How Much Does Home Care Cost in Croydon and Bromley?

How much does home care cost in Croydon and Bromley?

With Fabulous Homecare, visiting care in Croydon and Bromley costs from £26 an hour, the same rate at weekends, and live-in care costs from £1,650 a week, not including cover for the carer's daily breaks. Your first home visit is free, every quote is in writing before care starts, and there is no minimum contract.

What you pay each week depends on how much help is needed, how often, and whether a carer lives in. This guide sets out our prices, shows what visiting care adds up to over a week, explains what live-in care includes, and covers the council, NHS and benefit routes that can help with the cost.

We are a CQC-registered, locally run home care provider based at Airport House on Purley Way in Croydon, supporting families across the London Boroughs of Croydon and Bromley. The prices here are ours; other providers set their own, so compare written quotes for the same care.

Our home care prices at a glance

These are the prices we publish. Each one is a starting point: your own price is set out in a written quote after the first home visit, once we know what help is needed and when.

What does visiting care cost each week?

Visiting care is charged by the hour, so the weekly cost follows the hours. The table shows care every day of the week at our £26 starting rate. Weekends are charged at the same rate as weekdays, so the same sum works for all seven days.

These figures are illustrations, not quotes. A week with a bank holiday costs more, because bank holidays are charged at double the usual rate. Visits shorter than an hour and overnight care are quoted at your first home visit.

If you are weighing up visits against a carer who lives in, our guide to live-in care vs visiting care works through the comparison, including overnight cover.

What changes the price of home care?

Two households can pay very different amounts to the same provider, because the price follows the care. These are the things that move the weekly figure:

• How many hours of care are needed each week, and how they are split into visits.
• The type of support the care plan sets out.
• Bank holidays, which are charged at double the usual hourly rate. Weekends cost the same as weekdays.
• Nights: overnight care and waking nights are quoted individually once we know what the nights involve.
• For live-in care: how much help is needed through the day, whether nights are settled or regularly disturbed, who covers the carer's daily breaks, and any extra carers or waking-night support the plan needs.

How much does live-in care cost?

Our live-in care starts from £1,650 a week for one carer living in your home. That price does not include cover for the carer's daily breaks: family members usually cover them, or the council or NHS arranges it when they fund the care. Your own figure is set out in writing after the first home visit.

The weekly price covers personal care, meals, medication support, housekeeping and company through the day, with a named manager reviewing the plan. More help through the day, regularly disturbed nights, or the need for a second carer or waking-night support all change the price. A live-in carer sleeps at night, so frequent help after dark needs separate waking-night cover.

The carer needs a spare bedroom in your home. Live-in care usually starts within one to two weeks of the first home visit, depending on finding the right carer for the person. If you are working to a date, such as a hospital discharge, tell us early and we will say honestly what is possible.

Our page on live-in care in Croydon and Bromley explains how it works locally, town by town.

Can the council help pay for home care?

Croydon Council and Bromley Council each offer a free care needs assessment to anyone who appears to need support. It looks only at what help you need. If you have eligible needs, a separate financial assessment, often called the means test, works out what you pay and what the council pays. Our guide to the care needs assessment walks through it step by step.

In England there are two capital thresholds, which stay the same for 2026 to 2027. Above £23,250 you are generally expected to fund your own care. Below £14,250 your capital is disregarded in the means test, but you may still need to contribute from income. Capital between the limits can count towards your assessed contribution. The value of the home is not counted when care is being provided at home.

For care at home, those limits are minimums, and a council may set higher ones if it chooses. If the council funds your care, the money is your personal budget, and you can usually ask for it as a direct payment so you choose your own provider. Our guide to paying for home care explains each route.

What help is there from the NHS and benefits?

NHS Continuing Healthcare is care arranged and funded solely by the NHS for adults with long-term complex health needs. Eligibility depends on assessed needs, not on a particular diagnosis, and the care can be provided in your own home. It is not means-tested: unlike council care, there is no financial assessment. Ask the GP, district nurse or hospital team about an assessment.

Attendance Allowance is a benefit for people at State Pension age or older who need someone to help look after them because of an illness or disability. You do not need to have a carer to claim it, and it is paid at one of two rates depending on the help needed. The GOV.UK Attendance Allowance page gives the current rates and how to claim.

After a hospital stay, council reablement is free for up to six weeks in England. Regulation 4 of the Care and Support (Preventing Needs for Care and Support) Regulations 2014 says a council must not charge for reablement or intermediate care for the first six weeks. It is the council's service rather than ours, and how long it lasts depends on your needs. Our guide to care after hospital explains how it works.

Is home care cheaper than a care home?

Home care can cost less than a care home where someone needs a few hours of help a day, because you pay only for the hours you use. As the hours rise, the picture changes, so compare the whole package rather than a headline rate.

On the home care side, add up the visiting hours, any overnight care, any extra carers and, for live-in care, cover for the carer's breaks. On the care home side, take the weekly fee and anything charged on top. Living at home also means the usual household bills carry on.

Cost is not the only question. Our guide on home care or a care home works through the decision honestly, including the situations where a care home is the better answer.

How to get a written quote

Call us or book your first home visit, which is free. We come to you, anywhere we cover in Croydon or Bromley, talk through what would help, and then send a written quote that sets out the weekly cost before any care starts. There is no obligation to go ahead and no minimum contract.

For local detail, see our pages on home care in Croydon and home care in Bromley.