London school clearance · South London
We work in Croydon every week — a town in its own right — office towers and trams in the centre, purley and coulsdon's downland suburbs to the south. School clearance is priced against that reality, not a national average.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single classroom clearance | £220 | 2–3 hrs | Desks, chairs, storage units and display boards cleared from one classroom, typically booked around a refit or a change of use. |
| ICT suite clearance with data destruction | £480 | half day | Computers, servers and networking equipment removed under WEEE rules with certified data destruction, which is slower than general furniture because every device is logged. |
| Staff room and office clearance | £310 | 3–4 hrs | Furniture, kitchen appliances and filing cleared from staff and administration areas, usually alongside the wider site clear. |
| School hall or gymnasium clearance | £560 | 1 day | Stage blocks, PE equipment and stacking furniture cleared from a large open space, priced by volume rather than room count. |
| Full site clearance, primary school | £1,450 | 1–2 days | Every classroom, hall, office and storeroom cleared in the holiday window, scheduled to be complete before staff return for the new term. |
| Playground and outdoor equipment removal | £380 | half day | Fixed play equipment and outdoor storage require dismantling before removal and are usually recycled as scrap metal or timber rather than landfilled. |
School clearance is quoted plus VAT at 20%. DBS-checked crews, safeguarding sign-in and certified data destruction are included in the price. Access outside the holiday window, skip permits and out-of-hours surcharges are itemised on the quote.
Working in Croydon
What our crews walk into in Croydon is 1930s semis, victorian terraces in thornton heath, tower blocks and converted office buildings in the centre, and the mix changes street by street — Addiscombe (CR0), Coulsdon (CR5) and Croydon (CR0) each behave differently on the day.
London Borough of Croydon sets the constraint: tram-track loading limits in the centre, steep purley hills and wide suburban roads with driveways elsewhere. Locally that means tram-line crossings, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the tram stops and steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street. Croydon sits outside the Congestion Charge zone, so only ULEZ applies to the van and the quote is that much simpler.
Term-time noise and access restrictions in Croydon make the school holidays the only realistic window for anything larger than a single classroom clear, and London Borough of Croydon-maintained sites often book contractor access weeks ahead through the site manager. We confirm the holiday dates and access route before quoting a start date, not after.
Croydon took its present shape because an archbishop's manor and market town that became a 1960s office boom city with the croydon corporation act towers.
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Coverage
Also in this borough
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.
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
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2 carpet & rug cleaning jobs completed in Croydon in August 2026.
Deep Cleaning
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2 deep cleaning jobs completed in Croydon in August 2026.
End OF Tenancy Cleaning
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One end of tenancy cleaning job completed in Croydon in August 2026.
Single classroom clearance starts at £220 in Croydon, and the ladder runs up to £380 for the largest job on the table above. The proportion of ICT and data-bearing equipment, which needs individual logging and certified destruction, against straightforward furniture and fixtures, which clears faster by volume. The borough is outside the Congestion Charge zone, so there is no charge to pass on — only ULEZ, which our vans are compliant with.
We cover the whole borough: CR0, CR2, CR5, CR7, CR8, SE19, SE25 and SW16. On the ground that includes Addiscombe, Coulsdon, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Kenley and Purley.
Booked against the school holiday calendar, typically confirmed four to six weeks ahead for a full site clear; single classroom or office clears can be scheduled inside the working week outside term time. South London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Tram-track loading limits in the centre, steep Purley hills and wide suburban roads with driveways elsewhere. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Croydon and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. 1930s semis, Victorian terraces in Thornton Heath, tower blocks and converted office buildings in the centre is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
DBS-checked crews working to a signed safeguarding log, with certified data destruction for ICT equipment and a waste transfer note issued for every visit. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Croydon tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
Two to four operatives for a single-building clear, scaling to two teams working in parallel where a full primary site has to be finished inside a two-week holiday window. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Croydon postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Asbestos-containing materials in older school buildings, which require a licensed removal contractor, Removal of items the school has flagged for retention, donation or transfer to another site and Playground resurfacing or making good after fixed equipment is removed. If something on that list turns up in Croydon, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
Carpet Cleaning
Croydon
August 2026
2 carpet & rug cleaning jobs completed in Croydon in August 2026.
Deep Cleaning
Croydon
August 2026
2 deep cleaning jobs completed in Croydon in August 2026.
End OF Tenancy Cleaning
Croydon
August 2026
One end of tenancy cleaning job completed in Croydon in August 2026.
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