Southwark · SE22 · Mattress and bed disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local East Dulwich fitters · Fixed written pricesMattress and bed disposal in East Dulwich SE22, Southwark, from £45. Lordship Lane's shops and rows of bay-fronted Victorian family houses, which is why our SE22 quotes account for narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton. You get a fixed price in writing, an insured fitter and a tidy finish.
Overview
This page prices mattress and bed disposal for East Dulwich SE22 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 25% privately rented and 3,337 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Southwark 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 some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in SE22, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SE22, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — with 16% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
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. Narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton.
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. East Dulwich (Thameslink) is the nearest station, so a SE22 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 East Dulwich
The SE22 stock around Dulwich Park is mainly Victorian. ONS records 43% flats, 57% houses and 3,337 households in East Dulwich.
25% of households rent privately and 58% own, which is why mattress and bed disposal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here behind the plaster in SE22. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in SE22, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — with 16% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in East Dulwich: lordship Lane's shops and rows of bay-fronted Victorian family houses. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. East Dulwich 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, narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton — 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 East Dulwich (Thameslink).
Area at a glance
Who lives in East Dulwich 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 East Dulwich neighbourhood itself — not Southwark-wide averages, and not estimates.
8,296
Residents
East Dulwich neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,337
Households
Median age 36
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
25.6%
Privately rented
25.3%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood East Dulwich (E02000836) — the published geography that covers East Dulwich, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE22 district: 51.4544, -0.0724 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in East Dulwich on the East Dulwich rounds, with 26% one-person households here, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Mattress size and whether the base comes too across SE22, then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van on the streets near Dulwich Park — and 16% social-rented stock nearby, with a median age of 36 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 the East Dulwich rounds, with 25% of SE22 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in East Dulwich most weeks for East Dulwich (SE22) addresses, with this being London Borough of Southwark territory.
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 Southwark, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in across SE22. With 43% of East Dulwich homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the East Dulwich rounds — and this being a short walk from East Dulwich (Thameslink), with Southwark parking rules in play, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
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 Southwark bookings — and 57% of East Dulwich homes being houses, with Dulwich Park a few streets away. East Dulwich sits close to East Dulwich (Thameslink) on the streets near Dulwich Park, with 57% of East Dulwich homes being houses, so we can usually add a SE22 job to an existing Southwark round at short notice.
Narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton on Southwark bookings. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in London Borough of Southwark it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards on the East Dulwich rounds — and a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Southwark territory.
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 for East Dulwich (SE22) addresses — and this being a short walk from East Dulwich (Thameslink), with 58% owner-occupation locally, and a waste transfer note is issued for every collection. That paperwork is what most Southwark letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on the East Dulwich rounds, with Dulwich Park a few streets away.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. East Dulwich SE22 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of southwark.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
