Car Valeting

Which valet package do you need?

For a car in regular use, the £20 express wash and vac with any MOT or service keeps things civilised. For a family car that's absorbed a year of school runs, the £55 interior valet is the reset button. Selling? The £150 pre-sale preparation is the one that earns its fee back.

The full valet at £95 sits between: complete interior plus a hand wash, wheels, tar-spot removal and a wax finish — the right call twice a year, or before the in-laws borrow the car. None of the packages uses a brush conveyor, and all of them are done by the same hands each time at the West Molesey workshop.

If you're unsure, tell us what the car is for and what it's been through; we'll tell you honestly which package fits — including when the cheaper one is enough.

Why a pre-sale valet is the cheapest detailing money you'll spend

Buyers decide in the first minute, on the driveway, before the test drive — and a clean, fresh-smelling, well-presented car reads as a maintained car. The pre-sale preparation valet exists for exactly that minute: interior deep-cleaned, paint washed and waxed, wheels and tyres dressed, engine bay tidied.

The arithmetic is the persuasive part. On a typical private sale around East Molesey or Hampton Court, presentation differences of several hundred pounds in achieved price are completely normal — against a £150 valet. Pair it with what only a garage can add: a fresh 12-month MOT, a stamped service and the printed history that lets a buyer stop negotiating on fear.

We'll do all three in one visit and hand back a car that's genuinely ready to photograph for the listing the same afternoon.