Croydon · CR5 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Coulsdon fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking green waste removal near Farthing Downs? Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £55 and are fixed before we travel. Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
This page prices green waste removal for Coulsdon CR5 specifically: inter-war stock, 12% privately rented and 6,754 households in total. Work starts at £55, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Croydon permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
Step 1
Roughly how many cubic yards, whether it is soft green waste or heavy soil and turf, and whether there is rear access or everything has to go through the house.
Step 2
Green waste is priced by volume and soil or rubble by weight, so the quote separates the two rather than guessing at one blended rate.
Step 3
Branches and hedge cuttings cut down to fit the van; loose material bagged so nothing spills through a hallway or side return on the way out.
Step 4
Green waste, soil and any rubble kept apart in the van, because the green waste site and the inert tip are two different gate fees.
Step 5
Weighed in at a licensed green waste or inert site and the transfer note emailed the same day.
Why choose us
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for green and inert waste. Soft green waste is taken to a composting or green waste treatment site, soil and turf to inert recycling, and any invasive plant material identified on site is routed to a licensed consignment facility rather than mixed with standard garden waste.
Two crew and a Luton on most garden clearances; three crew and a tipper where the load is mainly soil, turf or rubble and weight rather than volume decides the run. Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Coulsdon South (Southern) is the nearest station, so a CR5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect solid London stock brick in Coulsdon, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in CR5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Coulsdon gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, which is what a 22% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Coulsdon actually produces.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard | £55 | By volume | Light and bulky rather than heavy, so it is priced on the space it takes in the van, not its weight. |
| Hedge cuttings and branches, per cubic yard | £65 | By volume | Woody material needs to be cut down to fit before loading, which adds labour over a straight bag-and-carry. |
| Quarter-load mixed garden waste | £120 | 45–60 min | A typical small London garden clearance, priced on volume plus the green waste site's gate fee. |
| Half-load garden waste | £210 | 1–2 hrs | Covers a full rear garden clear where there is no side access and everything has to come out through the house. |
| Full Luton load of garden waste | £360 | 2–3 hrs | Full van, two crew and the site fee, typical after years of growth are tackled in one visit rather than several bin cycles. |
| Soil, turf and rubble, per cubic yard | £85 | By volume | These are weighed rather than measured by volume — a yard of wet turf or soil can weigh several times the same yard of hedge cuttings. |
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard
£55 · By volume
Light and bulky rather than heavy, so it is priced on the space it takes in the van, not its weight.
Hedge cuttings and branches, per cubic yard
£65 · By volume
Woody material needs to be cut down to fit before loading, which adds labour over a straight bag-and-carry.
Quarter-load mixed garden waste
£120 · 45–60 min
A typical small London garden clearance, priced on volume plus the green waste site's gate fee.
Half-load garden waste
£210 · 1–2 hrs
Covers a full rear garden clear where there is no side access and everything has to come out through the house.
Full Luton load of garden waste
£360 · 2–3 hrs
Full van, two crew and the site fee, typical after years of growth are tackled in one visit rather than several bin cycles.
Soil, turf and rubble, per cubic yard
£85 · By volume
These are weighed rather than measured by volume — a yard of wet turf or soil can weigh several times the same yard of hedge cuttings.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; landlord, agent and landscaper invoices are plus VAT at 20%. Cutting material down to load size, carrying through the house where there is no rear access and the green waste site fee are included. Where a bay suspension, permit, ULEZ or the Congestion Charge applies it is itemised in the written quote.
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Coverage
Also in this area
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Mixed household and bulky waste taken by the load with a transfer note the same day.
Sofas, wardrobes, tables and old white goods collected per item, dismantling included.
Overgrown beds, hedges and years of accumulated green waste cleared and taken away.
Natural stone patios and timber or composite decking cleaned at the right pressure for each.
Sheds, bases and outdoor storage built square, levelled and weather-fixed.
Working in Coulsdon
6,754 households sit inside the CR5 neighbourhood covering Coulsdon. The build is inter-war, the tenure profile owner-occupier-led, and 22% of those homes are flats.
The owner-occupier-led mix here (74% owned, 12% privately rented) means a CR5 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Coulsdon substrates run to solid London stock brick in Coulsdon, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Coulsdon gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, which is what a 22% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Coulsdon actually produces is the mistake that costs a CR5 customer twice.
Downland village on the North Downs edge, with Farthing Downs above the town. That character decides the practical detail of green waste removal here far more than the borough boundary does. Coulsdon is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street. Nearest station is Coulsdon South (Southern), and two crew and a Luton on most garden clearances; three crew and a tipper where the load is mainly soil, turf or rubble and weight rather than volume decides the run.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Coulsdon and what they live in decides how green waste removal is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood itself — not Croydon-wide averages, and not estimates.
17,050
Residents
Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,754
Households
Median age 40.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
25.5%
Privately rented
11.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon (E02000234, E02000237) — the published geography that covers Coulsdon, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the CR5 district: 51.3109, -0.1413 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Coulsdon on the Coulsdon rounds — and 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses, with 22% of homes here being flats, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Volume for soft green waste, weight for soil and rubble, and access on CR5 jobs. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house on the streets near Farthing Downs — and 14% social-rented stock nearby, with this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern), which is the single biggest driver of price in inner London terraces.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions around Coulsdon South (Southern), with Farthing Downs a few streets away. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Coulsdon most weeks on CR5 jobs, with 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on the Coulsdon rounds, with 74% owner-occupation locally.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in in this 22% flats neighbourhood. With 22% of Coulsdon homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm for Coulsdon (CR5) addresses — and Farthing Downs a few streets away, with a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street in this 22% flats neighbourhood. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Croydon it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on Croydon bookings, with this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern).
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for green and inert waste around Coulsdon South (Southern). Soft green waste is taken to a composting or green waste treatment site, soil and turf to inert recycling on CR5 jobs, with Farthing Downs a few streets away — and 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses, and any invasive plant material identified on site is routed to a licensed consignment facility rather than mixed with standard garden waste. That paperwork is what most Croydon letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on this side of Croydon, with 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses.
Japanese knotweed and other invasive plant material, which needs a licensed consignment route rather than standard green waste disposal; Tree felling and stump grinding above hedge height in this 22% flats neighbourhood — and 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses, with 22% of homes here being flats, which needs a qualified arborist rather than a clearance crew; Chemical-treated timber, decking oil tins and weedkiller containers, which are hazardous waste and need a specialist carrier; Pond water, fish and livestock waste, which fall outside standard green waste licensing. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Coulsdon CR5 price you agree is the price you pay around Coulsdon South (Southern), with this being London Borough of Croydon territory.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Coulsdon CR5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of croydon.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
