Merton · SW19 · Rubbish removal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Wimbledon fitters · Fixed written pricesLooking for rubbish removal in Wimbledon SW19? We work in Wimbledon most weeks — the town centre and theatre below, the Village and common above — 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.
Overview
Rubbish removal in Wimbledon SW19 is a fixed-price visit for owner-occupier-led homes in Merton, most of them mainly Victorian. 23,023 households sit inside this SW19 patch, 47% of them flats, so we quote on access near The All England Lawn Tennis Club rather than a London average.
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
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink) is the nearest station, so a SW19 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Wimbledon, with solid brick on the party and external walls, the pattern behind 23,023 households inside the SW19 neighbourhood in SW19, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Wimbledon, which crumbles the key and drops the panel, the reality on the streets around The All England Lawn Tennis Club.
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.
Two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton as standard; heavy rubble loads run below the legal weight limit rather than filling the space. Championship-fortnight restrictions, steep Wimbledon Hill Road and Village conservation limits.
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 →
The cleaners Constantin and arrived in time and never stopped until the work was completed to the best of their ability. I would recommend a more upgraded carpet cleaner as I was hoping for a hot steam cleaner to penetrate areas or heavy foot traffic on the carpet. They never gave up until the look… Read in full →
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 Wimbledon
In Wimbledon (SW19) the split is 47% flats to 53% houses over 23,023 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
The owner-occupier-led mix here (57% owned, 34% privately rented) means a SW19 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Wimbledon substrates run to lath and plaster over timber studs in Wimbledon, with solid brick on the party and external walls, the pattern behind 23,023 households inside the SW19 neighbourhood. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Wimbledon, which crumbles the key and drops the panel, the reality on the streets around The All England Lawn Tennis Club is the mistake that costs a SW19 customer twice.
Wimbledon is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — the town centre and theatre below, the Village and common above — which is why a SW19 quote is not a Merton average.
On access, championship-fortnight restrictions, steep Wimbledon Hill Road and Village conservation limits — 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 Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Wimbledon 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 South Wimbledon and Wimbledon Broadway North and Wimbledon Broadway South and Wimbledon Chase and Wimbledon Common and Wimbledon Hill and Wimbledon Park & Durnsford Road neighbourhood itself — not Merton-wide averages, and not estimates.
55,632
Residents
South Wimbledon and Wimbledon Broadway North and Wimbledon Broadway South and Wimbledon Chase and Wimbledon Common and Wimbledon Hill and Wimbledon Park & Durnsford Road neighbourhood, Census 2021
23,023
Households
Median age 37
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
27.2%
Privately rented
34.4%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods South Wimbledon, Wimbledon Broadway North, Wimbledon Broadway South, Wimbledon Chase, Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon Hill, Wimbledon Park & Durnsford Road (E02000689, E02000690, E02000691, E02000692, E02000694, E02000697, E02000699) — the published geography that covers Wimbledon, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW19 district: 51.4242, -0.2028 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single item collection starts at £45 in Wimbledon on SW19 jobs, with The All England Lawn Tennis Club 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 on the streets near The All England Lawn Tennis Club — and 8% social-rented stock nearby, with 47% of homes here being flats.
A minimum load is £95 and a quarter-load £120, priced on the space the waste takes in the van on the Wimbledon rounds, with 34% of SW19 homes being privately rented. Around The All England Lawn Tennis Club most jobs are quoted from two photos on Merton bookings, with The All England Lawn Tennis Club a few streets away, and the price is fixed before the crew sets off.
Usually, once London Borough of Merton's skip permit, the wait for the licence and the risk of other people filling it are counted on the streets near The All England Lawn Tennis Club, with 8% social-rented stock nearby. A van crew loads, leaves and issues the paperwork the same visit — nothing sits on the street overnight across SW19, with 53% of Wimbledon homes being houses.
Yes. 47% of homes here are flats, with 47% of homes here being flats — and 34% of SW19 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 for Wimbledon (SW19) addresses.
Every collection comes with a waste transfer note naming the transfer station, weight and date in Wimbledon. With 34% of Wimbledon homes privately rented, that is what letting agents and landlords ask to see for Wimbledon (SW19) addresses, with 53% of Wimbledon homes being houses.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club is the marker we route to on SW19 jobs, with Merton parking rules in play, and championship-fortnight restrictions, steep Wimbledon Hill Road and Village conservation limits. A SW19 slot added to an existing Merton round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Merton, with 27% one-person households here.
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours on SW19 jobs, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. Wimbledon sits close to Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink) around Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink), with 23,023 households on this patch — and 57% owner-occupation locally, so we can usually add a SW19 job to an existing Merton round at short notice.
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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. Wimbledon SW19 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of merton.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
