Carpet cleaning in Balham
We do carpet cleaning in Balham and the streets around it, along with the rest of the cleaning work people ring us for.
- If it is not clean when we leave, we come back
- Evenings and weekends at no extra charge
- Our own machines and materials, so there is nothing for you to supply
- Priced per room, agreed before we start
Rather talk? Ring 020 8077 4937, seven days.
What we get called out for
Rooms and hallways
Hot water extraction, walk-on dry in a couple of hours. Traffic lanes are the usual reason we are rung.
Stairs and landings
The hardest-worked carpet in the house, done tread by tread with a hand tool.
Rugs
Cleaned flat on a groundsheet, dyes tested first. Delicate fibres get a low-moisture clean.
Sofas and chairs
Upholstery tool at lower pressure, fabric code checked before anything gets wet.
Prices
Priced per room, agreed on the phone and not changed on the doorstep. A bedroom is £36, a living room £43. Rugs, sofas and mattresses can join the same visit, because the machine is already in the house.
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Bedroom | £36 |
| Living room | £43 |
| Through lounge | £61 |
| Stairs, per flight | £41 |
| Rug up to 2m² | £35 |
| Rug over 2m² | £51 |
| Service | Price |
|---|---|
| Two-seater sofa | £57 |
| Armchair | £33 |
| Mattress | £35 |
| Dining chair | £13 |
| Curtains, short drop | £35 |
| Curtains, long drop | £42 |
The minimum charge on one off work is £67, so a single bedroom carpet on its own is priced at the minimum. Two rooms and a flight of stairs is the commonest booking we take, at £120.
Working in Balham
SW12 is mostly late-Victorian and Edwardian terraces that were split into upper and lower conversion flats, so a typical job is a two-bedroom flat over one or two floors sharing a hallway and front path with the flat below. The Heaver Estate and Hyde Farm keep their original red brick, tiled paths and stained glass under conservation-area protection, while the Nightingale Triangle is largely split-level conversions of the same period stock. Du Cane Court and a run of 1930s blocks add purpose-built flats, and the council is rebuilding parts of the Balham Hill estates.
The A24 through Balham is a red route, so there is no stopping to load or unload on the High Road itself, including for a quick drop of equipment.
The surrounding streets sit in the Clapham South and Balham H2 controlled parking zone, which has one-hour sub-zones in places such as Granard Road, so bay rules can change within a couple of streets.
Conversion flats mean shared Victorian staircases with a half-landing turn, original stair carpet on a narrow run, and no lift anywhere in the period stock.
The water here is hard, which makes no difference to the extraction rinse. What slows drying in these houses is closed trickle vents, so we open windows while we work.
Areas we cover
We work across Balham and the streets around it. These are the areas we get to most.
Clapham South
SW4. Northern neighbour on the Northern line; the shared H2 parking zone straddles both.
Wandsworth Common
SW12. West of Bedford Hill, larger family terraces facing the common.
Nightingale Triangle
SW12. Sought-after grid between Nightingale Lane and the station, mostly split-level Victorian conversions.
Heaver Estate
SW12. Conservation area of red-brick houses with yellow stock detailing, ironwork balconies and tiled front paths.
Streatham Hill
SW2. South-east neighbour, with larger interwar blocks and cheaper conversion flats.
Hyde Farm
SW12. Conservation-area estate of Edwardian terraces east of Emmanuel Road.