End of Tenancy Cleaning in Hayes

A 2-bed apartment on the fourth floor of one of the new blocks at Hayes Village — the former Nestlé factory site, about 8 minutes' walk from Hayes & Harlington station. Elizabeth Line to Paddington in 20 minutes, to Bond Street in 30. Two bedrooms, one bathroom, an open-plan kitchen-living room, and a balcony. A couple — both working in the City, Elizabeth Line commuters — 18 months at £1,650/month. L&Q managing the block. Inventory-clerk checkout booked for the next morning.

Development parking — pre-booked via the app. Lift to the fourth floor. Fob access.

Kitchen-living area first. Open plan, about 22ft by 14ft. The kitchen section had integrated Bosch appliances — oven built into handleless cabinetry. Door off carefully, protecting the panel edge. Glass out. Spray, 20 minutes. One pass — 18 months, a couple who cooked maybe three times a week. Induction hob in a quartz worktop. Dishwasher interior wiped. Extractor recirculating, filter soaked. Fridge-freezer: integrated, cleaned including gasket. Floor: engineered timber throughout the open plan, specialist product.

The living section: windows floor-to-ceiling, acoustic double-glazed — sealed units, Heathrow flight path. Cleaned from inside. No tracks. The frames are uPVC, wiped. The balcony: glass balustrade wiped both sides, floor swept. Skirting wiped. Radiators cleaned.

Bathroom. Walk-in shower with a single glass panel. Limescale at ~270 ppm, 18 months. One pass on the panel — 18 months with two people is light. Taps done. Toilet done. Chrome polished. Floor: ceramic tile, mopped. No mould — the extract fan was working and the building is 2020s construction. Good ventilation.

Two bedrooms. Both with carpet, both with built-in wardrobes. The master had a full-height mirrored wardrobe — glass cleaned. The second bedroom had been used as a home office. Monitor mark on the desk area of the carpet — photographed. No scuffs, no marks on walls.

Communal: apartment front door wiped both sides. Nothing else — L&Q manage the communal areas separately.

2 hours 25 minutes. Fast job. New build, light use, 18 months. No grease compound, no limescale build-up, no mould. The building does the heavy lifting — modern extraction, sealed glazing, engineered surfaces.

The L&Q inventory clerk came the next morning — tablet, template, photographs of every surface. Kitchen: oven photographed open, quartz inspected, integrated appliances checked per the inventory schedule. Bathroom: panel angled, taps checked. Windows: acoustic glazing noted as sealed, condensation between panes checked (none — units intact). Monitor carpet mark: photographed, accepted as normal use. Balcony: balustrade checked. About 20 minutes for the full digital checkout. Passed.

Deposit back in 10 days via the L&Q portal. Full return.

Hayes Village checkouts are different from the terrace checkouts three streets away. The building is new, the surfaces are modern, the management is institutional. The inventory clerk has a tablet and a template. The checkout is digital and standardised. We clean to the same standard regardless — but the job is faster because the building is younger. Our guide on deposit dispute evidence covers digital inventory checkouts and how photos protect your deposit in institutional lets.