Patio cleaning prices in Reigate
Same rates we publish for the whole patch, no Reigate premium just because the postcode sounds expensive. The honest difference in RH2 is the stone: a lot of Reigate gardens are laid in Indian sandstone or limestone rather than plain concrete slabs, and natural stone takes more care, lower pressure, the right chemistry and a proper rinse, so most jobs here land in the £4–£8 per square metre band rather than at the £3 bottom end.
| Patio size | Concrete slabs (£3–£5/m²) | Indian sandstone (£4–£8/m²) | Block-paved (£5–£8/m²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20m² | £80–£100 | £80–£160 | £100–£160 |
| 30m² | £90–£150 | £120–£240 | £150–£240 |
| 40m² | £120–£200 | £160–£320 | £200–£320 |
| 60m² | £180–£300 | £240–£480 | £300–£480 |
Indicative ranges from our published rates, £80 minimum charge on every job. Bigger, open patios in decent nick sit at the bottom of each band; heavy moss, black spot treatment and awkward access push a job up it. We confirm an exact figure on a free quote, no obligation. Full national context is in our patio cleaning cost guide, or run your own numbers through the cost calculator.
Every clean includes the moss and algae treatment, a proper rinse-down and a tidy-up, we don’t leave a tide line of slurry across your lawn. Re-sanding block-paved patio joints is quoted as an option, and no, there’s no hosepipe ban in the way either, we track that weekly in our Surrey hosepipe ban guide.
Indian sandstone and limestone patios in Reigate
Reigate is easily the most natural-stone-heavy town on our patch. The bigger gardens around Reigate Hill and up towards the North Downs edge, and plenty of the South Park and Priory Park stock too, were landscaped with Indian sandstone or limestone rather than the concrete slabs you see on newer estates. Lovely stone. It also grows things.
Here’s the pattern we see over and over in RH2: mature tree cover shades half the patio, the shaded half stays damp from October to April, and by spring it’s green with algae while the sunny half still looks fine. Wash it without treating it and the spores sit in the joints, so it greens straight back over. That’s why our finish is a biocide treatment, not just water, the same approach we cover in our algae removal guide.
Sandstone also punishes lazy technique. Run a turbo nozzle over it at full pressure and you’ll scour the surface, strip the joint sand and leave wand stripes you can see every time it rains. We work natural stone at lower pressure with a surface cleaner and let the chemistry do the lifting. If you want the full method, it’s written up in our Indian sandstone cleaning guide, and there’s more on the town itself on our Reigate area page.
Black spot: the one to catch early
If your Reigate sandstone has small black dots that don’t shift when you scrub, that’s black spot lichen, and it’s rooted into the stone, not sitting on it. A pressure washer alone will not remove it. Worse, blasting at it spreads the spores and roughs up the surface so it comes back thicker. We see it constantly on shaded RH2 patios, and the honest answer is chemistry: a sodium hypochlorite treatment with proper dwell time after the wash, quoted on top of the standard clean so you know the figure before we start.
Caught early it’s a straightforward add-on. Left for years it can get so established the stone never comes fully back. The full story, what it is, what the DIY tubs cost and what we charge, is in our guide to black spot on Indian sandstone.
Areas we cover in and around Reigate
All of RH2: Reigate Hill, the Old Town, Priory Park, South Park, Meadvale, Woodhatch, Reigate Heath and Skimmington, plus everywhere within 20 miles of our Redhill (RH1) base. We’re in RH2 most weeks anyway, often for gutter cleaning in Reigate, so patio slots come up fast, often same day or next day if you call in the morning. If it’s not the patio you’re after, the main patio cleaning page covers the whole 20-mile patch, and our Reigate page lists every service we run in the town.