End of Tenancy Cleaning in Kenton

Extended 1930s semi off Woodcock Hill — the original three-bed taken to four with a loft conversion, and the kitchen extended out the back into a kitchen-diner. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, lounge, kitchen-diner, and a garage converted into a utility room. Multigenerational family — grandparents, parents, one child at Mount Stewart Primary — 4 years at £1,900. Allan Howard managing from their Kenton office.

Van on the driveway. Residential road, no restrictions. Woodcock Park was a 3-minute walk.

Kitchen-diner first. Extended at the rear, about 16ft by 13ft. The family cooked. Gujarati home cooking — rotli on the tawa, dal, sabzi, and the occasional deep-fried snack that left oil mist on the ceiling. Not the industrial-scale spice operation of a Southall extended terrace, but sustained daily cooking with turmeric, oil, and ghee for 4 years. The kitchen was fitted maybe 6 years ago — white gloss units, granite worktop. Freestanding cooker, Beko, gas, double oven. Pull it forward. Wall behind: one pass — lighter than Southall but heavier than standard. Both ovens sprayed, 20 minutes. Main oven: two passes. Top oven: one. Gas hob: four burners, each lifted. Turmeric in two of the four burner grooves — not all of them, because not every dish uses turmeric. Specialist product on the yellow.

Extractor: wall-mounted hood. Filter soaked for 15 minutes. Housing: two passes.

Ceiling above the hob: faint yellow-brown film across maybe a square metre — not the three-row spread of a Southall kitchen, but visible. Wiped with specialist product. One pass was enough.

Granite worktop: stone-specific product. Floor: porcelain tile, degreased twice. Patio door to garden: tracks had cooking grease mixed with leaf debris.

55 minutes on this kitchen. That's the Kenton middle ground — heavier than standard, lighter than Southall.

Lounge. Front room, about 14ft by 12ft. Carpet vacuumed. Bay window — 1930s, uPVC replacement. Cleaned per section. Tiled fireplace — brown and cream, standard 1930s, gas fire behind a screen. Wiped. 8 minutes.

Converted garage / utility. About 12ft by 8ft. Washing machine, dryer, chest freezer. Floor: vinyl. Surfaces wiped. 5 minutes.

Upstairs. Family bathroom. Bath-shower combo. ~270 ppm, 4 years, four adults and a child. Waterline: two passes — heavy water, heavy use. Taps done. Toilet done. Floor: vinyl, mopped. 20 minutes.

Loft conversion bathroom. En-suite to the loft bedroom. Walk-in shower, modern fittings. One pass. 10 minutes.

Four bedrooms. All carpet. Loft: dormer window, sloped ceiling. Grandparents' room: small incense holder mark on sill — cleaned with specialist product. Children's room: sticker residue — removed. Front bedroom: straightforward.

5 hours. Two people. The spice kitchen at 55 minutes, the two bathrooms at heavy water, and the loft conversion are where the hours go. This is a 1930s semi that's been loved, extended, and cooked in.

Allan Howard come next morning. Their HA3 person handles Woodcock Hill, Kenton Road, and the Mount Stewart borders — maybe 30 properties in the lettings book. Kitchen: Beko opened, granite checked. Ceiling: faint yellow noted, accepted as cooking use. Hob grooves: checked. Extractor: clean. Family bathroom: waterline gone. Loft en-suite: done. Incense mark: cleaned. Stickers: removed. Garage utility: clean. 8 minutes. Passed.

Deposit back in 7 days. Full return. Family moving to a 5-bed detached in the Mount Stewart conservation area — more space, better catchment, same park, same mandir.

Kenton sits between the standard suburban clean and the spice-kitchen specialist. Not every kitchen needs the turmeric treatment — but when it does, we've got the process. Same product as Southall, adjusted for Kenton intensity. Our guide on deposit dispute evidence covers spice-kitchen properties and extended-home documentation.