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Lewisham · SE6 · Rubbish removal
Professional Rubbish removal in Catford, SE6
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Catford fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide rubbish removal in Catford SE6 for houses and flats around The Catford Cat. From £45, quoted in writing before the visit, with two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton as standard; heavy rubble loads run below the legal weight limit rather than filling the space Communal hallways and lift cars are protected before bags are carried through.
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- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
SE6
- Rubbish removal in Catford SE6 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.
- London Borough of Lewisham 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
- Catford homes are flats
- 62%Catford homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 33%Privately rented
- Households in Catford
- 6,981Households in Catford
Overview
Rubbish removal in Catford SE6, explained
Rubbish removal in Catford SE6 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Lewisham, most of them mainly Victorian. 6,981 households sit inside this SE6 patch, 62% of them flats, so we quote on access near The Catford Cat rather than a London average.
How it works
How rubbish removal works in Catford
Five steps, the same on every SE6 job, so you know what happens before you commit. In SE6, New-build and conversion flats lined with dot-and-dab plasterboard — which is why London Borough of Lewisham kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded 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 Catford customers book us
Four things decide whether a SE6 job goes well, and none of them are visible from a price list.
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. South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind.
Booked around your day
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. Catford (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE6 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Catford walls, not generic walls
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 25% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in SE6, 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, as the Catford stock goes, which is what a 62% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Catford actually produces.
Fixed prices
Rubbish removal prices in Catford
Fixed prices for SE6 and the rest of Lewisham. 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 Catford
The same scope across SE6, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- In Catford: two crew and all the carrying — bags and items do not need moving to the kerb first, sized for the south circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind
- On SE6 jobs: licensed disposal with a waste transfer note emailed the same day, rubbish removal included
- Standard on Lewisham bookings: segregation for recycling and reuse before anything reaches residual waste, with 6,981 households in this neighbourhood, it is the question we are asked most
- A sweep-up of the collection point before the crew leaves, checked on every SE6 visit
Not included
- Hazardous waste — paint, solvents, gas bottles, asbestos and clinical waste need a specialist carrier, handled by London Borough of Lewisham or a specialist contractor instead
- Anything fixed to the building: kitchen units, boilers and radiators are quoted as a strip-out, which we refer on to the right trade in Catford
- Loads from unsafe access — a cellar or loft that has not been surveyed, quoted separately if you need it arranged in SE6
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Coverage
Where we work around Catford SE6
Rubbish removal across Lewisham and the SE6 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Catford
Same fitters, same SE6 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
House and flat clearance in Catford
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
All clearance services in Catford
Single items, garden waste, builders' waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Man with a van in Catford
When the load is moving somewhere rather than going to a transfer station.
Spring cleaning in Catford
A full top-to-bottom clean of the property once it has been emptied.
Moving van hire in Catford
A van and driver for the load you have, priced by size rather than by guesswork.
Most booked alongside this in Catford SE6
Working in Catford
Catford SE6 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Catford — the numbers that actually change a rubbish removal quote.
Catford SE6 is mainly Victorian and mixed-tenure: 62% of homes here are flats and 38% are houses, across 6,981 households (ONS Census 2021).
Because 33% of Catford is privately rented and 25% socially rented, a lot of SE6 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Walls are dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 25% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first, so the fixing that matters in Catford is chosen on site — the usual failure here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Catford stock goes, which is what a 62% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Catford actually produces.
The fibreglass cat, the Broadway theatre and the Rushey Green shops. That character decides the practical detail of rubbish removal here far more than the borough boundary does. Catford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, south Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind — 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 Catford (Southeastern).
Area at a glance
Catford SE6 by the numbers
Who lives in Catford 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 Catford Bridge and Catford East & Mountsfield Park neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
16,978
Residents
Catford Bridge and Catford East & Mountsfield Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,981
Households
Median age 35.2
Flats vs houses
Flats 61.9%Houses 38%
Residents by sex
Male48.2%
Female51.8%
Single-person households
33.1%
Privately rented
32.7%
- Median age
- 35.2
- Owner-occupied
- 42.1%
- Social rented
- 25.1%
- Postcode districts
- SE6
- Nearest station
- Catford
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Catford Bridge, Catford East & Mountsfield Park (E02000670, E02000672) — the published geography that covers Catford, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE6 district: 51.4385, -0.0165 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Rubbish removal in Catford SE6 — your questions.
How much does rubbish removal cost in Catford SE6?
Single item collection starts at £45 in Catford in this 62% flats neighbourhood, with 6,981 households on this patch, 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 Lewisham bookings, with 33% one-person households here.
How much is a small rubbish collection in Catford SE6?
A minimum load is £95 and a quarter-load £120, priced on the space the waste takes in the van on this side of Lewisham, with this being a short walk from Catford (Southeastern). Around The Catford Cat most jobs are quoted from two photos across SE6, with 33% of SE6 homes being privately rented, and the price is fixed before the crew sets off.
Is this cheaper than a skip in SE6?
Usually, once London Borough of Lewisham's skip permit, the wait for the licence and the risk of other people filling it are counted on SE6 jobs, with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory. A van crew loads, leaves and issues the paperwork the same visit — nothing sits on the street overnight around Catford (Southeastern), with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood.
Can you collect from a flat or a bin store in Catford?
For SE6 bookings, yes. 62% of homes here are flats, with 33% 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 on this side of Lewisham — and 6,981 households on this patch. It works the same way on every Catford (SE6) booking.
Do I get proof of disposal in Lewisham?
Every collection comes with a waste transfer note naming the transfer station, weight and date around Catford (Southeastern). With 33% of Catford homes privately rented, that is what letting agents and landlords ask to see in Catford, with 62% of homes here being flats.
Do you handle difficult access in Catford?
South Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind on this side of Lewisham. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Lewisham it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards across SE6 — and 33% one-person households here, with this being a short walk from Catford (Southeastern).
Are your fitters insured for work in SE6?
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 this 62% flats neighbourhood — and a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood, with 38% of Catford homes being houses. That paperwork is what most Lewisham letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on Lewisham bookings, with The Catford Cat a few streets away.
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