Greenwich · SE9 · Construction site clearance
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Eltham fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide construction site clearance in Eltham SE9 for houses and flats around Eltham Palace. From £180, quoted in writing before the visit, with two operatives with a 3.5t tipper as standard, scaling to four operatives and a 7.5t vehicle on strip-outs or where the waste has to be barrowed a long way to the frontage Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Construction site clearance in Eltham SE9 is a fixed-price visit for owner-occupier-led homes in Greenwich, most of them mainly Victorian. 13,732 households sit inside this SE9 patch, 27% of them flats, so we quote on access near Eltham Palace rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
We look at the working face, the route out and the frontage, because the distance from the waste to the vehicle is what actually sets the labour cost.
Step 2
Inert, timber, plasterboard and general are separated at source, which lowers the gate cost and keeps the site's recovery rate defensible.
Step 3
Suspension, permit or a booked loading window arranged in advance so the vehicle is not moved on mid-load.
Step 4
Loads scheduled around the trades rather than dumped at the end, so the walkways and welfare stay compliant throughout.
Step 5
Final sweep, photographs and the transfer notes for every load returned for the site file.
Why choose us
Two to three working days for a scheduled clear, next day where a site inspection or handover date has moved. Out-of-hours starts are available in the noise-restricted central boroughs. Eltham (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE9 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick, and with 15% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does in SE9, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Eltham gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, measured on the walk in from Eltham (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map.
Environment Agency registered upper-tier waste carrier. Every load is segregated, weighed in at a permitted transfer station and receipted with a waste transfer note naming the site, so the principal contractor's duty of care record stays complete.
Two operatives with a 3.5t tipper as standard, scaling to four operatives and a 7.5t vehicle on strip-outs or where the waste has to be barrowed a long way to the frontage. Driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single load, mixed site waste | £180 | 1–2 hrs | A Luton load of mixed timber, packaging and offcuts, segregated on the van so the inert fraction is not charged at the mixed-waste gate rate. |
| Inert rubble only, per tonne | £145 | 1–2 hrs | Clean brick, block and concrete goes to a recycling site as aggregate feedstock and is charged by weight, not volume, because it is dense and heavy. |
| Plasterboard, segregated, per tonne | £210 | 1–2 hrs | Gypsum has to be kept out of general and inert waste by law and goes to a dedicated recovery site, which charges more per tonne than rubble. |
| Fit-out strip-out clearance, per day | £720 | 8 hrs | Two operatives, a tipper and repeat runs for a first-fix or second-fix strip-out where waste is generated faster than one load can take it. |
| Site tidy and welfare clear, per visit | £240 | 2–3 hrs | A scheduled tidy that keeps walkways, welfare and the loading zone compliant between trades rather than one clear at the end. |
| Final handover clear and sweep | £420 | 4–6 hrs | Everything out, floors swept and the site left inspection-ready for the client walk-round, which is the visit most likely to run past its estimate if it is left to the last trade on site. |
Single load, mixed site waste
£180 · 1–2 hrs
A Luton load of mixed timber, packaging and offcuts, segregated on the van so the inert fraction is not charged at the mixed-waste gate rate.
Inert rubble only, per tonne
£145 · 1–2 hrs
Clean brick, block and concrete goes to a recycling site as aggregate feedstock and is charged by weight, not volume, because it is dense and heavy.
Plasterboard, segregated, per tonne
£210 · 1–2 hrs
Gypsum has to be kept out of general and inert waste by law and goes to a dedicated recovery site, which charges more per tonne than rubble.
Fit-out strip-out clearance, per day
£720 · 8 hrs
Two operatives, a tipper and repeat runs for a first-fix or second-fix strip-out where waste is generated faster than one load can take it.
Site tidy and welfare clear, per visit
£240 · 2–3 hrs
A scheduled tidy that keeps walkways, welfare and the loading zone compliant between trades rather than one clear at the end.
Final handover clear and sweep
£420 · 4–6 hrs
Everything out, floors swept and the site left inspection-ready for the client walk-round, which is the visit most likely to run past its estimate if it is left to the last trade on site.
All commercial site prices are quoted plus VAT at 20%. Waste transfer notes, segregation and tip gate fees are included. ULEZ, the Congestion Charge where it applies, permits and bay suspensions are itemised on the quote before a vehicle is booked, never added afterwards.
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.
This was my second job for Hello services and I was delighted to have Adam and Sultan back again. I had furniture assembly and clearance work to be done, and again it was done very professionally to a very high standard, and with absolute politeness at all times. They did an excellent job yet again… Read in full →
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Coverage
Also in this area
The parent commercial silo — offices, units, shops and estate handovers.
Rubble, plasterboard and strip-out waste removed with transfer notes issued.
Desks, chairs, IT and storage cleared out of hours to a handover date.
Mixed loads collected by volume with a same-day waste transfer note.
Working in Eltham
In Eltham (SE9) the split is 27% flats to 73% houses over 13,732 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
The owner-occupier-led mix here (64% owned, 15% privately rented) means a SE9 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Walls are some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick, and with 15% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Eltham is chosen on site — the usual failure here is Eltham gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, measured on the walk in from Eltham (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map.
Eltham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — the medieval palace, Art Deco Eltham Palace and streets of 1930s semis — which is why a SE9 quote is not a Greenwich average.
On access, driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only — one reason two operatives with a 3.5t tipper as standard, scaling to four operatives and a 7.5t vehicle on strip-outs or where the waste has to be barrowed a long way to the frontage. Fitters travelling in use Eltham (Southeastern).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Eltham and what they live in decides how construction site clearance is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Eltham North and Eltham Park and Eltham South and Eltham West and New Eltham neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
34,732
Residents
Eltham North and Eltham Park and Eltham South and Eltham West and New Eltham neighbourhood, Census 2021
13,732
Households
Median age 40
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
28%
Privately rented
14.6%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Eltham North, Eltham Park, Eltham South, Eltham West, New Eltham (E02000335, E02000337, E02000339, E02000340, E02000344) — the published geography that covers Eltham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE9 district: 51.4451, 0.0549 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single load, mixed site waste starts at £180 in Eltham in this 27% flats neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Eltham (Southeastern), and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Waste type first, then carry distance. Clean rubble is cheap by weight and expensive by volume; plasterboard has to be kept separate by law; and waste that has to be barrowed from a third floor to a restricted frontage costs more in labour than it does at the tip gate in Eltham — and 27% of homes here being flats, with 21% social-rented stock nearby.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions around Eltham (Southeastern), with Eltham Palace a few streets away. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Eltham most weeks on SE9 jobs, with 73% of Eltham homes being houses.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level in this 27% flats neighbourhood, with 28% one-person households here. With 27% of homes in Eltham being flats, we plan the route up front.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in in this 27% flats neighbourhood. With 27% of Eltham homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on this side of Greenwich — and 27% of homes here being flats, with 21% social-rented stock nearby, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Eltham Palace is the marker we route to across SE9, with 27% of homes here being flats, and driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only. A SE9 slot added to an existing Greenwich round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Greenwich, with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory.
Two to three working days for a scheduled clear, next day where a site inspection or handover date has moved around Eltham (Southeastern), with 73% of Eltham homes being houses. Out-of-hours starts are available in the noise-restricted central boroughs on SE9 jobs. Eltham sits close to Eltham (Southeastern), with 13,732 households on this patch, so we can usually add a SE9 job to an existing Greenwich round at short notice on the Eltham rounds.
Driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only on SE9 jobs. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Royal Borough of Greenwich it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards around Eltham (Southeastern) — and 28% one-person households here, with 27% of homes here being flats.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Eltham SE9 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of greenwich.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
