Kensington and Chelsea · SW5 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Earl's Court fitters · Fixed written pricesGreen waste removal for Earl's Court (SW5) households — 3,241 of them, 97% in flats. From £55 fixed, 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 Insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
This page prices green waste removal for Earl's Court SW5 specifically: period conversion stock, 44% privately rented and 3,241 households in total. Work starts at £55, fixed in writing, with parking and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 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
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. Dense short-let turnover, permit bays and five flights of communal stairs with no lift.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) is the nearest station, so a SW5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — the pattern behind 3,241 households inside the SW5 neighbourhood in SW5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on these streets — measured on the walk in from Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) rather than assumed from a map.
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.
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 Earl's Court
The SW5 stock around The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment is period conversion. ONS records 97% flats, 3% houses and 3,241 households in Earl's Court.
Private renting sits at 44% and owner-occupation at 25%; the first group books green waste removal at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — the pattern behind 3,241 households inside the SW5 neighbourhood behind the plaster in SW5. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on these streets — measured on the walk in from Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) rather than assumed from a map is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Earl's Court knows the pattern near The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment: tall stucco terraces of flats and short lets around the former exhibition site. We plan the SW5 visit around it. Earl's Court sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Dense short-let turnover, permit bays and five flights of communal stairs with no lift. Nearest station is Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly), 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 Earl's Court 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 Earl's Court neighbourhood itself — not Kensington and Chelsea-wide averages, and not estimates.
6,212
Residents
Earl's Court neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,241
Households
Median age 35.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
49%
Privately rented
43.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Earl's Court (E02000591) — the published geography that covers Earl's Court, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW5 district: 51.4916, -0.1919 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Earl's Court for Earl's Court (SW5) addresses — and this being a short walk from Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly), with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood, 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 the Earl's Court rounds. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house across SW5 — and this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory, with 49% one-person households here, 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 Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly), with Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Earl's Court most weeks, with 97% of homes here being flats.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on SW5 jobs, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the streets near The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment. With 97% of Earl's Court homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across SW5, with Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play — and The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment a few streets away, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for green and inert waste on SW5 jobs. Soft green waste is taken to a composting or green waste treatment site, soil and turf to inert recycling on the Earl's Court rounds — and 31% social-rented stock nearby, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood, 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 Kensington and Chelsea letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat across SW5, with Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play.
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, which needs a qualified arborist rather than a clearance crew; Chemical-treated timber, decking oil tins and weedkiller containers across SW5 — and this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory, with 25% owner-occupation locally, 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 Earl's Court SW5 price you agree is the price you pay on this side of Kensington and Chelsea, with 31% social-rented stock nearby.
All three. With 44% of Earl's Court privately rented and 25% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW5 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on SW5 jobs — and 31% social-rented stock nearby, with The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment a few streets away.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Earl's Court SW5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of kensington and chelsea.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
