London mattress disposal · South London
We work in Lewisham every week — deptford's market and victorian new cross, hill villages at blackheath and forest hill, and catford's high street. Mattress and bed disposal is priced against that reality, not a national average.
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. |
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.
Working in Lewisham
What our crews walk into in Lewisham is victorian and edwardian terraces and conversions, 1960s catford estates and new lewisham town-centre towers, and the mix changes street by street — Bellingham and Downham (SE6), Brockley (SE4) and Catford (SE6) each behave differently on the day.
On the ground, steep hills at honor oak and forest hill, narrow terraced streets and expanding cpzs across se4 and se14. Locally that means wide estate roads with kerbside parking and level access — easy for a luton and steep hills, long front paths and conversion flats up two or three flights. Lewisham sits outside the Congestion Charge zone, so only ULEZ applies to the van and the quote is that much simpler.
Mattresses are excluded from several Lewisham kerbside recycling routes because the springs jam the sorting line at the materials recovery facility, which is why London Borough of Lewisham lists them as a separate bulky item rather than general waste. We take the mattress to a site that strips it for foam and steel rather than baling it into landfill.
Kentish villages absorbed by railways from the 1840s; Deptford's naval dockyard and Deptford Creek shaped its industrial edge. That history is why Lewisham property behaves the way it does today.
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Coverage
Also in this borough
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.
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
End OF Tenancy Cleaning
Lewisham
August 2026
One end of tenancy cleaning job completed in Lewisham in August 2026.
£274
End OF Tenancy Cleaning
Lewisham
July 2026
One end of tenancy cleaning job completed in Lewisham in July 2026.
Oven Cleaning
Lewisham
July 2026
One oven cleaning job completed in Lewisham in July 2026.
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in Lewisham, and the ladder runs up to £35/item for the largest job on the table above. 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. The borough is outside the Congestion Charge zone, so there is no charge to pass on — only ULEZ, which our vans are compliant with.
We cover the whole borough: SE12, SE13, SE14, SE23, SE26, SE4, SE6 and SE8. On the ground that includes Bellingham and Downham, Brockley, Catford, Deptford, Forest Hill and Grove Park.
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. South London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Steep hills at Honor Oak and Forest Hill, narrow terraced streets and expanding CPZs across SE4 and SE14. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with London Borough of Lewisham and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Victorian and Edwardian terraces and conversions, 1960s Catford estates and new Lewisham town-centre towers is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
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. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what London Borough of Lewisham tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
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. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Lewisham postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Mattresses soaked through with bodily fluid contamination requiring a biohazard route rather than standard disposal, Bed bug or pest-infested mattresses, which need pest control treatment before collection can proceed safely and Fitting or assembling a replacement bed, which is booked separately as a flat-pack or bed-assembly visit. If something on that list turns up in Lewisham, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
Real jobs our crews have completed nearby, with the price the customer actually paid. Published with their permission.
End OF Tenancy Cleaning
Lewisham
August 2026
One end of tenancy cleaning job completed in Lewisham in August 2026.
£274
End OF Tenancy Cleaning
Lewisham
July 2026
One end of tenancy cleaning job completed in Lewisham in July 2026.
Oven Cleaning
Lewisham
July 2026
One oven cleaning job completed in Lewisham in July 2026.
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The guys arrived prompt at 9 am . Sorry I’m rubbish at names but I remember the one guys initials were AB . He really worked hard . Both guys were very polite and were happy to pop back up the stairs to finish dusting the bedrooms surfaces that were missed . Not one moan… Read in full →
Amazing service. They dismantled and removed and old running machine for me. It was very heavy. They were very careful of my mosaic floors on the hall. Very easy to use. They were very responsive to book. Arrived promptly and were fast and efficient. I recommend them.
Didn't clear rubbish from under the bed and some marks on walls look like they haven't been attempted at removing. Other than that was a good job considering the state of the flat.
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