London bulky waste collection · Central London
We work in Kensington and Chelsea every week — the densest borough in the country — white stucco crescents, museum quarter and the portobello and world's end ends. Bulky waste collection is priced against that reality, not a national average.
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 Kensington and Chelsea
What our crews walk into in Kensington and Chelsea is stucco-fronted terraces, mansion flats, mews houses and the lancaster west and world's end estates, and the mix changes street by street — Bayswater (W2), Chelsea (SW3) and Earl's Court (SW5) each behave differently on the day.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea sets the constraint: some of the tightest cpzs in london, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks. Locally that means hotel servicing congestion, permit bays and five-storey walk-ups and cadogan estate parking rules, king's road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits. Part of Kensington and Chelsea sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the charge is quoted as its own line rather than hidden in the labour rate.
Flats above shops and walk-up conversions are common across Kensington and Chelsea, 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 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to arrive.
Kensington and Chelsea took its present shape because market gardens turned into the great exhibition's albertopolis, then estate-built stucco terraces for the victorian wealthy.
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 Kensington and Chelsea, 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. Part of the borough is inside the Congestion Charge zone, so a £15 daily charge is added as its own line when the job falls inside the charging hours.
We cover the whole borough: SW10, SW3, SW5, SW7, W10, W11, W14, W2 and W8. On the ground that includes Bayswater, Chelsea, Earl's Court, Holland Park, Kensington and Ladbroke Grove.
Next-day across every borough, with same-day slots for two or more items booked before mid-morning. Central London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Some of the tightest CPZs in London, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Stucco-fronted terraces, mansion flats, mews houses and the Lancaster West and World's End 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 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 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 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 Kensington and Chelsea 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 Kensington and Chelsea, 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 Kensington and Chelsea address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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