Richmond upon Thames · SW14 · Green waste removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Mortlake and East Sheen fitters · Fixed written pricesGreen waste removal in Mortlake and East Sheen SW14, Richmond upon Thames, from £55. The Boat Race finish, the old brewery site and East Sheen's shopping parade, which is why our SW14 quotes account for level-crossing delays, Boat Race day closures and permit bays on the terraces. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
Overview
This page prices green waste removal for Mortlake and East Sheen SW14 specifically: mainly Edwardian stock, 28% privately rented and 4,944 households in total. Work starts at £55, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 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. Level-crossing delays, Boat Race day closures and permit bays on the terraces.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest. Mortlake (South Western) is the nearest station, so a SW14 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in SW14, 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 — the pattern behind 4,944 households inside the SW14 neighbourhood.
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 Mortlake and East Sheen
Walk Mortlake and East Sheen from The Boat Race finishing post outwards and the mainly Edwardian pattern is obvious: 50% of the 4,944 households in SW14 live in flats, 50% in houses.
28% of households rent privately and 56% own, which is why green waste removal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here behind the plaster in SW14. 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 — the pattern behind 4,944 households inside the SW14 neighbourhood is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Mortlake and East Sheen knows the pattern near The Boat Race finishing post: the Boat Race finish, the old brewery site and East Sheen's shopping parade. We plan the SW14 visit around it. Mortlake and East Sheen is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Level-crossing delays, Boat Race day closures and permit bays on the terraces. Nearest station is Mortlake (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 Mortlake and East Sheen 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 neighbourhood itself — not Richmond upon Thames-wide averages, and not estimates.
11,372
Residents
Mortlake & South Barnes neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,944
Households
Median age 39.3
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
32.1%
Privately rented
28.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Mortlake & South Barnes (E02000786) — the published geography that covers Mortlake and East Sheen, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW14 district: 51.4654, -0.2670 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Grass cuttings and light green waste, per cubic yard starts at £55 in Mortlake and East Sheen on SW14 jobs — and a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Mortlake (South Western), 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 Mortlake and East Sheen rounds. A rear garden with no side return means every barrow load comes out through the house across SW14 — and this being a short walk from Mortlake (South Western), with 15% social-rented stock nearby, 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 Mortlake (South Western), with 32% one-person households here. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Mortlake and East Sheen most weeks, with Richmond upon Thames parking rules in play.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level around Mortlake (South Western), with 4,944 households on this patch. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames rules apply where the kerb or a bay suspension is involved.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in around Mortlake (South Western). With 50% of Mortlake and East Sheen homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Mortlake and East Sheen, with this being London Borough of Richmond upon Thames territory — and this being a short walk from Mortlake (South Western), so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
All three. With 28% of Mortlake and East Sheen privately rented and 56% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW14 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on this side of Richmond upon Thames — and The Boat Race finishing post a few streets away, with 15% social-rented stock nearby.
The Boat Race finishing post is the marker we route to across SW14, with this being a short walk from Mortlake (South Western), and level-crossing delays, Boat Race day closures and permit bays on the terraces. A SW14 slot added to an existing Richmond upon Thames round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Richmond upon Thames, with a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend availability through spring and summer when demand for a one-off garden clearance is highest on Richmond upon Thames bookings, with a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood. Mortlake and East Sheen sits close to Mortlake (South Western) in this 50% flats neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Richmond upon Thames territory — and The Boat Race finishing post a few streets away, so we can usually add a SW14 job to an existing Richmond upon Thames round at short notice.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Mortlake and East Sheen SW14 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.
