows and frames, and all floors vacuumed and mopped.
You also get our 100% satisfaction guarantee. If the letting agent or inventory clerk flags something we cleaned, we come back and put it right free of charge.
What the price does not include
Professional carpet shampooing, garden or garage clearance, rubbish removal, exterior windows, and repainting or repairs are all outside an end of tenancy clean. Where the inventory calls for carpets, we quote that separately rather than folding a guess into the headline price.
We also do not charge for travel inside Derby, a call-out fee, or products. If a quote elsewhere looks cheap per hour, check those three before comparing it with ours.
What Derby tenants actually paid
From our own completed jobs: a three-bed semi-detached end of tenancy clean took 6 hours and came to £165 in September. A three-bed moving-in clean took 5 hours at £145 in July. A two-bed terraced regular clean was 3 hours at £65 in August.
Those are real invoices rather than averages, and they sit a little above the table where the property needed more work than usual. You can see every job we have published, with the hours and month, on our recent jobs page.
What it costs if you skip the clean
Cleaning is the single most common reason deposits get reduced. A cleaning deduction usually runs from £150 to £300, because the agent books a contractor at short notice and passes the invoice on, with no chance for you to shop around.
That is why the maths usually favours booking. A £100 clean on a two-bed removes the most likely deduction, and the receipt itself is evidence at the check-out if the clerk disputes anything.
When to book
Book for after the furniture is out and before the check-out appointment, ideally with a day of slack in between. Cleaning around a half-packed property costs more and gives a worse result.
End of month and end of quarter are the busiest windows in Derby. Two weeks' notice is comfortable, three to four days is usually possible outside peak dates.
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