Carpet Cleaning Cost per Room UK (2026): Prices and Real Examples

Carpet cleaning is the extra our customers add most often. Nearly half of all our end of tenancy and deep cleans include it, and it’s often a condition of the tenancy when carpets were professionally cleaned before you moved in. This guide sets out what carpet cleaning costs per room in the UK in 2026, what a whole home costs, and what our records of 6,856 jobs with carpet cleaning show about how many rooms people actually book.

How much does carpet cleaning cost per room?

Most UK price guides price carpet cleaning per room, with bigger rooms costing more. MyJobQuote (updated October 2026) gives these typical prices:

Area	Typical UK price
Small bedroom (about 12m²)	£25–£35
Large bedroom (about 20m²)	£45–£55
Living room (about 16m²)	£35–£50
Stairs and landing	£35–£45
Open-plan living and dining (about 36m²)	£80–£100

Checkatrade’s May 2026 guide gives £50 for a small 4m by 4m room, £85 for stairs and a landing, and an £85 minimum charge per visit. MyJobQuote says London prices can be 25% to 35% higher than in the north of England.

Our carpet cleaning prices

We use one simple price per room or area, whatever its size, so you know the cost before you book:

Item	Price
Carpet, per room or area	£25
Hallway	£15
Stairs, per flight	£20
Rug	£20
2-seater sofa	£50
3-seater sofa	£55
L-shaped sofa	£85
Mattress	£20
Curtains, per pair	£30

These prices apply when carpets are added to an end of tenancy or deep clean, or booked as a carpet clean on their own. A minimum charge may apply to small jobs.

How many rooms do people book?

The typical carpet booking in our records covers three rooms. The number rises with the size of the home:

Property	Typical carpeted rooms booked
1 bedroom	2
2 bedrooms	3
3 bedrooms	4
4 or more bedrooms	5

Across all 6,856 jobs, 1,394 covered one room, 1,634 two rooms, 1,460 three rooms and 1,226 four rooms; just over 1,100 covered five or more. Stairs were booked on about 460 jobs.

What a whole home costs

Using our per-room prices, these are typical carpet costs when added to a clean:

Home	What’s booked	Carpet cost
1-bed flat	2 rooms	£50
2-bed flat	3 rooms + hallway	£90
3-bed house	4 rooms + hallway + stairs	£135
4-bed house	5 rooms + hallway + stairs	£160

For comparison, MyJobQuote puts a 2-bed terraced house at £140–£175, a 3-bed semi at £210–£260 and a 4-bed detached house at £325–£400 when carpets are booked as a separate job.

Why a carpet-only visit costs more

Our 250 standalone carpet cleans came to a typical £150, with the middle half paying £135–£195. That’s more than the per-room price suggests, because a visit for one or two rooms has the same travel and set-up time as a bigger job, so a minimum charge may apply. In our records since November 2024, standalone jobs of one to four rooms typically cost £120–£150, rising to about £200 for five rooms and £250 for six or more.

If you’re having a property cleaned anyway, adding the carpets to the same visit is the cheapest way to do it.

Drying time and what to expect

After hot water extraction, which washes deep into the pile and removes the dirty water, Checkatrade says carpets typically take 2–6 hours to dry, and MyJobQuote notes some take up to 24 hours. Open windows and heating help. Stains are pre-treated, but some old stains, burns and dye marks can’t be removed completely.

Carpet cleaning and your deposit

If your tenancy agreement or check-in inventory says the carpets were professionally cleaned at the start, you will usually be asked to have them professionally cleaned at the end, and to keep the receipt. Our guides to getting your deposit back and whether professional carpet cleaning is worth it explain more.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• MyJobQuote: Carpet cleaning cost (updated October 2026)
• Checkatrade: Carpet cleaning cost guide (May 2026)
• Tenancy.Cleaning job records, January 2023 to October 2026