A one-off clean is a single visit with no ongoing commitment. Two or more cleaners are charged £26 per person per hour and £30 covers their machines and products, so the shortest one-off clean starts from £186.
You book it once and the team cleans once. Nothing repeats unless you ask for another date. It is the right booking for a home that needs one good clean around a particular event.
Reasons for a single clean
Most one-off visits are booked around a date in the diary. Before guests, the team spends the hours where visitors will notice: the spare room, the bathroom they will use, the kitchen and the hall. Parents arriving for Christmas or a friend staying for a fortnight usually means two cleaners for three or four hours in a flat.
Before a sale or the first viewings, buyers open cupboards, look at the grout and stand in the hallway longest. A one-off clean covers kitchen fronts, bathroom limescale, skirting and the entrance. If you are a tenant leaving a rented flat, book an end of tenancy clean instead, as it follows the agency’s check-out list.
After three months abroad or a long stretch at a partner’s place, a flat has a film of dust on every surface and scale round the taps and the toilet. The team dusts through, cleans the fridge once you have emptied it and wipes down the kitchen. A clean the morning after a party has its own page on after party cleaning.
Working out the hours
On the call we ask how many bedrooms and bathrooms there are, flat or house, when it last had a proper clean and which rooms matter most this time. From that we suggest a team and a length of visit.
| Example | Team and time | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One-bed flat before guests | 2 cleaners, 3 hours | £186 |
| Two-bed flat before viewings | 2 cleaners, 4 hours | 8 cleaner-hours at £26, plus £30 |
| Three-bed house after six months away | 3 cleaners, 4 hours | 12 cleaner-hours at £26, plus £30 |
A home that is heavily soiled needs longer, closer to the figures on the deep cleaning page. Booked on their own, smaller one-off jobs such as a single carpet carry a £67 minimum.
Booking a one-off visit
Start on the booking page. Enter the postcode, pick the type of clean and set the cleaners and hours; the price shows before you send anything. We then ring to agree the time and confirm the figures. You then pay half the total up front, by card or bank transfer, to hold the date.
Plans change. Cancel or move the visit two full days ahead (48 hours’ notice) and the deposit is either refunded or carried to the new booking; inside that window we keep £50. As a consumer you keep your 14-day right to cancel, and you can ask us to start within that period. On the day, leave water, power and heating on. If the team needs a meter or a visitor bay, what they pay is added to the bill, up to £40.
When a regular clean costs less
Every one-off visit carries the team rate and the kit charge. Regular cleaning has no kit charge: £23 an hour on a weekly round and £24 on a fortnightly one, with a 3-hour minimum, so 3 hours each week comes to £69. Anyone booking a one-off clean every month will usually spend less with a fortnightly cleaner, and the flat never gets as far behind. The domestic cleaning page sets out how regular visits work.
A one-off is the better buy for a single event, or as the first clean before regular visits begin.
Questions about one-off cleaning
Does a one-off clean commit me to more visits?
A one-off clean carries no ongoing commitment. It is one booking for one date, and there is nothing to cancel once the team has finished.
Can I book a one-off clean at short notice?
The office is open 8am to 7pm, seven days; call and we will check which teams are free. Short-notice dates depend on the week, so the earlier you call, the more choice of time you have.
Who lets the team in for a one-off clean?
You or someone you trust should let the team in for a one-off clean and show them the rooms on the list. Once they have it, you are free to leave, provided someone can lock up at the end.