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. Narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton.
Southwark · SE22 · Rubbish removal
Professional Rubbish removal in East Dulwich, SE22
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local East Dulwich fitters · Fixed written pricesRubbish removal for East Dulwich (SE22) households — 3,337 of them, 43% 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
SE22
- Rubbish removal in East Dulwich SE22 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 Southwark permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,426 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, single item collection
- £45From, single item collection
- East Dulwich homes are flats
- 43%East Dulwich homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 25%Privately rented
- Households in East Dulwich
- 3,337Households in East Dulwich
Overview
Rubbish removal in East Dulwich SE22, explained
Booked mostly by owner-occupier-led households around East Dulwich, rubbish removal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 43% of East Dulwich's 3,337 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE22 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
How rubbish removal works in East Dulwich
Five steps, the same on every SE22 job, so you know what happens before you commit. East Dulwich gives us terraced houses with solid London stock brick and later plasterboard linings, the reality on the streets around Dulwich Park 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 East Dulwich customers book us
Four things decide whether a SE22 job goes well, and none of them are visible from a price list.
Booked around your day
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. East Dulwich (Thameslink) is the nearest station, so a SE22 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
East Dulwich walls, not generic walls
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in SE22, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE22, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 26% one-person households in East Dulwich, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
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 East Dulwich
Fixed prices for SE22 and the rest of Southwark. 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 East Dulwich
The same scope across SE22, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Two crew and all the carrying — bags and items do not need moving to the kerb first — including rubbish removal
- Standard on Southwark bookings: licensed disposal with a waste transfer note emailed the same day, arranged with London Borough of Southwark where the kerb needs it
- On SE22 jobs: segregation for recycling and reuse before anything reaches residual waste, with 43% of homes here being flats, planned around the stair or the lift
- In East Dulwich: a sweep-up of the collection point before the crew leaves, the way it is done on East Dulwich jobs
Not included
- Hazardous waste — paint, solvents, gas bottles, asbestos and clinical waste need a specialist carrier, which we refer on to the right trade in East Dulwich
- Anything fixed to the building: kitchen units, boilers and radiators are quoted as a strip-out, handled by London Borough of Southwark or a specialist contractor instead
- Loads from unsafe access — a cellar or loft that has not been surveyed, outside the fixed price on East Dulwich bookings
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Coverage
Where we work around East Dulwich SE22
Rubbish removal across Southwark and the SE22 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in East Dulwich
Same fitters, same SE22 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
House and flat clearance in East Dulwich
Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs, sorted room by room.
All clearance services in East Dulwich
Single items, garden waste, builders' waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Man with a van in East Dulwich
When the load is moving somewhere rather than going to a transfer station.
Spring cleaning in East Dulwich
A full top-to-bottom clean of the property once it has been emptied.
Moving van hire in East Dulwich
A van and driver for the load you have, priced by size rather than by guesswork.
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Working in East Dulwich
East Dulwich SE22 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers East Dulwich — the numbers that actually change a rubbish removal quote.
The SE22 stock around Dulwich Park is mainly Victorian. ONS records 43% flats, 57% houses and 3,337 households in East Dulwich.
25% of households rent privately and 58% own, which is why rubbish removal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here behind the plaster in SE22. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in SE22, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 26% one-person households in East Dulwich, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows East Dulwich knows the pattern near Dulwich Park: lordship Lane's shops and rows of bay-fronted Victorian family houses. We plan the SE22 visit around it. East Dulwich sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton. East Dulwich (Thameslink) is the nearest station, 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
East Dulwich SE22 by the numbers
Who lives in East Dulwich 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 East Dulwich neighbourhood itself — not Southwark-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,296
Residents
East Dulwich neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,337
Households
Median age 36
Flats vs houses
Flats 43%Houses 56.8%
Residents by sex
Male48.6%
Female51.4%
Single-person households
25.6%
Privately rented
25.3%
- Median age
- 36
- Owner-occupied
- 58.2%
- Social rented
- 16.4%
- Postcode districts
- SE22
- Nearest station
- East Dulwich
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood East Dulwich (E02000836) — the published geography that covers East Dulwich, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE22 district: 51.4544, -0.0724 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Rubbish removal in East Dulwich SE22 — your questions.
How much does rubbish removal cost in East Dulwich SE22?
Single item collection starts at £45 in East Dulwich, with 25% of SE22 homes being privately rented, 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 Southwark bookings — and 26% one-person households here, with Dulwich Park a few streets away.
How much is a small rubbish collection in East Dulwich SE22?
A minimum load is £95 and a quarter-load £120, priced on the space the waste takes in the van across SE22, with 16% social-rented stock nearby. Around Dulwich Park most jobs are quoted from two photos on this side of Southwark, with 57% of East Dulwich homes being houses, and the price is fixed before the crew sets off.
Is this cheaper than a skip in SE22?
Usually, once London Borough of Southwark's skip permit, the wait for the licence and the risk of other people filling it are counted on the streets near Dulwich Park, with this being London Borough of Southwark territory. A van crew loads, leaves and issues the paperwork the same visit — nothing sits on the street overnight on SE22 jobs, with 25% of SE22 homes being privately rented.
Can you collect from a flat or a bin store in East Dulwich?
Yes. 43% of homes here are flats, with 16% social-rented stock nearby, 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 the streets near Dulwich Park — and 57% of East Dulwich homes being houses.
Do I get proof of disposal in Southwark?
Every collection comes with a waste transfer note naming the transfer station, weight and date on the East Dulwich rounds. With 25% of East Dulwich homes privately rented, that is what letting agents and landlords ask to see on Southwark bookings, with this being a short walk from East Dulwich (Thameslink).
Who books rubbish removal in East Dulwich SE22 — tenants, landlords or owners?
All three. With 25% of East Dulwich privately rented and 58% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE22 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on this side of Southwark — and 57% of East Dulwich homes being houses, with 16% social-rented stock nearby.
How quickly can you reach East Dulwich from your Southwark round?
Dulwich Park is the marker we route to on the streets near Dulwich Park, with 25% of SE22 homes being privately rented, and narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton. A SE22 slot added to an existing Southwark round usually lands the same week rather than the next for East Dulwich (SE22) addresses, with Dulwich Park a few streets away.
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