Lewisham · SE23 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Honor Oak fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide green waste removal in Honor Oak SE23 for houses and flats around One Tree Hill. From £55, quoted in writing before the visit, with 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 Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Green waste removal in Honor Oak SE23 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Lewisham, most of them mainly Victorian. 3,683 households sit inside this SE23 patch, 54% of them flats, so we quote on access near One Tree Hill rather than a London average.
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. Very steep streets, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Honor Oak Park (Overground) is the nearest station, so a SE23 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Honor Oak, with solid brick on the party and external walls, the reality on the streets around One Tree Hill in SE23, 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, which is what a 54% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Honor Oak 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.
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 Honor Oak
In Honor Oak (SE23) the split is 54% flats to 46% houses over 3,683 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
The mixed-tenure mix here (53% owned, 27% privately rented) means a SE23 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Honor Oak, with solid brick on the party and external walls, the reality on the streets around One Tree Hill behind the plaster in SE23. 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, which is what a 54% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Honor Oak actually produces is the fault we are called back to undo.
One Tree Hill, a small parade of shops and Victorian terraces on the slope. That character decides the practical detail of green waste removal here far more than the borough boundary does. Honor Oak is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, very steep streets, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use Honor Oak Park (Overground).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Honor Oak 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 Honor Oak neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,740
Residents
Honor Oak neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,683
Households
Median age 35.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
29.5%
Privately rented
27.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Honor Oak (E02000671) — the published geography that covers Honor Oak, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE23 district: 51.4415, -0.0491 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Honor Oak around Honor Oak Park (Overground) — and Lewisham parking rules in play, with 46% of Honor Oak homes being houses, 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 in Honor Oak. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house for Honor Oak (SE23) addresses — and 46% of Honor Oak homes being houses, with 27% of SE23 homes being privately rented, 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 in Honor Oak, with 53% owner-occupation locally. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Honor Oak most weeks around Honor Oak Park (Overground), with this being a short walk from Honor Oak Park (Overground).
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 Honor Oak rounds, with Lewisham parking rules in play.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Honor Oak Park (Overground). With 54% of Honor Oak homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in this 54% flats neighbourhood — and 46% of Honor Oak homes being houses, with 27% of SE23 homes being privately rented, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
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 54% flats neighbourhood, 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, with 27% of SE23 homes being privately rented, which fall outside standard green waste licensing. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Honor Oak SE23 price you agree is the price you pay on Lewisham bookings, with this being a short walk from Honor Oak Park (Overground).
All three. With 27% of Honor Oak privately rented and 53% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE23 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door around Honor Oak Park (Overground) — and this being a short walk from Honor Oak Park (Overground), with 27% of SE23 homes being privately rented.
One Tree Hill is the marker we route to around Honor Oak Park (Overground), with this being a short walk from Honor Oak Park (Overground), and very steep streets, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station. A SE23 slot added to an existing Lewisham round usually lands the same week rather than the next across SE23, with 53% owner-occupation locally.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Honor Oak SE23 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of lewisham.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
