Crew sized to the job
Two crew and a Luton or tipper; three where everything has to be carried through a hallway. Finchley Road is a red route; loading is from side streets with permits and lift booking in the blocks.
Camden · NW3 · Garden clearance
Professional Garden clearance in Swiss Cottage, NW3
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Swiss Cottage fitters · Fixed written pricesSwiss Cottage NW3 is a regular stop on our Camden round. Finchley Road's shops and library beside 1930s flats and post-war blocks, so garden clearance here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £120, in writing, with insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
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NW3
- Garden clearance in Swiss Cottage NW3 from £120, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: alcove shelving and a TV bracket
- Usually bookable within 48 hours outside of March to June, when garden work books out a week ahead.
- London Borough of Camden 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, small courtyard or balcony tidy
- £120From, small courtyard or balcony tidy
- Swiss Cottage homes are flats
- 89%Swiss Cottage homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 46%Privately rented
- Households in Swiss Cottage
- 3,083Households in Swiss Cottage
Overview
Garden clearance in Swiss Cottage NW3, explained
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Swiss Cottage, garden clearance here covers supply-free fitting from £120. With 89% of Swiss Cottage's 3,083 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in NW3 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
How garden clearance works in Swiss Cottage
Five steps, the same on every NW3 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Victorian and Edwardian conversion flats with original lath-and-plaster partitions, as the Swiss Cottage stock goes, the reality on the streets around Swiss Cottage Library by Basil Spence is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Photos or a visit
A couple of photographs is usually enough to price a London garden accurately.
Step 2
Protect the route
Hallway sheeted where the only way out is through the house — the norm in a terrace.
Step 3
Cut and bag
Cut back to the agreed line, bagged as we go so nothing is left piled on the patio.
Step 4
Split the load
Green waste for composting, timber and hard landscaping separated for the right facility.
Step 5
Sweep and sign off
Paths and hallway swept, transfer note handed over, before-and-after photos on request.
Why choose us
Why Swiss Cottage customers book us
Local knowledge is not a slogan on this page — it is what stops a bracket coming out of a Swiss Cottage wall.
Booked around your day
Usually bookable within 48 hours outside of March to June, when garden work books out a week ahead. Swiss Cottage (Jubilee) is the nearest station, so a NW3 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Swiss Cottage walls, not generic walls
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Swiss Cottage, with solid brick on the party and external walls — which is why London Borough of Camden kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded in NW3, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — with 21% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Insured and documented
Registered waste carrier; green waste goes to a composting facility and every load leaves with a transfer note in your name.
Fixed prices
Garden clearance prices in Swiss Cottage
Fixed prices for NW3 and the rest of Camden. Volume and the carry distance set the price. A garden with rear access is materially cheaper than an identical garden reached only through the living room.
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small courtyard or balcony tidy | £120 | 1–2 hrs | A quarter-load of green waste, hand-carried through the house because most London terraces have no side return. |
| Half-load green waste | £210 | 2–3 hrs | Prunings, turf and pots, taken to a composting site rather than a general transfer station. |
| Full Luton load | £390 | 3–5 hrs | An overgrown rear garden cut back and cleared, including the bags that have been by the back door since spring. |
| Shed or greenhouse dismantle and remove | £180 | 2 hrs | Dismantled panel by panel; glass is wrapped and separated because it cannot go in with green waste. |
| Decking, fencing or hard landscaping removal | £320 | 4 hrs+ | Treated timber and concrete are charged at a different rate than green waste, so it is priced separately. |
Small courtyard or balcony tidy
£120 · 1–2 hrs
A quarter-load of green waste, hand-carried through the house because most London terraces have no side return.
Half-load green waste
£210 · 2–3 hrs
Prunings, turf and pots, taken to a composting site rather than a general transfer station.
Full Luton load
£390 · 3–5 hrs
An overgrown rear garden cut back and cleared, including the bags that have been by the back door since spring.
Shed or greenhouse dismantle and remove
£180 · 2 hrs
Dismantled panel by panel; glass is wrapped and separated because it cannot go in with green waste.
Decking, fencing or hard landscaping removal
£320 · 4 hrs+
Treated timber and concrete are charged at a different rate than green waste, so it is priced separately.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; landlord and agent invoices are plus VAT. Green waste is separated and composted where the load allows, and mixed loads are priced on the heavier stream rather than averaged.
Scope
What's included in Swiss Cottage
The same scope across NW3, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- On NW3 jobs: cutting back, bagging and carrying out through the house where there is no rear access, agreed on the doorstep in Swiss Cottage before anything is unpacked
- In Swiss Cottage: green waste routed to a composting facility, with the load split at source, timed against the walk in from Swiss Cottage (Jubilee)
- Old furniture, pots, bags of soil and general garden clutter removed, noted on the Swiss Cottage job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- Standard on Camden bookings: waste transfer note issued in your name on the day, allowing for the 46% of NW3 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
- On NW3 jobs: paths and hallways sheeted and swept before we leave, garden clearance included
Not included
- Tree surgery, felling and anything requiring a chainsaw ticket or a TPO check, quoted separately if you need it arranged in NW3
- Japanese knotweed, which is controlled waste and needs a specialist contractor, which we refer on to the right trade in Swiss Cottage
- Ongoing garden maintenance or planting, handled by London Borough of Camden or a specialist contractor instead
- Digging out foundations, ponds or concrete bases beyond surface removal, and we will say so before the NW3 visit rather than on the day
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Coverage
Where we work around Swiss Cottage NW3
Garden clearance across Camden and the NW3 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Swiss Cottage
Same fitters, same NW3 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Flat and apartment clearance in Swiss Cottage
Whole-flat clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
Business clearance in Swiss Cottage
Desks, chairs, racking and IT stripped out of a let unit with WEEE evidence.
All clearance services in Swiss Cottage
Single items, builders' waste and part-loads across the borough.
Pathway jet washing in Swiss Cottage
Front paths, side returns and communal walkways cleaned without lifting loose flags.
Patio and decking cleaning in Swiss Cottage
Natural stone patios and timber or composite decking cleaned at the right pressure for each.
Shed assembly in Swiss Cottage
Sheds, bases and outdoor storage built square, levelled and weather-fixed.
Most booked alongside this in Swiss Cottage NW3
Working in Swiss Cottage
Swiss Cottage NW3 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Swiss Cottage — the numbers that actually change a garden clearance quote.
The NW3 stock around Swiss Cottage Library by Basil Spence is mainly Victorian. ONS records 89% flats, 11% houses and 3,083 households in Swiss Cottage.
46% of households rent privately and 33% own, which is why garden clearance demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are lath and plaster over timber studs in Swiss Cottage, with solid brick on the party and external walls — which is why London Borough of Camden kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded, so the fixing that matters in Swiss Cottage is chosen on site — the usual failure here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — with 21% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Anyone who knows Swiss Cottage knows the pattern near Swiss Cottage Library by Basil Spence: finchley Road's shops and library beside 1930s flats and post-war blocks. We plan the NW3 visit around it. Swiss Cottage sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Finchley Road is a red route; loading is from side streets with permits and lift booking in the blocks. Nearest station is Swiss Cottage (Jubilee), and two crew and a Luton or tipper; three where everything has to be carried through a hallway.
Area at a glance
Swiss Cottage NW3 by the numbers
Who lives in Swiss Cottage and what they live in decides how garden clearance is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Swiss Cottage neighbourhood itself — not Camden-wide averages, and not estimates.
7,117
Residents
Swiss Cottage neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,083
Households
Median age 35.2
Flats vs houses
Flats 88.6%Houses 11.2%
Residents by sex
Male46.3%
Female53.7%
Single-person households
35.7%
Privately rented
45.9%
- Median age
- 35.2
- Owner-occupied
- 33.1%
- Social rented
- 20.9%
- Postcode districts
- NW3
- Nearest station
- Swiss Cottage
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Swiss Cottage (E02000182) — the published geography that covers Swiss Cottage, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the NW3 district: 51.5523, -0.1725 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Garden clearance in Swiss Cottage NW3 — your questions.
How much does garden clearance cost in Swiss Cottage NW3?
Small courtyard or balcony tidy starts at £120 in Swiss Cottage on NW3 jobs, with 89% of homes here being flats — and a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Volume and the carry distance set the price. A garden with rear access is materially cheaper than an identical garden reached only through the living room in Swiss Cottage, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood.
Do you assemble IKEA and other flat-pack furniture in Swiss Cottage NW3?
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in this 89% flats neighbourhood, with Swiss Cottage Library by Basil Spence a few streets away. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Swiss Cottage most weeks on Camden bookings, with 46% of NW3 homes being privately rented.
How long does flat-pack assembly take in Swiss Cottage?
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level in this 89% flats neighbourhood, with 11% of Swiss Cottage homes being houses.
Will a built wardrobe fit through a Swiss Cottage doorway?
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Swiss Cottage (NW3) addresses. With 89% of Swiss Cottage homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the streets near Swiss Cottage Library by Basil Spence — and 36% one-person households here, with 33% owner-occupation locally, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Is same-day or evening garden clearance available in Camden?
Usually bookable within 48 hours outside of March to June, when garden work books out a week ahead in this 89% flats neighbourhood, with 3,083 households on this patch. Swiss Cottage sits close to Swiss Cottage (Jubilee) for Swiss Cottage (NW3) addresses, with 33% owner-occupation locally, so we can usually add a NW3 job to an existing Camden round at short notice.
Do you handle difficult access in Swiss Cottage?
Finchley Road is a red route; loading is from side streets with permits and lift booking in the blocks for Swiss Cottage (NW3) addresses, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Camden it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards in this 89% flats neighbourhood — and a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, with 3,083 households on this patch.
Are your fitters insured for work in NW3?
Registered waste carrier; green waste goes to a composting facility and every load leaves with a transfer note in your name on Camden bookings, with 89% of homes here being flats. That paperwork is what most Camden letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on the streets near Swiss Cottage Library by Basil Spence, with Camden parking rules in play.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Swiss Cottage NW3 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of camden.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.