Key points
- Bedroom and bathroom counts set the starting point, since they determine the number of rooms and the amount of detail work.
- Condition shifts the price. Limescale, grease and dark grout create work that no floor plan reveals.
- Ivory's deep clean covers the inside of the windows, though not the sills. Oven, fridge and cupboard interiors cost extra, and carpet cleaning is a service in its own right.
- A figure handed over before anyone has asked about your home is a guess. Judge quotes by the jobs each one lists rather than by the total.
Anyone typing deep clean cost in London into a search box is really asking four things at once. How large is the home? What state is it in? Which jobs does the price cover? How will the cleaners reach it? One number cannot settle any of them.
Below, each question gets its own section, together with the line Ivory draws between what a deep clean covers and what you pay extra for, and the questions a good quote puts to you. Price bands are missing by design, because a range has never seen your kitchen.
What drives the price of a deep clean in London?
Four factors matter: three set the price and the fourth shapes how the visit runs. Each is something you can check at home before asking anyone for a number.
- Size. The count of bedrooms and bathrooms fixes how many rooms need work. Kitchens and bathrooms demand the most detailed cleaning, so bathrooms weigh in alongside bedrooms.
- Condition. Dark grout, limescale and grease all mean more work, so a home with only a little build-up asks for less effort than one with plenty.
- What the price includes. Quotes for identical homes can still diverge when one lists jobs that another bills separately, so line the lists up before you look at the totals.
- Access. The floor, the lift and the way the team gets in leave the cleaning itself unchanged, yet a good quote asks about them so the visit can be planned properly.
A postcode shows a supplier whether you sit inside their coverage. It reveals nothing about your grout, so any price built from a postcode alone amounts to guesswork.
What does the deep clean list cover, and what is billed on top?
Line up the lists before the totals. Here is where Ivory draws the boundary on a deep clean:
| What gets done | How Ivory treats it |
|---|---|
| Degreasing of the hob, extractor and splashback | Covered |
| Limescale removed from taps, tiles and glass | Covered |
| Scrubbed grout, plus skirting boards, door frames and switches | Covered |
| The inside of the windows (sills not included) | Covered |
| Oven, fridge and cupboard interiors | Costs extra |
| Carpet cleaning | A separate service with its own price |
Oven, fridge and cupboard interiors are extras on every Ivory service, deep cleans included. When you request your price, name the ones you want, so that they become part of the number you see. Carpet cleaning is priced as its own service, so no deep clean total will include it.
How does the state of the home affect the figure?
Nobody can read condition off a floor plan. A shower screen furred with limescale, dark lines through the grout and grease on a hob all take more effort to shift than light dust, and a price has to pay for that effort.
Spend a minute checking these before you ask for a figure:
- Taps and shower screen: is there a chalky film of limescale?
- Bathroom and kitchen grout: are there dark lines?
- Hob and splashback: is there a sticky layer of grease?
Pass on to whoever is quoting what you find. Ivory prices the state the home is in now rather than what it went through before, so an honest description of the present is all the figure needs. Surface mould is part of the clean. Mould caused by damp waits until the damp itself has been dealt with.
Does living in a flat change a deep clean quote?
Census 2021 (ONS) puts purpose-built flats at 40% of London households, against 17% across England. Flats and houses are priced on the same things: bedrooms, bathrooms, condition and extras.
Where flats differ is access. Settle these before the day, and mention them when you send your details:
- Which floor the home is on, and whether there is a lift.
- How the team gets into the building and into your home.
- Whether the building expects visitors to be announced to reception or a managing agent.
None of this changes what a deep clean covers. It decides whether the visit runs smoothly.
Which questions should a good deep clean quote put to you?
Before any figure appears, a quote you can rely on asks about the home. Expect questions on:
- Bedroom and bathroom counts.
- Condition: any limescale, grease or dark grout you can see.
- The rooms you would like handled first.
- Extras: oven, fridge or cupboard interiors.
- Your preferred day, and how the team gets into the building.
A figure that turns up without any of these questions was set without looking at your home. Take it as guesswork, and ask what assumptions sit behind it.
How do you weigh up two deep clean quotes side by side?
- Hand both suppliers identical details: bedrooms, bathrooms, visible condition and the rooms you want dealt with first.
- Request each one's list of included jobs and its list of extras.
- Strike out every job that appears on both. Any job left on one list alone accounts for the gap in price.
- Check which condition each figure is built on, and what the supplier does if the home differs from your description.
- Ask what the supplier does about anything missed. With Ivory the answer is short: tell us, and we return.
What does an Ivory deep clean in London cost?
Ivory's deep clean costs from £150, and your own figure moves with the home's size, its condition and any extras you add.
For a figure you can rely on, send your postcode, the bedroom and bathroom counts, the rooms with the heaviest build-up, any extras and the day you have in mind. Your price arrives within 30 minutes, on any day between 8am and 10pm, and you see it before you choose a date. Same-day availability is offered if the date cannot wait.
Ivory vets its cleaners. The team arrives with its own equipment and eco products, and public liability cover stands at £2m. Miss something on the list and you only have to tell us: we return to put it right.
Pricing a deep clean may not be what you need. These guides help you choose:
- About to move in? Deep clean before moving in explains why the empty stretch before your belongings arrive is the easiest time.
- Unsure whether regular visits would do instead? Regular clean vs deep clean puts the two lists next to each other.
- Giving a rental back? End of tenancy cleaning is built around the list used at check-out.
Questions people ask
Prices for Ivory's deep clean start from £150. What you pay depends on the home's size, its condition and any paid extras. Send your postcode with the bedroom and bathroom counts and the figure comes back within 30 minutes.
Not automatically. Both are priced on bedroom and bathroom counts, condition and extras. For a flat, mention the floor, any lift and how the team gets into the building so the visit can be planned properly.
Ivory covers all 32 London boroughs and the City of London. Put your postcode in the form and we confirm that we reach you.
No. Oven, fridge and cupboard interiors are billed as extras whichever Ivory service you book. Name the ones you want when you request your price and they go into the figure.
Gaps appear when the quotes list different jobs, assume a different condition or treat extras differently. Hand every supplier the same details and compare the lists before the totals.
Written by M.A. Published .
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