If a property needs cleaning, your letting agency or landlord has to prepare it perfectly for the next tenant. That’s fair. Most of the time they’ll instruct one of their own regular contractors and deduct the cost from your deposit.
Here’s where it gets expensive. Those contractors know the agency will keep using them, so there’s no competitive environment on price. They’re often big companies with VAT, and some agencies add a markup on top of the invoice. A national-chain end of tenancy clean averages around £250 in the UK — add VAT and an agency markup and that easily becomes £350–£400 taken from your deposit.
Cleanifiq breaks that. Providers on the platform are self-employed or small local businesses — no VAT, no agency markup — vetted to the same professional standard your inventory check will be graded against. The average Cleanifiq end of tenancy clean for a 2-bed property in 2025 was £175.
And every booking comes with the receipt, the time-stamped before-and-after photos, and the 7-day re-clean guarantee — the things that put the burden of proof back where it belongs.