Online booking for UK cleaners, priced in pounds.

Bark puts independent cleaners at about £17 an hour and agencies at about £19, before VAT. Checkatrade puts agencies at £25 to £30 an hour with VAT included, and MyBuilder gives a range of £12 to £30. London sits well above the rest of the country: Taskrabbit puts the London average at £33 an hour against £22 for the UK.

Whatever your rate, customers compare totals, not hours. A cleaner in Leeds, Bristol or Glasgow who shows a fixed price for a two-bed flat and a four-bed house gets booked by the people who would otherwise have asked three firms for a quote and taken the first reply.

Sources: Bark, Checkatrade, MyBuilder, Taskrabbit (checked 4 Nov 2026)

An end of tenancy clean is priced by the size of the property and judged against the inventory at check-out, which is why tenants and letting agents want a firm price and a firm date. Bark puts the UK average at £170 for a one-bed flat, £210 for two bedrooms, £275 for three and £355 for four or more.

Set it up as its own service with a Bedrooms option, and sell the oven, the fridge and the carpets as extras: Checkatrade puts a domestic oven clean at £55 to £77. Add a question for the check-out date and how you will collect the keys, so the booking arrives with everything the job needs.

Sources: Bark, Checkatrade (checked 4 Nov 2026)

You must register for VAT once your taxable turnover for the last 12 months goes over £90,000, according to GOV.UK. Below that you can still register voluntarily. Either way, the price on your booking form is the price the customer pays, so if you are registered, set your prices with VAT in them. Invoices you send from the dashboard can add a tax rate.

When you compare your prices with the guides, check which way round they are: Bark gives figures without VAT and Checkatrade gives them with it.

Sources: GOV.UK, Bark, Checkatrade (checked 4 Nov 2026)

Customers letting a cleaner into their home often ask whether they are DBS checked. A basic DBS check costs £20 from GOV.UK and shows convictions that are not spent. GOV.UK's guidance for self-employed people who go into customers' homes points them to the basic check rather than an enhanced one. Some cleaning platforms, Housekeep among them, require a check before you can work through them.

If you have one, say so where customers decide: on your website and in the description of each service.

Sources: GOV.UK, GOV.UK, Housekeep (checked 4 Nov 2026)