Lewisham · SE6 · Building waste clearance
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Catford fitters · Fixed written pricesCatford SE6 is a regular stop on our Lewisham round. The fibreglass cat, the Broadway theatre and the Rushey Green shops, so building waste clearance here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £70, in writing, with insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
Building waste clearance in Catford SE6 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Lewisham, most of them mainly Victorian. 6,981 households sit inside this SE6 patch, 62% of them flats, so we quote on access near The Catford Cat rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
Rubble, plasterboard, timber or mixed, roughly how many yards, and the floor it sits on. That is enough for a fixed price.
Step 2
We book around the trade schedule — a strip-out on Monday and the make-good on Wednesday get two separate collections.
Step 3
Hall, stairs and lift lobby sheeted before loading starts, because rubble dust in a communal area is charged back to the leaseholder.
Step 4
Loaded by hand from where the waste actually is, with gypsum kept out of the mixed stream so the tip does not reject the load.
Step 5
Weighed in at a licensed transfer station and the transfer note issued the same day for your file or the building control record.
Why choose us
We expect with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — the pattern behind 6,981 households inside the SE6 neighbourhood in SE6, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE6, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for construction and demolition waste. Inert rubble goes to an aggregate recycling facility, plasterboard to a dedicated gypsum route and timber to a wood recycling site, with a transfer note issued for every load.
Two crew and a Luton on most strip-outs; three crew and a tipper where the load is rubble, hardcore or soil and weight rather than volume decides the run. South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind.
Next-day across every borough as standard, with same-day collection common where a trade programme has slipped and the site has to be clear. Catford (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE6 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagged rubble, per cubic yard | £70 | By volume | Rubble is capped by weight rather than space, so it is priced per yard against the tip's inert-waste rate. |
| Quarter-load mixed construction waste | £150 | 45–75 min | Timber, plasterboard and packaging have to be split at the transfer station, which costs more than a single stream. |
| Half-load builders' waste | £240 | 1–2 hrs | A typical bathroom or small kitchen strip-out, loaded from inside the property rather than the kerb. |
| Full Luton load | £420 | 2–4 hrs | Full van, two crew and the gate fee, with mixed construction waste sorted for recycling on arrival. |
| Plasterboard, per half load | £190 | 1–2 hrs | Gypsum is banned from mixed landfill cells and must go to a dedicated facility, which charges separately. |
| Soil, hardcore and inert spoil, per yard | £80 | By volume | Heavy inert loads are weighed in, and a yard of wet soil can be twice the weight of a yard of timber. |
Bagged rubble, per cubic yard
£70 · By volume
Rubble is capped by weight rather than space, so it is priced per yard against the tip's inert-waste rate.
Quarter-load mixed construction waste
£150 · 45–75 min
Timber, plasterboard and packaging have to be split at the transfer station, which costs more than a single stream.
Half-load builders' waste
£240 · 1–2 hrs
A typical bathroom or small kitchen strip-out, loaded from inside the property rather than the kerb.
Full Luton load
£420 · 2–4 hrs
Full van, two crew and the gate fee, with mixed construction waste sorted for recycling on arrival.
Plasterboard, per half load
£190 · 1–2 hrs
Gypsum is banned from mixed landfill cells and must go to a dedicated facility, which charges separately.
Soil, hardcore and inert spoil, per yard
£80 · By volume
Heavy inert loads are weighed in, and a yard of wet soil can be twice the weight of a yard of timber.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; builder, contractor and landlord invoices are plus VAT at 20%. Loading from inside the property, dismantling and the waste transfer note are included. Where a bay suspension, skip-alternative permit, ULEZ or the Congestion Charge applies it is itemised in the written quote.
Scope
The guys arrived prompt at 9 am . Sorry I’m rubbish at names but I remember the one guys initials were AB . He really worked hard . Both guys were very polite and were happy to pop back up the stairs to finish dusting the bedrooms surfaces that were missed . Not one moan… Read in full →
Hannah and her friend were friendly and thoughtful. They were very professional and hard working. They also turned a junk room into a nice bedroom. I cannot thank them or praise them enough.
Very good experience. House was filthy after lots of building works and previous owners not really looking after it (the bathroom was disgusting). After 4 hours of cleaning my house looks like a brand new home and smells clean again, no more dust/rubble and the bathroom looks so clean I could eat off the floor… Read in full →
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Coverage
Also in this area
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
Mixed household and bulky waste taken by the load with a transfer note the same day.
Sofas, beds, wardrobes and mattresses collected per item, dismantling included.
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Engineered, solid and laminate flooring laid with underlay, beading and doorbars.
Working in Catford
Census 2021 puts Catford at 6,981 households with a median age of 35.2. The mainly Victorian stock is mixed-tenure, which is why 38% houses and 62% flats need different handling in SE6.
Private renting sits at 33% and owner-occupation at 42%; the first group books building waste clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — the pattern behind 6,981 households inside the SE6 neighbourhood behind the plaster in SE6. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in SE6, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Catford: the fibreglass cat, the Broadway theatre and the Rushey Green shops. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Catford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind. Nearest station is Catford (Southeastern), and two crew and a Luton on most strip-outs; three crew and a tipper where the load is rubble, hardcore or soil and weight rather than volume decides the run.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Catford and what they live in decides how building waste clearance is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Catford Bridge and Catford East & Mountsfield Park neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
16,978
Residents
Catford Bridge and Catford East & Mountsfield Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,981
Households
Median age 35.2
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
33.1%
Privately rented
32.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Catford Bridge, Catford East & Mountsfield Park (E02000670, E02000672) — the published geography that covers Catford, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE6 district: 51.4385, -0.0165 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Bagged rubble, per cubic yard starts at £70 in Catford for Catford (SE6) addresses, with 33% one-person households here, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Weight and the number of waste streams, not just how much space the pile takes in Catford. A yard of plasterboard and a yard of wet rubble are two different gate fees at the transfer station around Catford (Southeastern), with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions across SE6, with 42% owner-occupation locally. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Catford most weeks on the Catford rounds, with 25% social-rented stock nearby.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on the streets near The Catford Cat, with 25% social-rented stock nearby.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in across SE6. With 62% of Catford homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on this side of Lewisham — and 38% of Catford homes being houses, with 33% one-person households here, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Next-day across every borough as standard, with 38% of Catford homes being houses, with same-day collection common where a trade programme has slipped and the site has to be clear across SE6. Catford sits close to Catford (Southeastern), with 25% social-rented stock nearby, so we can usually add a SE6 job to an existing Lewisham round at short notice on the streets near The Catford Cat.
South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind on this side of Lewisham. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Lewisham it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards in this 62% flats neighbourhood — and 62% of homes here being flats, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood. On Catford jobs we confirm it when the slot is booked, not on the day.
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for construction and demolition waste across SE6. Inert rubble goes to an aggregate recycling facility, plasterboard to a dedicated gypsum route and timber to a wood recycling site around Catford (Southeastern), with 33% one-person households here — and Lewisham parking rules in play, with a transfer note issued for every load. That paperwork is what most Lewisham letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in this 62% flats neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Catford SE6 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of lewisham.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
