Greenwich · SE10 · Mattress and bed disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Greenwich fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide mattress and bed disposal in Greenwich SE10 for houses and flats around The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark. From £45, quoted in writing before the visit, with 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 Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Booked mostly by mixed-tenure households around Cutty Sark, mattress and bed disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 73% of Greenwich's 17,397 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SE10 shape the slot length we hold.
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
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. Cutty Sark (DLR) is the nearest station, so a SE10 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Greenwich, with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 29% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first in SE10, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Greenwich stock goes, and with 31% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
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. Cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access.
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.
Scope
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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 Greenwich
17,397 households sit inside the SE10 neighbourhood covering Greenwich. The build is Georgian and early Victorian, the tenure profile mixed-tenure, and 73% of those homes are flats.
The mixed-tenure mix here (40% owned, 31% privately rented) means a SE10 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Greenwich substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Greenwich, with metal stud partitions between rooms, with 29% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Greenwich stock goes, and with 31% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is the mistake that costs a SE10 customer twice.
Greenwich is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — world Heritage centre of the market, the Cutty Sark and the Observatory on the hill — which is why a SE10 quote is not a Greenwich average.
Cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access. Nearest station is Cutty Sark (DLR), 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 Greenwich 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 Greenwich & Deptford Creekside and Greenwich East and Greenwich Peninsula and Greenwich Town & Park neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
39,629
Residents
Greenwich & Deptford Creekside and Greenwich East and Greenwich Peninsula and Greenwich Town & Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
17,397
Households
Median age 32.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.6%
Privately rented
30.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Greenwich & Deptford Creekside, Greenwich East, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich Town & Park (E02006928, E02006930, E02006931, E02006992) — the published geography that covers Greenwich, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE10 district: 51.4849, 0.0007 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in Greenwich in this 73% flats neighbourhood, with 73% of homes here being flats, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Mattress size and whether the base comes too around Cutty Sark (DLR), then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van across SE10, with 27% of Greenwich homes being houses — and 31% of SE10 homes being privately rented, 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 on Greenwich bookings, with 29% social-rented stock nearby. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Greenwich most weeks in this 73% flats neighbourhood, with 40% owner-occupation locally.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on the Greenwich rounds, with this being a short walk from Cutty Sark (DLR).
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on Greenwich bookings. With 73% of Greenwich homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in this 73% flats neighbourhood — and 32% one-person households here, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access around Cutty Sark (DLR). Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Royal Borough of Greenwich it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards in Greenwich — and 40% owner-occupation locally, with 27% of Greenwich homes being houses.
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 in this 73% flats neighbourhood — and 73% of homes here being flats, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood, and a waste transfer note is issued for every collection. That paperwork is what most Greenwich letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat for Greenwich (SE10) addresses, with 27% of Greenwich homes being houses.
Mattresses soaked through with bodily fluid contamination requiring a biohazard route rather than standard disposal; Bed bug or pest-infested mattresses for Greenwich (SE10) addresses, which need pest control treatment before collection can proceed safely; Fitting or assembling a replacement bed, which is booked separately as a flat-pack or bed-assembly visit; Structural bed frames fixed to the wall or floor — and 73% of homes here being flats, with 27% of Greenwich homes being houses, which need a joiner rather than a clearance crew. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Greenwich SE10 price you agree is the price you pay in this 73% flats neighbourhood, with The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark a few streets away.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Greenwich SE10 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of greenwich.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
