Crew sized to the job
Two to three operatives as standard, with a specialist F-gas engineer booked in for any unit holding refrigerant-charged equipment. Match-day restrictions at the Oval, Duchy estate rules and basement-step access.
Lambeth · SE11 · Restaurant and cafe clearance
Professional Restaurant and cafe clearance in Kennington, SE11
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Kennington fitters · Fixed written pricesRestaurant and cafe clearance in Kennington SE11, Lambeth, from £380. Georgian terraces, the Oval's gasholders and the park between them, which is why our SE11 quotes account for match-day restrictions at the Oval, Duchy estate rules and basement-step access. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
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- Restaurant and cafe clearance in Kennington SE11 from £380, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: safety fixings
- 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.
- London Borough of Lambeth permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge itemised, never hidden
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- Google 3.9· 1,429 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, front-of-house strip-out, small unit
- £380From, front-of-house strip-out, small unit
- Kennington homes are flats
- 88%Kennington homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 25%Privately rented
- Households in Kennington
- 8,644Households in Kennington
Overview
Restaurant and cafe clearance in Kennington SE11, explained
This page prices restaurant and cafe clearance for Kennington SE11 specifically: Georgian and early Victorian stock, 25% privately rented and 8,644 households in total. Work starts at £380, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Lambeth permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
How restaurant and cafe clearance works in Kennington
Five steps, the same on every SE11 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Council and housing-association blocks built from precast concrete and dense block, as the Kennington stock goes, and with 25% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Site visit and equipment list
Every appliance, fridge and fixture is listed against a disconnect-and-remove plan before a date is booked.
Step 2
Gas and electrical sign-off confirmed
We wait for written confirmation that appliances are isolated by a qualified engineer before moving them.
Step 3
Kitchen stripped in sequence
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
Grease trap and drainage cleared
Trap emptied and removed by a licensed handler, with the disposal note kept for the site file.
Step 5
Front-of-house and final sweep
Tables, chairs and fittings cleared, unit swept and photographed for the landlord handover.
Why choose us
Why Kennington customers book us
Four things decide whether a SE11 job goes well, and none of them are visible from a price list.
Booked around your day
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. Kennington (Northern) is the nearest station, so a SE11 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Kennington walls, not generic walls
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — measured on the walk in from Kennington (Northern) rather than assumed from a map in SE11, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on these streets — the pattern behind 8,644 households inside the SE11 neighbourhood.
Insured and documented
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.
Fixed prices
Restaurant and cafe clearance prices in Kennington
Fixed prices for SE11 and the rest of Lambeth. The number of plumbed and gas-connected appliances, not the floor area. 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.
| 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
What's included in Kennington
The same scope across SE11, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- On SE11 jobs: certified F-gas degassing before any refrigeration or cold room is removed, agreed on the doorstep in Kennington before anything is unpacked
- In Kennington: grease trap emptying and disposal to a licensed food-waste treatment facility, timed against the walk in from Kennington (Northern)
- Disconnection of gas and electrical appliances confirmed with a qualified engineer before removal, noted on the Kennington job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- Standard on Lambeth bookings: extraction canopy, ductwork and filter removal, including access equipment where ceiling height requires it, allowing for the 25% of SE11 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
- On SE11 jobs: segregation of stainless steel and scrap catering equipment for recycling credit where applicable, restaurant and cafe clearance prices included
- In Kennington: waste transfer note and, where requested, a certificate of destruction for branded signage and menus, sized for the match-day restrictions at the oval, duchy estate rules and basement-step access
Not included
- Gas safe disconnection itself, which must be carried out or signed off by a Gas Safe engineer before we remove the appliance, which we refer on to the right trade in Kennington
- Structural kitchen extract ducting that runs through the building fabric beyond the unit's own ceiling void, handled by London Borough of Lambeth or a specialist contractor instead
- Cellar cooling and beer line servicing contracts, which are usually held directly with the brewery or supplier, and we will say so before the SE11 visit rather than on the day
- Licensed premises signage removal that requires scaffold or a road closure, which is quoted separately, outside the fixed price on Kennington bookings
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Coverage
Where we work around Kennington SE11
Restaurant and cafe clearance across Lambeth and the SE11 district, mapped below.
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Also in this area
Other handyman work in Kennington
Same fitters, same SE11 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Business clearance in Kennington
The parent commercial silo — offices, units, shops and estate handovers.
Furniture disposal in Kennington
Desks, chairs, bedroom and FF&E furniture removed per item or per load.
Rubbish disposal in Kennington
Mixed loads collected by volume with a same-day waste transfer note.
Appliance and WEEE clearance in Kennington
Fridges, catering plant and powered equipment removed under WEEE rules.
Most booked alongside this in Kennington SE11
Working in Kennington
Kennington SE11 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Kennington — the numbers that actually change a restaurant and cafe clearance quote.
Census 2021 puts Kennington at 8,644 households with a median age of 34.2. The Georgian and early Victorian stock is social-housing-led, which is why 12% houses and 88% flats need different handling in SE11.
25% of households rent privately and 28% own, which is why restaurant and cafe clearance demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — measured on the walk in from Kennington (Northern) rather than assumed from a map, so the fixing that matters in Kennington is chosen on site — the usual failure here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on these streets — the pattern behind 8,644 households inside the SE11 neighbourhood.
Anyone who knows Kennington knows the pattern near The Kia Oval: georgian terraces, the Oval's gasholders and the park between them. We plan the SE11 visit around it. Kennington sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Match-day restrictions at the Oval, Duchy estate rules and basement-step access. Nearest station is Kennington (Northern), and two to three operatives as standard, with a specialist F-gas engineer booked in for any unit holding refrigerant-charged equipment.
Area at a glance
Kennington SE11 by the numbers
Who lives in Kennington 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 Kennington West & Vauxhall North and Lambeth Walk & North Kennington neighbourhood itself — not Lambeth-wide averages, and not estimates.
18,944
Residents
Kennington West & Vauxhall North and Lambeth Walk & North Kennington neighbourhood, Census 2021
8,644
Households
Median age 34.2
Flats vs houses
Flats 87.9%Houses 12%
Residents by sex
Male49.8%
Female50.2%
Single-person households
37.9%
Privately rented
25.4%
- Median age
- 34.2
- Owner-occupied
- 27.9%
- Social rented
- 46.5%
- Postcode districts
- SE11
- Nearest station
- Kennington
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Kennington West & Vauxhall North, Lambeth Walk & North Kennington (E02000619, E02000620) — the published geography that covers Kennington, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE11 district: 51.4898, -0.1116 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Restaurant and cafe clearance in Kennington SE11 — your questions.
How much does restaurant and cafe clearance cost in Kennington SE11?
Front-of-house strip-out, small unit starts at £380 in Kennington on the streets near The Kia Oval, with 25% of SE11 homes being privately rented, 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 for Kennington (SE11) addresses. 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 on the Kennington rounds, with 28% owner-occupation locally — and The Kia Oval a few streets away.
Do you assemble IKEA and other flat-pack furniture in Kennington SE11?
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions around Kennington (Northern), with this being a short walk from Kennington (Northern). We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Kennington most weeks across SE11, with 28% owner-occupation locally.
How long does flat-pack assembly take in Kennington?
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level around Kennington (Northern), with this being a short walk from Kennington (Northern).
Will a built wardrobe fit through a Kennington doorway?
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in across SE11. With 88% of Kennington homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the Kennington rounds, with 47% social-rented stock nearby — and 38% one-person households here, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Who books restaurant and cafe clearance in Kennington SE11 — tenants, landlords or owners?
All three. With 25% of Kennington privately rented and 28% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE11 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door for Kennington (SE11) addresses — and a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, with 25% of SE11 homes being privately rented.
How quickly can you reach Kennington from your Lambeth round?
The Kia Oval is the marker we route to across SE11, with Lambeth parking rules in play, and match-day restrictions at the Oval, Duchy estate rules and basement-step access. A SE11 slot added to an existing Lambeth round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Lambeth, with 88% of homes here being flats.
Is same-day or evening restaurant and cafe clearance available in Lambeth?
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 streets near The Kia Oval — and 88% of homes here being flats, with 8,644 households on this patch. Kennington sits close to Kennington (Northern), with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, so we can usually add a SE11 job to an existing Lambeth round at short notice on SE11 jobs.
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