End of Tenancy Cleaning in Leytonstone

A ground-floor Warner house maisonette on one of the residential streets near Bushwood — a 7-minute walk from Leytonstone Central Line station, with Wanstead Flats visible from the end of the road. Two bedrooms, a separate lounge, a compact kitchen, a bathroom, and a small rear garden accessed through the kitchen. The couple — a data analyst and a junior barrister — had rented for 18 months at £1,700/month. Managed by haart (Leytonstone office on Church Lane).

The Warner house announced itself from the doorstep. The tiled porch — the distinctive red-brick entrance with decorative floor tiles in a geometric terracotta-and-cream pattern and a tiled step up to the front door. We swept it first, then mopped with pH-neutral tile cleaner. The grouting between the tiles had a thin line of moss growing in the joints closest to the outside edge — the porch is semi-outdoor and catches rainwater. Stiff brush on the moss, then a second pass with the tile cleaner. The front door was original Victorian — solid wood with a letterbox and a brass knocker. Door wiped both sides, knocker polished.

Inside: the Warner layout is a compressed version of a terraced house. The hallway leads to a lounge on the right (bay window — flat bay, not bow like Leyton's stock), a separate kitchen at the rear, and the internal staircase to the first floor. Everything is slightly smaller than a terraced house but every room is a proper room with a door, not an open-plan conversion. The lounge had cornicing, a sealed decorative fireplace with a tiled surround, and pine floorboards. Fireplace cleaned with damp cloth on the tiles, cornicing dusted, floor mopped with specialist wood product.

The kitchen was compact — separate room, not open-plan. A freestanding Beko oven, laminate worktops, and a window above the sink overlooking the garden. We pulled the oven forward and cleaned the wall behind — 18 months of grease drips and dust. The oven door glass was removed (inner pane had a light film). Both cavities sprayed, left 20 minutes. Hob cleaned — electric ceramic surface with specialist hob cleaner. Extractor filter removed and soaked. Cupboards wiped inside. Fridge cleaned. Floor mopped including under the kickboard. Total kitchen: 40 minutes on a compact, lightly-used kitchen.

Upstairs via the internal Warner staircase (narrow, carpeted — vacuumed thoroughly, handrail wiped). Two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor. The master was front-facing with a flat bay window — glass cleaned, sash tracks vacuumed. Built-in wardrobe wiped inside. The second bedroom was rear-facing, smaller. Both had carpet vacuumed including the edges against skirting.

The bathroom was a standard modern suite — bath-shower combo with a glass screen. Limescale at ~275 ppm. Phosphoric acid descaler applied to the screen, 10-minute dwell, scrubbed — one pass, came up clear. Taps descaled and polished. Toilet cleaned inside the rim. The bath had a light scale ring at the waterline — concentrated descaler and non-scratch pad. Mirror, tiles, floor mopped.

The rear garden — small, about 15ft, paved. Swept. A couple of plant pots had been left (the tenant was taking them but hadn't collected yet — noted for the agent). The garden door threshold — kitchen to patio — vacuumed in the tracks and the step wiped.

haart inspected the following day. Their Leytonstone office is on Church Lane, a 5-minute walk. They checked the porch tiles first (clean, moss gone, grouting clear), then the oven (door glass between panes — clean), then the shower screen (clear), then the Warner staircase (clean). The plant pots were noted as tenant's remaining items — flagged for collection. Passed. Deposit returned within 7 days.