Builders Waste Removal & Rubble Clearance in London
Rubble, soil, hardcore, plasterboard, timber, bricks and broken concrete cleared fast across London and the Home Counties. We load it all by hand, give you a written record of every collection for your files, and price by weight so you pay for exactly what leaves site.
Priced by weight from £95 • waste transfer notes provided • ULEZ-compliant vans
Get a fixed price for your site waste
Three quick steps. Priced by weight, transfer notes provided.
Would rather talk? Call 07400 640002 or send a photo on WhatsApp.
How it works
Tell us what's on site
Send a WhatsApp photo of the rubble, soil or debris, or describe the job. We estimate the weight and give you a fixed price.
We load and clear
Our crew arrives, hand-loads every bag and barrow-load, and clears the site — often the same day, subject to availability.
Documented disposal
Waste goes to a licensed transfer station for recovery and recycling, and you get a waste transfer note for your duty of care.
Why trades and homeowners choose us for builders' waste
A record for every load
You get a written record of every collection — what was taken and where it went — for your site files.
We load it all
Rubble bags, broken concrete, timber and plasterboard carried out and loaded by hand. No skip, no permit, no lifting for you.
Soil & hardcore recovery
Inert material like soil, hardcore and clean rubble is sent for recycling and recovery wherever possible, not straight to landfill.
Fixed price up front
You get a firm price by weight before we start, with disposal and labour included. No hidden fees added at the end.
Builders waste removal prices
Builders' waste is priced by weight, not volume. Rubble, soil, hardcore and broken concrete weigh far more than the space they take up — a single bulk bag of rubble can top 900 kg — and disposal at a licensed transfer station is charged by the tonne. Weight-based pricing keeps it fair and transparent. Send a photo on WhatsApp for a fixed price before we set off.
| Load weight | Price |
|---|---|
| Up to 100 kg | £95 |
| Up to 200 kg | £99 |
| Up to 300 kg | £149 |
| Up to 500 kg | £245 |
| Up to 750 kg | £320 |
| Up to 900 kg | £420 |
| Over 900 kg (photos required; over 1,000 kg needs multiple trips) | Fixed quote |
Weights are approximate and confirmed on the day or from your photos. Mixed and lighter waste is priced separately — see our full price list. Congestion Charge (£18) added only where a job falls inside the zone.
Builders' waste is anything left behind by construction, renovation or DIY work: broken bricks, tiles and blocks, hardcore and rubble, sand, soil and subsoil, off-cuts of timber and skirting, plasterboard and plaster, broken concrete, old kitchen and bathroom strip-outs, and the bags of dust and debris that pile up on any site. Van Thats Quick clears all of it across London and the Home Counties. Because we hand-load into a van rather than drop a skip, there is no permit to arrange, no waiting for a delivery slot, and nothing blocking the road or driveway — just a crew that turns up, loads, and leaves the site clear.
The reason we price builders' waste by weight rather than by the space it fills is simple physics. A wheelbarrow of rubble or a bulk bag of soil weighs a huge amount for its size, and the licensed transfer stations that take it charge by the tonne. Pricing by weight means a small pile of dense rubble is not billed as if it were a full van of light packaging, and a van that looks half-empty but is loaded with concrete is priced honestly. When you send a photo we estimate the tonnage, quote a fixed price from the band that fits, and confirm it on the day. Heavy, dense loads are exactly where an experienced crew and the right van matter — overload a vehicle and it is neither legal nor safe.
For trade customers the paperwork matters as much as the muscle. Every business has a legal duty of care to make sure its waste is handled by a registered carrier and disposed of properly, and to keep the records that prove it. On every job we provide a waste transfer note detailing what was collected and where it went, so builders, developers, kitchen fitters and landlords have the documentation to satisfy that duty of care. We are happy to take mixed loads too — rubble alongside timber, plasterboard and general site waste — and we separate plasterboard from inert rubble because it has to be handled differently at the tip. If your job also has garden spoil, turf or green waste we can lift that with our garden waste removal service, and if a project generates ordinary household or office clutter as well, our rubbish removal and office clearance services cover that in the same visit.
Builders' waste removal — your questions answered
How is builders' waste priced?
By weight, because rubble, soil and hardcore are dense and licensed disposal is charged by the tonne. Prices start from £95 for loads up to 100 kg and rise in bands up to a large Luton load. Send a photo on WhatsApp and we'll estimate the weight and give you a fixed price before we arrive.
Do you take rubble, soil and plasterboard?
Yes — rubble, soil, hardcore, bricks, tiles, broken concrete, timber and plasterboard are all fine, including mixed loads. Plasterboard has to be separated from inert rubble because it is handled differently at the transfer station, so just let us know it's in the load and we'll sort it correctly.
Do you provide a record of what was collected?
Yes. We give you a written record of every collection, showing what was taken and where it went — the paperwork trade customers keep on file for construction and demolition waste.
Can you clear a site the same day?
Often, yes — subject to availability. We keep same-day and next-day slots open across London and the Home Counties, so if you call early with the site details we can usually get a crew and the right van to you quickly to clear it in one visit.
Areas we serve
Same price across every London borough and our Home Counties areas.
What the price includes — and what it doesn't
The most common complaint about clearance companies is a price that grows once the van is loaded. So here is the whole of ours, before you book, including the parts that cost extra.
Included in the price we quote
No line of this is billed separately afterwards.
- Labour — the crew, the carrying and the loading.
- The van, the fuel, ULEZ and the congestion charge — London charges are ours, not yours.
- Disposal and recycling of the load — the tipping cost is inside the price.
- Access from anywhere on the property — any room, up or down stairs, or out of the garden.
- VAT — the price you are shown is the price you pay.
- Waste transfer paperwork for your load, on request — so your duty of care is documented.
Priced separately, or not carried at all
Told to you up front, never discovered on the invoice.
- Upholstered seating and mattresses carry their own disposal fee, because the law forces them down a more expensive route than the rest of your load. The amount is on our pricing page before you book.
- Hazardous items — paint, chemicals, asbestos, tyres and gas bottles cannot travel in a general load and need a specialist route. We will tell you which one.
- Fridges, freezers and electricals have a separate WEEE route — flag them when you book so we arrive with the right van.
- Anything flammable, explosive, illegal, or alive — we cannot carry it, and we will say so before the day.
If there turns out to be more than we quoted for, you hear the new price before anything goes in the van — not once it is loaded, and not on the invoice. The same goes for access: tell us when you book if your street is permit-only or on a red route, or if the job is above the third floor with no lift, and we plan for it instead of pricing round it on the day.
What happens to your waste after we drive away
Most clearance companies stop this story at the word "recycled". Here is the actual route your load takes, including the part of it that nobody advertises.
It goes in by hand
Everything is carried out and loaded by the crew — from the room, the garden or the kerbside. What is in the load matters, because what is in it decides where it is legally allowed to go.
Sorted, not buried
The load goes to a licensed transfer station or recycling centre, where it is separated by material. It is not tipped straight into a hole in the ground.
Recovered by material
Metal, wood, cardboard, textiles and electricals are pulled out for recycling or recovery. Green waste is composted.
The bit nobody advertises
Upholstered furniture cannot be recycled at all. Since January 2023 the Environment Agency presumes every domestic sofa, armchair and padded dining chair contains persistent organic pollutants, so it must be kept apart from other waste and incinerated — never landfilled, never shredded for reuse. That law, not a markup, is why soft seating carries its own fee. Whatever is genuinely left after sorting goes to energy recovery.
- Metal
- Wood
- Cardboard & paper
- Textiles
- Electricals (WEEE)
- Green waste
We do not publish a recycling percentage. You will see "90% diverted from landfill" on a lot of clearance websites. The sorting happens at the transfer station, after our van has left, and we are not going to take credit for a figure we cannot evidence. What we can give you is the route your load takes and the paperwork for it — and if you want to check who handles it, ask us to identify the registered carrier for your collection and verify them on the Environment Agency public register before we load.
Proof, not adjectives
Anyone can type "trusted" and "reliable" onto a website. These are the things about us you can actually check.
We are a small London crew, not a national booking platform, and we are not going to pretend otherwise: we have 27 five-star reviews on Google and 3 on Yell. That is all of them. Every one is public, unedited and one tap away — which is worth rather more than a five-figure review count you have no way of reading.
Harlesden NW10Kerbside clearance, done the same dayBagged household waste, flattened cardboard and moulded packaging cleared off the pavement outside a terraced property — no skip, no permit, no waiting.Read the job →
Ealing W5A garden full of tree cuttingsPalm and cordyline cuttings and branches stacked along the pavement, loaded by hand and taken away for composting and recycling.Read the job →Clear your site today
Send a quick photo on WhatsApp or call for a fixed price by weight. Same-day slots across every London borough and the Home Counties, subject to availability.