Carpet cleaning in Richmond upon Thames
Old houses mean old carpets: 37.8% of homes in Richmond upon Thames were built before 1919, and about a fifth before 1900, so wool carpets and rugs on bare boards are common. On the card, one small and one large rug is £86.
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Richmond facts for a clean
| Homes built before 1919 | 37.8% of all homes (20.3% before 1900) assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
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| Homes built 2000 or later | 8.4% of all homes assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| Conservation areas | 85 richmond.gov.uk |
| Households that own their home | 62.4% nomisweb.co.uk |
| Households in a flat | 39.9% nomisweb.co.uk |
| Trader parking permit | £1.80 a session in most zones; £3.55 in Richmond Town and Richmond Hill richmond.gov.uk |
| Carpets in the bulky collection | Not taken richmond.gov.uk |
| Water | Thames Water, hard dwi.gov.uk |
Wool underfoot in older houses
Of the 85,800 homes the Valuation Office Agency counts in Richmond upon Thames, 37.8% were built before 1919 and only 8.4% from 2000 on. Houses that age tend to have wool somewhere: a fitted carpet in the front room, a runner up the stairs, a rug or two on the boards.
Wool can be wet-cleaned with care. Tell the office it's wool when you book; the cleaner checks the fibre and the backing before starting and keeps the water low. A flight of stairs is £41, and the hallway, stairs and landing come to £72. For fitted rooms, carpet cleaning is priced one room at a time, a bedroom £36 and a living room £43, and the price list has the rest.
Pianos and full bookcases stay put and the cleaner works round them. Clear the small things off the floor and leave the heavy furniture where it is.
Living in Richmond, Twickenham or Kew? Notes for eight towns in Richmond upon Thames
Ham, Petersham, Fulwell, Hampton Hill and Heathfield have no note of their own below. We clean there as well, and the card prices any address in the borough.
Richmond TW9 · TW10
Maids of Honour Row was built in 1724, and a good part of Richmond town is nearly as old: 44.6% of homes date from before 1900, more than twice the borough's 20.3%. If the house has a second staircase, price both flights. Zones A1 (Richmond Town) and A2 (Richmond Hill) are controlled from 8.30am to 6.30pm, Monday to Saturday, so a Saturday clean still needs a permit or a paid bay. Bank holidays are free.
- households
- 9,591
- live in a flat
- 50%
- of homes built before 1919
- 54%
- rent privately
- 32%
A four-bed house with a through lounge, hall, stairs and landing £277 Price yours
Wards: North Richmond, South Richmond
Twickenham TW1 · TW2
Twickenham has 18,150 households in four wards, more than any other place on this page, and two main building ages: 42.8% of homes predate 1919 and another 27.5% went up between the wars. York House is older again; work on it began in 1633. Zone D, Central Twickenham, is controlled 8.30am to 6.30pm from Monday to Saturday. A separate zone R applies on stadium event days, so check what's on at the ground before you settle on a weekend date.
- households
- 18,150
- live in a flat
- 41%
- of homes built before 1919
- 43%
- rent privately
- 28%
A four-bed house with a through lounge, hall, stairs and landing £277 Price yours
Wards: South Twickenham, St Margarets & North Twickenham, Twickenham Riverside, West Twickenham
Barnes SW13 · SW14
Barnes has two very different kinds of street. Barnes High Street and the roads round the pond make up the Barnes Village conservation area, while between Castelnau and Lonsdale Road there's a 1930s council estate of 'Boot houses', built by the Henry Boot company. The figures lean old: 50.1% of homes predate 1919, against 37.8% across the borough. Village house or Boot house, the hall, stairs and landing take the cleaner up to an hour.
- households
- 9,519
- live in a flat
- 46%
- of homes built before 1919
- 50%
- rent privately
- 27%
A four-bed house with a through lounge, hall, stairs and landing £277 Price yours
Wards: Barnes (Richmond upon Thames), Mortlake & Barnes Common
East Sheen SW14
The milestone on the Triangle in East Sheen is dated 1751 and gives 10 miles to Cornhill. East Sheen's houses run large: 46.6% of households have four or more bedrooms, the largest share on this page, and only 28.6% live in a flat. More bedrooms means more rooms to price, so walk round once and count them before you open the card. Zones ES and ES1 (Parkside) are controlled for just two hours, 10am to noon on weekdays.
- households
- 4,123
- live in a flat
- 29%
- of homes built before 1919
- 60%
- rent privately
- 23%
A four-bed house with a through lounge, hall, stairs and landing £277 Price yours
Ward: East Sheen
Kew TW9
Most of Kew went up in the late 19th century, once the District line arrived, and North Sheen's market gardens turned into houses in the 1920s and 1930s. Newer homes sit alongside: 19.0% date from 2000 on, against 8.4% for the borough. Which side of Kew you're on decides the parking. Zone KA is controlled 10am to noon on weekdays, while KC (North Kew) runs 10am to 4.30pm every day, until 11pm during major events, so in North Kew a Sunday booking needs a permit too.
- households
- 5,001
- live in a flat
- 47%
- of homes built before 1919
- 44%
- rent privately
- 28%
A four-bed house with a through lounge, hall, stairs and landing £277 Price yours
Ward: Kew (Richmond upon Thames)
Teddington TW11 · KT1
A suspension bridge crosses the Thames at Teddington Lock, and the town has more purpose-built flats than anywhere else in the borough list: 38.2% of households live in one, and 15.3% of homes are from 2000 or later. No lift in the block? From a second-floor flat upwards the machine is carried by hand, at £10 a floor. Zone T is controlled 8.30am to 10.30am on weekdays, and T1 to T6 cover other daytime slots, so give the office your street.
- households
- 9,355
- live in a flat
- 49%
- of homes built before 1919
- 35%
- rent privately
- 25%
A four-bed house with a through lounge, hall, stairs and landing £277 Price yours
Wards: Hampton Wick & South Teddington, Teddington
Hampton TW12
David Garrick bought his Hampton villa in 1754 and added the Temple to Shakespeare a year later; both are Grade I listed. Most homes here are far younger. Only 17.8% of homes predate 1919, under half the borough's 37.8%, and building on the Nurserylands estate started in 1980. Detached houses are commoner than anywhere else on this page, at 16.7% of households. A drive, if you have one, saves everyone bother: the cleaner parks on it and no permit is needed.
- households
- 8,350
- live in a flat
- 27%
- of homes built before 1919
- 18%
- rent privately
- 17%
A three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing £223 Price yours
Wards: Hampton (Richmond upon Thames), Hampton North
Whitton TW2 · TW3
Whitton is 1930s semis and detached houses more than anything else: 67.4% of homes are inter-war, and a semi is home to 48.7% of households. Three bedrooms is the usual size (48.9% of households), and if the box room off the landing is carpeted too, it's £29. Zone WC (Whitton Central) is controlled 10am to 2pm on weekdays, with event-day controls from 11am to 11pm, so a weekend with no event on has no zone WC controls at all.
- households
- 4,019
- live in a flat
- 21%
- of homes built before 1919
- 9%
- rent privately
- 19%
A three-bed house with the living room, hall, stairs and landing £223 Price yours
Ward: Whitton (Richmond upon Thames)
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.
Rugs on bare boards
We wash rugs where they lie, on the floor with room cleared around them, and the fringes get done by hand. Up to 3 m² a rug is £35; anything bigger is £51. Rugs usually dry in 4 to 7 hours, and a rug takes the cleaner about half an hour.
Some rugs need someone else. Silk, viscose and antique hand-knotted rugs go to a specialist rug cleaner. Jute, sisal and seagrass aren't wet-cleaned at all, and a wet clean is the only kind we do. If you're not sure what yours is made of, describe it to the office when you book, label and all. Washing a rug where it lies means it never leaves the house.
Trader permits at £1.80 a session
Richmond's trader permit price list names 49 controlled zones, from Kew, Barnes and East Sheen to Twickenham, Teddington and Hampton Wick. In most of them a resident can buy a trader permit for someone working at the home: £1.80 a booked session, or £17.65 for ten scratchcards. Richmond Town and Richmond Hill cost about double, at £3.55 a session or £35.30 for ten. The permits aren't valid in pay and display bays or car parks (the council's page was updated on 5 July 2026).
Parking is one of the things the office checks when it rings. A drive or a space is easiest; otherwise we ask for a permit, and paid parking is added at cost.
What we clean in Richmond upon Thames
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.
The council won't take a carpet
Richmond's bulky collection for 2026/27 is £85 for up to five items and £9.90 for each one after (£29 and £7.80 for over-60s). It takes mattresses and furniture, though anything over 6ft, a long sofa for instance, has to be broken down first. Carpets it refuses outright, grouping them with waste from building work. Small amounts from your own home can go to the Townmead Road centre in Kew, with a booked slot and a small van at most, and anything larger needs a registered waste carrier or a skip.
So a carpet that looks finished deserves a clean before it becomes a disposal problem. A very dirty carpet costs no more to clean; it just keeps the cleaner longer. A clean can't mend worn pile or a burn, and the cleaner will tell you on the day which marks may stay.
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.
Questions from Richmond upon Thames
- My house is in a conservation area. Does that affect a clean?
No. The borough has 85 conservation areas, and their rules cover changes to the building, some of which need planning permission. Cleaning a carpet, a rug or a sofa changes nothing anyone can see from the street, except perhaps a happier cat.
- Can you clean a sisal or seagrass stair runner?
No, sorry. Jute, sisal and seagrass aren't wet-cleaned. A wool runner is fine: tell the office when you book and the cleaner keeps the water low.
- Is the water hard here?
Yes. The Drinking Water Inspectorate lists Richmond upon Thames in Thames Water's area, and Thames Water says all of its water is hard. For the clean, just leave the hot water and the power on.
- Do you clean in Twickenham, Teddington and Hampton?
Yes, across the whole borough, and next door in Kingston upon Thames and Hounslow. The card prices your postcode. Give us about a week if you can; weekends go quickest.
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Where these facts come from
- VOA counts for 31 March 2025: 85,800 homes in Richmond upon Thames, 37.8% built before 1919 (20.3% before 1900), 8.4% from 2000 onwards. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
- Richmond upon Thames has 85 conservation areas; changes to homes in them may need planning permission. richmond.gov.uk
- Census 2021, Richmond upon Thames households: 62.4% own their home, 24.7% rent privately. nomisweb.co.uk
- Census 2021, Richmond upon Thames households: 39.9% live in a flat. nomisweb.co.uk
- Trader permits bought by a resident: £17.65 for ten scratchcards or £1.80 per booked session in most zones, £35.30 and £3.55 in Richmond Town and Richmond Hill; not valid in pay and display bays or car parks; 49 controlled zones listed; page updated 5 July 2026. richmond.gov.uk
- Bulky collection 2026/27: £85 for up to five items plus £9.90 per extra item (£29 and £7.80 for over-60s); takes mattresses and furniture; items over 6ft must be broken down; carpets not taken, grouped with construction waste; small domestic amounts to Townmead Road, larger loads need a registered waste carrier or skip. richmond.gov.uk
- Townmead Road reuse and recycling centre in Kew needs a booked slot and admits only small vans. richmond.gov.uk
- The Drinking Water Inspectorate lists Richmond upon Thames in Thames Water's area of supply. dwi.gov.uk
- Thames Water says all the water in its region is hard. thameswater.co.uk
- Richmond parking zones A1 (Richmond Town) and A2 (Richmond Hill) 8.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Saturday, bank holidays free; zone D (Central Twickenham) 8.30am to 6.30pm Monday to Saturday, zone R on Twickenham Stadium event days; ES and ES1 10am to noon Monday to Friday; KA 10am to noon Monday to Friday, KC 10am to 4.30pm every day, to 11pm during major events; T 8.30am to 10.30am Monday to Friday, T1 to T6 other slots; WC 10am to 2pm Monday to Friday, event days 11am to 11pm richmond.gov.uk
- Maids of Honour Row in Richmond was built in 1724 en.wikipedia.org
- Construction of York House in Twickenham began in 1633 en.wikipedia.org
- Barnes High Street and the streets around Barnes Pond form the Barnes Village conservation area; a 1930s council estate of 'Boot houses' by the Henry Boot company lies between Castelnau and Lonsdale Road en.wikipedia.org
- The Triangle in East Sheen has a milestone dated 1751 marking 10 miles to Cornhill en.wikipedia.org
- Most of Kew was built in the late 19th century after the District line arrived; North Sheen's former market gardens were built on in the 1920s and 1930s en.wikipedia.org
- A suspension bridge crosses the Thames at Teddington Lock en.wikipedia.org
- David Garrick bought his Hampton villa in 1754 and commissioned the Temple to Shakespeare in 1755, both Grade I listed; the Nurserylands estate was begun in 1980 en.wikipedia.org
- The most common housing in Whitton is 1930s detached and semi-detached houses en.wikipedia.org
See your price in Richmond upon Thames
Pick your rooms and furniture and the card adds it up, or call the office on 020 3129 1949.