End of Tenancy Cleaning in Southall

Extended Victorian mid-terrace off the Broadway — the kind of Southall house where the original kitchen was knocked through into a rear extension and the family added a separate tandoori oven next to the main cooker. Four bedrooms, bathroom, two reception rooms, extended kitchen-diner, and a utility area off the kitchen. Multigenerational family — grandparents, parents, three children — 5 years at £1,950. Galaxy Real Estate managing.

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Kitchen first. Always first in Southall. The extension had made the room about 20ft by 14ft. Along one wall: the main cooker — Beko, gas, double oven. Next to it: a standalone tandoori oven the family had installed on its own gas line, vented through the wall. The hob: six burners, gas, heavy-duty. Above it all: a commercial-grade extractor hood running the full width.

This kitchen had been cooking for seven people, three meals a day, for 5 years. Roti on the hob every morning. Dal simmering through the afternoon. Tandoori in the evening. The grease wasn't grease in the normal sense — it was ghee and mustard oil, layered, with turmeric underneath everything.

Main cooker: both doors off, glass out, sprayed. 25 minutes dwell. Main oven: three passes. Baked solid. Top oven: two passes. Tandoori oven: dismantled what we could, sprayed, three passes on the interior. The exterior had oil splatter baked onto the side panel.

Six-burner hob: each burner lifted, cleaned underneath, turmeric in every groove. Specialist product on the yellow.

Extractor hood: commercial-grade, the filter was thick. Soaked for 25 minutes. Housing: three passes with degreaser. Duct opening: cleaned.

Ceiling. White tiles above the cooking area — the first three rows had a yellow-brown film that went deeper than the surface. Turmeric vapour, 5 years. Every grout line treated with specialist product. Three passes on the worst lines. Some residual yellow in the deepest grout — photographed and documented.

Worktops: laminate, degreased. Behind the taps: turmeric in the sealant. Treated. Floor: vinyl, degreased three times — the third pass still pulled colour. Bifold doors to the garden: tracks had cooking grease mixed with garden debris.

85 minutes on this kitchen. Seven people, 5 years, two ovens.

Two reception rooms. Front: through lounge, carpet vacuumed. Incense holder on the windowsill — small burn mark on the sill. Cleaned where possible, residual mark photographed. Rear: dining room, carpet, straightforward.

Upstairs. Bathroom. Bath-shower combo. ~265 ppm, 5 years, seven people. Waterline: three passes. The heaviest waterline we've done. Taps done. Toilet done. Floor: vinyl, mopped. Mould in the ceiling corner — north-facing, no window. Anti-mould spray, 10-minute dwell. 30 minutes.

Four bedrooms. All carpet. Grandparents' room: incense stain on windowsill — specialist product. Children's rooms: sticker residue, poster tack — removed. Fourth bedroom: straightforward.

Utility area. Off the kitchen. Washing machine, spare fridge. Surfaces wiped.

6 hours. Two people. The kitchen is the job — 85 minutes, two ovens, six burners, a ceiling, and a floor that needed three passes. Everything else is a standard Victorian terrace.

Galaxy come next morning. Their UB1 person does these Broadway-side terraces every week. Kitchen: both ovens opened, tandoori inspected. Ceiling grout: residual yellow in deepest lines accepted as 5-year intensive cooking use. Hob: burner grooves checked. Extractor: clean. Floor: checked — three passes noted. Bathroom: waterline gone, ceiling mould treated. Incense marks: cleaned where possible, residual accepted. 10 minutes. Passed.

Deposit back in 8 days. Full return. Family moving to a 5-bed extended semi in Norwood Green — more space, the village green, same gurdwara.

Southall kitchens are the most intensive cleaning we do. Two ovens, six burners, turmeric in the grout, ghee on the ceiling. We've built the process for this community, these kitchens, these tenancies. Our guide on deposit dispute evidence covers spice-kitchen documentation, turmeric staining, and intensive cooking use.