Lambeth · SW16 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Streatham fitters · Fixed written pricesGreen waste removal in Streatham SW16, Lambeth, from £55. A two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side, which is why our SW16 quotes account for a23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
Overview
This page prices green waste removal for Streatham SW16 specifically: mainly Edwardian stock, 35% privately rented and 26,325 households in total. Work starts at £55, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Lambeth 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. A23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) is the nearest station, so a SW16 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Streatham, with solid brick on the party and external walls — where 44% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year in SW16, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — measured on the walk in from Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) 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.
Scope
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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 Streatham
Census 2021 puts Streatham at 26,325 households with a median age of 34.9. The mainly Edwardian stock is mixed-tenure, which is why 34% houses and 66% flats need different handling in SW16.
Owner-occupation runs at 44% in Streatham, so alongside the 35% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Streatham, with solid brick on the party and external walls — where 44% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year behind the plaster in SW16. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — measured on the walk in from Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) rather than assumed from a map is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Streatham knows the pattern near Streatham Common and the Rookery: a two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side. We plan the SW16 visit around it. Streatham sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
A23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts. Nearest station is Streatham (Thameslink, 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 Streatham 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 Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North and Streatham Central and Streatham Common and Streatham Green and Streatham Hill and Streatham Vale and West Norwood West & Streatham East neighbourhood itself — not Lambeth-wide averages, and not estimates.
64,560
Residents
Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North and Streatham Central and Streatham Common and Streatham Green and Streatham Hill and Streatham Vale and West Norwood West & Streatham East neighbourhood, Census 2021
26,325
Households
Median age 34.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
30.3%
Privately rented
34.7%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North, Streatham Central, Streatham Common, Streatham Green, Streatham Hill, Streatham Vale, West Norwood West & Streatham East (E02000639, E02000643, E02000646, E02000647, E02000649, E02000651, E02000652) — the published geography that covers Streatham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW16 district: 51.4212, -0.1293 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Streatham on the streets near Streatham Common and the Rookery — and 21% social-rented stock nearby, with 30% one-person households here, 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 for Streatham (SW16) addresses. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house on the Streatham rounds, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood — and 30% 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 on the Streatham rounds, with 35% of SW16 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Streatham most weeks on SW16 jobs, with this being a short walk from Streatham (Thameslink, Southern).
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on SW16 jobs, with 21% social-rented stock nearby.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Streatham (Thameslink, Southern). With 66% of Streatham homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Streatham, with 26,325 households on this patch — and a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest around Streatham (Thameslink, Southern), with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory. Streatham sits close to Streatham (Thameslink, Southern), with 66% of homes here being flats, so we can usually add a SW16 job to an existing Lambeth round at short notice in this 66% flats neighbourhood.
A23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts on the streets near Streatham Common and the Rookery. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Lambeth it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on Lambeth bookings — and 30% one-person households here, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood.
Registered waste carrier working to duty-of-care rules for green and inert waste on SW16 jobs. Soft green waste is taken to a composting or green waste treatment site, soil and turf to inert recycling on the Streatham rounds — and 21% social-rented stock nearby, with 26,325 households on this patch, 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 Lambeth letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in Streatham, with 66% of homes here being flats.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Streatham SW16 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of lambeth.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
