London garage clearance · Central London
We work in Southwark every week — south-bank riverfront and borough market at the top, peckham and dulwich villages at the bottom. Garage clearance is priced against that reality, not a national average.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single garage, light contents | £95 | 45–60 min | A garage used for general storage rather than a workshop — boxes, a bike, garden tools and offcuts of timber. |
| Single garage, full workshop contents | £165 | 1–2 hrs | Heavier loads of timber, metal, old tools and a workbench take longer to sort and carry than boxed household storage. |
| Double garage or lock-up, full clear | £250 | 1.5–2.5 hrs | Roughly double the volume of a single garage, and estate lock-ups often need the block access arranged before the van can load. |
| Tyres, per item | £8 | Included | Tyres are charged separately at the tip gate under producer responsibility rules and cannot go in a mixed load without that charge applying. |
| Paint, oil and chemical disposal, per small load | £45 | By arrangement | Household hazardous waste needs a carrier registered for that stream and a separate route to a licensed facility, not the general clearance van. |
| Lock cutting or forced access, per garage | £35 | 15–20 min | Where the original key has been lost, which is common on older estate lock-up blocks, a locksmith-grade cutter and a replacement padlock are needed before the clear can start. |
Single garage, light contents
£95 · 45–60 min
A garage used for general storage rather than a workshop — boxes, a bike, garden tools and offcuts of timber.
Single garage, full workshop contents
£165 · 1–2 hrs
Heavier loads of timber, metal, old tools and a workbench take longer to sort and carry than boxed household storage.
Double garage or lock-up, full clear
£250 · 1.5–2.5 hrs
Roughly double the volume of a single garage, and estate lock-ups often need the block access arranged before the van can load.
Tyres, per item
£8 · Included
Tyres are charged separately at the tip gate under producer responsibility rules and cannot go in a mixed load without that charge applying.
Paint, oil and chemical disposal, per small load
£45 · By arrangement
Household hazardous waste needs a carrier registered for that stream and a separate route to a licensed facility, not the general clearance van.
Lock cutting or forced access, per garage
£35 · 15–20 min
Where the original key has been lost, which is common on older estate lock-up blocks, a locksmith-grade cutter and a replacement padlock are needed before the clear can start.
Domestic prices are what you pay, with no VAT to add. Where a landlord's letting agent needs the job invoiced to a managing company, that invoice is issued plus VAT at 20%. Hazardous items and lock access are quoted as separate lines and confirmed before work starts.
Working in Southwark
What our crews walk into in Southwark is riverside warehouse conversions, huge estates like the aylesbury, victorian terraces and dulwich's detached villas, and the mix changes street by street — Bermondsey (SE16), Camberwell (SE5) and Canada Water (SE16) each behave differently on the day.
On the ground, riverside loading restrictions, red routes on the new kent road and cpzs from se1 to peckham. Locally that means railway-arch loading limits, tight factory-yard entrances and permit bays and hospital-area restrictions, narrow georgian streets and steep front steps. Part of Southwark sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the charge is quoted as its own line rather than hidden in the labour rate.
London Borough of Southwark treats paint, engine oil, old batteries and gas cylinders left in a Southwark garage as household hazardous waste, which cannot go in a general clearance load and has to be booked separately at the borough's reuse and recycling centre or taken by a carrier registered for that stream. We identify anything hazardous at the survey stage so it never turns up as a surprise on the morning of the clear.
London's medieval overspill of inns and theatres, then wharves and warehouses; the riverside was rebuilt for offices and flats from the 1990s. That history is why Southwark property behaves the way it does today.
Scope
Method
Step 1
Contents assessed by photo where possible, since a garage's volume is usually clear from a couple of wide shots rather than a full survey visit.
Step 2
Block entry, communal gate codes or lock cutting arranged before the van is booked, so the crew is not stood outside a locked compound.
Step 3
Everything split into keep, donate, recycle and dispose as it comes out, rather than loaded as one mixed tip run.
Step 4
Paint, oil, batteries and gas cylinders set aside for their own registered disposal route rather than mixed into the load.
Step 5
Floor swept and photos sent the same day, ready for a sale particulars pack or an estate management file.
Coverage
Also in this borough
The parent residential silo — full or part-house clearances across London.
Sofas, wardrobes and bulky furniture removed per item with no minimum load.
Mixed household loads collected by volume with a same-day tip run.
The inventory-standard clean that follows once the property is cleared.
Single garage, light contents starts at £95 in Southwark, and the ladder runs up to £35 for the largest job on the table above. Whether the garage was used for light storage or as a workshop. Timber, metal and old machinery take longer to sort and weigh more per load than boxed household items. 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: SE1, SE15, SE16, SE17, SE21, SE22, SE24 and SE5. On the ground that includes Bermondsey, Camberwell, Canada Water, Dulwich Village, East Dulwich and Elephant and Castle.
Two to three days as standard, next day where access to the block has already been confirmed by the resident or managing agent. Central London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Riverside loading restrictions, red routes on the New Kent Road and CPZs from SE1 to Peckham. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Southwark and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Riverside warehouse conversions, huge estates like the Aylesbury, Victorian terraces and Dulwich's detached villas 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.
Registered waste carrier with a separate route for household hazardous waste. Producer responsibility charges for tyres are shown on the quote rather than absorbed into a mixed rate. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Southwark tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
Two operatives with a transit-sized van as standard, upsized to a Luton for a double garage or a lock-up with heavy workshop contents. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Southwark postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Removal of the garage door, roof or structure itself, which is a building works job, Fuel in vehicle tanks or drums of liquid chemical, which needs a specialist hazardous waste carrier and Items belonging to a neighbour or a previous occupant where ownership has not been confirmed. If something on that list turns up in Southwark, 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 Southwark address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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