Post-construction and new build handover
After builders cleaning in Greenhithe and North Kent
After builders cleaning is priced by size, from £211 for a studio to £500 for a five bedroom house. The trades have gone and there's grit on every surface, in every socket and along every window track, which is a different problem from ordinary dirt. It's our deep clean ladder with £15 a size added for the dust load, and your exact figure is quoted on the form. We take out fine dust, protective film, paint and plaster splash, then clean the property properly. Anything missed is re-cleaned free within 48 hours.
What does after builders cleaning include?
Two passes rather than one. The first takes out the bulk, the film, the stickers, the plaster splash and the loose dust. The second is the clean itself, once the air has settled and the dust that was in suspension has landed. Skipping the second pass is why a property can look finished on the day and dusty the next morning.
Dust removal
Filtered vacuums on every surface, edge, track and vent, top down, with repeat passes over the same ground.
Film and stickers
Protective film off sanitaryware, worktops, appliances and glass, and adhesive residue taken off with the right solvent for the surface.
Paint and plaster
Splash and specks off glass, tiles, sockets, switches, handles and hardware, scraped where a blade is safe and softened where it isn't.
Kitchen and bathroom
Cupboards cleaned inside and out, oven cleaned inside, sinks, taps, screens and tiles finished, grout hazed off.
Joinery and edges
Skirting, architraves, doors, frames, handles, sockets and switches, plus the window tracks where build dust always collects.
Floors
Vacuumed, then washed, then checked again at the edges once the rest of the property is finished.
Not included: rubble, offcuts, plasterboard and any waste needing a skip or a licence, plus outside windows above ground level and anything requiring access equipment. Machine cleaning of carpets is an add-on at £45 a room, and it goes in alongside the handover clean with no separate minimum visit to meet.
How much does after builders cleaning cost?
From £150 for a studio to £525 for a five bedroom house. It's our deep clean ladder with £15 a size added for the dust load, which is what pays for the filtered vacuums and the second pass that ordinary dirt never needs. Your exact figure is quoted on the form. Products, equipment and travel are included, and there's no call-out fee anywhere we cover. Where a property has been let go, it takes longer, and that is usually 15 to 25 per cent more. We tell you the number from your photos before we start, never afterwards.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Studio | £150 |
| One bedroom | £236 |
| Two bedroom | £330 |
| Three bedroom | £383 |
| Four bedroom | £448 |
| Five bedroom | £525 |
| Oven, cleaned insideIncluded in an after builders clean. | Included |
| Carpet cleaningMachine cleaned, alongside the handover clean, so there is no separate minimum visit to meet. | £45 a room |
Each figure is the deep clean price for that size with £15 added for the dust. Your exact price is quoted on the form once we know what the work was. Products and equipment included, no call-out fee, travel included, same prices in every area we cover.
A worked example
A three bedroom house after a kitchen and bathroom refit is £383, which is the £368 deep clean price with £15 on it for the dust. Add carpets in three rooms at £45 a room, £135, and the job comes to £518. A studio handover on its own is £211. You get the figure in writing before we start, so the arithmetic is yours to check rather than ours to spring on you.
Which service do I need?
If a trade has been in the property in the last week, you want this one. If the work finished months ago and the place has simply got grubby, a deep clean is cheaper and does the job. If keys are going back to an agent, that's an end of tenancy clean against an inventory.
| Regular clean | Deep clean | End of tenancy | After builders | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £84 to £194 a visit | Studio 135 to 5-bed 355 | Studio 155 to 5-bed 435 | Studio 150 to 5-bed 370 |
| Best for | Keeping a lived-in home in order | A home that has slipped, or one you are moving into | Moving out and getting the deposit back | The day building or refurbishment work finishes |
| Fine mineral dust | Not the tool for it | Partly | Partly | The whole point of the job |
| Protective film and stickers | No | No | No | Yes |
| Paint and plaster splash | No | Spot only | Spot only | Yes, throughout |
| Inside the oven | Add from £81 | Add from £81 | Included | Included |
| Number of passes | One | One | One | Two, with settling time between |
| 48-hour re-clean guarantee | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Do I need a professional clean after building work?
You need the dust gone before you move furniture in, and that's harder than it looks. Build dust is a fine mineral powder that gets into tracks, vents, sockets and soft furnishings, and a domestic vacuum without the right filter pushes most of it back into the room. If you've the kit and two spare days, do it yourself. Most people would rather have their weekend.
How soon after building work can you clean?
The day after the last trade leaves is ideal, with the heavy waste already gone. Cleaning while drilling or sanding is still happening wastes your money, because the dust in the air lands overnight. If the handover date is fixed and the trades overrun, we can do the main pass and return for the affected rooms, with that return visit quoted on the form.
Can you remove builders dust from a new-build home?
Yes, and a new build has its own list. Protective film on baths and worktops, stickers on glass and appliances, plaster haze on tiles, silicone smears, sawdust in the loft hatch, and a layer of fine dust on every internal ledge. We work top down with filtered vacuums, let the air settle, then go again before we call it finished.
What is a sparkle clean?
It's the trade name for the second pass, the one that happens after the builders clean and just before handover or photography. If you're buying it as a separate visit from us, it's quoted on the form like any other return visit. On our own jobs it's included, because a single pass isn't a finished job.
Do you price new build handovers per plot?
Yes. Each plot is priced from the ladder above by its own size, so a one bedroom apartment is £236 and a four bedroom house is £448, whatever else is happening across the site. Volume across a development is scheduled by agreement, and commercial terms are quoted per development once we know the programme rather than taken off a standard rate card.
The shape a site manager usually wants is the builders clean once the trades are off a plot, then the sparkle clean before handover or the photographer, with snagging returns quoted as they come up. Tell us the plot mix and the handover dates you already have, and we'll come back with the per-plot figures and what we can hold in the diary. Agents and landlords letting those homes afterwards have their own page and ladder.
Do you clean new homes in Ebbsfleet Garden City?
Ebbsfleet Garden City had more than 3,500 homes complete as reported in March 2024, and building continues toward up to 15,000 homes by 2035. The estates going up are Castle Hill, Springhead Park, Ashmere, Alkerden and Whitecliffe. That's years of handovers, snagging returns and first-owner cleans within a few minutes of Greenhithe.
New builds here share a pattern. Sealed units and fresh paint mean almost no old dirt, but every track, hinge, vent and extractor holds construction dust, and white sanitaryware shows plaster haze under any decent light. Add the chalk in the local water and a brand new shower screen starts scaling quickly if it's handed over with the builder residue still on the glass. We take it off properly on day one, so the finish you paid for is the finish you keep.
Refurbishment work in older housing is a different animal. Lifting a floor or taking out a chimney breast fills the whole house with soot and lime dust that finds every gap, and it takes as long as it takes to clear. Send us photographs and we'll tell you the figure before anyone starts. Once it's agreed it holds, so if we've read a property wrong that's ours to absorb.
What does the 48-hour re-clean guarantee not cover?
Four things, published beside the promise: pre-existing damage, permanent staining, mould, and areas we couldn't get to on the day. On a building site that last one matters, so we photograph anything we can't reach and tell you before we leave. A scratched worktop or a chipped tile is a snagging item for the builder, and we'll point it out so it goes on the right list.
Everything else on the agreed checklist is covered. Tell us within 48 hours and we'll come back and re-clean the affected areas free. The 48 hours is the time you have to come back to us, and the re-clean goes in as soon as you can give us access.
You pay after the visit, once the work is done. If the trades overrun and the date has to move, tell us a clear day ahead and moving it costs you nothing. If we arrive and can't get onto the site, we charge half the visit price, and you're hearing that now rather than on the day.
Before our first clean, public liability insurance will be in place and every cleaner will have a DBS check. As soon as those certificates exist they'll be published right here, and every written quote includes our insurance certificate and DBS details before you pay anything.
What else do people ask about after builders cleaning?
How much does after builders cleaning cost?
It's our deep clean ladder plus £15 a size for the dust: studio 150, one bed 175, two bed 230, three bed 270, four bed 325 and five bed 370. Tell us the property and what the work was, and the exact figure comes back on the form before anyone turns up.
Do you take away the rubble and the packaging?
We take out the dust, the debris and the protective film. Rubble, offcuts, plasterboard and anything needing a skip or a waste licence are beyond us. Ask your builder to clear the heavy waste first and we'll come in behind. If it's still there we'll say so before we start.
Do you clean windows after building work?
Inside glass, frames, sills and tracks are part of the job, and plaster splash comes off the glass with a blade where it's safe to use one. Inside windows on a domestic clean are otherwise a £30 add-on. Outside glass above ground level needs a window specialist with the right access kit.
Can you work around a snagging list?
Yes, and it's usually the sensible order. Let the trades finish snagging, then book us, because one more day of drilling puts the dust straight back. If a handover date won't move, we can clean now and come back for the touch-up areas, with that return visit quoted on the form.
How is this different from a deep clean?
Method and machines. A deep clean is about dirt that built up over time. This is about fine mineral dust that sits in every track, vent and edge, and that an ordinary vacuum blows back into the air. It takes filtered vacuums, repeat passes and a lot more cloths.
Related services and areas
Once the dust is gone, a one-off deep clean is the wrong buy and regular domestic cleaning from £84 a visit is the right one. Fitted new carpets that took the worst of it need carpet and upholstery cleaning. Fitting out a commercial unit instead of a home? See office cleaning.
We cover new builds and refurbishments in Ebbsfleet, Greenhithe, Swanscombe, Northfleet and Dartford.
Get a price for a handover clean
Tell us the property, the work that was done and the handover date, and we'll send you a proper price. We answer every single enquiry. Send the form below, or call 07727 439446 if you prefer.