Kensington and Chelsea · SW3 · Restaurant and cafe clearance
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Chelsea fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide restaurant and cafe clearance in Chelsea SW3 for houses and flats around The Royal Hospital Chelsea. From £380, quoted in writing before the visit, with two to three operatives as standard, with a specialist F-gas engineer booked in for any unit holding refrigerant-charged equipment Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Restaurant and cafe clearance in Chelsea SW3 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Kensington and Chelsea, most of them Georgian and early Victorian. 8,944 households sit inside this SW3 patch, 78% of them flats, so we quote on access near The Royal Hospital Chelsea rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
Every appliance, fridge and fixture is listed against a disconnect-and-remove plan before a date is booked.
Step 2
We wait for written confirmation that appliances are isolated by a qualified engineer before moving them.
Step 3
Fridges and cold rooms first for degassing, then cooking equipment, then extraction, so the crew is never waiting on a certificate mid-job.
Step 4
Trap emptied and removed by a licensed handler, with the disposal note kept for the site file.
Step 5
Tables, chairs and fittings cleared, unit swept and photographed for the landlord handover.
Why choose us
Three to five working days where degassing and Gas Safe sign-off need to be arranged first; a front-of-house-only clear can often be booked within 48 hours. Sloane Square (Circle, District) is the nearest station, so a SW3 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs, with 27% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in SW3, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Chelsea, which crumbles the key and drops the panel, where 38% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
Registered waste carrier with F-gas certified degassing for refrigeration and licensed disposal for grease trap waste, both receipted separately from the general transfer note.
Two to three operatives as standard, with a specialist F-gas engineer booked in for any unit holding refrigerant-charged equipment. Cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front-of-house strip-out, small unit | £380 | 3–4 hrs | Tables, chairs, till point and soft furnishings cleared from a café-sized unit under around 800 sq ft. |
| Commercial kitchen equipment removal, per item | £65 | 20–30 min | Ovens, fryers and prep tables are heavy, often plumbed or hard-wired, and need disconnection before they can be moved safely. |
| Refrigeration and F-gas degassing, per unit | £95 | 30–45 min | Fridges and cold rooms holding refrigerant must be certified degassed before removal, which is a licensed job, not a lift-and-carry one. |
| Grease trap emptying and removal | £210 | 1–2 hrs | Trapped fat, oil and grease is controlled waste that has to go to a licensed treatment facility, and the trap itself is often built into the drainage and needs careful disconnection. |
| Extraction canopy and ductwork removal | £340 | half day | Canopy, ductwork and filters are usually the last things fitted and the hardest to remove, often needing access equipment for ceiling-height runs. |
| Full unit closure clearance | £680 | 1 day | Kitchen, front-of-house and cellar cleared and swept in one visit for a lease handover, priced against the full inventory rather than by room. |
Front-of-house strip-out, small unit
£380 · 3–4 hrs
Tables, chairs, till point and soft furnishings cleared from a café-sized unit under around 800 sq ft.
Commercial kitchen equipment removal, per item
£65 · 20–30 min
Ovens, fryers and prep tables are heavy, often plumbed or hard-wired, and need disconnection before they can be moved safely.
Refrigeration and F-gas degassing, per unit
£95 · 30–45 min
Fridges and cold rooms holding refrigerant must be certified degassed before removal, which is a licensed job, not a lift-and-carry one.
Grease trap emptying and removal
£210 · 1–2 hrs
Trapped fat, oil and grease is controlled waste that has to go to a licensed treatment facility, and the trap itself is often built into the drainage and needs careful disconnection.
Extraction canopy and ductwork removal
£340 · half day
Canopy, ductwork and filters are usually the last things fitted and the hardest to remove, often needing access equipment for ceiling-height runs.
Full unit closure clearance
£680 · 1 day
Kitchen, front-of-house and cellar cleared and swept in one visit for a lease handover, priced against the full inventory rather than by room.
Restaurant and café clearance is quoted plus VAT at 20% after a site visit, because kitchen equipment varies enormously in size and fixing. F-gas degassing certificates, grease trap disposal and transfer notes are included; loading bay suspensions are itemised.
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 Chelsea
In Chelsea (SW3) the split is 78% flats to 22% houses over 8,944 households, and the stock is Georgian and early Victorian.
With 35% private renting against 38% owner-occupied, most SW3 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Expect with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs, with 27% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first behind the plaster in SW3. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Chelsea, which crumbles the key and drops the panel, where 38% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the fault we are called back to undo.
Chelsea 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 — king's Road shops, Cadogan estate squares and the river at Chelsea Embankment — which is why a SW3 quote is not a Kensington and Chelsea average.
On access, cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits — one reason two to three operatives as standard, with a specialist F-gas engineer booked in for any unit holding refrigerant-charged equipment. Fitters travelling in use Sloane Square (Circle, District).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Chelsea and what they live in decides how restaurant and cafe clearance is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Chelsea Manor & Royal Hospital and Chelsea Riverside East and Chelsea Riverside West neighbourhood itself — not Kensington and Chelsea-wide averages, and not estimates.
18,982
Residents
Chelsea Manor & Royal Hospital and Chelsea Riverside East and Chelsea Riverside West neighbourhood, Census 2021
8,944
Households
Median age 43.7
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
45.4%
Privately rented
34.5%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Chelsea Manor & Royal Hospital, Chelsea Riverside East, Chelsea Riverside West (E02000594, E02000595, E02000597) — the published geography that covers Chelsea, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW3 district: 51.4894, -0.1659 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Front-of-house strip-out, small unit starts at £380 in Chelsea around Sloane Square (Circle, District), with 45% one-person households here, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. The number of plumbed and gas-connected appliances, not the floor area in Chelsea. A small unit with a full kitchen and a grease trap can cost more to clear than a larger unit that only ever served coffee and cake for Chelsea (SW3) addresses — and Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play, with 78% of homes here being flats.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the Chelsea rounds, with 35% of SW3 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Chelsea most weeks across SW3, with The Royal Hospital Chelsea a few streets away.
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 Chelsea rounds, with 22% of Chelsea homes being houses.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Sloane Square (Circle, District). With 78% of Chelsea homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in this 78% flats neighbourhood, with 78% of homes here being flats — and Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is the marker we route to in this 78% flats neighbourhood, with 78% of homes here being flats, and cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits. A SW3 slot added to an existing Kensington and Chelsea round usually lands the same week rather than the next on Kensington and Chelsea bookings, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory.
Three to five working days where degassing and Gas Safe sign-off need to be arranged first; a front-of-house-only clear can often be booked within 48 hours on the Chelsea rounds — and 22% of Chelsea homes being houses, with 78% of homes here being flats. Chelsea sits close to Sloane Square (Circle, District) on Kensington and Chelsea bookings — and a median age of 44 in this neighbourhood, with Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play, so we can usually add a SW3 job to an existing Kensington and Chelsea round at short notice.
Cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits in Chelsea. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards for Chelsea (SW3) addresses — and 8,944 households on this patch, with 78% of homes here being flats.
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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. Chelsea SW3 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of kensington and chelsea.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
