Almost a third of Stoke Newington households live in a terraced house (31.1%), more than twice the Hackney rate, and a fortnightly cleaner for one costs £24 an hour, or £23 weekly.

Owners, renters and licensed lets in N16

Stoke Newington ward had 5,573 households at the 2021 Census, and it is more owner-occupied than most of the borough: 37.2% own their home against 24.6% for Hackney as a whole. Private renting is 32.7% and social renting 29.3%, of which 12.0% is council housing. Shared ownership is rare at 0.7%.

The homes are a mix. Flats make up 63.8% of homes, split between purpose-built blocks (34.5%) and converted or shared houses (22.7%, well above Hackney’s 15.5%). The rest is mostly terraces, with detached and semi-detached homes together at about 5%. So many homes here are whole houses with stairs, alongside flats on one floor of a converted house.

Landlords letting privately need a licence. Stoke Newington, Clissold, Cazenove, Stamford Hill West, Hackney Downs and Shacklewell are all among the 17 Hackney wards where every private let needs a selective licence from 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2031.

Church Street, Clissold Park and Abney Park

Two conservation areas cover Church Street and the park. The Stoke Newington one, designated in 1983, follows Church Street and parts of the High Street and takes in the whole of Abney Park Cemetery; it is mainly commercial, with some homes and listed buildings. Clissold Park, designated in 1969, covers the park itself, two parish churches, Stoke Newington Town Hall and the listed buildings nearby, and the planted strip in front of 207 to 228 Church Street is a protected London Square. Abney Park Cemetery and Clissold Park are two of the three registered historic parks in Hackney.

The Hackney pages for end of tenancy, carpet and oven cleaning, linked below, cover N16 as well.

Cleaning a terraced house or a converted flat

A whole terraced house is a longer job than its floor area suggests. The equipment goes up and down the stairs with the cleaner, there are often two bathrooms, and the stairs themselves need vacuuming tread by tread. A regular visit to a house usually runs past the three-hour minimum; a one-bed flat in a converted house often fits inside it. We agree the hours with you on the phone.

Each visit covers the kitchen (worktops, hob, sink, cupboard fronts, floor), the bathrooms, dusting through the rooms, beds and every floor. Thames Water’s 2025 reports for the Stamford Hill, Shacklewell & Canonbury and Hackney West supply zones near N16 give mean hardness of 260, 264 and 268 mg/l, so the cleaner descales taps, shower glass and the kettle as part of the routine.

A deep clean is for the jobs that build up: inside cupboards and the fridge, behind the cooker where it can be pulled out, skirting boards, door frames, picture rails, window sills and tracks, tile grout and the extractor hood. The team brings the equipment and detergents, and you keep the water and power on.

Prices in Stoke Newington

Regular cleaning costs £23 an hour weekly and £24 fortnightly, with a minimum of three hours. One-off deep cleaning is £26 for each cleaner-hour plus £30 for equipment and detergents, from £186. Every one-off job starts at £67. Moving-out cleans are fixed by size, from £156 for a studio to £339 for three bedrooms and £425 for four, and the London price list has the rest. One-off cleans pay for parking only where there is no free parking: the bay is charged at cost, up to £40.

Tenants handing back a house or flat can book the end of tenancy clean; if the inventory clerk or agent marks something we cleaned, tell us within 48 hours and we return to put it right at no charge. For stair carpets, the carpet cleaning price is £41 a flight and £9 a landing, cleaned by hot water extraction. A double oven is £110 through oven cleaning in Hackney, cleaned by hand in the kitchen and back in use the same evening.

Booking, and parking near Clissold Park

Fill in the form or ring 020 3734 1438 any time. We call back from 8am to 7pm, seven days a week, agree the date and confirm the price against your home; a 50% deposit holds the date and the balance is due when the clean is finished. Our cleaners are vetted and trained.

Stoke Newington station is on the Weaver line in fare zone 2. On the streets, Zone M (Clissold) is controlled Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.30pm and Saturday 8.30am to 1.30pm, and short stays there cost £2.70 to £5.90 an hour, against £3.65 to £6.75 in Zone E. On Emirates Stadium event days the Zone M bays stay enforced until 8.30pm on weekdays and 4.30pm on Saturdays, and from noon to 4.30pm on Sundays and bank holidays, so tell us if your clean falls on an event day. Next door, Dalston and Tottenham each have a page.

Questions from Stoke Newington

Can you clean a whole terraced house in one visit?

Yes. Houses take longer than flats because of the stairs and the extra bathroom, so a regular visit may need more than the three-hour minimum, or a deep clean may need three or four cleaners. We set the hours on the phone before the day.

Does an Emirates Stadium event change the parking?

In Zone M (Clissold) it does. On Emirates Stadium event days the bays are enforced Monday to Friday until 8.30pm, Saturday until 4.30pm and on Sundays and bank holidays from noon to 4.30pm.

Can you clean the stair carpet in a terraced house?

Yes, by hot water extraction: £41 a flight, £9 a landing and £22 for the hallway. Drying usually takes a few hours and depends on how well the house ventilates.

We have just bought a house in N16. Can you clean it before we move in?

Yes. An empty house is the easiest time for a deep clean, at £26 per cleaner-hour plus £30 for equipment and detergents. Tell us the number of bedrooms and bathrooms and we set the hours when we ring back.

Do you clean on Sundays?

Yes, seven days a week from 8am to 7pm, at the same hourly rates.

Give us the street and the size of the house or flat, and we will ring back with a price for your Stoke Newington clean.

Book a clean 020 3734 1438

Cleaning services for homes in Stoke Newington