End of Tenancy Cleaning in Foots Cray

1930s semi on Foots Cray Lane, toward the meadows end. You can see the trees from the back garden. Three bedrooms, bathroom, separate kitchen, through lounge, garage at the side. Family — two children at Birkbeck Primary — 4 years at £1,500. Kenton managing from their Sidcup office.

Van on the driveway. Quiet road. You could hear the river if the wind was right.

Kitchen. Separate room, back of the house, maybe 10ft by 9ft. Refitted a few years ago — shaker-style doors, laminate worktop. Freestanding cooker, Beko, electric. Pull it forward. 4 years, family of four. Moderate grease behind — not the worst, not the cleanest. Wall: one pass. Both cavities spray, 20 minutes. Main oven: second pass — a family that roasted on Sundays. Hob done, ceramic, four rings. Extractor hood, filter soaked. Cupboards wiped. Fridge-freezer cleaned. Floor: vinyl tile, degreased.

Back door to garden — maybe 55ft, lawn, shed at the bottom near the fence that backs onto the meadow path. Door track: mud and leaf debris, autumn and winter ground. Vacuumed and wiped.

Through lounge. Front section: bay window, the 1930s rounded style. Cleaned per section — three panes plus two side returns. Carpet vacuumed. Rear section through the archway: patio doors to the garden. Track: same leaf and mud profile as the back door. Sealed fireplace with a plain tiled surround — 1930s brown tiles. Wiped.

Upstairs. Bathroom. Bath-shower combo, plastic curtain rail (curtain removed). ~280 ppm, 4 years, family of four. Waterline: two passes. Not as bad as some — the family had used a limescale preventer on the taps. Taps themselves: clean. Toilet done. Floor: lino, mopped. The exterior wall — north-facing, backing toward the meadows — had a faint damp patch at the base near the bath panel. Not mould, just moisture. Photographed. That's the river.

3 bedrooms. All carpet. Front bedroom: bay window matching downstairs. Children's room: small nail holes from a picture rail they'd put up — photographed. Box room: straightforward.

Garage. Side of the house. Concrete floor, old workbench, shelving. Swept, shelving wiped. 10 minutes.

4 hours. Two people. The oven and the bathroom are the work. The meadow-edge damp is the documentation.

Kenton come next morning. Their DA14 person handles Foots Cray, North Cray, and the Sidcup edges. Kitchen: oven opened, wall checked. Bathroom: waterline gone, damp patch at bath panel photographed and noted as north-facing meadow proximity. Bay windows: tracks checked. Nail holes: accepted as tenant fixtures. Garage: clean. Back door tracks: clear. 8 minutes. Passed.

Deposit back in 7 days. Full return. Family staying local — moving to a bigger house on Cray Road, closer to the school, same walk across the meadows.

Foots Cray is Sidcup's quieter edge. Same 1930s houses, same families, same 4-year tenancies — but with the River Cray at the bottom of the garden and the meadow path on the other side of the fence. We clean the house and document the river. Our guide on deposit dispute evidence covers riverside properties and environmental moisture.