Crew sized to the job
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. New blocks need booked lifts and bays; older streets have driveways and canal bridges.
Hillingdon · UB3 · Bulky waste collection
Professional Bulky waste collection in Hayes, UB3
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Hayes fitters · Fixed written pricesBulky waste collection for Hayes (UB3) households — 14,482 of them, 34% in flats. From £50 fixed, 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 Insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,429 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
UB3
- Bulky waste collection in Hayes UB3 from £50, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: heavy mirrors and a full flat-pack wardrobe anchored to the wall
- Next-day across every borough, with same-day slots for two or more items booked before mid-morning.
- London Borough of Hillingdon permits, ULEZ 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, sofa or armchair
- £50From, sofa or armchair
- Hayes homes are flats
- 34%Hayes homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 33%Privately rented
- Households in Hayes
- 14,482Households in Hayes
Overview
Bulky waste collection in Hayes UB3, explained
Booked mostly by mixed-tenure households around Hayes & Harlington, bulky waste collection here covers supply-free fitting from £50. With 34% of Hayes's 14,482 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in UB3 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
How bulky waste collection works in Hayes
Five steps, the same on every UB3 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Hayes gives us terraced houses with solid London stock brick and later plasterboard linings, which is what a 34% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Hayes actually produces is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Tell us what and where
A photo of each item and which room or floor it is on is enough for a fixed per-item price.
Step 2
Fixed quote, no kerb requirement
The price covers carrying the item out of the property; you never have to move it yourself.
Step 3
Book the day
Next-day is standard; same-day is available for two or more items booked before mid-morning.
Step 4
Carry and check for reuse
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
Transfer note or reuse receipt
Emailed the same day, whichever route the item took.
Why choose us
Why Hayes customers book us
Local knowledge is not a slogan on this page — it is what stops a bracket coming out of a Hayes wall.
Booked around your day
Next-day across every borough, with same-day slots for two or more items booked before mid-morning. Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a UB3 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Hayes walls, not generic walls
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick — a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in UB3, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in UB3, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — the pattern behind 14,482 households inside the UB3 neighbourhood.
Insured and documented
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.
Fixed prices
Bulky waste collection prices in Hayes
Fixed prices for UB3 and the rest of Hillingdon. 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.
| 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.
Scope
What's included in Hayes
The same scope across UB3, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Collection from the room the item is in — nothing needs to be carried down to the kerb first, noted on the Hayes job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- Standard on Hillingdon bookings: dismantling of beds, wardrobes and flat-pack units where the stairwell or doorway will not take them whole, allowing for the 33% of UB3 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
- On UB3 jobs: a waste transfer note for the load, and a receipt if the item is passed to a reuse or charity partner instead, agreed on the doorstep in Hayes before anything is unpacked
- In Hayes: reuse checked first — sound furniture goes to a London reuse network before it is treated as waste, timed against the walk in from Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line)
Not included
- Items containing refrigerant gas — fridges, freezers and air-conditioning units — quoted under our fridge and freezer disposal service instead, handled by London Borough of Hillingdon or a specialist contractor instead
- Pianos and safes, which need specialist lifting equipment and are quoted separately, and we will say so before the UB3 visit rather than on the day
- Items contaminated with bodily fluids or pest infestation, which are handled as a hazardous or biohazard collection, quoted separately if you need it arranged in UB3
Reviews for Rubbish Removal across the UK
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviews★★★★★Trustpilot
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 →
★★★★★Trustpilot
The cleaners Constantin and arrived in time and never stopped until the work was completed to the best of their ability. I would recommend a more upgraded carpet cleaner as I was hoping for a hot steam cleaner to penetrate areas or heavy foot traffic on the carpet. They never gave up until the look… Read in full →
★★★★★Google
We had a good experience with this company for our move from London to Spain. Everything went well. They also helped us with our move out clean.
Read all 12 Rubbish Removal reviews →
Quoted verbatim from reviews customers left on our public Google and Trustpilot profiles. Nothing is edited, shortened beyond the link above, or written by us.
Coverage
Where we work around Hayes UB3
Bulky waste collection across Hillingdon and the UB3 district, mapped below.
Bulky waste collection nearby
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Hayes
Same fitters, same UB3 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
Clearance services in Hayes
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Rubbish disposal in Hayes
The wider rubbish disposal hub — every waste stream we collect, in one place.
Furniture disposal in Hayes
Sofas, beds, wardrobes and mattresses collected per item, dismantling included.
House and flat clearance in Hayes
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
Moving van hire in Hayes
A van and driver for the load you have, priced by size rather than by guesswork.
Flat-pack assembly in Hayes
Flat-pack furniture built, squared and anchored where it needs to stand.
Most booked alongside this in Hayes UB3
Working in Hayes
Hayes UB3 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Hayes — the numbers that actually change a bulky waste collection quote.
The UB3 stock around The former EMI factory at Blyth Road is inter-war. ONS records 34% flats, 66% houses and 14,482 households in Hayes.
Private renting sits at 33% and owner-occupation at 45%; the first group books bulky waste collection at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick — a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here, so the fixing that matters in Hayes is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in UB3, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — the pattern behind 14,482 households inside the UB3 neighbourhood.
Anyone who knows Hayes knows the pattern near The former EMI factory at Blyth Road: the old EMI works, the canal and a town centre transformed by the Elizabeth line. We plan the UB3 visit around it. Hayes is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: new blocks need booked lifts and bays; older streets have driveways and canal bridges. Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, and 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.
Area at a glance
Hayes UB3 by the numbers
Who lives in Hayes and what they live in decides how bulky waste collection is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Hayes End and Hayes South and Hayes Town & Lake Farm and Hayes Town North neighbourhood itself — not Hillingdon-wide averages, and not estimates.
45,454
Residents
Hayes End and Hayes South and Hayes Town & Lake Farm and Hayes Town North neighbourhood, Census 2021
14,482
Households
Median age 34.2
Flats vs houses
Flats 34.1%Houses 65.5%
Residents by sex
Male50.2%
Female49.8%
Single-person households
21%
Privately rented
32.8%
- Median age
- 34.2
- Owner-occupied
- 44.7%
- Social rented
- 22.1%
- Postcode districts
- UB3
- Nearest station
- Hayes & Harlington
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Hayes End, Hayes South, Hayes Town & Lake Farm, Hayes Town North (E02000517, E02000519, E02000520, E02000523) — the published geography that covers Hayes, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the UB3 district: 51.5052, -0.4244 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Bulky waste collection in Hayes UB3 — your questions.
How much does bulky waste collection cost in Hayes UB3?
Sofa or armchair starts at £50 in Hayes on the streets near The former EMI factory at Blyth Road, with Hillingdon parking rules in play, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. The item and the carry, not the tip weight for Hayes (UB3) addresses. 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 on the Hayes rounds, with 14,482 households on this patch.
Do you assemble IKEA and other flat-pack furniture in Hayes UB3?
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on the Hayes rounds, with this being London Borough of Hillingdon territory. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Hayes most weeks on UB3 jobs, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood.
How long does flat-pack assembly take in Hayes?
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level in Hayes, with 33% of UB3 homes being privately rented.
Will a built wardrobe fit through a Hayes doorway?
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Hayes (UB3) addresses. With 34% of Hayes homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the streets near The former EMI factory at Blyth Road, with 34% of homes here being flats — and a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Is same-day or evening bulky waste collection available in Hillingdon?
Next-day across every borough, with same-day slots for two or more items booked before mid-morning around Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line). Hayes sits close to Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line) in this 34% flats neighbourhood, with 33% of UB3 homes being privately rented, so we can usually add a UB3 job to an existing Hillingdon round at short notice.
Do you handle difficult access in Hayes?
New blocks need booked lifts and bays; older streets have driveways and canal bridges on the streets near The former EMI factory at Blyth Road. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Hillingdon it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on Hillingdon bookings — and 66% of Hayes homes being houses, with 14,482 households on this patch.
Are your fitters insured for work in UB3?
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 on UB3 jobs — and this being London Borough of Hillingdon territory, with Hillingdon parking rules in play. That paperwork is what most Hillingdon letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on the Hayes rounds, with 21% one-person households here.
Read next
Guides for Hayes UB3
Three reads that answer what most people ask before they book.
Handyman
Reliable handyman services: costs, jobs and how to hire
Hourly rates, half-day jobs and the questions worth asking before booking.
Assembly
Flat-pack assembly: DIY or hire a pro?
Which builds are a two-hour job and which reliably eat a weekend.
Assembly
IKEA assembly without the hassle
Wardrobes, beds and kitchen units built and levelled the same day.
Free quote · 1-hour reply
Get a fixed price for Bulky waste collection in Hayes UB3
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Hayes UB3 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of hillingdon.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.