Crew sized to the job
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. Dense short-let turnover, permit bays and five flights of communal stairs with no lift.
Kensington and Chelsea · SW5 · Mattress and bed disposal
Professional Mattress and bed disposal in Earl's Court, SW5
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Earl's Court fitters · Fixed written pricesEarl's Court SW5 is a regular stop on our Kensington and Chelsea round. Tall stucco terraces of flats and short lets around the former exhibition site, 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.
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- Mattress and bed disposal in Earl's Court SW5 from £45, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: safety fixings
- 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.
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge itemised, never hidden
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,429 reviews
- £5m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
- From, single mattress, any type
- £45From, single mattress, any type
- Earl's Court homes are flats
- 97%Earl's Court homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 44%Privately rented
- Households in Earl's Court
- 3,241Households in Earl's Court
Overview
Mattress and bed disposal in Earl's Court SW5, explained
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Earl's Court, mattress and bed disposal here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 97% of Earl's Court's 3,241 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in SW5 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
How mattress and bed disposal works in Earl's Court
Five steps, the same on every SW5 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Council and housing-association blocks built from precast concrete and dense block, as the Earl's Court stock goes, which is what a 97% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Earl's Court actually produces is what we plan for here.
Step 1
Tell us size and floor
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
Fixed written quote
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
Dismantle the base first
Divan bases and bunk frames come apart where they will not pass a stair turn or a communal lift door whole.
Step 4
Wrap and carry
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
Weigh in and receipt
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
Why Earl's Court customers book us
What follows is specific to Earl's Court: its walls, its access and the paperwork Kensington and Chelsea agents ask for.
Booked around your day
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. Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) is the nearest station, so a SW5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Earl's Court walls, not generic walls
We expect often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — and with 44% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does in SW5, 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 on these streets — which is why Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded.
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.
Fixed prices
Mattress and bed disposal prices in Earl's Court
Fixed prices for SW5 and the rest of Kensington and Chelsea. 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.
| 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
What's included in Earl's Court
The same scope across SW5, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- On SW5 jobs: two crew who carry from the bedroom — nothing has to be dragged to the front door first, mattress and bed disposal included
- In Earl's Court: bed frames and divan bases unscrewed and broken down where a stair turn or lift will not take them whole, sized for the dense short-let turnover, permit bays and five flights of communal stairs with no lift
- Mattresses wrapped for the carry so a stained or worn unit does not mark the stairwell or hallway, checked on every SW5 visit
- Standard on Kensington and Chelsea bookings: waste transfer note issued in your name on the day, with our carrier registration number on it, with 3,241 households in this neighbourhood, it is the question we are asked most
- On SW5 jobs: springs, foam and fabric separated for recycling at a site permitted to strip mattresses, with 97% of homes here being flats, planned around the stair or the lift
- In Earl's Court: same-day and next-morning slots so a new bed delivery is never held up by the old one still being in the room, the way it is done on Earl's Court jobs
Not included
- Mattresses soaked through with bodily fluid contamination requiring a biohazard route rather than standard disposal, and we will say so before the SW5 visit rather than on the day
- Bed bug or pest-infested mattresses, which need pest control treatment before collection can proceed safely, outside the fixed price on Earl's Court bookings
- Fitting or assembling a replacement bed, which is booked separately as a flat-pack or bed-assembly visit, quoted separately if you need it arranged in SW5
- Structural bed frames fixed to the wall or floor, which need a joiner rather than a clearance crew, which we refer on to the right trade in Earl's Court
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Coverage
Where we work around Earl's Court SW5
Mattress and bed disposal across Kensington and Chelsea and the SW5 district, mapped below.
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Other handyman work in Earl's Court
Same fitters, same SW5 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
All clearance services in Earl's Court
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Rubbish disposal in Earl's Court
Mixed household and bulky waste taken by the load with a transfer note the same day.
Furniture disposal in Earl's Court
Sofas, wardrobes, tables and old white goods collected per item, dismantling included.
Garden clearance in Earl's Court
Overgrown beds, hedges and years of accumulated green waste cleared and taken away.
Movers near you in Earl's Court
Local moving crews working from the same borough, not across the city.
Mattress cleaning in Earl's Court
Deep extraction cleaning if the mattress is worth keeping.
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Working in Earl's Court
Earl's Court SW5 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Earl's Court — the numbers that actually change a mattress and bed disposal quote.
Walk Earl's Court from The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment outwards and the period conversion pattern is obvious: 97% of the 3,241 households in SW5 live in flats, 3% in houses.
44% of households rent privately and 25% own, which is why mattress and bed disposal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — and with 44% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Earl's Court is chosen on site — the usual failure here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on these streets — which is why Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded.
Anyone who knows Earl's Court knows the pattern near The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment: tall stucco terraces of flats and short lets around the former exhibition site. We plan the SW5 visit around it. Earl's Court sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, dense short-let turnover, permit bays and five flights of communal stairs with no lift — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly).
Area at a glance
Earl's Court SW5 by the numbers
Who lives in Earl's Court 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 Earl's Court neighbourhood itself — not Kensington and Chelsea-wide averages, and not estimates.
6,212
Residents
Earl's Court neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,241
Households
Median age 35.6
Flats vs houses
Flats 97.2%Houses 2.7%
Residents by sex
Male47.1%
Female52.9%
Single-person households
49%
Privately rented
43.7%
- Median age
- 35.6
- Owner-occupied
- 24.8%
- Social rented
- 31.4%
- Postcode districts
- SW5
- Nearest station
- Earl's Court
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Earl's Court (E02000591) — the published geography that covers Earl's Court, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW5 district: 51.4916, -0.1919 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Mattress and bed disposal in Earl's Court SW5 — your questions.
How much does mattress and bed disposal cost in Earl's Court SW5?
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in Earl's Court across SW5, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Mattress size and whether the base comes too on the streets near The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment, then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van on SW5 jobs, with 25% owner-occupation locally — and this being a short walk from Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly), 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.
Do you assemble IKEA and other flat-pack furniture in Earl's Court SW5?
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions on this side of Kensington and Chelsea, with 3,241 households on this patch. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Earl's Court most weeks in this 97% flats neighbourhood, with 49% one-person households here.
How long does flat-pack assembly take in Earl's Court?
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on this side of Kensington and Chelsea, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea rules apply where the kerb or a bay suspension is involved.
Will a built wardrobe fit through a Earl's Court doorway?
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Earl's Court (SW5) addresses. With 97% of Earl's Court homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in this 97% flats neighbourhood — and this being a short walk from Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly), with 97% of homes here being flats, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Are your fitters insured for work in SW5?
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 around Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly), with 25% owner-occupation locally — and 97% of homes here being flats, and a waste transfer note is issued for every collection. That paperwork is what most Kensington and Chelsea letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in this 97% flats neighbourhood, with The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment a few streets away.
What is not included in mattress and bed disposal in Earl's Court?
Mattresses soaked through with bodily fluid contamination requiring a biohazard route rather than standard disposal; Bed bug or pest-infested mattresses in this 97% flats neighbourhood, which need pest control treatment before collection can proceed safely; Fitting or assembling a replacement bed — and Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play, which is booked separately as a flat-pack or bed-assembly visit; Structural bed frames fixed to the wall or floor, with 44% of SW5 homes being privately rented, which need a joiner rather than a clearance crew. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Earl's Court SW5 price you agree is the price you pay around Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly), with this being a short walk from Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly).
Who books mattress and bed disposal in Earl's Court SW5 — tenants, landlords or owners?
All three. With 44% of Earl's Court privately rented and 25% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW5 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door around Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) — and The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment a few streets away, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood.
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