City of London · EC2 · Rubbish removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Liverpool Street fitters · Fixed written pricesLiverpool Street EC2 is a regular stop on our City of London round. Commuter gateway with Broadgate offices on one side and Spitalfields market on the other, so rubbish removal here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £45, in writing, with licensed carriers, recycling split on the van, paperwork the same day.
Overview
This page prices rubbish removal for Liverpool Street EC2 specifically: period conversion stock, 48% privately rented and 4,914 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and City of London Corporation permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
Step 1
A couple of photos are enough for a volume price; nobody has to be on site to be quoted.
Step 2
Volume, tip charge and any permit are itemised in one figure before the van is booked.
Step 3
Crew carry from wherever it sits — flat, garden, communal bin store or garage.
Step 4
Metal, WEEE, wood and textiles are separated on the van rather than tipped as one load.
Step 5
A waste transfer note with the site, weight and date arrives by email.
Why choose us
Two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton as standard; heavy rubble loads run below the legal weight limit rather than filling the space. Broadgate estate has its own access rules and booked bays; surrounding streets are red-route controlled.
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. Liverpool Street (Central, Circle, Elizabeth line, National Rail) is the nearest station, so a EC2 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — which is why City of London Corporation kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded in EC2, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on these streets — with 15% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
We are a registered upper-tier waste carrier and issue a waste transfer note for every collection — the document that protects you from a fly-tipping fine if your waste is later found dumped.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single item collection | £45 | 20–40 min | One mattress, sofa or appliance carried out and weighed in at a licensed transfer station. |
| Minimum load (approx. 1.5 cubic yards) | £95 | 20–30 min | A few bags and a couple of items — priced on the space taken, not on a call-out fee. |
| Quarter-load (approx. 3 cubic yards) | £120 | 30–60 min | The usual size for a flat clear-down: bagged waste, a bed frame and some boxes. |
| Half-load (approx. 6 cubic yards) | £200 | 1–2 hrs | A garage or loft clear-down, still one van and two crew. |
| Full Luton load (approx. 12 cubic yards) | £380 | 2–4 hrs | Full van, two crew, the transfer-station charge and the waste transfer note included. |
| Garden or builders' waste, per cubic yard | £70 | By volume | Soil, rubble and hardcore are capped by weight rather than space — heavy loads cost more per yard. |
Single item collection
£45 · 20–40 min
One mattress, sofa or appliance carried out and weighed in at a licensed transfer station.
Minimum load (approx. 1.5 cubic yards)
£95 · 20–30 min
A few bags and a couple of items — priced on the space taken, not on a call-out fee.
Quarter-load (approx. 3 cubic yards)
£120 · 30–60 min
The usual size for a flat clear-down: bagged waste, a bed frame and some boxes.
Half-load (approx. 6 cubic yards)
£200 · 1–2 hrs
A garage or loft clear-down, still one van and two crew.
Full Luton load (approx. 12 cubic yards)
£380 · 2–4 hrs
Full van, two crew, the transfer-station charge and the waste transfer note included.
Garden or builders' waste, per cubic yard
£70 · By volume
Soil, rubble and hardcore are capped by weight rather than space — heavy loads cost more per yard.
Domestic prices are the total you pay. Commercial and landlord invoices are quoted plus VAT at 20%. Permits, bay suspensions, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge, where they apply, are itemised in the written quote before the crew is booked.
Scope
The guys arrived prompt at 9 am . Sorry I’m rubbish at names but I remember the one guys initials were AB . He really worked hard . Both guys were very polite and were happy to pop back up the stairs to finish dusting the bedrooms surfaces that were missed . Not one moan… Read in full →
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We had a good experience with this company for our move from London to Spain. Everything went well. They also helped us with our move out clean.
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Coverage
Also in this area
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
Single items, garden waste, builders' waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
When the load is moving somewhere rather than going to a transfer station.
A full top-to-bottom clean of the property once it has been emptied.
A van and driver for the load you have, priced by size rather than by guesswork.
Working in Liverpool Street
The EC2 stock around Broadgate Circle is period conversion. ONS records 98% flats, 2% houses and 4,914 households in Liverpool Street.
Private renting sits at 48% and owner-occupation at 37%; the first group books rubbish removal at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — which is why City of London Corporation kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded, so the fixing that matters in Liverpool Street is chosen on site — the usual failure here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on these streets — with 15% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Anyone who knows Liverpool Street knows the pattern near Broadgate Circle: commuter gateway with Broadgate offices on one side and Spitalfields market on the other. We plan the EC2 visit around it. Liverpool Street sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: broadgate estate has its own access rules and booked bays; surrounding streets are red-route controlled. Liverpool Street (Central, Circle, Elizabeth line, National Rail) is the nearest station, and two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton as standard; heavy rubble loads run below the legal weight limit rather than filling the space.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Liverpool Street and what they live in decides how rubbish removal is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the City of London neighbourhood itself — not City of London-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,583
Residents
City of London neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,914
Households
Median age 36.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
51%
Privately rented
48.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood City of London (E02000001) — the published geography that covers Liverpool Street, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the EC2 district: 51.5191, -0.0925 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single item collection starts at £45 in Liverpool Street on EC2 jobs, with 2% of Liverpool Street homes being houses, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Volume sets the price and access moves it: stairs above the second floor without a lift, red-route frontages and permit-only bays are the three London variables on the Liverpool Street rounds, with 15% social-rented stock nearby.
A minimum load is £95 and a quarter-load £120, priced on the space the waste takes in the van around Liverpool Street (Central, Circle, Elizabeth line, National Rail), with City of London parking rules in play. Around Broadgate Circle most jobs are quoted from two photos in Liverpool Street, with 98% of homes here being flats, and the price is fixed before the crew sets off.
Usually, once City of London Corporation's skip permit, the wait for the licence and the risk of other people filling it are counted in Liverpool Street, with this being a short walk from Liverpool Street (Central, Circle, Elizabeth line, National Rail). A van crew loads, leaves and issues the paperwork the same visit — nothing sits on the street overnight on City of London bookings, with 48% of EC2 homes being privately rented.
Yes. 98% of homes here are flats, with this being a short walk from Liverpool Street (Central, Circle, Elizabeth line, National Rail) — and 51% one-person households here, so lift bookings, porter sign-in and communal bin stores are routine — tell us the floor and whether there is a lift and the crew size is set for it in Liverpool Street.
Every collection comes with a waste transfer note naming the transfer station, weight and date on EC2 jobs. With 48% of Liverpool Street homes privately rented, that is what letting agents and landlords ask to see on this side of City of London, with 2% of Liverpool Street homes being houses.
All three. With 48% of Liverpool Street privately rented and 37% owner-occupied, roughly half the EC2 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on EC2 jobs — and 51% one-person households here, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood.
Broadgate Circle is the marker we route to on City of London bookings, with City of London parking rules in play, and broadgate estate has its own access rules and booked bays; surrounding streets are red-route controlled. A EC2 slot added to an existing City of London round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the streets near Broadgate Circle, with 51% one-person households here.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Liverpool Street EC2 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of city of london.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
