Lewisham · SE14 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local New Cross fitters · Fixed written pricesGreen waste removal for New Cross (SE14) households — 11,771 of them, 73% 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
Booked mostly by social-housing-led households around New Cross, green waste removal here covers supply-free fitting from £55. With 73% of New Cross's 11,771 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE14 shape the slot length we hold.
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. September student turnover, New Cross Road red route and narrow permit-only streets.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. New Cross (Overground, Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE14 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 reality on the streets around Goldsmiths, University of London in SE14, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE14, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — and with 33% one-person households in New Cross, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
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 New Cross
Walk New Cross from Goldsmiths, University of London outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 73% of the 11,771 households in SE14 live in flats, 27% in houses.
34% of households rent privately and 30% own, which is why green waste removal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — the reality on the streets around Goldsmiths, University of London, so the fixing that matters in New Cross is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SE14, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — and with 33% one-person households in New Cross, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Anyone who knows New Cross knows the pattern near Goldsmiths, University of London: goldsmiths' campus, the Venue and student-heavy Victorian streets. We plan the SE14 visit around it. New Cross is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, september student turnover, New Cross Road red route and narrow permit-only streets — 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 New Cross (Overground, Southeastern).
Area at a glance
Who lives in New Cross 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 New Cross & Deptford South and New Cross Gate and New Cross South neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
29,076
Residents
New Cross & Deptford South and New Cross Gate and New Cross South neighbourhood, Census 2021
11,771
Households
Median age 31.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
32.6%
Privately rented
34.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods New Cross & Deptford South, New Cross Gate, New Cross South (E02000655, E02000657, E02006798) — the published geography that covers New Cross, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE14 district: 51.4759, -0.0423 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in New Cross around New Cross (Overground, Southeastern), with 27% of New Cross homes being houses — and this being a short walk from New Cross (Overground, Southeastern), 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 this 73% flats neighbourhood. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house on this side of Lewisham, with 30% owner-occupation locally — and a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood, 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 this side of Lewisham, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in New Cross most weeks in this 73% flats neighbourhood, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood.
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 New Cross rounds, with 73% of homes here being flats.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around New Cross (Overground, Southeastern). With 73% of New Cross homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in New Cross — and this being a short walk from New Cross (Overground, Southeastern), with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory, 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 Lewisham bookings. Soft green waste is taken to a composting or green waste treatment site, soil and turf to inert recycling in this 73% flats neighbourhood — and 36% social-rented stock nearby, with 27% of New Cross 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 Lewisham letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on this side of Lewisham, with 36% social-rented stock nearby.
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 on SE14 jobs, 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 — and 33% one-person households here, with 27% of New Cross homes being houses, which fall outside standard green waste licensing. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the New Cross SE14 price you agree is the price you pay around New Cross (Overground, Southeastern), with Goldsmiths, University of London a few streets away.
All three. With 34% of New Cross privately rented and 30% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE14 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on this side of Lewisham — and 36% social-rented stock nearby, with this being London Borough of Lewisham 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. New Cross SE14 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.
