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. A23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts.
Lambeth · SW16 · Mattress and bed disposal
Professional Mattress and bed disposal in Streatham, SW16
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Streatham fitters · Fixed written pricesStreatham SW16 is a regular stop on our Lambeth round. A two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side, 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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SW16
- Mattress and bed disposal in Streatham SW16 from £45, fixed in writing
- Most booked here: alcove shelving and a TV bracket
- 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.
- London Borough of Lambeth 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
- Streatham homes are flats
- 66%Streatham homes are flats
- Privately rented
- 35%Privately rented
- Households in Streatham
- 26,325Households in Streatham
Overview
Mattress and bed disposal in Streatham SW16, explained
This page prices mattress and bed disposal for Streatham SW16 specifically: mainly Edwardian stock, 35% privately rented and 26,325 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
How mattress and bed disposal works in Streatham
Five steps, the same on every SW16 job, so you know what happens before you commit. Streatham gives us victorian and Edwardian conversion flats with original lath-and-plaster partitions, a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here 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 Streatham customers book us
What follows is specific to Streatham: its walls, its access and the paperwork Lambeth 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. Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) is the nearest station, so a SW16 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Streatham walls, not generic walls
We expect with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — the reality on the streets around Streatham Common and the Rookery in SW16, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — and with 30% one-person households in Streatham, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
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 Streatham
Fixed prices for SW16 and the rest of Lambeth. 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 Streatham
The same scope across SW16, whether the job is a single item or a full room.
Included in the price
- Two crew who carry from the bedroom — nothing has to be dragged to the front door first, noted on the Streatham job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- Standard on Lambeth bookings: bed frames and divan bases unscrewed and broken down where a stair turn or lift will not take them whole, allowing for the 35% of SW16 homes that are privately rented and need the landlord's sign-off
- On SW16 jobs: mattresses wrapped for the carry so a stained or worn unit does not mark the stairwell or hallway, agreed on the doorstep in Streatham before anything is unpacked
- In Streatham: waste transfer note issued in your name on the day, with our carrier registration number on it, timed against the walk in from Streatham (Thameslink, Southern)
- Springs, foam and fabric separated for recycling at a site permitted to strip mattresses — including local mattress and bed disposal
- Standard on Lambeth bookings: same-day and next-morning slots so a new bed delivery is never held up by the old one still being in the room, arranged with London Borough of Lambeth where the kerb needs it
Not included
- Mattresses soaked through with bodily fluid contamination requiring a biohazard route rather than standard disposal, handled by London Borough of Lambeth or a specialist contractor instead
- Bed bug or pest-infested mattresses, which need pest control treatment before collection can proceed safely, and we will say so before the SW16 visit rather than on the day
- 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 SW16
- 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 Streatham
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Coverage
Where we work around Streatham SW16
Mattress and bed disposal across Lambeth and the SW16 district, mapped below.
Also in this area
Other handyman work in Streatham
Same fitters, same SW16 rounds, same fixed-price approach.
All clearance services in Streatham
Single items, part-loads, garden waste and office strip-outs across the borough.
Rubbish disposal in Streatham
Mixed household and bulky waste taken by the load with a transfer note the same day.
Furniture disposal in Streatham
Sofas, wardrobes, tables and old white goods collected per item, dismantling included.
Garden clearance in Streatham
Overgrown beds, hedges and years of accumulated green waste cleared and taken away.
Movers near you in Streatham
Local moving crews working from the same borough, not across the city.
Mattress cleaning in Streatham
Deep extraction cleaning if the mattress is worth keeping.
Most booked alongside this in Streatham SW16
Working in Streatham
Streatham SW16 at a glance
Published figures for the neighbourhood that covers Streatham — the numbers that actually change a mattress and bed disposal quote.
Census 2021 puts Streatham at 26,325 households with a median age of 34.9. The mainly Edwardian stock is mixed-tenure, which is why 34% houses and 66% flats need different handling in SW16.
Owner-occupation runs at 44% in Streatham, so alongside the 35% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — the reality on the streets around Streatham Common and the Rookery, so the fixing that matters in Streatham is chosen on site — the usual failure here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — and with 30% one-person households in Streatham, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Anyone who knows Streatham knows the pattern near Streatham Common and the Rookery: a two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side. We plan the SW16 visit around it. Streatham sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
A23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts. Nearest station is Streatham (Thameslink, Southern), 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
Streatham SW16 by the numbers
Who lives in Streatham 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 Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North and Streatham Central and Streatham Common and Streatham Green and Streatham Hill and Streatham Vale and West Norwood West & Streatham East neighbourhood itself — not Lambeth-wide averages, and not estimates.
64,560
Residents
Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North and Streatham Central and Streatham Common and Streatham Green and Streatham Hill and Streatham Vale and West Norwood West & Streatham East neighbourhood, Census 2021
26,325
Households
Median age 34.9
Flats vs houses
Flats 66.1%Houses 33.8%
Residents by sex
Male48.6%
Female51.4%
Single-person households
30.3%
Privately rented
34.7%
- Median age
- 34.9
- Owner-occupied
- 44.2%
- Social rented
- 20.9%
- Postcode districts
- SW16
- Nearest station
- Streatham
- Parking
- CPZ + C-Charge + ULEZ
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North, Streatham Central, Streatham Common, Streatham Green, Streatham Hill, Streatham Vale, West Norwood West & Streatham East (E02000639, E02000643, E02000646, E02000647, E02000649, E02000651, E02000652) — the published geography that covers Streatham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW16 district: 51.4212, -0.1293 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Common questions
Mattress and bed disposal in Streatham SW16 — your questions.
How much does mattress and bed disposal cost in Streatham SW16?
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in Streatham on SW16 jobs, with 66% 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 on the Streatham rounds, then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van across SW16, with 30% one-person households here — and this being London Borough of Lambeth territory, 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 Streatham SW16?
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions around Streatham (Thameslink, Southern), with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Streatham most weeks across SW16, with 26,325 households on this patch.
How long does flat-pack assembly take in Streatham?
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 Streatham rounds, with Lambeth parking rules in play.
Will a built wardrobe fit through a Streatham doorway?
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in across SW16. With 66% of Streatham homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on this side of Lambeth, with 66% of homes here being flats, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Is same-day or evening mattress and bed disposal available in Lambeth?
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 around Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) — and Streatham Common and the Rookery a few streets away, with 34% of Streatham homes being houses. Streatham sits close to Streatham (Thameslink, Southern), with 21% social-rented stock nearby, so we can usually add a SW16 job to an existing Lambeth round at short notice on SW16 jobs.
Do you handle difficult access in Streatham?
A23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts in this 66% flats neighbourhood. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Lambeth it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on Lambeth bookings, with Streatham Common and the Rookery a few streets away.
Are your fitters insured for work in SW16?
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 on the Streatham rounds, with 34% of Streatham homes being houses — and 21% social-rented stock nearby, and a waste transfer note is issued for every collection. That paperwork is what most Lambeth letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat across SW16, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory.
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