Southwark · SE22 · Hoarder clearance
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local East Dulwich fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide hoarder clearance in East Dulwich SE22 for houses and flats around Dulwich Park. From £240, quoted in writing before the visit, with two to four operatives depending on severity, with PPE for biohazard handling and a plain, unmarked vehicle available on request Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
This page prices hoarder clearance for East Dulwich SE22 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 25% privately rented and 3,337 households in total. Work starts at £240, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Southwark permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
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.
Why choose us
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. East Dulwich (Thameslink) is the nearest station, so a SE22 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect solid London stock brick in SE22, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, the pattern behind 3,337 households inside the SE22 neighbourhood in SE22, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is East Dulwich gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
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.
Two to four operatives depending on severity, with PPE for biohazard handling and a plain, unmarked vehicle available on request. Narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton.
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.
Scope
This was my second job for Hello services and I was delighted to have Adam and Sultan back again. I had furniture assembly and clearance work to be done, and again it was done very professionally to a very high standard, and with absolute politeness at all times. They did an excellent job yet again… Read in full →
Sultan assembled our new wardrobe. Really good service. Was also able to find clearance through them. Both services were good
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 →
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Coverage
Also in this area
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.
Working in East Dulwich
East Dulwich SE22 is mainly Victorian and owner-occupier-led: 43% of homes here are flats and 57% are houses, across 3,337 households (ONS Census 2021).
The owner-occupier-led mix here (58% owned, 25% privately rented) means a SE22 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Expect solid London stock brick in SE22, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, the pattern behind 3,337 households inside the SE22 neighbourhood behind the plaster in SE22. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why East Dulwich gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is the fault we are called back to undo.
East Dulwich sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — lordship Lane's shops and rows of bay-fronted Victorian family houses — which is why a SE22 quote is not a Southwark average.
Narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton. Nearest station is East Dulwich (Thameslink), and two to four operatives depending on severity, with PPE for biohazard handling and a plain, unmarked vehicle available on request.
Area at a glance
Who lives in East Dulwich and what they live in decides how hoarder clearance is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the East Dulwich neighbourhood itself — not Southwark-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,296
Residents
East Dulwich neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,337
Households
Median age 36
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
25.6%
Privately rented
25.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood East Dulwich (E02000836) — the published geography that covers East Dulwich, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE22 district: 51.4544, -0.0724 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single room clearance starts at £240 in East Dulwich on the East Dulwich rounds, with 25% of SE22 homes being privately rented, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Volume and severity, not floor area. A single room stacked to the ceiling can take longer than an ordinary two-bed flat on the streets near Dulwich Park — and 25% of SE22 homes being privately rented, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood, and biohazard material adds its own handling cost regardless of the room count.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the streets near Dulwich Park, with 43% of homes here being flats. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in East Dulwich most weeks on SE22 jobs, with Southwark parking rules in play.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on Southwark bookings, with 43% of homes here being flats.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the streets near Dulwich Park. With 43% of East Dulwich homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm for East Dulwich (SE22) addresses, with 16% social-rented stock nearby — and this being London Borough of Southwark territory, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
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; Ongoing support or counselling on the streets near Dulwich Park — and 25% of SE22 homes being privately rented, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood, which sits with the social worker or health professional on the case; Forced entry or work without either the occupant's or a legally authorised person's consent. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the East Dulwich SE22 price you agree is the price you pay across SE22, with 3,337 households on this patch.
All three. With 25% of East Dulwich privately rented and 58% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE22 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on SE22 jobs — and this being London Borough of Southwark territory, with Dulwich Park a few streets away.
Dulwich Park is the marker we route to for East Dulwich (SE22) addresses, with 16% social-rented stock nearby, and narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton. A SE22 slot added to an existing Southwark round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the streets near Dulwich Park, with 57% of East Dulwich homes being houses.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. East Dulwich SE22 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of southwark.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
