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. Carnival weekend closures, resident bays all week and communal gardens with no vehicle access.
Kensington and Chelsea · W11 · Rubbish removal
Professional Rubbish removal in Notting Hill, W11
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Notting Hill fitters · Fixed written pricesRubbish removal for Notting Hill (W11) households — 9,720 of them, 75% 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
W11
- Rubbish removal in Notting Hill W11 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 Kensington and Chelsea permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge 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
- Notting Hill homes are flats
- 75%Notting Hill homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 43%Privately rented
- Households in Notting Hill
- 9,720Households in Notting Hill
Overview
Rubbish removal in Notting Hill W11, explained
Rubbish removal in Notting Hill W11 is a fixed-price visit for renter-heavy homes in Kensington and Chelsea, most of them mixed-era. 9,720 households sit inside this W11 patch, 75% of them flats, so we quote on access near Portobello Road Market rather than a London average.
How it works
How rubbish removal works in Notting Hill
Five steps, the same on every W11 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Victorian and Edwardian conversion flats with original lath-and-plaster partitions, as the Notting Hill stock goes, which is what a 75% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Notting Hill actually produces 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 Notting Hill customers book us
What follows is specific to Notting Hill: its walls, its access and the paperwork Kensington and Chelsea agents ask for.
Booked around your day
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, District) is the nearest station, so a W11 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Notting Hill walls, not generic walls
We expect with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — where 42% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year in W11, 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, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — the pattern behind 9,720 households inside the W11 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 Notting Hill
Fixed prices for W11 and the rest of Kensington and Chelsea. 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 Notting Hill
The same scope across W11, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- On W11 jobs: two crew and all the carrying — bags and items do not need moving to the kerb first, rubbish removal included
- In Notting Hill: licensed disposal with a waste transfer note emailed the same day, sized for the carnival weekend closures, resident bays all week and communal gardens with no vehicle access
- Segregation for recycling and reuse before anything reaches residual waste, checked on every W11 visit
- Standard on Kensington and Chelsea bookings: a sweep-up of the collection point before the crew leaves, with 9,720 households in this neighbourhood, it is the question we are asked most
Not included
- Hazardous waste — paint, solvents, gas bottles, asbestos and clinical waste need a specialist carrier, handled by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 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 W11 visit rather than on the day
- Loads from unsafe access — a cellar or loft that has not been surveyed, outside the fixed price on Notting Hill bookings
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Coverage
Where we work around Notting Hill W11
Rubbish removal across Kensington and Chelsea and the W11 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Notting Hill
Same fitters, same W11 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
House and flat clearance in Notting Hill
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
All clearance services in Notting Hill
Single items, garden waste, builders' waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Man with a van in Notting Hill
When the load is moving somewhere rather than going to a transfer station.
Spring cleaning in Notting Hill
A full top-to-bottom clean of the property once it has been emptied.
Moving van hire in Notting Hill
A van and driver for the load you have, priced by size rather than by guesswork.
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Working in Notting Hill
Notting Hill W11 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Notting Hill — the numbers that actually change a rubbish removal quote.
Census 2021 puts Notting Hill at 9,720 households with a median age of 39.3. The mixed-era stock is renter-heavy, which is why 25% houses and 75% flats need different handling in W11.
Private renting sits at 43% and owner-occupation at 42%; the first group books rubbish removal at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — where 42% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fixing that matters in Notting Hill is chosen on site — the usual failure here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — the pattern behind 9,720 households inside the W11 neighbourhood.
Anyone who knows Notting Hill knows the pattern near Portobello Road Market: pastel terraces, communal garden squares and the carnival's home streets. We plan the W11 visit around it. Notting Hill sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, carnival weekend closures, resident bays all week and communal gardens with no vehicle access — one reason two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton as standard; heavy rubble loads run below the legal weight limit rather than filling the space. Fitters travelling in use Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle, District).
Area at a glance
Notting Hill W11 by the numbers
Who lives in Notting Hill 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 Notting Hill Gate and Notting Hill South and Notting Hill West neighbourhood itself — not Kensington and Chelsea-wide averages, and not estimates.
20,146
Residents
Notting Hill Gate and Notting Hill South and Notting Hill West neighbourhood, Census 2021
9,720
Households
Median age 39.3
Flats vs houses
Flats 75.2%Houses 24.7%
Residents by sex
Male46.3%
Female53.7%
Single-person households
44.4%
Privately rented
43.1%
- Median age
- 39.3
- Owner-occupied
- 41.8%
- Social rented
- 15%
- Postcode districts
- W11
- Nearest station
- Notting Hill Gate
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Notting Hill Gate, Notting Hill South, Notting Hill West (E02000582, E02000583, E02000584) — the published geography that covers Notting Hill, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the W11 district: 51.5123, -0.2155 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Rubbish removal in Notting Hill W11 — your questions.
How much does rubbish removal cost in Notting Hill W11?
Single item collection starts at £45 in Notting Hill on the streets near Portobello Road Market, with 75% of homes here being flats, 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 W11 jobs — and 25% of Notting Hill homes being houses, with Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play.
How much is a small rubbish collection in Notting Hill W11?
A minimum load is £95 and a quarter-load £120, priced on the space the waste takes in the van on this side of Kensington and Chelsea, with 25% of Notting Hill homes being houses. Around Portobello Road Market most jobs are quoted from two photos in this 75% flats neighbourhood, with Portobello Road Market a few streets away, and the price is fixed before the crew sets off.
Is this cheaper than a skip in W11?
Usually, once Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's skip permit, the wait for the licence and the risk of other people filling it are counted in Notting Hill, with 15% social-rented stock nearby. A van crew loads, leaves and issues the paperwork the same visit — nothing sits on the street overnight on Kensington and Chelsea bookings, with 42% owner-occupation locally.
Can you collect from a flat or a bin store in Notting Hill?
Yes. 75% of homes here are flats, with 9,720 households on this patch — and Portobello Road Market a few streets away, 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 on this side of Kensington and Chelsea. With 75% of homes in Notting Hill being flats, we plan the route up front.
Do I get proof of disposal in Kensington and Chelsea?
Every collection comes with a waste transfer note naming the transfer station, weight and date on the streets near Portobello Road Market. With 43% of Notting Hill homes privately rented, that is what letting agents and landlords ask to see for Notting Hill (W11) addresses, with 44% one-person households here.
Are your fitters insured for work in W11?
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 in Notting Hill — and a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood, with 75% of homes here being flats. That paperwork is what most Kensington and Chelsea letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on this side of Kensington and Chelsea, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory.
What is not included in rubbish removal in Notting Hill?
Hazardous waste — paint, solvents, gas bottles, asbestos and clinical waste need a specialist carrier; Anything fixed to the building: kitchen units, boilers and radiators are quoted as a strip-out; Loads from unsafe access — a cellar or loft that has not been surveyed for Notting Hill (W11) addresses, with a median age of 39 in this neighbourhood. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Notting Hill W11 price you agree is the price you pay on the Notting Hill rounds, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory.
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