Richmond upon Thames · SW13 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Barnes fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking green waste removal near The WWT London Wetland Centre? Narrow village lanes, conservation-area limits and Boat Race day closures, 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
Booked mostly by owner-occupier-led households around Barnes, green waste removal here covers supply-free fitting from £55. With 46% of Barnes's 9,121 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SW13 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
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Barnes (South Western) is the nearest station, so a SW13 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in SW13, with solid brick on the party and external walls, which is why London Borough of Richmond upon Thames kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded in SW13, 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, and with 27% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
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. Narrow village lanes, conservation-area limits and Boat Race day closures.
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 Barnes
Barnes SW13 is Georgian and early Victorian and owner-occupier-led: 46% of homes here are flats and 54% are houses, across 9,121 households (ONS Census 2021).
Because 27% of Barnes is privately rented and 16% socially rented, a lot of SW13 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs in SW13, with solid brick on the party and external walls, which is why London Borough of Richmond upon Thames kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded behind the plaster in SW13. 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, and with 27% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is the fault we are called back to undo.
Barnes is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — a village around a duck pond inside a loop of the Thames, with the wetland centre nearby — which is why a SW13 quote is not a Richmond upon Thames average.
Narrow village lanes, conservation-area limits and Boat Race day closures. Nearest station is Barnes (South Western), 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 Barnes 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 Mortlake & South Barnes and North Barnes neighbourhood itself — not Richmond upon Thames-wide averages, and not estimates.
21,502
Residents
Mortlake & South Barnes and North Barnes neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,121
Households
Median age 41.4
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31%
Privately rented
27.4%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Mortlake & South Barnes, North Barnes (E02000784, E02000786) — the published geography that covers Barnes, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW13 district: 51.4763, -0.2432 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Barnes in this 46% flats neighbourhood, with The WWT London Wetland Centre a few streets away — and 9,121 households on this patch, 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 around Barnes (South Western). A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house in Barnes — and 57% owner-occupation locally, with this being a short walk from Barnes (South Western), 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 for Barnes (SW13) addresses, with 27% of SW13 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Barnes most weeks, with The WWT London Wetland Centre a few streets away.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level for Barnes (SW13) addresses, with this being a short walk from Barnes (South Western).
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in in Barnes. With 46% of Barnes homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm around Barnes (South Western), with 57% owner-occupation locally — and 9,121 households on this patch, 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 — and a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Barnes (South Western), 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 in Barnes, which fall outside standard green waste licensing. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Barnes SW13 price you agree is the price you pay for Barnes (SW13) addresses, with 57% owner-occupation locally.
All three. With 27% of Barnes privately rented and 57% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW13 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on the Barnes rounds — and Richmond upon Thames parking rules in play, with 27% of SW13 homes being privately rented.
The WWT London Wetland Centre is the marker we route to on the Barnes rounds, with this being London Borough of Richmond upon Thames territory, and narrow village lanes, conservation-area limits and Boat Race day closures. A SW13 slot added to an existing Richmond upon Thames round usually lands the same week rather than the next on SW13 jobs, with a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Barnes SW13 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of richmond upon thames.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
