End of Tenancy Cleaning in West Hampstead

First-floor conversion in a red-brick Victorian terrace off West End Lane — one of the quiet streets where the houses are tall and the ceilings are high and the bookshop is a two-minute walk. Two bedrooms, bathroom, open-plan kitchen-living room. A couple — she worked in publishing on Bedford Square, he ran a consultancy from the flat — 18 months at £2,100. Abacus managing from their West Hampstead office on the Lane.

Meter on the next street. 3-minute walk. Kit up one flight of communal stairs. Tiled communal hallway — black and white chequerboard. Swept on the way out.

Kitchen-living room. About 18ft by 14ft. Open-plan, the kitchen along the rear wall. High ceiling — maybe 2.8 metres. Cornicing running the full perimeter. Dusted. Refitted kitchen — grey handle-less units, composite worktop, integrated Bosch oven. Door off, glass out, sprayed. 15 minutes. One pass — 18 months, a couple who ate out as much as they cooked in. Induction hob: minimal. Extractor recessed into ceiling: filter pulled. Floor: engineered oak throughout, specialist product.

Two tall sash windows facing the rear gardens. Original timber, double-hung. Cleaned per pane. The cords and pulleys visible inside the sash boxes. Sills wiped.

No fireplace — blocked up and plastered over. A clean wall. Quick.

Bathroom. Walk-in shower, wall-hung basin, wall-hung toilet. Modern in a Victorian shell. ~260 ppm, 18 months, two people. One pass on everything. Frameless glass panel: streak-free, both sides. Chrome polished. Floor: mosaic tile, pH-neutral mopped. 12 minutes.

Two bedrooms. Front: double, bay window with two tall sashes. High ceiling. Timber floor. The bay was the study — desk marks on the floor. Photographed as furniture use. Rear: double, one window to the garden. Timber floor. Both straightforward.

Communal staircase. One flight swept. Black and white chequerboard hallway: pH-neutral mopped. Handrail wiped. Shared front door: wiped both sides.

3 hours. Two people. The high ceilings, the sash windows, and the timber floors are where the care goes. The kitchen was barely used. The bathroom was modern and quick. This is a well-maintained professional let in a well-maintained NW6 conversion.

Abacus come next morning. Their NW6 person handles the West End Lane conversions, the Broadhurst mansion blocks, and the Fortune Green terraces — maybe 40 properties in their lettings book. Kitchen: Bosch opened, composite checked. Ceilings: cornicing inspected. Sashes: per pane, no streaks. Timber floors: checked. Desk marks: photographed, accepted as furniture use. Shower panel: streak-free. Communal hallway: mopped. 7 minutes. Passed.

Deposit back in 6 days. Full return. Couple moving to a 2-bed garden flat in Brondesbury — more space, outdoor access, still on the Overground.

West Hampstead is where NW6's three stations meet NW6's Victorian conversions. The ceilings are high, the turnover is fast, and the agents know the stock. We clean every cornice and every sash per pane. Our guide on deposit dispute evidence covers Victorian conversion flats and professional let documentation.