Hackney · E1 · Mattress and bed disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Shoreditch fitters · Fixed written pricesLooking for mattress and bed disposal in Shoreditch E1? We work in Shoreditch most weeks — warehouse offices, rooftop bars and Boxpark on the City fringe — 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
This page prices mattress and bed disposal for Shoreditch E1 specifically: Georgian and early Victorian stock, 37% privately rented and 3,361 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Hackney 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
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. Shoreditch High Street (Overground) is the nearest station, so a E1 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, and with 41% one-person households in Shoreditch, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site in E1, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Shoreditch gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Shoreditch actually produces.
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. Night-economy congestion, narrow one-way streets and loft buildings with shared goods lifts.
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 Shoreditch
3,361 households sit inside the E1 neighbourhood covering Shoreditch. The build is Georgian and early Victorian, the tenure profile renter-heavy, and 98% of those homes are flats.
Because 37% of Shoreditch is privately rented and 43% socially rented, a lot of E1 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Expect often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, and with 41% one-person households in Shoreditch, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site behind the plaster in E1. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why Shoreditch gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Shoreditch actually produces is the fault we are called back to undo.
Shoreditch 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 — warehouse offices, rooftop bars and Boxpark on the City fringe — which is why a E1 quote is not a Hackney average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: night-economy congestion, narrow one-way streets and loft buildings with shared goods lifts. Shoreditch High Street (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 Shoreditch 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 Shoreditch & Hoxton South East neighbourhood itself — not Hackney-wide averages, and not estimates.
7,332
Residents
Shoreditch & Hoxton South East neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,361
Households
Median age 30.7
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
41.1%
Privately rented
37.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Shoreditch & Hoxton South East (E02007110) — the published geography that covers Shoreditch, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the E1 district: 51.5174, -0.0594 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in Shoreditch on Hackney bookings, with 37% of E1 homes being privately rented, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Mattress size and whether the base comes too in Shoreditch, then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van for Shoreditch (E1) addresses, with 20% owner-occupation locally — and Boxpark Shoreditch and Redchurch Street a few streets away, 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 for Shoreditch (E1) addresses, with 41% one-person households here. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Shoreditch most weeks, with 3,361 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 on Hackney bookings, with 43% social-rented stock nearby. On Shoreditch jobs we confirm it when the slot is booked, not on the day.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on the Shoreditch rounds. With 98% of Shoreditch homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across E1 — and Boxpark Shoreditch and Redchurch Street a few streets away, with 37% of E1 homes being privately rented, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Boxpark Shoreditch and Redchurch Street is the marker we route to on this side of Hackney, with this being London Borough of Hackney territory, and night-economy congestion, narrow one-way streets and loft buildings with shared goods lifts. A E1 slot added to an existing Hackney round usually lands the same week rather than the next in this 98% flats neighbourhood, with a median age of 31 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 for Shoreditch (E1) addresses — and this being London Borough of Hackney territory, with Hackney parking rules in play. Shoreditch sits close to Shoreditch High Street (Overground) in Shoreditch, with 41% one-person households here, so we can usually add a E1 job to an existing Hackney round at short notice.
Night-economy congestion, narrow one-way streets and loft buildings with shared goods lifts on the Shoreditch rounds. 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 for Shoreditch (E1) addresses — and this being London Borough of Hackney territory, with Boxpark Shoreditch and Redchurch Street 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. Shoreditch E1 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.
