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Islington · EC1V · Garden clearance
Professional Garden clearance in Old Street, EC1V
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Old Street fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking garden clearance near Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground? Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £120 and are fixed before we travel. Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
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- Since 2019
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- Garden clearance in Old Street EC1V from £120, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: safety fixings
- Usually bookable within 48 hours outside of March to June, when garden work books out a week ahead.
- London Borough of Islington permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,429 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, small courtyard or balcony tidy
- £120From, small courtyard or balcony tidy
- 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
Garden clearance in Old Street EC1V, explained
This page prices garden clearance for Old Street EC1V specifically: post-war stock, 28% privately rented and 4,949 households in total. Work starts at £120, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Islington permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
How garden clearance 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 — which is why London Borough of Islington kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded 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 Old Street customers book us
What follows is specific to Old Street: its walls, its access and the paperwork Islington agents ask for.
Crew sized to the job
Two crew and a Luton or tipper; three where everything has to be carried through a hallway. Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards.
Booked around your day
Usually bookable within 48 hours outside of March to June, when garden work books out a week ahead. Old Street (Northern, Great Northern) is the nearest station, so a EC1V visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Old Street walls, not generic walls
We expect often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, where 19% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year 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, a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
Fixed prices
Garden clearance prices in Old Street
Fixed prices for EC1V and the rest of Islington. 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 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: cutting back, bagging and carrying out through the house where there is no rear access, arranged with London Borough of Islington where the kerb needs it
- Green waste routed to a composting facility, with the load split at source — including garden clearance
- In Old Street: old furniture, pots, bags of soil and general garden clutter removed, the way it is done on Old Street jobs
- On EC1V jobs: waste transfer note issued in your name on the day, with 98% of homes here being flats, planned around the stair or the lift
- Standard on Islington bookings: paths and hallways sheeted and swept before we leave, with 4,949 households in this neighbourhood, it is the question we are asked most
Not included
- Tree surgery, felling and anything requiring a chainsaw ticket or a TPO check, handled by London Borough of Islington or a specialist contractor instead
- Japanese knotweed, which is controlled waste and needs a specialist contractor, which we refer on to the right trade in Old Street
- Ongoing garden maintenance or planting, outside the fixed price on Old Street bookings
- Digging out foundations, ponds or concrete bases beyond surface removal, and we will say so before the EC1V visit rather than on the day
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Coverage
Where we work around Old Street EC1V
Garden clearance across Islington and the EC1V district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Old Street
Same fitters, same EC1V rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Flat and apartment clearance in Old Street
Whole-flat clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
Business clearance in Old Street
Desks, chairs, racking and IT stripped out of a let unit with WEEE evidence.
All clearance services in Old Street
Single items, builders' waste and part-loads across the borough.
Pathway jet washing in Old Street
Front paths, side returns and communal walkways cleaned without lifting loose flags.
Patio and decking cleaning in Old Street
Natural stone patios and timber or composite decking cleaned at the right pressure for each.
Shed assembly in Old Street
Sheds, bases and outdoor storage built square, levelled and weather-fixed.
Most booked alongside this in Old Street EC1V
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 garden clearance quote.
In Old Street (EC1V) the split is 98% flats to 2% houses over 4,949 households, and the stock is post-war.
With 28% private renting against 19% owner-occupied, most EC1V bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Expect often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, where 19% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year behind the plaster in EC1V. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why Old Street gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is the fault we are called back to undo.
The roundabout, tech offices and warehouse conversions on the City fringe. That character decides the practical detail of garden clearance here far more than the borough boundary does. 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.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards. Old Street (Northern, Great Northern) is the nearest station, and two crew and a Luton or tipper; three where everything has to be carried through a hallway.
Area at a glance
Old Street EC1V by the numbers
Who lives in Old Street 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 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
Garden clearance in Old Street EC1V — your questions.
How much does garden clearance cost in Old Street EC1V?
Small courtyard or balcony tidy starts at £120 in Old Street, with 98% of homes here being flats — and 2% of Old Street homes being houses, 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 this 98% flats neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Old Street (Northern, Great Northern).
Do you assemble IKEA and other flat-pack furniture in Old Street EC1V?
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the streets near Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground, with Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground a few streets away. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Old Street most weeks for Old Street (EC1V) addresses, with 2% of Old Street homes being houses.
How long does flat-pack assembly take in Old Street?
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern), with Islington parking rules in play.
Will a built wardrobe fit through a Old Street doorway?
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on EC1V jobs. With 98% of Old Street homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on this side of Islington — and Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground a few streets away, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Do you handle difficult access in Old Street?
Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards in this 98% flats neighbourhood. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Islington it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern), with this being a short walk from Old Street (Northern, Great Northern).
Are your fitters insured for work in EC1V?
Registered waste carrier; green waste goes to a composting facility and every load leaves with a transfer note in your name on the streets near Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground, with 98% of homes here being flats. That paperwork is what most Islington letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat for Old Street (EC1V) addresses, with Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground a few streets away.
What is not included in garden clearance in Old Street?
Tree surgery, felling and anything requiring a chainsaw ticket or a TPO check; Japanese knotweed on EC1V jobs, with 98% of homes here being flats — and 2% of Old Street homes being houses, which is controlled waste and needs a specialist contractor; Ongoing garden maintenance or planting; Digging out foundations, ponds or concrete bases beyond surface removal. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Old Street EC1V price you agree is the price you pay on the streets near Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground, with this being London Borough of Islington territory.
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