Westminster · W1 · Mattress and bed disposal
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Soho fitters · Fixed written pricesBooking mattress and bed disposal near Carnaby Street and Golden Square? Pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default, and that is planned into the slot rather than discovered on the day. Prices start at £45 and are fixed before we travel. Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
This page prices mattress and bed disposal for Soho W1 specifically: Georgian and early Victorian stock, 52% privately rented and 4,257 households in total. Work starts at £45, fixed in writing, with parking and Westminster City Council 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
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. Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a W1 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Soho actually produces in W1, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is Soho gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, where 20% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
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. Pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default.
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 Soho
Soho W1 is Georgian and early Victorian and renter-heavy: 98% of homes here are flats and 2% are houses, across 4,257 households (ONS Census 2021).
The renter-heavy mix here (20% owned, 52% privately rented) means a W1 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Soho actually produces behind the plaster in W1. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why Soho gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, where 20% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the fault we are called back to undo.
Soho sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — post-production studios, restaurants and above-shop flats packed into a Georgian grid — which is why a W1 quote is not a Westminster average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default. Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, 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 Soho 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 Fitzrovia West & Soho neighbourhood itself — not Westminster-wide averages, and not estimates.
7,879
Residents
Fitzrovia West & Soho neighbourhood, Census 2021
4,257
Households
Median age 33.9
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
53%
Privately rented
51.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Fitzrovia West & Soho (E02000972) — the published geography that covers Soho, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the W1 district: 51.5158, -0.1424 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single mattress, any type starts at £45 in Soho on the Soho rounds, with 4,257 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 on W1 jobs, then the floor it sits on. A mattress cannot be compacted in the van on the streets near Carnaby Street and Golden Square — and this being a short walk from Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line), with Westminster parking rules in play, 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 W1 jobs, with 4,257 households on this patch. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Soho most weeks on the Soho rounds, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level around Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line), with 98% of homes here being flats. On Soho jobs we confirm it when the slot is booked, not on the day.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on Westminster bookings. With 98% of Soho homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in this 98% flats neighbourhood — and 2% of Soho homes being houses, with 98% of homes here being flats, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Mattresses soaked through with bodily fluid contamination requiring a biohazard route rather than standard disposal; Bed bug or pest-infested mattresses on the Soho rounds, with 53% one-person households here, 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 — and this being Westminster City Council territory, which need a joiner rather than a clearance crew. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Soho W1 price you agree is the price you pay on W1 jobs, with Westminster parking rules in play.
All three. With 52% of Soho privately rented and 20% owner-occupied, roughly half the W1 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door across W1 — and 2% of Soho homes being houses, with 98% of homes here being flats.
Carnaby Street and Golden Square is the marker we route to on W1 jobs, with 52% of W1 homes being privately rented — and 53% one-person households here, and pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default. A W1 slot added to an existing Westminster round usually lands the same week rather than the next on the streets near Carnaby Street and Golden Square, with this being a short walk from Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line).
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Soho W1 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of westminster.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
