London rubbish removal · South London
Local rubbish removal for Sutton and its 6 covered areas. Quiet outer-south suburbia — Sutton's high street, Carshalton's ponds and Wallington's Edwardian avenues.
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.
Working in Sutton
The stock in Sutton is 1930s semis and detached houses with driveways, edwardian villas and post-war estates, and the mix changes street by street — Banstead border (SM7), Belmont and Banstead edge (SM2) and Carshalton (SM5) each behave differently on the day.
On the ground, easy access and off-street parking almost everywhere; only sutton high street needs bay suspension. Locally that means long drives, wide roads and easy turning — straightforward for a luton and steep hill roads, driveways and new estate roads with easy access. Sutton sits outside the Congestion Charge zone, so only ULEZ applies to the van and the quote is that much simpler.
London Borough of Sutton runs bulky-waste collections and reuse and recycling centres, and for one or two items in Sutton they are worth using. They stop being useful at item limits, waiting times and anything lifted out of a communal area — those loads leave with us, under our carrier registration and with a transfer note issued the same day.
Sutton took its present shape because downland villages that boomed after the 1847 railway, with the little woodcote and roundshaw estates added later.
Scope
Method
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.
Coverage
Also in this borough
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.
Single item collection starts at £45 in Sutton, and the ladder runs up to £70 for the largest job on the table above. 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. The borough is outside the Congestion Charge zone, so there is no charge to pass on — only ULEZ, which our vans are compliant with.
We cover the whole borough: SM1, SM2, SM3, SM5, SM6 and SM7. On the ground that includes Banstead border, Belmont and Banstead edge, Carshalton, Cheam, Sutton and Wallington.
Most London collections are covered within 48 hours, with same-day slots usually available before 10am. South London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Easy access and off-street parking almost everywhere; only Sutton High Street needs bay suspension. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Sutton and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. 1930s semis and detached houses with driveways, Edwardian villas and post-war estates is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
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. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Sutton tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
Two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton as standard; heavy rubble loads run below the legal weight limit rather than filling the space. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Sutton postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
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 and Loads from unsafe access — a cellar or loft that has not been surveyed. If something on that list turns up in Sutton, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Free quote · 1-hour reply
Send a few details and you get a written quote for your Sutton address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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 →
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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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