Wandsworth · SW18 · Mattress and bed disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Earlsfield fitters · Fixed written pricesEarlsfield SW18 is a regular stop on our Wandsworth round. Garratt Lane's independents and quiet grids of Victorian terraces, 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.
Overview
This page prices mattress and bed disposal for Earlsfield SW18 specifically: mainly Victorian stock, 32% privately rented and 7,243 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and London Borough of Wandsworth 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 with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — the reality on the streets around King George's Park in SW18, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in SW18, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 26% one-person households in Earlsfield, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
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, permit bays and railway-bridge height limits.
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. Earlsfield (South Western) is the nearest station, so a SW18 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.
Scope
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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 Earlsfield
The SW18 stock around King George's Park is mainly Victorian. ONS records 61% flats, 39% houses and 7,243 households in Earlsfield.
Owner-occupation runs at 51% in Earlsfield, so alongside the 32% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Earlsfield substrates run to with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — the reality on the streets around King George's Park. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in SW18, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 26% one-person households in Earlsfield, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the mistake that costs a SW18 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Earlsfield: garratt Lane's independents and quiet grids of Victorian terraces. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Earlsfield is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Narrow terraced streets, permit bays and railway-bridge height limits. Nearest station is Earlsfield (South Western), 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 Earlsfield 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 Earlsfield North and Earlsfield South neighbourhood itself — not Wandsworth-wide averages, and not estimates.
18,610
Residents
Earlsfield North and Earlsfield South neighbourhood, Census 2021
7,243
Households
Median age 33.2
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
26.1%
Privately rented
32.2%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Earlsfield North, Earlsfield South (E02000941, E02000946) — the published geography that covers Earlsfield, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SW18 district: 51.4515, -0.1915 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in Earlsfield in this 61% flats neighbourhood, with King George's Park a few streets away, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Mattress size and whether the base comes too on this side of Wandsworth, then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van across SW18, with 16% social-rented stock nearby — 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 for Earlsfield (SW18) addresses, with 61% of homes here being flats. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Earlsfield most weeks on the streets near King George's Park, with this being London Borough of Wandsworth 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 the Earlsfield rounds, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in across SW18. With 61% of Earlsfield homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on this side of Wandsworth — and this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory, with 51% owner-occupation locally, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
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 this side of Wandsworth — and 61% of homes here being flats, with 26% one-person households here, and a waste transfer note is issued for every collection. That paperwork is what most Wandsworth letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat across SW18, with 7,243 households on this patch.
Mattresses soaked through with bodily fluid contamination requiring a biohazard route rather than standard disposal; Bed bug or pest-infested mattresses across SW18, with Wandsworth parking rules in play — and 39% of Earlsfield homes being houses, which need pest control treatment before collection can proceed safely; Fitting or assembling a replacement bed, which is booked separately as a flat-pack or bed-assembly visit; Structural bed frames fixed to the wall or floor, which need a joiner rather than a clearance crew. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Earlsfield SW18 price you agree is the price you pay on the Earlsfield rounds, with 61% of homes here being flats.
All three. With 32% of Earlsfield privately rented and 51% owner-occupied, roughly half the SW18 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door in Earlsfield — and 61% of homes here being flats, with this being a short walk from Earlsfield (South Western).
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Earlsfield SW18 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of wandsworth.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
