Westminster · W1 · Hotel clearance
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Soho fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide hotel clearance in Soho W1 for houses and flats around Carnaby Street and Golden Square. From £85, quoted in writing before the visit, with two to four operatives depending on room count, scaling to a second team on a full-floor or full-closure clearance where the schedule is set by a redevelopment date Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Tottenham Court Road, hotel clearance here covers supply-free fitting from £85. With 98% of Soho's 4,257 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in W1 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
Step 1
We list what is leaving room by room or floor by floor, because lift capacity and corridor width set the daily pace far more than the item count does.
Step 2
Loading bay windows and guest-floor restrictions confirmed with management so a strip-out never runs into check-in or checkout hours.
Step 3
Soft furnishings, case goods and electricals split at the point of removal so each stream goes to the correct facility.
Step 4
Rooms or floors cleared in the agreed sequence, protecting corridors and lifts still in guest use.
Step 5
Photographs of the cleared areas and a waste transfer note for every load returned to the hotel's facilities manager.
Why choose us
Three to five working days for a phased refurbishment schedule, next day for a small room-block clear. Full closures are planned around the handover date agreed with the operator. Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a W1 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 28% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in W1, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Soho gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
Registered waste carrier issuing a transfer note for every visit, with F-gas certified degassing arranged for catering refrigeration and WEEE routing for in-room electricals.
Two to four operatives depending on room count, scaling to a second team on a full-floor or full-closure clearance where the schedule is set by a redevelopment date. Pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guest room strip-out, per room | £85 | 30–45 min | Bed, mattress, wardrobe and soft furnishings removed room by room during a phased refurbishment, priced per room so a 12-room wing can be booked without clearing the whole hotel. |
| Mattress and divan disposal, per unit | £28 | 10–15 min | Mattresses are bulky, banned from most general waste streams and go to a dedicated recycler that strips foam, springs and fabric separately. |
| FF&E floor strip-out, per floor | £640 | 1 day | A full floor of case goods, soft furnishings and fixed fittings taken out in one visit, sequenced against housekeeping so occupied floors stay unaffected. |
| Banqueting and function suite clearance | £780 | 1 day | Stacking chairs, round tables, staging and AV cabling cleared from a suite being reconfigured, usually against a tight turnaround before the next event. |
| Kitchen and back-of-house strip-out | £920 | 1 day | Catering equipment, extraction and cold rooms removed with F-gas degassing arranged separately, which is slower and more specialist than a front-of-house clear. |
| Full closure clearance, per floor of rooms | £1,150 | 1–2 days | A hotel closing entirely for redevelopment needs every room stripped in sequence rather than piecemeal, priced by floor because lift access and corridor width set the pace, not room count alone. |
Guest room strip-out, per room
£85 · 30–45 min
Bed, mattress, wardrobe and soft furnishings removed room by room during a phased refurbishment, priced per room so a 12-room wing can be booked without clearing the whole hotel.
Mattress and divan disposal, per unit
£28 · 10–15 min
Mattresses are bulky, banned from most general waste streams and go to a dedicated recycler that strips foam, springs and fabric separately.
FF&E floor strip-out, per floor
£640 · 1 day
A full floor of case goods, soft furnishings and fixed fittings taken out in one visit, sequenced against housekeeping so occupied floors stay unaffected.
Banqueting and function suite clearance
£780 · 1 day
Stacking chairs, round tables, staging and AV cabling cleared from a suite being reconfigured, usually against a tight turnaround before the next event.
Kitchen and back-of-house strip-out
£920 · 1 day
Catering equipment, extraction and cold rooms removed with F-gas degassing arranged separately, which is slower and more specialist than a front-of-house clear.
Full closure clearance, per floor of rooms
£1,150 · 1–2 days
A hotel closing entirely for redevelopment needs every room stripped in sequence rather than piecemeal, priced by floor because lift access and corridor width set the pace, not room count alone.
Hotel clearance is quoted plus VAT at 20% after a walk-round of the affected rooms or floors. Mattress and WEEE disposal, transfer notes and gate fees are included. Loading bay suspensions, out-of-hours surcharges and F-gas degassing certificates are itemised on the 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.
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.
Desks, chairs, bedroom and FF&E furniture removed per item or per load.
Mixed loads collected by volume with a same-day waste transfer note.
Fridges, catering plant and powered equipment removed under WEEE rules.
Working in Soho
In Soho (W1) the split is 98% flats to 2% houses over 4,257 households, and the stock is Georgian and early Victorian.
Because 52% of Soho is privately rented and 28% socially rented, a lot of W1 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 28% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first behind the plaster in W1. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why Soho gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is the fault we are called back to undo.
Soho sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — post-production studios, restaurants and above-shop flats packed into a Georgian grid — which is why a W1 quote is not a Westminster average.
On access, pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default — one reason two to four operatives depending on room count, scaling to a second team on a full-floor or full-closure clearance where the schedule is set by a redevelopment date. Fitters travelling in use Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Soho and what they live in decides how hotel clearance is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Fitzrovia West & Soho neighbourhood itself — not Westminster-wide averages, and not estimates.
7,879
Residents
Fitzrovia West & Soho neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,257
Households
Median age 33.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
53%
Privately rented
51.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Fitzrovia West & Soho (E02000972) — the published geography that covers Soho, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the W1 district: 51.5158, -0.1424 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Guest room strip-out, per room starts at £85 in Soho across W1, with this being a short walk from Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line), and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Room count and lift access first, with 20% owner-occupation locally, then the mix of soft furnishings against fixed catering plant on this side of Westminster. A guest-floor strip-out is quick per room; a back-of-house kitchen clear is slower because of degassing and specialist WEEE routing in this 98% flats neighbourhood, with 28% social-rented stock nearby.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on W1 jobs, with Carnaby Street and Golden Square a few streets away. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Soho most weeks on this side of Westminster, with 2% of Soho 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 on Westminster bookings, with 53% one-person households here. On Soho jobs we confirm it when the slot is booked, not on the day.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in in this 98% flats neighbourhood. With 98% of Soho homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on this side of Westminster, with 2% of Soho homes being houses — and a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default on W1 jobs, with 20% owner-occupation locally. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Westminster City Council it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards around Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line), with 28% social-rented stock nearby.
Registered waste carrier issuing a transfer note for every visit on the streets near Carnaby Street and Golden Square, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, with F-gas certified degassing arranged for catering refrigeration and WEEE routing for in-room electricals. That paperwork is what most Westminster letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat for Soho (W1) addresses, with this being Westminster City Council territory.
Structural strip-out or demolition of fixed partitions, which is a specialist fit-out contractor's scope; Asbestos-containing materials in older hotel fabric — and 20% owner-occupation locally, which need a licensed removal contractor; Live catering gas or electrical disconnection for Soho (W1) addresses, with this being a short walk from Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line), which must be certified by a qualified engineer first; Storage of removed FF&E — we clear and dispose or recycle, we do not warehouse items for reuse. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Soho W1 price you agree is the price you pay on the streets near Carnaby Street and Golden Square, with 20% owner-occupation locally.
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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. Soho W1 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of westminster.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
