End of Tenancy Cleaning in Havering

End of Tenancy Cleaning in Havering

Which parts of Havering do your end of tenancy cleaners cover?

We cover every town in the London Borough of Havering, so wherever your tenancy ends in the borough, the same team, checklist and 72 hour re clean guarantee apply. Our cleaners travel from Romford and Hornchurch out to Rainham, Upminster, Cranham and Harold Hill, and the booking form works for any RM postcode in the borough.

Havering is well connected, which is a big reason it is popular with renters. The Elizabeth line stops at Romford, Gidea Park and Harold Wood. The District line runs through Elm Park, Hornchurch, Upminster Bridge and Upminster. c2c trains call at Upminster and Rainham, and the Liberty line links Romford with Emerson Park and Upminster. For you, that usually means the check out inspection can follow soon after you leave, so it pays to book the clean early.

Our office is at 15A Shenfield Road in Brentwood, just over the border in Essex, and we have been cleaning homes in London and Essex for 12 years. If you are moving from a Havering rental to somewhere else in east London or Essex, we can usually clean the new place too.

Can a Havering landlord make you pay for a professional clean?

Not as a condition of the tenancy. Since the Tenant Fees Act 2019, landlords and letting agents in England cannot charge you for a professional clean or require you to book one. What they can do is deduct a reasonable cleaning cost from your deposit if the home is not returned in the condition recorded at check in, allowing for fair wear and tear.

Fair wear and tear is the normal ageing of a home through everyday use: carpets that have flattened in walkways, paint faded by sunlight, light marks around switches. Grease in the oven, limescale on taps, mould in shower sealant, dust on top of the kitchen cupboards and crumbs left in drawers are not wear and tear. Those are cleaning, and that is where most deposit disputes start.

Your deposit must be protected in one of the three government backed schemes: the Deposit Protection Service, mydeposits or the Tenancy Deposit Scheme. Most deposits are capped at five weeks' rent. If you disagree with a deduction, each scheme offers a free dispute service, and the adjudicator compares the check in and check out reports. A clean done to the inventory, with photos, gives you the strongest position.

What does an end of tenancy clean include, and what is extra?

Every end of tenancy clean in Havering covers the whole empty property, top to bottom, following the inventory room by room. In the kitchen we clean inside and outside every cupboard and drawer, the hob, the extractor and its filter, the fridge and freezer, the sink, tiles and grout. In bathrooms we clean and descale the bath, shower, screen, toilet, basin and taps with our own Limescale Remover, and clean the extractor fan and mirrors.

Around the rest of the home our cleaners wipe skirting boards, doors and frames, switches and light fittings, clean wardrobes inside and out, and clean the window sills and the inside of the windows. Floors are vacuumed and mopped, and carpets are vacuumed throughout as part of the clean.

Two things can be added when you book. Oven cleaning is done as part of the job when you choose it, priced by the size of the oven. Professional carpet cleaning, using hot water extraction, starts from £49 and is worth adding if your tenancy agreement or inventory says the carpets were professionally cleaned when you moved in. Upholstery cleaning is also available for furnished lets.

How should you prepare for the clean, and do you need to be there?

You do not need to be there. Many tenants leave the keys with the agent, in a key safe or with a neighbour, and tell us where to return them. Our cleaners bring their own professional products and equipment, including vacuums, so all we need from you is access, electricity and hot water.

Book the clean after the removal van has gone. An empty property can be cleaned properly, including inside wardrobes and behind appliances, which is exactly where clerks look. Take everything out of the fridge, freezer and cupboards, and leave the bins empty if you can. How long the clean takes depends on the property size, how furnished it is and its condition, so we plan the team around your home rather than a fixed time.

Once we finish, the 72 hour window starts. If your agent or landlord raises a cleaning point on the check out report, send it to us within that time and we come back to put it right at no extra cost.