Insured and documented
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.
Hackney · E2 · Mattress and bed disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Haggerston fitters · Fixed written pricesLooking for mattress and bed disposal in Haggerston E2? We work in Haggerston most weeks — regent's Canal terraces, estate blocks and a fast-changing strip of Kingsland Road — and price mattress and bed disposal against that reality rather than a London average. Fixed written quote from £45, insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.


Overview
Booked mostly by social-housing-led households around Haggerston, mattress and bed disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 89% of Haggerston's 10,083 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in E2 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
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. Canal bridges limit access, permit bays throughout and estate lifts needing booking.
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. Haggerston (Overground) is the nearest station, so a E2 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Haggerston, often with surface conduit, and with 33% one-person households in Haggerston, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site in E2, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Haggerston stock goes, which is what a 89% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Haggerston actually produces.
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 Haggerston
Haggerston E2 is mainly Victorian and social-housing-led: 89% of homes here are flats and 11% are houses, across 10,083 households (ONS Census 2021).
With 27% private renting against 22% owner-occupied, most E2 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Expect precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Haggerston, often with surface conduit, and with 33% one-person households in Haggerston, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site behind the plaster in E2. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Haggerston stock goes, which is what a 89% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Haggerston actually produces is the fault we are called back to undo.
Regent's Canal terraces, estate blocks and a fast-changing strip of Kingsland Road. That character decides the practical detail of mattress and bed disposal here far more than the borough boundary does. Haggerston 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: canal bridges limit access, permit bays throughout and estate lifts needing booking. Haggerston (Overground) 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 Haggerston 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 Haggerston East and Haggerston West & Kingsland Basin neighbourhood itself — not Hackney-wide averages, and not estimates.
23,380
Residents
Haggerston East and Haggerston West & Kingsland Basin neighbourhood, Census 2021
10,083
Households
Median age 33
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
33.2%
Privately rented
26.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Haggerston East, Haggerston West & Kingsland Basin (E02000368, E02000369) — the published geography that covers Haggerston, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the E2 district: 51.5296, -0.0626 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in Haggerston around Haggerston (Overground), with Regent's Canal at Haggerston Park 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 in Haggerston, then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van on the Haggerston rounds, with 51% social-rented stock nearby — and 10,083 households on this patch, 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 Haggerston, with this being London Borough of Hackney territory. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Haggerston most weeks around Haggerston (Overground), with 89% of homes here being flats.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on E2 jobs, with Hackney parking rules in play.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Haggerston (E2) addresses. With 89% of Haggerston homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in Haggerston, with 22% owner-occupation locally, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Regent's Canal at Haggerston Park is the marker we route to across E2, with this being London Borough of Hackney territory, and canal bridges limit access, permit bays throughout and estate lifts needing booking. A E2 slot added to an existing Hackney round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Hackney, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood.
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 Hackney bookings — and Hackney parking rules in play, with 51% social-rented stock nearby. Haggerston sits close to Haggerston (Overground), with 22% owner-occupation locally, so we can usually add a E2 job to an existing Hackney round at short notice on the streets near Regent's Canal at Haggerston Park.
Canal bridges limit access, permit bays throughout and estate lifts needing booking around Haggerston (Overground). Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Hackney it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards across E2 — and Hackney parking rules in play, with 33% one-person households here.
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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. Haggerston E2 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of hackney.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.