London clearance · Central London
We work in Kensington and Chelsea every week — the densest borough in the country — white stucco crescents, museum quarter and the portobello and world's end ends. Clearance services is priced against that reality, not a national average.
Fixed prices
| 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.
Working in Kensington and Chelsea
What our crews walk into in Kensington and Chelsea is stucco-fronted terraces, mansion flats, mews houses and the lancaster west and world's end estates, and the mix changes street by street — Bayswater (W2), Chelsea (SW3) and Earl's Court (SW5) each behave differently on the day.
On the ground, some of the tightest cpzs in london, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks. Locally that means hotel servicing congestion, permit bays and five-storey walk-ups and cadogan estate parking rules, king's road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits. Part of Kensington and Chelsea sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the charge is quoted as its own line rather than hidden in the labour rate.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea runs its own bulky-waste collection and reuse and recycling centres, and residents can use them — but the wait, the size limits and the trips are why most people call a licensed carrier instead. Ours issues the transfer note that keeps the liability off you.
Market gardens turned into the Great Exhibition's Albertopolis, then estate-built stucco terraces for the Victorian wealthy. That history is why Kensington and Chelsea property behaves the way it does today.
Scope
Method
Step 1
Send photos of each room or a walk-through video and you get a fixed price, not a per-hour guess.
Step 2
Volume, tip charges, permits and any access cost itemised in one figure with the waste-carrier licence number on it.
Step 3
Anything reusable is set aside for reuse or charity before the rest is loaded.
Step 4
The crew carries everything out; you never need to move items to the kerb.
Step 5
Waste transfer note with the site, weight and date arrives by email the same day.
Coverage
Also in this borough
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
When the load is moving somewhere rather than going to a transfer station.
Local moving crews working from the same borough, not across the city.
A van and driver for the load you have, priced by size rather than by guesswork.
Single item collection starts at £45 in Kensington and Chelsea, and the ladder runs up to £70 for the largest job on the table above. 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. Part of the borough is inside the Congestion Charge zone, so a £15 daily charge is added as its own line when the job falls inside the charging hours.
We cover the whole borough: SW10, SW3, SW5, SW7, W10, W11, W14, W2 and W8. On the ground that includes Bayswater, Chelsea, Earl's Court, Holland Park, Kensington and Ladbroke Grove.
Most borough bookings are covered within 48 hours, and same-day slots are usually available before 10am. Central London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Some of the tightest CPZs in London, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Stucco-fronted terraces, mansion flats, mews houses and the Lancaster West and World's End estates 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.
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. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
Standard crews are two people with a 3.5-tonne Luton; bigger clears run two vans or return the same day rather than overfilling. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Kensington and Chelsea postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Hazardous waste — asbestos, paint tins, solvents, gas bottles and clinical waste need a specialist carrier, Structural demolition or removal of anything fixed to the building and Loft or cellar clears where the access is unsafe until it has been surveyed. If something on that list turns up in Kensington and Chelsea, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Free quote · 1-hour reply
Send a few details and you get a written quote for your Kensington and Chelsea address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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 →
Really pleased to have used Hello Services. We had a shed we needed assembling, and Adam made sure it went up smoothly. It was such a relief to see him assess the base, judge what needed doing, and then at the end of the day a brand new shed was standing strong and tall in… 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.
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