Lambeth · SE11 · Mattress and bed disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Oval fitters · Fixed written pricesMattress and bed disposal for Oval (SE11) households — 3,633 of them, 77% in flats. From £45 fixed, 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 Insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
This page prices mattress and bed disposal for Oval SE11 specifically: Georgian and early Victorian stock, 34% privately rented and 3,633 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Lambeth 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 precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — the reality on the streets around The Kia Oval cricket ground in SE11, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE11, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — the pattern behind 3,633 households inside the SE11 neighbourhood.
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. Match-day road closures around the ground, red routes on Kennington Park Road and permit-only side 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. Oval (Northern) is the nearest station, so a SE11 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 Oval
Walk Oval from The Kia Oval cricket ground outwards and the Georgian and early Victorian pattern is obvious: 77% of the 3,633 households in SE11 live in flats, 23% in houses.
34% of households rent privately and 28% own, which is why mattress and bed disposal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Oval substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — the reality on the streets around The Kia Oval cricket ground. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in SE11, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — the pattern behind 3,633 households inside the SE11 neighbourhood is the mistake that costs a SE11 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Oval: the cricket ground, the gasholders and Georgian terraces running back towards Kennington Park. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Oval sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Match-day road closures around the ground, red routes on Kennington Park Road and permit-only side streets. Nearest station is Oval (Northern), 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 Oval 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 Oval neighbourhood itself — not Lambeth-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,404
Residents
Oval neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,633
Households
Median age 32.5
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
32.5%
Privately rented
34.1%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Oval (E02000622) — the published geography that covers Oval, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE11 district: 51.4898, -0.1116 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in Oval, with 3,633 households on this patch, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Mattress size and whether the base comes too around Oval (Northern), then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van on SE11 jobs, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory — and a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood, 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 Lambeth bookings, with 38% social-rented stock nearby. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Oval most weeks on the Oval rounds, with 23% of Oval homes being houses.
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 streets near The Kia Oval cricket ground, with The Kia Oval cricket ground a few streets away.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on SE11 jobs. With 77% of Oval homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm around Oval (Northern), with 77% of homes here being flats — and this being London Borough of Lambeth territory, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
All three. With 34% of Oval privately rented and 28% owner-occupied, roughly half the SE11 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door around Oval (Northern) — and 77% of homes here being flats, with this being a short walk from Oval (Northern).
The Kia Oval cricket ground is the marker we route to on SE11 jobs, with 28% owner-occupation locally — and 23% of Oval homes being houses, and match-day road closures around the ground, red routes on Kennington Park Road and permit-only side streets. A SE11 slot added to an existing Lambeth round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the streets near The Kia Oval cricket ground, with 38% social-rented stock nearby.
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 Lambeth bookings — and 28% owner-occupation locally, with The Kia Oval cricket ground a few streets away. Oval sits close to Oval (Northern), with 23% of Oval homes being houses, so we can usually add a SE11 job to an existing Lambeth round at short notice in this 77% flats neighbourhood.
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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. Oval SE11 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of lambeth.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
