How much does it cost to dispose of a mattress in London?

A single mattress is £45 and a double or king is £55. A divan base or bed frame is £40, or £75 for a mattress and base together. Bunk beds and storage divans that need dismantling are £90. Multiple mattresses are discounted to £35 a unit from the third onward.

Why is a mattress not priced the same as other bulky items?

A mattress cannot be compacted in the van the way a sofa or wardrobe can, so the transfer station charges a fixed gate fee per unit for the dedicated stripping process that recovers the springs and foam. That is priced separately rather than folded into a general volume rate.

Can you take the mattress from an upstairs bedroom?

Yes. Two crew carry from the room itself, not the doorstep, and a divan base is unscrewed from its headboard where a stair turn will not take it whole. Tell us the floor and whether there is a lift when you book.

Can you collect the old mattress the same day as my new one is delivered?

Usually, yes. We book either the same day as the delivery or the morning before, so the old mattress is never sitting in the room when the new one arrives.

Do you take mattresses with stains or bed bugs?

Ordinary wear, stains and odour are no problem. A mattress with an active bed bug infestation needs pest control treatment first — we cannot collect it until that has been done, to avoid spreading it through the van or the next property.

What happens to the mattress after collection?

It goes to a site permitted to strip mattresses, recovering the steel springs for scrap and the foam for recycling rather than sending it whole to landfill. A waste transfer note naming the site is emailed the same day.

Do you collect from concierge or managed buildings?

Yes. We confirm the building's requirements and book any goods lift slot before the crew is sent, which is standard across Nine Elms, Canary Wharf and Stratford managed blocks.

Can a landlord book multiple mattresses across several rooms?

Yes, and it is cheaper per unit. From the third mattress onward the rate drops to £35 each, invoiced once with a schedule listing each room.

Mattress and bed disposal London

Mattress and bed disposal in London wrapped, carried, receipted.

Old mattresses, divan bases, bed frames and bunks collected from the bedroom, not the doorstep, across all 33 London boroughs. Mattresses cannot be compacted, so the tip charges a separate gate fee per unit rather than by volume — we quote that honestly instead of folding it into a vague household rate, wrap the mattress before it leaves the room, and hand you a waste transfer note the same day.

Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
Google 3.9· 1,429 reviews
£5m public liability
Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
Since 2019

BRCRDAEECENHAIGKTNNWRMSESMSWTWUBWWC

Single mattress from £45, double or king from £55, divan base from £40
Bed frames and bunks dismantled on site where a stair turn won't take them whole
Mattresses wrapped before the carry so hallways and stairwells stay clean
Same-day and next-morning slots for new-mattress delivery days

Get a free quote Book online

Hello Services crew carrying bulky furniture out of a customer property

Hello Services fitter assembling a bed frame in a customer bedroom

Single from: £45Single from
Typical visit: 20–30 minTypical visit
Boroughs covered: 33Boroughs covered
Waste carrier licence: EA reg.Waste carrier licence

London pricing

London mattress and bed disposal prices.

A mattress cannot be squashed flat in the van the way a sofa or a wardrobe can, so the transfer station charges a fixed gate fee per unit instead of a volume rate. That is why the price ladder below moves in smaller steps between sizes than it does on other bulky furniture.

London mattress and bed disposal prices by item
Job	London from	Typical time	Why the London price differs
Single mattress, any type	£45	20–30 min	A flat per-mattress gate fee applies whatever the size, because it cannot be compacted like other bulky waste.
Double or king mattress	£55	20–30 min	A wider mattress usually needs two carriers on a London stairwell rather than one.
Divan base or bed frame, per item	£40	20–30 min	Often heavier than the mattress on top, and it has to be unscrewed from the headboard before it moves.
Mattress and base together	£75	30–45 min	Priced as a pair, since both come out of the same room in the same carry rather than as two separate jobs.
Bunk bed or storage divan, dismantled	£90	40–60 min	Bunk frames and drawer divans have to be taken apart to clear a standard door or a stair turn.
Multiple mattresses, 3+ units	£35/item	By volume	A per-unit discount for landlords and student blocks clearing several rooms in one visit.

Domestic prices are the total you pay. Commercial and landlord invoices are quoted plus VAT at 20%. ULEZ, the Congestion Charge where it applies, permits and bay suspensions are itemised in the written quote, never added afterwards.

Working in London

Why a London mattress is a stair-carry job first.

The mattress itself does not change borough to borough. What sits between the bedroom and the van does — and that is what a London price actually reflects.

Victorian conversions have no lift and tight turns

A large share of London's flats are Victorian and Edwardian street conversions split into two or three storeys, with a narrow half-turn staircase and no service lift. A king mattress will not go round that turn flat — it has to be angled, and a divan base often has to be unscrewed from its headboard first to clear the newel post.

We assess this from the postcode and the floor before the crew books the job, so the visit is priced for a carry-down rather than assumed to be a ground-floor collection.

Tip gate fees treat mattresses as their own category

Springs jam a mixed-waste sorting line, so transfer stations across London route mattresses to a dedicated stripping process that recovers the steel and the foam separately. That process is charged per unit rather than by weight or volume, which is why our price for a single mattress does not fall much between a single and a double.

Several borough bulky-waste rounds cap the number of mattresses collected per household visit and run a multi-week booking window — workable for a single retiring bed, not for a landlord turning over three rooms before new tenants arrive.

New mattress deliveries run on a fixed date

Mattress retailers deliver on a scheduled day and most will not take the old mattress away themselves once it has been slept on, which leaves the old one blocking the room. We book collection either the same day or the morning before delivery so the two never overlap.

Purpose-built blocks want the corridor kept clear

Concierge buildings across Nine Elms, Canary Wharf and Stratford restrict when a mattress can move through a communal corridor or a goods lift, usually to a booked window. We confirm the building's requirements and the lift slot before the crew is dispatched.

How it works

Three steps and a written price.

Booking mattress and bed disposal in london takes three steps — you get a fixed written figure before anyone is sent, and the price on the page is the price on the invoice.

1
Tell us the postcode and the job
Send photographs or a short video with your London postcode. It takes a couple of minutes and there is nothing to pay to ask.
2
Get a fixed written price
We come back with one figure for mattress and bed disposal in london — ULEZ, the Congestion Charge and disposal or materials already inside it, with any council permit shown at cost.
3
Book the slot that suits you
Pick a morning or afternoon window, including evenings and weekends. You get a named team, a text before arrival and paperwork on completion.

Other London clearances we run.

Same licensed crews and the same waste transfer note. Add a wardrobe, an old sofa or a garden clear-out to the same visit and it stays one booking.

Furniture disposal

Sofas, wardrobes, tables and old white goods collected per item.

From £45

Rubbish disposal

Mixed household and bulky waste taken by the load.

From £45

House and flat clearance

Whole-property clears, probate and end-of-tenancy strip-outs.

From £280

Garden clearance

Overgrown gardens, sheds and years of accumulated green waste cleared.

From £120

New bed assembly

Replacement bed frames and divans built and levelled the same visit.

From £55

All clearance services

Every clearance we offer, with national rates and coverage.

See all rates

Coverage

Mattresses collected in every London borough.

Same-week slots, including weekends. All 33 boroughs and 329 named areas covered. The 8 boroughs inside the Congestion Charge zone are always quoted with that cost shown as its own line.

Central London

North London

East London

South London

West London

Key areas, one per borough

Each links straight to the local page with its own access notes, parking and prices.

London questions

London mattress and bed disposal questions.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions.

How much does it cost to dispose of a mattress in London?
A single mattress is £45 and a double or king is £55. A divan base or bed frame is £40, or £75 for a mattress and base together. Bunk beds and storage divans that need dismantling are £90. Multiple mattresses are discounted to £35 a unit from the third onward.
Why is a mattress not priced the same as other bulky items?
A mattress cannot be compacted in the van the way a sofa or wardrobe can, so the transfer station charges a fixed gate fee per unit for the dedicated stripping process that recovers the springs and foam. That is priced separately rather than folded into a general volume rate.
Can you take the mattress from an upstairs bedroom?
Yes. Two crew carry from the room itself, not the doorstep, and a divan base is unscrewed from its headboard where a stair turn will not take it whole. Tell us the floor and whether there is a lift when you book.
Can you collect the old mattress the same day as my new one is delivered?
Usually, yes. We book either the same day as the delivery or the morning before, so the old mattress is never sitting in the room when the new one arrives.
Do you take mattresses with stains or bed bugs?
Ordinary wear, stains and odour are no problem. A mattress with an active bed bug infestation needs pest control treatment first — we cannot collect it until that has been done, to avoid spreading it through the van or the next property.
What happens to the mattress after collection?
It goes to a site permitted to strip mattresses, recovering the steel springs for scrap and the foam for recycling rather than sending it whole to landfill. A waste transfer note naming the site is emailed the same day.
Do you collect from concierge or managed buildings?
Yes. We confirm the building's requirements and book any goods lift slot before the crew is sent, which is standard across Nine Elms, Canary Wharf and Stratford managed blocks.
Can a landlord book multiple mattresses across several rooms?
Yes, and it is cheaper per unit. From the third mattress onward the rate drops to £35 each, invoiced once with a schedule listing each room.

Free quote · 1-hour reply

Get a London mattress disposal price

Tell us the size, whether the base is going too, and the floor it's on — we'll come back with a fixed price.

Get a free quote Book online Call 020 3633 4555

No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.

Reviews for Rubbish Removal across the UK

4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviews

★★★★★Trustpilot

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 →

Kazza Griff · 19 February 2025 · View on Trustpilot