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Lewisham · SE12 · Rubbish removal
Professional Rubbish removal in Lee, SE12
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Lee fitters · Fixed written pricesLooking for rubbish removal in Lee SE12? We work in Lee most weeks — manor House library, Lee Green's shops and streets of interwar houses — and price rubbish removal against that reality rather than a London average. Fixed written quote from £45, licensed carriers, recycling split on the van, paperwork the same day.
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- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
SE12
- Rubbish removal in Lee SE12 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
- Lee homes are flats
- 39%Lee homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 22%Privately rented
- Households in Lee
- 6,151Households in Lee
Overview
Rubbish removal in Lee SE12, explained
This page prices rubbish removal for Lee SE12 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 22% privately rented and 6,151 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Lewisham permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
How rubbish removal works in Lee
Five steps, the same on every SE12 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Terraced houses with solid London stock brick and later plasterboard linings on these streets — measured on the walk in from Lee (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map 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 Lee customers book us
Four things decide whether a SE12 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. Driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays.
Booked around your day
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. Lee (Southeastern) is the nearest station, so a SE12 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Lee walls, not generic walls
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick, the pattern behind 6,151 households inside the SE12 neighbourhood in SE12, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Lee gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, which is what a 39% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Lee actually produces.
Fixed prices
Rubbish removal prices in Lee
Fixed prices for SE12 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 Lee
The same scope across SE12, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Standard on Lewisham bookings: two crew and all the carrying — bags and items do not need moving to the kerb first, with 6,151 households in this neighbourhood, it is the question we are asked most
- Licensed disposal with a waste transfer note emailed the same day, checked on every SE12 visit
- In Lee: segregation for recycling and reuse before anything reaches residual waste, sized for the driveways on many streets; lee high road is a red route with short bays
- On SE12 jobs: a sweep-up of the collection point before the crew leaves, local rubbish removal included
Not included
- Hazardous waste — paint, solvents, gas bottles, asbestos and clinical waste need a specialist carrier, outside the fixed price on Lee bookings
- Anything fixed to the building: kitchen units, boilers and radiators are quoted as a strip-out, and we will say so before the SE12 visit rather than on the day
- Loads from unsafe access — a cellar or loft that has not been surveyed, which we refer on to the right trade in Lee
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Coverage
Where we work around Lee SE12
Rubbish removal across Lewisham and the SE12 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Lee
Same fitters, same SE12 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
House and flat clearance in Lee
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
All clearance services in Lee
Single items, garden waste, builders' waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Man with a van in Lee
When the load is moving somewhere rather than going to a transfer station.
Spring cleaning in Lee
A full top-to-bottom clean of the property once it has been emptied.
Moving van hire in Lee
A van and driver for the load you have, priced by size rather than by guesswork.
Most booked alongside this in Lee SE12
Working in Lee
Lee SE12 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Lee — the numbers that actually change a rubbish removal quote.
6,151 households sit inside the SE12 neighbourhood covering Lee. The build is mainly Victorian, the tenure profile owner-occupier-led, and 39% of those homes are flats.
With 22% private renting against 60% owner-occupied, most SE12 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick, the pattern behind 6,151 households inside the SE12 neighbourhood, so the fixing that matters in Lee is chosen on site — the usual failure here is Lee gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, which is what a 39% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Lee actually produces.
Manor House library, Lee Green's shops and streets of interwar houses. That character decides the practical detail of rubbish removal here far more than the borough boundary does. Lee is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays — 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 Lee (Southeastern).
Area at a glance
Lee SE12 by the numbers
Who lives in Lee 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 Grove Park & Lee South and Lee neighbourhood itself — not Lewisham-wide averages, and not estimates.
15,387
Residents
Grove Park & Lee South and Lee neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,151
Households
Median age 37.6
Flats vs houses
Flats 39.4%Houses 60.4%
Residents by sex
Male48%
Female52%
Single-person households
27.4%
Privately rented
21.6%
- Median age
- 37.6
- Owner-occupied
- 60.4%
- Social rented
- 17.9%
- Postcode districts
- SE12
- Nearest station
- Lee
- Parking
- CPZ + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Grove Park & Lee South, Lee (E02000668, E02000675) — the published geography that covers Lee, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE12 district: 51.4445, 0.0198 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Rubbish removal in Lee SE12 — your questions.
How much does rubbish removal cost in Lee SE12?
Single item collection starts at £45 in Lee on this side of Lewisham, with 60% of Lee 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 SE12 jobs — and 6,151 households on this patch, with The Manor House and its gardens a few streets away.
How much is a small rubbish collection in Lee SE12?
A minimum load is £95 and a quarter-load £120, priced on the space the waste takes in the van around Lee (Southeastern), with 60% owner-occupation locally. Around The Manor House and its gardens most jobs are quoted from two photos on SE12 jobs, with this being a short walk from Lee (Southeastern), and the price is fixed before the crew sets off.
Is this cheaper than a skip in SE12?
Usually, once London Borough of Lewisham's skip permit, the wait for the licence and the risk of other people filling it are counted around Lee (Southeastern), with 22% of SE12 homes being privately rented. A van crew loads, leaves and issues the paperwork the same visit — nothing sits on the street overnight in Lee, with this being a short walk from Lee (Southeastern).
Can you collect from a flat or a bin store in Lee?
Yes. 39% of homes here are flats, with a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood — and 22% of SE12 homes being privately rented, 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 SE12 jobs.
Do I get proof of disposal in Lewisham?
Every collection comes with a waste transfer note naming the transfer station, weight and date on the streets near The Manor House and its gardens. With 22% of Lee homes privately rented, that is what letting agents and landlords ask to see across SE12, with 22% of SE12 homes being privately rented.
How quickly can you reach Lee from your Lewisham round?
The Manor House and its gardens is the marker we route to on Lewisham bookings — and 6,151 households on this patch, with Lewisham parking rules in play, and driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays. A SE12 slot added to an existing Lewisham round usually lands the same week rather than the next in this 39% flats neighbourhood, with 27% one-person households here.
Is same-day or evening rubbish removal available in Lewisham?
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours in this 39% flats neighbourhood, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. Lee sits close to Lee (Southeastern), with 39% of homes here being flats, so we can usually add a SE12 job to an existing Lewisham round at short notice on Lewisham bookings.
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