Bulky Waste Collection in London
The easy, cheaper alternative to slow council bulky waste collection. Sofas, mattresses, fridges, wardrobes and white goods collected same or next day. We do all the lifting, carry it out from anywhere in the property, and take it away for licensed disposal and recycling. No kerbside dragging, no long waits.
Single items from £95 • we carry it out for you • same-day subject to availability
How it works
Send us a photo
WhatsApp or email a picture of the sofa, mattress, appliance or pile of bulky items — or just tell us what you have over the phone. We reply with a fixed, all-in price.
We book your slot
Pick a time that suits you. We keep same-day and next-day slots open across London, so there is no waiting weeks like a council collection.
We collect & recycle
Our crew carries the item out from wherever it is — upstairs, back garden or garage — loads the van, sweeps up, and takes it for licensed disposal and recycling.
Why choose us for bulky waste
Disposed of properly
Your bulky waste is handled and disposed of legally, through licensed transfer stations and recycling centres.
We do all the lifting
No dragging heavy items to the kerb. Our crew carries everything out of the property for you — you lift nothing.
Responsible recycling
We sort loads and recycle whatever we can — metal, wood, working appliances and reusable furniture — to keep waste out of landfill.
Fixed price up front
Send a photo and get a firm, all-in quote before we arrive. No hidden fees added on the day.
Bulky waste collection prices
Prices are by volume, so you only pay for the space your items take up in the van — plus labour and disposal. Send a photo on WhatsApp for a fixed quote before we arrive.
Minimum charge — covers collection and disposal of one bulky item, such as a sofa, mattress or appliance.
A few bulky pieces together — a small furniture clear-out or a couple of large items.
A bedroom or lounge's worth of bulky furniture and appliances, roughly half a Luton van.
A packed Luton van — multiple rooms of bulky items or a full furniture clearance.
Some items carry a small recycling fee — e.g. sofa £44, mattress £33, fridge/freezer £55–£142. See our full price list. Final price confirmed on the day or from your photos — no hidden fees.
Cheaper and faster than council bulky waste collection
Most London councils do run a bulky waste collection service, but it rarely fits real life. Booking a slot often means waiting one to three weeks for the next available date, and many boroughs cap how many items they will take per visit — typically three to five — so a full front room of old furniture becomes two or three separate bookings. On top of that, almost every council makes you carry the items out yourself and leave them at the boundary or kerbside by a set time on the morning of collection, which is no help at all if you live upstairs, have a bad back, or the sofa will not fit down the stairwell on your own.
We work the opposite way: door-to-door, same or next day, and we do the lifting. Instead of dragging a mattress down three flights and leaving it in the rain for a week, you point at it and our two-person crew carries it out from wherever it sits — bedroom, loft, back garden or lock-up garage. There is no item limit to work around and no fixed collection window to be home for; we give you a time slot that suits you. For a single item the minimum charge is from £95, and because we price by the space your load fills, clearing several bulky pieces in one visit usually works out cheaper and far quicker than repeat council trips.
Whether it is one item or a full van, the process is the same fixed-price, no-fuss service. If you have a general pile as well as furniture, our rubbish removal service clears it in the same visit. For specific items we also run dedicated sofa disposal, mattress disposal and fridge and freezer removal — all collected from inside the property, disposed of at licensed sites, and recycled wherever we can.
Bulky waste collection — your questions answered
How much does bulky waste collection cost?
A single bulky item starts from £95, which is our minimum charge and covers collection and disposal of one item such as a sofa, mattress or appliance. Larger loads are priced by volume — a quarter van from £195, a half van from £320 and a full Luton van from £495. Some items carry a small recycling fee, for example a sofa £44, mattress £33 or fridge/freezer £55–£142. Send a photo on WhatsApp for a fixed quote before we arrive.
Is it cheaper than the council?
For most jobs it works out better value once you factor in the wait, the item limits and the effort. Councils typically make you wait one to three weeks, cap the number of items per collection, and leave you to drag everything to the kerb yourself. We collect same or next day, take as many items as you have in one visit, and carry them out for you. Because we price by the space your load fills, clearing several bulky pieces at once is usually cheaper and much faster than repeat council bookings.
Can you collect the same day?
Often, yes — subject to availability. We keep same-day and next-day slots open across London and can frequently collect within a couple of hours of your call. Get in touch with your postcode and what you need moving and we will confirm the earliest slot we can offer.
What bulky items do you take?
Sofas and armchairs, mattresses and divans, wardrobes, chests of drawers, tables, desks and other bulky furniture, plus white goods and appliances such as fridges, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers and cookers. We also take bulky garden and household junk. Just flag fridges, freezers and larger appliances when you book so we bring the right van and dispose of them correctly.
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 →Book your bulky waste collection
Send a quick photo on WhatsApp or call for a free, no-obligation quote. Same-day slots across every London borough, subject to availability.