London hoarder clearance · South London
Hoarder clearance across Bromley, from BR1, BR2 and BR3 outwards. London's largest borough by area — a big town centre at Bromley, then Beckenham, Orpington and green belt, and that is what shapes every quote we write here.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single room clearance | £240 | 3–4 hrs | One badly affected room sorted by hand rather than shovelled, because valuables and paperwork can be mixed into the same pile as rubbish. |
| One-bed flat, moderate hoarding | £620 | 1 day | Every room sorted, walkways reopened and a full van run booked, priced for the volume rather than the floor area since a hoarded flat holds far more than an ordinary one. |
| Two/three-bed house, severe hoarding | £1,450 | 2–3 days | Multiple vehicle loads and a phased sort across every room, often with items stacked to ceiling height that have to be worked down layer by layer for safety. |
| Biohazard and sharps handling, per visit | £180 | 1–2 hrs | Contaminated bedding, soiled material or found sharps need PPE, a separate waste stream and a licensed disposal route rather than a standard bag. |
| Garden and outbuilding clearance, added | £280 | half day | Hoarding frequently extends into a garden, shed or garage, which is quoted separately because the access and the waste mix are different from the house. |
| Post-clearance deep clean handover | £340 | 4–6 hrs | Once the contents are out, a deep clean is often what actually returns the property to a liveable or lettable state, and we hand it over photographed. |
Single room clearance
£240 · 3–4 hrs
One badly affected room sorted by hand rather than shovelled, because valuables and paperwork can be mixed into the same pile as rubbish.
One-bed flat, moderate hoarding
£620 · 1 day
Every room sorted, walkways reopened and a full van run booked, priced for the volume rather than the floor area since a hoarded flat holds far more than an ordinary one.
Two/three-bed house, severe hoarding
£1,450 · 2–3 days
Multiple vehicle loads and a phased sort across every room, often with items stacked to ceiling height that have to be worked down layer by layer for safety.
Biohazard and sharps handling, per visit
£180 · 1–2 hrs
Contaminated bedding, soiled material or found sharps need PPE, a separate waste stream and a licensed disposal route rather than a standard bag.
Garden and outbuilding clearance, added
£280 · half day
Hoarding frequently extends into a garden, shed or garage, which is quoted separately because the access and the waste mix are different from the house.
Post-clearance deep clean handover
£340 · 4–6 hrs
Once the contents are out, a deep clean is often what actually returns the property to a liveable or lettable state, and we hand it over photographed.
Prices include VAT. We work at the pace the household or family can manage rather than against a fixed daily rate, and we agree the schedule before the first visit rather than pushing for one long day. No photographs of the property are shared without written permission.
Working in Bromley
Bromley is built from interwar semis and detached houses, victorian villas in beckenham and 1930s petts wood estates, and the mix changes street by street — Beckenham (BR3), Bickley (BR1) and Bromley (BR1) each behave differently on the day.
London Borough of Bromley sets the constraint: driveways and wide roads dominate; bromley high street is pedestrianised with timed loading only. Locally that means tram-line crossings, high-street loading windows and driveways on side roads and long gravel drives, mature trees limiting height and wide easy roads. Bromley sits outside the Congestion Charge zone, so only ULEZ applies to the van and the quote is that much simpler.
London Borough of Bromley treats a severe hoarding case in Bromley as a housing and safeguarding matter as much as a waste one, and where a social worker or environmental health officer is already involved we work to their access plan rather than turning up cold. Blocked fire exits, bathroom access and any statutory notice on the property are checked before a single bag is moved, and we report back to whoever holds the case rather than leaving the family to relay progress.
Bromley took its present shape because kent market towns and manors pulled into london in 1965; the railways created beckenham and petts wood as commuter suburbs.
Scope
Method
Step 1
We talk through the situation with whoever is coordinating — family member, social worker or the individual themselves — before any visit is booked.
Step 2
A schedule that suits the household is set, whether that is one long day or several shorter visits, rather than a schedule that suits the van.
Step 3
Every room is worked through by hand, with valuables, documents and anything flagged by the family set aside before waste is loaded.
Step 4
Any contaminated or soiled material is bagged separately under PPE and moved on its own licensed disposal route.
Step 5
Once the contents are out, a deep clean is booked and the property handed back photographed, with no images shared beyond the family.
Coverage
Also in this borough
The parent residential silo — full property clears with a same-day quote.
Sofas, wardrobes and bulky items removed and recycled where possible.
Deep clean and sanitisation once the clearance itself is complete.
Mixed loads collected by volume with a same-day waste transfer note.
Single room clearance starts at £240 in Bromley, and the ladder runs up to £340 for the largest job on the table above. Volume and severity, not floor area. A single room stacked to the ceiling can take longer than an ordinary two-bed flat, and biohazard material adds its own handling cost regardless of the room count. The borough is outside the Congestion Charge zone, so there is no charge to pass on — only ULEZ, which our vans are compliant with.
We cover the whole borough: BR1, BR2, BR3, BR4, BR5, BR6, BR7, SE20 and SE9. On the ground that includes Beckenham, Bickley, Bromley, Chislehurst, Mottingham and Orpington.
Same-week for a single room, one to two weeks for a severe multi-room clear where the pace has to be agreed with the household or the professional managing the case first. South London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Driveways and wide roads dominate; Bromley High Street is pedestrianised with timed loading only. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Bromley and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Interwar semis and detached houses, Victorian villas in Beckenham and 1930s Petts Wood 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.
Registered waste carrier with a transfer note for every load and a separate consignment route for biohazard material. Staff are briefed on discretion and safeguarding before any hoarding job, and no photograph leaves the file without written permission. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Bromley tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
Two to four operatives depending on severity, with PPE for biohazard handling and a plain, unmarked vehicle available on request. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Bromley postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Structural repairs, pest control or damp treatment, which are specialist trades we can recommend, Valuation of items found — we set valuables aside for the family or executor to assess and Ongoing support or counselling, which sits with the social worker or health professional on the case. If something on that list turns up in Bromley, 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 Bromley address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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