Booked around your day
Most borough bookings are covered within 48 hours, and same-day slots are usually available before 10am. Old Street (Northern, Great Northern) is the nearest station, so a EC1V visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Islington · EC1V · Clearance services
Professional Clearance services in Old Street, EC1V
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Old Street fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide clearance services in Old Street EC1V for houses and flats around Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground. From £45, quoted in writing before the visit, with standard crews are two people with a 3.5-tonne Luton; bigger clears run two vans or return the same day rather than overfilling Floors and stairwells are protected before anything is carried out.
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- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
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- Clearance services in Old Street EC1V from £45, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: door furniture and shelving drilled into concrete with an SDS
- Most borough bookings are covered within 48 hours, and same-day slots are usually available before 10am.
- London Borough of Islington permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge 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
- Old Street homes are flats
- 98%Old Street homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 28%Privately rented
- Households in Old Street
- 4,949Households in Old Street
Overview
Clearance services in Old Street EC1V, explained
Clearance services in Old Street EC1V is a fixed-price visit for social-housing-led homes in Islington, most of them post-war. 4,949 households sit inside this EC1V patch, 98% of them flats, so we quote on access near Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground rather than a London average.
How it works
How clearance services works in Old Street
Five steps, the same on every EC1V job, so you know what happens before you commit. Council and housing-association blocks built from precast concrete and dense block on these streets — measured on the walk in from Old Street (Northern, Great Northern) rather than assumed from a map 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 Old Street customers book us
What follows is specific to Old Street: its walls, its access and the paperwork Islington agents ask for.
Old Street walls, not generic walls
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit, and with 39% one-person households in Old Street, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site in EC1V, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Old Street gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, the reality on the streets around Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground.
Insured and documented
We are a registered upper-tier waste carrier and issue a waste transfer note for every load — the document that protects you from a fly-tipping fine if your waste is later found dumped.
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. Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards.
Fixed prices
Clearance services prices in Old Street
Fixed prices for EC1V and the rest of Islington. 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 Old Street
The same scope across EC1V, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Standard on Islington bookings: two crew, all carrying and loading — nothing needs moving to the kerb first, arranged with London Borough of Islington where the kerb needs it
- Licensed disposal with a waste transfer note emailed the same day — including clearance services london
- In Old Street: sweep-up of the cleared space, the way it is done on Old Street jobs
- On EC1V jobs: segregation for recycling and reuse before anything goes to residual waste, with 98% of homes here being flats, planned around the stair or the lift
Not included
- Hazardous waste — asbestos, paint tins, solvents, gas bottles and clinical waste need a specialist carrier, quoted separately if you need it arranged in EC1V
- Structural demolition or removal of anything fixed to the building, outside the fixed price on Old Street bookings
- Loft or cellar clears where the access is unsafe until it has been surveyed, handled by London Borough of Islington or a specialist contractor instead
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Coverage
Where we work around Old Street EC1V
Clearance services across Islington and the EC1V district, mapped below.
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Same fitters, same EC1V rounds, same fixed-price approach.
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Man with a van in Old Street
When the load is moving somewhere rather than going to a transfer station.
Movers near you in Old Street
Local moving crews working from the same borough, not across the city.
Moving van hire in Old Street
A van and driver for the load you have, priced by size rather than by guesswork.
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Working in Old Street
Old Street EC1V at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Old Street — the numbers that actually change a clearance services quote.
Old Street EC1V is post-war and social-housing-led: 98% of homes here are flats and 2% are houses, across 4,949 households (ONS Census 2021).
Because 28% of Old Street is privately rented and 52% socially rented, a lot of EC1V work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Old Street substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit, and with 39% one-person households in Old Street, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Old Street gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, the reality on the streets around Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground is the mistake that costs a EC1V customer twice.
Old Street 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 — the roundabout, tech offices and warehouse conversions on the City fringe — which is why a EC1V quote is not a Islington average.
On access, red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards — 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 Old Street (Northern, Great Northern).
Area at a glance
Old Street EC1V by the numbers
Who lives in Old Street 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 Old Street & St Luke's neighbourhood itself — not Islington-wide averages, and not estimates.
10,675
Residents
Old Street & St Luke's neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,949
Households
Median age 31.5
Flats vs houses
Flats 98.3%Houses 1.6%
Residents by sex
Male48.3%
Female51.7%
Single-person households
38.9%
Privately rented
28.3%
- Median age
- 31.5
- Owner-occupied
- 19.2%
- Social rented
- 52.2%
- Postcode districts
- EC1V, EC1
- Nearest station
- Old Street
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Old Street & St Luke's (E02000576) — the published geography that covers Old Street, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the EC1V district: 51.5268, -0.0978 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Clearance services in Old Street EC1V — your questions.
How much does clearance services cost in Old Street EC1V?
Single item collection starts at £45 in Old Street on Islington bookings, with 39% 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 for Old Street (EC1V) addresses — and Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground a few streets away, with 98% of homes here being flats.
What does a part-load clearance cost in Old Street EC1V?
A quarter-load starts at £120 and a half-load at £200, priced on the volume in the van rather than the hour across EC1V, with this being a short walk from Old Street (Northern, Great Northern). Loads collected around Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground are usually quoted from photos on the streets near Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground, with 28% of EC1V homes being privately rented — and 39% one-person households here, so the figure you are given before the crew leaves is the figure you pay.
Do you need a permit to park in EC1V?
Often, yes. London Borough of Islington runs permit-only bays across much of Old Street on EC1V jobs, with 39% one-person households here, 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 Old Street?
Yes. 98% of homes here are flats, with 2% of Old Street homes being houses — and 19% owner-occupation locally, 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 98% flats neighbourhood.
I am a tenant in Islington — 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 around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern), with 4,949 households on this patch. With 28% of Old Street homes privately rented, that document is what most letting agents ask for at check-out in Old Street, with 39% one-person households here.
How quickly can you reach Old Street from your Islington round?
Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground is the marker we route to on the Old Street rounds, with 39% one-person households here — and 52% social-rented stock nearby, and red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards. A EC1V slot added to an existing Islington round usually lands the same week rather than the next on Islington bookings, with 4,949 households on this patch.
Is same-day or evening clearance services available in Islington?
Most borough bookings are covered within 48 hours on the Old Street rounds, with Islington parking rules in play, and same-day slots are usually available before 10am. Old Street sits close to Old Street (Northern, Great Northern) for Old Street (EC1V) addresses — and 39% one-person households here, with 98% of homes here being flats, so we can usually add a EC1V job to an existing Islington round at short notice.
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