Carpet cleaning in Bexley
Many Bexley permit zones are controlled for only two hours a day, often 10am to 12pm, and outside those hours anyone can park free off the double yellows. On our list, a three-seat sofa and two armchairs is £149.
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Bexley: homes, parking and the tip
| Semi-detached houses | 44.2% of households nomisweb.co.uk |
|---|---|
| Owners | 68.6% of households nomisweb.co.uk |
| Controlled parking | Often two hours a day, such as 10am to 12pm; town centres all day bexley.gov.uk |
| Visitor scratch cards | £22 for ten; £27 in the Bexleyheath, Sidcup and Welling town centre zones bexley.gov.uk |
| Council bulky collection | From £50, or £67.50 on a Saturday bexley.gov.uk |
| Recycling centres | Foots Cray (shut on Wednesdays) and Thames Road, Crayford bexley.gov.uk |
| Selective licensing | Belvedere ward only, to 12 January 2030 bexley.gov.uk |
| Conservation areas | 23 bexley.gov.uk |
Interwar semis: two floors and a staircase
Bexley's own Local Character Study says the population doubled in ten years, from 100,000 in 1931 to 200,000 in 1941, as the interwar estates went up, and that most of the borough is still two storeys high. The 2021 Census put 44.2% of households in a semi-detached house.
In a two-storey house the stairs come with the job: a three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing is £223. If the front and back rooms were knocked into one years ago, that's a through lounge at £61, and a small third bedroom is a box room at £29. Start in the morning and the downstairs is usually fit to walk on by the evening, since carpets take 5 to 7 hours to dry. Every room has its own line on the price list, and no booking comes to less than £67.
Carpet and sofa cleaning across Bexley, from Sidcup to Erith
The zone hours below are from the council's business-permit list, which says local arrangements may vary by road. Thamesmead is shared with Greenwich, and this page covers Thamesmead East.
Sidcup DA14 · DA15
Sidcup has large Victorian and Edwardian houses alongside its 1930s suburbs, and more flats than the borough as a whole: 42.7% of households, against 24.7% across Bexley. Zone S in the town centre is controlled 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Saturday, and it's one of the three town-centre zones where scratch cards cost more. In one of the big older houses, put the stairs, the landing and any wool carpet on the booking so the office can plan the day.
- households
- 6,536
- live in a flat
- 43%
- of homes built before 1919
- 16%
- rent privately
- 19%
A three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing £223 Price yours
Ward: Sidcup
Bexleyheath DA7 · DA6
Bexleyheath's clock tower went up in 1912 to mark George V's coronation, and most homes here are younger than it; the biggest group, 42.0%, went up between the wars. Four in five households (79.6%) own their home, against 68.6% across Bexley, and 52.5% live in a semi. If you have a drive, offer it to the cleaner. It saves you a scratch card in zone A, which covers 8.30am to 5.30pm from Monday to Saturday.
- households
- 6,310
- live in a flat
- 22%
- of homes built before 1919
- 14%
- rent privately
- 13%
A three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing £223 Price yours
Ward: Bexleyheath
Erith DA8
Erith's old town was demolished in phases from 1966 to 1980 as the centre was rebuilt. The figures show more recent building than elsewhere in Bexley: 18.5% of homes date from 2000 or later, the most of the eight areas here, and social tenants make up 23.3% of households, against 14.7% borough-wide. Zone ER is controlled for two hours on weekday mornings, 10am to noon, so an afternoon start keeps the cleaner's car clear of it.
- households
- 9,173
- live in a flat
- 35%
- of homes built before 1919
- 19%
- rent privately
- 17%
A three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing £223 Price yours
Wards: Erith, Northumberland Heath
Crayford DA1
Crayford Manor House was remodelled in 1816 for the Rev. Thomas Barne. Seven in ten Crayford households live in a house, 45.8% have three bedrooms, and semis (41.8%) outnumber terraces. Zone E applies from 9am to 11am on weekdays, right where a morning start falls, so for a Monday-to-Friday clean either keep a scratch card ready or ask the office about starting at eleven. The Thames Road recycling centre is in Crayford, if the old underlay is going too.
- households
- 6,542
- live in a flat
- 28%
- of homes built before 1919
- 15%
- rent privately
- 15%
A three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing £223 Price yours
Ward: Crayford
Welling DA16
After the First World War, Bexley Urban District Council built more than 400 houses north of the railway in Welling, and building carried on from there: 75.6% of homes date from 1919 to 1939. More than half of households (55.7%) live in a semi, a bigger share than anywhere else on this page, and only 14.1% in a flat. With a semi the stairs come as standard: the hall is £22, the flight £41 and the landing £9. Zone W in the town centre runs 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Saturday.
- households
- 6,192
- live in a flat
- 14%
- of homes built before 1919
- 8%
- rent privately
- 15%
A three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing £223 Price yours
Ward: Falconwood & Welling
Belvedere DA17
Belvedere has more private renters than any other Bexley area here, 26.5% of households against 15.3% borough-wide, and it's the one ward where landlords need a selective licence. Its homes are older too: 28.1% predate 1919, and the council designated the Woolwich Road Conservation Area in February 1992 for its Victorian character. When a tenancy ends, the tenant and the landlord can share one invoice, split room by room, so each pays for their own part.
- households
- 6,835
- live in a flat
- 37%
- of homes built before 1919
- 28%
- rent privately
- 27%
A three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing £223 Price yours
Ward: Belvedere
Bexley Village DA5 · DA14
Bexley Village's zone H is controlled for just one hour, 10am to 11am on weekdays. Detached houses are far more common here: 25.8% of households live in one, more than three times Bexley's 7.4%, and 30.5% have four or more bedrooms. A big house can keep the cleaner working through that hour, so have a scratch card ready for a weekday morning. The ward also takes in all of Foots Cray Meadows, with the River Cray running through.
- households
- 4,340
- live in a flat
- 20%
- of homes built before 1919
- 12%
- rent privately
- 12%
A three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing £223 Price yours
Ward: St Mary's & St James (Bexley)
Thamesmead SE28 · SE2 · DA18
Much of Thamesmead was built by the Greater London Council, and the first home was occupied in 1968; Bexley's part is the Thamesmead East ward. Social housing is home to 43.4% of households here, nearly three times Bexley's 14.7%. 39.0% of households live in a terraced house, and nearly every flat is in a purpose-built block. Above the first floor, if the lift is out or there isn't one, carrying the machine up costs £10 a floor.
- households
- 5,704
- live in a flat
- 43%
- of homes built before 1919
- 1%
- rent privately
- 22%
A three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing £223 Price yours
Ward: Thamesmead East
The figures cover the wards named under each neighbourhood. Sources: Census 2021 (ONS, via Nomis): TS044 accommodation type, TS054 tenure, TS050 bedrooms, by 2022 ward; VOA Council Tax stock of properties by build period (CTSOP 4.1, 31 March 2025), LSOAs to 2022 wards (ONS best fit); postcode districts from the ONS Postcode Directory (latest), live residential postcodes.
Book round the two-hour window
Plenty of Bexley's permit zones are controlled for two hours only, for example 10am to 12pm, to keep commuters from parking all day. The town centres are controlled all day. Outside a zone's controlled hours, anyone may park free except on double yellow lines.
That gives you a choice. A start after the window closes needs nothing from you. A morning start dries sooner but needs a visitor scratch card: £22 for a book of ten, or £27 in the Bexleyheath, Sidcup and Welling town centre zones, which are controlled all day Monday to Saturday. Businesses can't buy them, so the office will ask whether you have one. A one- or two-room job is usually over in 90 minutes or less, so it can often fit in the uncontrolled hours anyway. If the only parking left is a paid bay, we add what it costs and nothing on top.
Sofas need their fire labels to go to charity
Bexley's recycling A to Z is blunt about upholstery. Charities only take sofas and armchairs that still carry their fire labels, and at the recycling centres sofas go in the non-recyclable section. A council bulky collection starts at £50.
If the frame is sound and the fabric is just grubby, a wash may be all it needs. On our list a three-seat sofa is £83. The care label gets read before anything else: a 'do not wash' or X label stops the job, and leather and velvet aren't cleaned. Removable covers stay on the sofa and get cleaned there. Expect the cleaner for one to three hours with a sofa and chairs, and the drying to run 12 to 15 hours, so book a morning. More on sofas and armchairs.
What we clean in Bexley
Carpet cleaningRooms, stairs and landings, priced room by room.- Upholstery and sofasSofas, armchairs and fabric dining chairs, by the seat.
Rug cleaningRugs washed where they lie, priced by size.
Hard floorsTiles, vinyl, stone and sealed wood, by the square metre.- MattressesMattresses cleaned on the bed, both sides where they turn.
CurtainsCurtains cleaned on the rail, priced by the pair.
Belvedere landlords
Belvedere is the only ward in Bexley with selective licensing, which runs from 13 January 2025 to 12 January 2030; a licence there costs £350 plus £480. Elsewhere in the borough the council lists only mandatory licensing for larger houses in multiple occupation. 15.3% of Bexley households rent privately. When a let changes hands, we can divide the invoice by room between landlord and outgoing tenant, so tell the office who pays for what when it calls.
How booking works
- Price it herePick the rooms and the furniture. The price adds up as you go.
- The office calls youBetween 8am and 7pm, about access, parking and stains, and to agree a day. A 50% deposit holds it.
- The cleaner comes overCarpets, rugs, sofas and mattresses are cleaned in your home. Nothing is taken away.
Asked in Bexley
- Where does the old carpet go?
To the carpet recycling area at either recycling centre: Foots Cray on Maidstone Road (DA14 5HS, shut on Wednesdays) or Thames Road in Crayford (DA1 5QJ). Take a driving licence or council tax bill. Mattresses have an area of their own. Vans are turned away and have to use the Thames Road transfer station instead.
- Will the council's crew come in and fetch the sofa?
No. Bexley's bulky crews won't go inside the home, or into a back garden without side access, and items mustn't be left on the public highway. Our cleaner does come in, mind; that's rather the point.
- Do you cover Thamesmead and Erith?
Yes, the whole borough, and over the borders into Greenwich and Bromley. The card prices the job for your postcode, and the office checks parking with you when it calls.
- How much notice do you need?
A week usually does it, sometimes less. Weekends book up first, so for a Saturday in Bexleyheath or Sidcup, ask earlier. The day is held with a 50% deposit, paid by card or bank transfer.
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Where these facts come from
- 44.2% of Bexley households live in a semi-detached house (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
- 68.6% of Bexley households own their home and 15.3% rent privately (Census 2021). nomisweb.co.uk
- Bexley's Local Character Study: population doubled from 100,000 in 1931 to 200,000 in 1941 as interwar estates spread; most of the borough is two storeys high. bexley.gov.uk
- Many Bexley zones are controlled for only two hours, for example 10am to 12pm, to stop commuter parking; town centres have all-day controls; outside controlled hours anyone may park free except on double yellow lines. bexley.gov.uk
- Visitor scratch cards cost £22 for a book of ten, or £27 in the Bexleyheath, Sidcup and Welling town centre zones controlled all day Monday to Saturday; businesses cannot buy them. bexley.gov.uk
- Bulky collections start at £50, or £67.50 on a Saturday; crews will not go inside the home or into a rear garden without side access, and items must not be left on the public highway. bexley.gov.uk
- The recycling A to Z sends old carpets and underlay to the carpet recycling area at the reuse and recycling centres and mattresses to a separate area; sofas go in the non-recyclable section; charities only take upholstered furniture that still has its fire labels. bexley.gov.uk
- Foots Cray (Maidstone Road, DA14 5HS, closed on Wednesdays) and Thames Road, Crayford (DA1 5QJ) recycling centres are free to residents with a driving licence or council tax bill; vans are turned away and must use the Thames Road transfer station. bexley.gov.uk
- Selective licensing covers Belvedere ward only, from 13 January 2025 to 12 January 2030, at £350 plus £480; elsewhere only mandatory HMO licensing applies. bexley.gov.uk
- Bexley has 23 conservation areas. bexley.gov.uk
- Bexley parking zones (business-permit list; local arrangements may vary by road): Sidcup Town Centre (S) and Welling Town Centre (W) Monday to Saturday 9am to 5.30pm; Bexleyheath Town Centre (A) Monday to Saturday 8.30am to 5.30pm; Erith (ER) Monday to Friday 10am to 12 noon; Crayford (E) Monday to Friday 9am to 11am; Bexley Village (H) Monday to Friday 10am to 11am. bexley.gov.uk
- Sidcup has large Victorian and Edwardian houses alongside typical 1930s suburbs. en.wikipedia.org
- Bexleyheath's town-centre clock tower was built in 1912 to mark George V's coronation. en.wikipedia.org
- Erith's old town was demolished in phases from 1966 to 1980 as the town centre was rebuilt. en.wikipedia.org
- Crayford Manor House was remodelled in 1816 for the Rev. Thomas Barne. en.wikipedia.org
- After the First World War, Bexley Urban District Council built over 400 houses north of the railway in Welling. en.wikipedia.org
- Bexley Council designated the Woolwich Road Conservation Area in Belvedere in February 1992 for its Victorian character. en.wikipedia.org
- St Mary's and St James ward (Bexley Village) includes all of Foots Cray Meadows, which the River Cray runs through. lgbce.org.uk
- Much of Thamesmead was built by the Greater London Council, and the first home was occupied in 1968; Thamesmead South and East are in Bexley. en.wikipedia.org
See your price in Bexley
Pick your rooms and furniture and the card adds it up, or call the office on 020 3129 1949.