London bulky waste collection · North London
Local bulky waste collection for Barnet and its 12 covered areas. London's largest borough by population — semi-detached suburbia, Hampstead Garden Suburb and green belt at the top.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sofa or armchair | £50 | 20–30 min | Priced per item because a single sofa does not need a full van booked against it. |
| Bed frame and mattress | £55 | 20–30 min | Covers dismantling a divan or frame and carrying the mattress separately, since the two are usually collected together. |
| Wardrobe or set of drawers | £45 | 20–30 min | Most flat-pack wardrobes have to be part-dismantled to clear a stairwell, which is why this sits above a loose item. |
| Dining table and up to 4 chairs | £60 | 30 min | Table legs are usually unscrewed to get the piece down a narrow London staircase. |
| Second item on the same visit | £30 each | Added to visit | One call-out, one carry route surveyed — each extra piece only adds the carrying time, not a second job. |
| Same-day booking (2+ items) | £90 | Within hours | A fixed same-day rate for two or more bulky items, cheaper per item than booking two single collections. |
Sofa or armchair
£50 · 20–30 min
Priced per item because a single sofa does not need a full van booked against it.
Bed frame and mattress
£55 · 20–30 min
Covers dismantling a divan or frame and carrying the mattress separately, since the two are usually collected together.
Wardrobe or set of drawers
£45 · 20–30 min
Most flat-pack wardrobes have to be part-dismantled to clear a stairwell, which is why this sits above a loose item.
Dining table and up to 4 chairs
£60 · 30 min
Table legs are usually unscrewed to get the piece down a narrow London staircase.
Second item on the same visit
£30 each · Added to visit
One call-out, one carry route surveyed — each extra piece only adds the carrying time, not a second job.
Same-day booking (2+ items)
£90 · Within hours
A fixed same-day rate for two or more bulky items, cheaper per item than booking two single collections.
Domestic prices are the total you pay. Landlord and letting-agent invoices are quoted plus VAT at 20%. Bulky items are priced per piece, not by volume, because carrying time — not tip weight — is what a single wardrobe or sofa actually costs. Permits, bay suspensions, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge are itemised where they apply.
Working in Barnet
What our crews walk into in Barnet is 1930s semis with bay windows, mock-tudor detached houses, garden-suburb arts and crafts homes and new towers at colindale, and the mix changes street by street — Colindale (NW9), East Finchley (N2) and Finchley (N3) each behave differently on the day.
On the ground, mostly driveway parking, but golders green and finchley central have tight cpzs and busy a-road frontages. Locally that means every new block requires booked goods lifts and loading bays; estate roads are gated and narrower terraced streets near the station with permit bays; driveways further out. Barnet sits outside the Congestion Charge zone, so only ULEZ applies to the van and the quote is that much simpler.
Flats above shops and walk-up conversions are common across Barnet, and a bulky item stuck on a landing is a fire-escape and insurance problem for the managing agent, not just an inconvenience. We carry from the room it is in, not from the kerb, so nothing sits in a communal stairwell waiting for London Borough of Barnet to arrive.
Coaching villages along the Great North Road, filled in by Metroland semis after the Northern line arrived in the 1930s. That history is why Barnet property behaves the way it does today.
Scope
Method
Step 1
A photo of each item and which room or floor it is on is enough for a fixed per-item price.
Step 2
The price covers carrying the item out of the property; you never have to move it yourself.
Step 3
Next-day is standard; same-day is available for two or more items booked before mid-morning.
Step 4
Sound furniture is assessed for reuse before it is loaded as waste, which is often the fastest way to move it on anyway.
Step 5
Emailed the same day, whichever route the item took.
Coverage
Also in this borough
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
The wider rubbish disposal hub — every waste stream we collect, in one place.
Sofas, beds, wardrobes and mattresses collected per item, dismantling included.
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
A van and driver for the load you have, priced by size rather than by guesswork.
Flat-pack furniture built, squared and anchored where it needs to stand.
Sofa or armchair starts at £50 in Barnet, and the ladder runs up to £90 for the largest job on the table above. The item and the carry, not the tip weight. A wardrobe down two flights with a turn in the stairwell costs more in crew time than the same wardrobe from a ground-floor flat. 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: EN4, EN5, N11, N12, N14, N2, N20, N3, NW11 and NW4 and the rest of the Barnet outward codes. On the ground that includes Colindale, East Finchley, Finchley, Friern Barnet and New Southgate, Golders Green and Hendon.
Next-day across every borough, with same-day slots for two or more items booked before mid-morning. North London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Mostly driveway parking, but Golders Green and Finchley Central have tight CPZs and busy A-road frontages. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Barnet and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. 1930s semis with bay windows, mock-Tudor detached houses, garden-suburb Arts and Crafts homes and new towers at Colindale 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 issuing a transfer note for every collection; items suitable for reuse are logged and passed to a London reuse partner with a receipt rather than tipped. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Barnet tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
One or two crew depending on the item — a sofa or mattress needs two people on a London staircase regardless of how light the piece is. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Barnet postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Items containing refrigerant gas — fridges, freezers and air-conditioning units — quoted under our fridge and freezer disposal service instead, Pianos and safes, which need specialist lifting equipment and are quoted separately and Items contaminated with bodily fluids or pest infestation, which are handled as a hazardous or biohazard collection. If something on that list turns up in Barnet, 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 Barnet address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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