London mattress disposal · Central London
We work in City of London every week — the square mile — banking towers, medieval lanes and a resident population dwarfed by 500,000 weekday workers. Mattress and bed disposal is priced against that reality, not a national average.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single mattress, any type | £45 | 20–30 min | Mattresses do not compact, so the van still fills at the same rate as a much bulkier item — the tip charges a flat gate fee per mattress regardless of size. |
| Double or king mattress | £55 | 20–30 min | A wider mattress needs two carriers on most stairwells rather than one, which is the labour cost behind the size step. |
| Divan base or bed frame, per item | £40 | 20–30 min | Divan bases are often heavier than the mattress on top and usually need unscrewing from the headboard first. |
| Mattress and base together | £75 | 30–45 min | Priced as a pair rather than two singles, since both come off the same room in the same carry. |
| Bunk bed or divan with drawers, dismantled | £90 | 40–60 min | Bunk frames and storage divans have to be taken apart before they will fit through a standard door or down a stair turn. |
| Multiple mattress collection, 3+ units | £35/item | By volume | Discounted per unit for landlords, letting agents and student blocks clearing several rooms in one visit. |
Domestic prices are the total you pay; landlord, letting agent and student-accommodation invoices are plus VAT at 20%. Carrying, dismantling of bed frames and the tip gate fee are included. Where a bay suspension, permit, ULEZ or the Congestion Charge applies it is itemised in the written quote before the crew is booked.
Working in City of London
City of London is built from barbican and golden lane flats, converted counting houses and a handful of new riverside blocks, and the mix changes street by street — Aldgate (EC3), Bank and Cornhill (EC3) and Barbican (EC2) each behave differently on the day.
Parking is the job before the job here: congestion charge and ulez, ring-of-steel camera controls, almost no free kerb — loading bays must be booked around office hours. Locally that means aldgate gyratory red routes, tower-block concierge sign-in and lift booking and bank junction is closed to most traffic on weekdays — early-morning or weekend access only. Part of City of London sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the charge is quoted as its own line rather than hidden in the labour rate.
Mattresses are excluded from several City of London kerbside recycling routes because the springs jam the sorting line at the materials recovery facility, which is why City of London Corporation lists them as a separate bulky item rather than general waste. We take the mattress to a site that strips it for foam and steel rather than baling it into landfill.
Roman Londinium's walled city, rebuilt after the 1666 fire and again after the Blitz, now layered with towers around Bishopsgate. That history is why City of London property behaves the way it does today.
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Coverage
Also in this borough
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Mixed household and bulky waste taken by the load with a transfer note the same day.
Sofas, wardrobes, tables and old white goods collected per item, dismantling included.
Overgrown beds, hedges and years of accumulated green waste cleared and taken away.
Local moving crews working from the same borough, not across the city.
Deep extraction cleaning if the mattress is worth keeping.
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
Deep Cleaning
City of London
August 2026
One deep cleaning job completed in City of London in August 2026.
Carpet Cleaning
City of London
August 2026
One carpet & rug cleaning job completed in City of London in August 2026.
End OF Tenancy Cleaning
City of London
July 2026
One end of tenancy cleaning job completed in City of London in July 2026.
£180
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in City of London, and the ladder runs up to £35/item for the largest job on the table above. Mattress size and whether the base comes too, then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van, so the tip gate fee is charged per unit rather than by volume — that is why the price step between sizes is smaller than on other bulky items. Part of the borough is inside the Congestion Charge zone, so a £15 daily charge is added as its own line when the job falls inside the charging hours.
We cover the whole borough: E1, EC1, EC2, EC3 and EC4. On the ground that includes Aldgate, Bank and Cornhill, Barbican, Blackfriars, Clerkenwell and Farringdon.
Same-week across every borough, with next-day slots common where a new mattress delivery is already booked and the old one has to be out of the room first. Central London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Congestion Charge and ULEZ, ring-of-steel camera controls, almost no free kerb — loading bays must be booked around office hours. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with City of London Corporation and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Barbican and Golden Lane flats, converted counting houses and a handful of new riverside blocks 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.
Registered waste carrier. Mattresses go to a permitted site that strips springs for scrap steel and foam for recycling rather than a standard landfill cell, and a waste transfer note is issued for every collection. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what City of London Corporation tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
Two crew and a Luton on a standard mattress and base; the same crew dismantles bunk frames and storage divans on site before the carry. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every City of London postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Mattresses soaked through with bodily fluid contamination requiring a biohazard route rather than standard disposal, Bed bug or pest-infested mattresses, which need pest control treatment before collection can proceed safely and Fitting or assembling a replacement bed, which is booked separately as a flat-pack or bed-assembly visit. If something on that list turns up in City of London, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
Deep Cleaning
City of London
August 2026
One deep cleaning job completed in City of London in August 2026.
Carpet Cleaning
City of London
August 2026
One carpet & rug cleaning job completed in City of London in August 2026.
End OF Tenancy Cleaning
City of London
July 2026
One end of tenancy cleaning job completed in City of London in July 2026.
£180
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Hannah and her friend were friendly and thoughtful. They were very professional and hard working. They also turned a junk room into a nice bedroom. I cannot thank them or praise them enough.
Dara and the team did a great job - cleaned thoroughly. They were there early and ensured all rubbish was carefully removed afterwards. Would recommend.
Amazing service. They dismantled and removed and old running machine for me. It was very heavy. They were very careful of my mosaic floors on the hall. Very easy to use. They were very responsive to book. Arrived promptly and were fast and efficient. I recommend them.
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