Croydon · CR8 · Mattress and bed disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Purley fitters · Fixed written pricesPurley CR8 is a regular stop on our Croydon round. A downland town at the foot of the Brighton Road hills, with big detached houses above, so mattress and bed disposal here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £45, in writing, with insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
This page prices mattress and bed disposal for Purley CR8 specifically: inter-war stock, 26% privately rented and 7,502 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Croydon permit rules costed before an insured fitter travels.
How it works
Step 1
Single through super king, mattress only or with the base, and whether there is a lift. That is enough for a fixed price with no change on the day.
Step 2
The gate fee for a mattress is higher than ordinary bulky waste because it cannot be compacted, so this is shown as its own line rather than folded into a vague total.
Step 3
Divan bases and bunk frames come apart where they will not pass a stair turn or a communal lift door whole.
Step 4
The mattress is wrapped before it leaves the room, protecting the stairwell and keeping the load hygienic for the crew and for you.
Step 5
Taken to a site permitted to strip mattresses for scrap steel and foam recycling, with the transfer note emailed the same day.
Why choose us
We expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — and steep hill roads with sharp turns; driveways on most residential streets in CR8, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — measured on the walk in from Purley (Southern) rather than assumed from a map.
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.
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. Steep hill roads with sharp turns; driveways on most residential streets.
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. Purley (Southern) is the nearest station, so a CR8 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
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. |
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.
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Coverage
Also in this area
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.
Working in Purley
Census 2021 puts Purley at 7,502 households with a median age of 38.1. The inter-war stock is owner-occupier-led, which is why 56% houses and 44% flats need different handling in CR8.
26% of households rent privately and 64% own, which is why mattress and bed disposal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — and steep hill roads with sharp turns; driveways on most residential streets behind the plaster in CR8. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — measured on the walk in from Purley (Southern) rather than assumed from a map is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Purley: a downland town at the foot of the Brighton Road hills, with big detached houses above. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Purley is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: steep hill roads with sharp turns; driveways on most residential streets. Purley (Southern) is the nearest station, and 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.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Purley and what they live in decides how mattress and bed disposal is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Purley Central and Purley North neighbourhood itself — not Croydon-wide averages, and not estimates.
18,555
Residents
Purley Central and Purley North neighbourhood, Census 2021
7,502
Households
Median age 38.1
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
28.8%
Privately rented
26%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Purley Central, Purley North (E02000224, E02000230) — the published geography that covers Purley, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the CR8 district: 51.3319, -0.1144 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in Purley on the streets near Purley Rotary Field, with Purley Rotary Field a few streets away, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Mattress size and whether the base comes too for Purley (CR8) addresses, then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van on the Purley rounds — and 7,502 households on this patch, with this being a short walk from Purley (Southern), 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.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in Purley, with a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Purley most weeks for Purley (CR8) addresses, with 7,502 households on this patch.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level for Purley (CR8) addresses, with Croydon parking rules in play.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in in this 44% flats neighbourhood. With 44% of Purley homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on Croydon bookings — and 29% one-person households here, with 10% social-rented stock nearby, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
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 on CR8 jobs, with 7,502 households on this patch. Purley sits close to Purley (Southern), with a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood, so we can usually add a CR8 job to an existing Croydon round at short notice on this side of Croydon.
Steep hill roads with sharp turns; driveways on most residential streets in this 44% flats neighbourhood. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Croydon it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on Croydon bookings — and Croydon parking rules in play, with 26% of CR8 homes being privately rented.
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 for Purley (CR8) addresses, with 56% of Purley homes being houses — and 26% of CR8 homes being privately rented, and a waste transfer note is issued for every collection. That paperwork is what most Croydon letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in Purley, with 10% social-rented stock nearby.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Purley CR8 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of croydon.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
