An after party clean in London is a one-off team visit the morning after. Each cleaner costs £26 an hour and the kit is £30 a booking, so it starts at £186. We bag rubbish and recycling; taking it away is not included.
Party mess sits mostly on the surface. Glasses stand on every ledge, there are tacky patches where drinks went down and the kitchen stopped getting wiped at about nine o’clock. Two cleaners can usually put a flat back in order within a morning, while you sleep in or take the dog out.
The morning-after list
- Glasses, mugs and plates gathered from every room, then washed or loaded into the dishwasher
- Bottles and cans emptied and bagged for recycling, food waste bagged on its own
- Sticky floors mopped, and mopped a second time where drinks were spilt
- Worktops, hob and sink, plus the fridge shelves that took the overflow
- Toilets, basins and bathroom floors, which get the hardest use on a party night
- Candle wax lifted from tables and hard floors
- Glitter and confetti vacuumed out of carpets, sofa seams and corners
- Chairs and tables put back where they stood before
Broken glass is swept up and wrapped in newspaper before it goes in a bag, so nobody carrying the rubbish out gets cut. Bedrooms and any room you closed off for the night stay shut unless you ask us to clean them.
Spills on carpets and sofas
Red wine, curry and beer on fabric are the marks hosts worry about most. Until the team arrives, blot a fresh spill with kitchen roll and a little cold water; rubbing spreads it and hot water can set it.
The party clean covers vacuuming carpets and sofas. Washing the fabric is a separate job with an extraction machine: a carpet clean is £43 for a living room, and sofa cleaning starts at £57 for a two-seater. Either can be booked onto the party clean visit. Fresh marks usually lift better than old ones, though some, like red wine on a pale wool carpet, can leave a permanent shadow. The cleaner doing the carpet or sofa will tell you what is likely to come out before starting.
Booking at short notice
The simplest way is to book before the party, when you already know the date, so a team is set for the next morning. If the party was last night, ring as soon as the office opens at 8am. Whether a team is free depends on the bookings already in, so an early call gives the best chance. The office is open until 7pm, Sunday included.
Tell us roughly how many guests came, which rooms they used and whether anything went on fabric. From that we suggest the team and the hours. Half the price, paid by card or bank transfer, secures the slot. Water, power and heating should stay on. If the team pays to park near you, that is added at cost, never more than £40.
What stays with the host
Taking rubbish away is not part of an after party clean. The team bags everything, keeps recycling apart from general waste and leaves the bags in your bin store, beside the wheelie bins or wherever you say. If there is more than the bins will hold, book your council’s extra waste collection or a licensed waste carrier.
Anything guests left behind, such as phones, keys and scarves, is gathered in one place for you to sort out. Valuables and paperwork are left where they are found.
Price of an after party clean
The clean is charged like any one-off visit: £26 per cleaner per hour, and £30 once for machines and products. These are typical teams.
| Party | Team and time |
|---|---|
| Dinner for eight in a flat | 2 cleaners, 3 hours (£186) |
| Flat party, around 30 guests | 2 cleaners, 4 to 5 hours |
| House party over two floors, around 60 guests | 3 cleaners, 5 hours |
For a guide price, multiply the cleaner-hours by £26 and add £30. Every rate we charge is on the prices page.
Questions about after party cleaning
How soon after the party should the clean happen?
The morning after is best for an after party clean. Spilt drinks dry harder and food smells settle into fabric, so a clean two or three days later takes longer and costs more.
Is an after party clean the same as a one-off clean?
An after party clean is booked and priced like a one-off clean, with a list built around party mess: glasses, spills, the kitchen and the bathrooms.
Does someone need to be home for the after party clean?
Someone needs to open the door to the after party team and point out the rooms guests used. You can then go back to bed or head out, as long as the team can lock up on leaving.