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Greenwich · SE18 · Clearance services
Professional Clearance services in Plumstead, SE18
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Plumstead fitters · Fixed written pricesLooking for clearance services in Plumstead SE18? We work in Plumstead most weeks — terraced streets climbing steeply from the high street to the common — and price clearance services against that reality rather than a London average. Fixed written quote from £45, licensed carriers, a waste transfer note the same day.
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SE18
- Clearance services in Plumstead SE18 from £45, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: single items, part loads and full van clears
- Most borough bookings are covered within 48 hours, and same-day slots are usually available before 10am.
- Royal Borough of Greenwich permits, ULEZ itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,426 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, single item collection
- £45From, single item collection
- Plumstead homes are flats
- 33%Plumstead homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 32%Privately rented
- Households in Plumstead
- 9,964Households in Plumstead
Overview
Clearance services in Plumstead SE18, explained
This page prices clearance services for Plumstead SE18 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 32% privately rented and 9,964 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and Royal Borough of Greenwich permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
How clearance services works in Plumstead
Five steps, the same on every SE18 job, so you know what happens before you commit. In SE18, Terraced houses with solid London stock brick and later plasterboard linings — the pattern behind 9,964 households inside the SE18 neighbourhood is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Photo or video survey
Send photos of each room or a walk-through video and you get a fixed price, not a per-hour guess.
Step 2
Fixed written quote
Volume, tip charges, permits and any access cost itemised in one figure with the waste-carrier licence number on it.
Step 3
Sort on site
Anything reusable is set aside for reuse or charity before the rest is loaded.
Step 4
Load and clear
The crew carries everything out; you never need to move items to the kerb.
Step 5
Documented disposal
Waste transfer note with the site, weight and date arrives by email the same day.
Why choose us
Why Plumstead customers book us
Four things decide whether a SE18 job goes well, and none of them are visible from a price list.
Crew sized to the job
Standard crews are two people with a 3.5-tonne Luton; bigger clears run two vans or return the same day rather than overfilling. Very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station.
Booked around your day
Most borough bookings are covered within 48 hours, and same-day slots are usually available before 10am. Plumstead (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a SE18 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Plumstead walls, not generic walls
We expect solid London stock brick in SE18, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded in SE18, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Plumstead stock goes, and with 32% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
Fixed prices
Clearance services prices in Plumstead
Fixed prices for SE18 and the rest of Greenwich. Volume and weight set the price. Access adds to it: stairs above the second floor with no lift, red-route frontages and permit-only bays are the three things that move a London quote.
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single item collection | £45 | 20–40 min | One sofa, mattress or fridge carried out and weighed in at a licensed transfer station. |
| Quarter-load (approx. 3 cubic yards) | £120 | 45–75 min | Priced on volume in the van plus tip weight, not on how long the crew is on site. |
| Half-load (approx. 6 cubic yards) | £200 | 1–2 hrs | A typical garage or one-bedroom flat clear-out including loose bagged waste. |
| Full Luton load (approx. 12 cubic yards) | £380 | 2–4 hrs | Full van, two crew, transfer-station charge and the waste transfer note included. |
| Fridge, freezer or air-con unit | £65 | 20–30 min | Gas-containing appliances go to a WEEE-permitted site, which charges per unit. |
| Garden or builders' waste, per cubic yard | £70 | By volume | Soil, rubble and hardcore are heavy: those loads are capped by weight, not space. |
Single item collection
£45 · 20–40 min
One sofa, mattress or fridge carried out and weighed in at a licensed transfer station.
Quarter-load (approx. 3 cubic yards)
£120 · 45–75 min
Priced on volume in the van plus tip weight, not on how long the crew is on site.
Half-load (approx. 6 cubic yards)
£200 · 1–2 hrs
A typical garage or one-bedroom flat clear-out including loose bagged waste.
Full Luton load (approx. 12 cubic yards)
£380 · 2–4 hrs
Full van, two crew, transfer-station charge and the waste transfer note included.
Fridge, freezer or air-con unit
£65 · 20–30 min
Gas-containing appliances go to a WEEE-permitted site, which charges per unit.
Garden or builders' waste, per cubic yard
£70 · By volume
Soil, rubble and hardcore are heavy: those loads are capped by weight, not space.
Domestic prices are the total you pay. Landlord and commercial invoices are quoted plus VAT at 20%. Where a permit, bay suspension, ULEZ or Congestion Charge applies it is itemised in the written quote before the crew is booked, never added afterwards.
Scope
What's included in Plumstead
The same scope across SE18, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- In Plumstead: two crew, all carrying and loading — nothing needs moving to the kerb first, the way it is done on Plumstead jobs
- On SE18 jobs: licensed disposal with a waste transfer note emailed the same day, with 33% of homes here being flats, planned around the stair or the lift
- Standard on Greenwich bookings: sweep-up of the cleared space, arranged with Royal Borough of Greenwich where the kerb needs it
- Segregation for recycling and reuse before anything goes to residual waste — including clearance services
Not included
- Hazardous waste — asbestos, paint tins, solvents, gas bottles and clinical waste need a specialist carrier, and we will say so before the SE18 visit rather than on the day
- Structural demolition or removal of anything fixed to the building, handled by Royal Borough of Greenwich or a specialist contractor instead
- Loft or cellar clears where the access is unsafe until it has been surveyed, which we refer on to the right trade in Plumstead
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Coverage
Where we work around Plumstead SE18
Clearance services across Greenwich and the SE18 district, mapped below.
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Man with a van in Plumstead
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Moving van hire in Plumstead
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Working in Plumstead
Plumstead SE18 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Plumstead — the numbers that actually change a clearance services quote.
9,964 households sit inside the SE18 neighbourhood covering Plumstead. The build is mainly Victorian, the tenure profile mixed-tenure, and 33% of those homes are flats.
The mixed-tenure mix here (41% owned, 32% privately rented) means a SE18 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Plumstead substrates run to solid London stock brick in SE18, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Plumstead stock goes, and with 32% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is the mistake that costs a SE18 customer twice.
Terraced streets climbing steeply from the high street to the common. That character decides the practical detail of clearance services here far more than the borough boundary does. Plumstead is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station — one reason standard crews are two people with a 3.5-tonne Luton; bigger clears run two vans or return the same day rather than overfilling. Fitters travelling in use Plumstead (Elizabeth line).
Area at a glance
Plumstead SE18 by the numbers
Who lives in Plumstead and what they live in decides how clearance services is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Plumstead Common & Riverside and Plumstead High Street and Plumstead South neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
28,010
Residents
Plumstead Common & Riverside and Plumstead High Street and Plumstead South neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,964
Households
Median age 35.6
Flats vs houses
Flats 33.2%Houses 66.7%
Residents by sex
Male49.2%
Female50.8%
Single-person households
27.2%
Privately rented
32%
- Median age
- 35.6
- Owner-occupied
- 40.9%
- Social rented
- 26.8%
- Postcode districts
- SE18
- Nearest station
- Plumstead
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Plumstead Common & Riverside, Plumstead High Street, Plumstead South (E02000318, E02000319, E02000329) — the published geography that covers Plumstead, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE18 district: 51.4845, 0.0723 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Clearance services in Plumstead SE18 — your questions.
How much does clearance services cost in Plumstead SE18?
Single item collection starts at £45 in Plumstead in this 33% flats neighbourhood, with 27% one-person households here, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Volume and weight set the price. Access adds to it: stairs above the second floor with no lift, red-route frontages and permit-only bays are the three things that move a London quote across SE18 — and 41% owner-occupation locally, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood.
What does a part-load clearance cost in Plumstead SE18?
A quarter-load starts at £120 and a half-load at £200, priced on the volume in the van rather than the hour in this 33% flats neighbourhood, with 32% of SE18 homes being privately rented. Loads collected around Plumstead Common are usually quoted from photos on this side of Greenwich, with Plumstead Common a few streets away, so the figure you are given before the crew leaves is the figure you pay.
Do you need a permit to park in SE18?
Often, yes. Royal Borough of Greenwich runs permit-only bays across much of Plumstead in Plumstead — and a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood, with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory, and where a suspension is needed we arrange it and itemise the cost in the quote instead of adding it afterwards.
Can you clear from a flat above the second floor in Plumstead?
For SE18 bookings, yes. 33% of homes here are flats, with 9,964 households on this patch — and 27% social-rented stock nearby, so lift bookings, shared stairwells and porter sign-in are routine for us — tell us the floor and whether there is a lift and the crew size is set for it in this 33% flats neighbourhood. It works the same way on every Plumstead (SE18) booking.
I am a tenant in Greenwich — will I get proof of disposal?
Every load comes with a waste transfer note emailed the same day, naming the transfer station, weight and date in Plumstead, with 27% one-person households here. With 32% of Plumstead homes privately rented, that document is what most letting agents ask for at check-out on this side of Greenwich, with Greenwich parking rules in play.
How quickly can you reach Plumstead from your Greenwich round?
Plumstead Common is the marker we route to in this 33% flats neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Plumstead (Elizabeth line), and very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station. A SE18 slot added to an existing Greenwich round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Greenwich, with 32% of SE18 homes being privately rented.
Is same-day or evening clearance services available in Greenwich?
Most borough bookings are covered within 48 hours in this 33% flats neighbourhood, with Plumstead Common a few streets away, and same-day slots are usually available before 10am. Plumstead sits close to Plumstead (Elizabeth line), with 67% of Plumstead homes being houses, so we can usually add a SE18 job to an existing Greenwich round at short notice on the Plumstead rounds.
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