Crew sized to the job
Two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton as standard; heavy rubble loads run below the legal weight limit rather than filling the space. Driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only.
Greenwich · SE9 · Rubbish removal
Professional Rubbish removal in Eltham, SE9
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Eltham fitters · Fixed written pricesRubbish removal for Eltham (SE9) households — 13,732 of them, 27% in flats. From £45 fixed, two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton as standard; heavy rubble loads run below the legal weight limit rather than filling the space Licensed carriers, recycling split on the van, paperwork the same day.
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- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
SE9
- Rubbish removal in Eltham SE9 from £45, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: bagged household waste and bulky single items
- Most London collections are covered within 48 hours, with same-day slots usually available before 10am.
- Royal Borough of Greenwich permits, ULEZ itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,429 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, single item collection
- £45From, single item collection
- Eltham homes are flats
- 27%Eltham homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 15%Privately rented
- Households in Eltham
- 13,732Households in Eltham
Overview
Rubbish removal in Eltham SE9, explained
Booked mostly by owner-occupier-led households around Eltham, rubbish removal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 27% of Eltham's 13,732 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE9 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
How rubbish removal works in Eltham
Five steps, the same on every SE9 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Terraced houses with solid London stock brick and later plasterboard linings, as the Eltham stock goes, and with 15% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Photograph the pile
A couple of photos are enough for a volume price; nobody has to be on site to be quoted.
Step 2
Fixed price, then a slot
Volume, tip charge and any permit are itemised in one figure before the van is booked.
Step 3
Carry and load
Crew carry from wherever it sits — flat, garden, communal bin store or garage.
Step 4
Split for recycling
Metal, WEEE, wood and textiles are separated on the van rather than tipped as one load.
Step 5
Paperwork same day
A waste transfer note with the site, weight and date arrives by email.
Why choose us
Why Eltham customers book us
Local knowledge is not a slogan on this page — it is what stops a bracket coming out of a Eltham wall.
Booked around your day
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. Eltham (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE9 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Eltham walls, not generic walls
We expect solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — the reality on the streets around Eltham Palace in SE9, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — the pattern behind 13,732 households inside the SE9 neighbourhood.
Insured and documented
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
Rubbish removal prices in Eltham
Fixed prices for SE9 and the rest of Greenwich. 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.
| 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
What's included in Eltham
The same scope across SE9, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- On SE9 jobs: two crew and all the carrying — bags and items do not need moving to the kerb first, agreed on the doorstep in Eltham before anything is unpacked
- In Eltham: licensed disposal with a waste transfer note emailed the same day, timed against the walk in from Eltham (Southeastern)
- Segregation for recycling and reuse before anything reaches residual waste, noted on the Eltham job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- Standard on Greenwich bookings: a sweep-up of the collection point before the crew leaves, allowing for the 15% of SE9 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
Not included
- Hazardous waste — paint, solvents, gas bottles, asbestos and clinical waste need a specialist carrier, handled by Royal Borough of Greenwich or a specialist contractor instead
- Anything fixed to the building: kitchen units, boilers and radiators are quoted as a strip-out, and we will say so before the SE9 visit rather than on the day
- Loads from unsafe access — a cellar or loft that has not been surveyed, outside the fixed price on Eltham bookings
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Coverage
Where we work around Eltham SE9
Rubbish removal across Greenwich and the SE9 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Eltham
Same fitters, same SE9 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
House and flat clearance in Eltham
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
All clearance services in Eltham
Single items, garden waste, builders' waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Man with a van in Eltham
When the load is moving somewhere rather than going to a transfer station.
Spring cleaning in Eltham
A full top-to-bottom clean of the property once it has been emptied.
Moving van hire in Eltham
A van and driver for the load you have, priced by size rather than by guesswork.
Most booked alongside this in Eltham SE9
Working in Eltham
Eltham SE9 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Eltham — the numbers that actually change a rubbish removal quote.
The SE9 stock around Eltham Palace is mainly Victorian. ONS records 27% flats, 73% houses and 13,732 households in Eltham.
Owner-occupation runs at 64% in Eltham, so alongside the 15% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — the reality on the streets around Eltham Palace behind the plaster in SE9. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — the pattern behind 13,732 households inside the SE9 neighbourhood is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Eltham knows the pattern near Eltham Palace: the medieval palace, Art Deco Eltham Palace and streets of 1930s semis. We plan the SE9 visit around it. Eltham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only. Nearest station is Eltham (Southeastern), 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
Eltham SE9 by the numbers
Who lives in Eltham 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 Eltham North and Eltham Park and Eltham South and Eltham West and New Eltham neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
34,732
Residents
Eltham North and Eltham Park and Eltham South and Eltham West and New Eltham neighbourhood, Census 2021
13,732
Households
Median age 40
Flats vs houses
Flats 26.5%Houses 73.4%
Residents by sex
Male48.5%
Female51.5%
Single-person households
28%
Privately rented
14.6%
- Median age
- 40
- Owner-occupied
- 64.4%
- Social rented
- 20.9%
- Postcode districts
- SE9
- Nearest station
- Eltham
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Eltham North, Eltham Park, Eltham South, Eltham West, New Eltham (E02000335, E02000337, E02000339, E02000340, E02000344) — the published geography that covers Eltham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE9 district: 51.4451, 0.0549 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Rubbish removal in Eltham SE9 — your questions.
How much does rubbish removal cost in Eltham SE9?
Single item collection starts at £45 in Eltham on the Eltham rounds, with Eltham Palace a few streets away, 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 across SE9 — and this being a short walk from Eltham (Southeastern), with 73% of Eltham homes being houses.
How much is a small rubbish collection in Eltham SE9?
A minimum load is £95 and a quarter-load £120, priced on the space the waste takes in the van on the Eltham rounds, with 15% of SE9 homes being privately rented. Around Eltham Palace most jobs are quoted from two photos on SE9 jobs, with this being a short walk from Eltham (Southeastern), and the price is fixed before the crew sets off.
Is this cheaper than a skip in SE9?
Usually, once Royal Borough of Greenwich's skip permit, the wait for the licence and the risk of other people filling it are counted on this side of Greenwich, with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory. A van crew loads, leaves and issues the paperwork the same visit — nothing sits on the street overnight across SE9, with 27% of homes here being flats.
Can you collect from a flat or a bin store in Eltham?
Yes. 27% of homes here are flats, with 64% owner-occupation locally, 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 across SE9 — and 73% of Eltham homes being houses.
Do I get proof of disposal in Greenwich?
Every collection comes with a waste transfer note naming the transfer station, weight and date on this side of Greenwich. With 15% of Eltham homes privately rented, that is what letting agents and landlords ask to see across SE9, with Eltham Palace a few streets away.
Is same-day or evening rubbish removal available in Greenwich?
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours across SE9, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. Eltham sits close to Eltham (Southeastern), with 27% of homes here being flats, so we can usually add a SE9 job to an existing Greenwich round at short notice on this side of Greenwich.
Do you handle difficult access in Eltham?
Driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only on this side of Greenwich. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Royal Borough of Greenwich it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards across SE9 — and this being a short walk from Eltham (Southeastern), with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory.
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