Garden clearance for overgrown and junk-filled gardens

A garden clearance includes cutting back the overgrowth, loading everything that's going, from brambles and branches to an old shed, broken fencing and junk, and sweeping up afterwards. RLE Waste Clearance sends two people, and loading, transport and disposal are in the price. Tree stumps and Japanese knotweed can go too, so mention them with your photos and the price will cover them.

An overgrown garden is quickest to clear in one go, with the growth, broken fencing, old furniture and bags all loaded together instead of sorted into green waste and the rest. RLE Waste Clearance sends two people to load it all in one visit, priced by the space it takes in the truck. Send a photo from the back door and one from the far end.

A skip for a garden clearance means doing all the carrying and loading yourself, and a skip on the road needs a council permit. We don't hire skips: two people load everything in one visit and take it away, and you pay only for the space it takes in the truck, with no skip left on the drive for days.

An old garden shed is dismantled on site and loaded with everything stored inside, so the timber, felt, floor and contents all go on the truck. If an older shed has a roof that could be asbestos cement, tell us first: we don't take asbestos down, but once the roof is off we can collect it, kept apart from the rest of the shed. Include a photo of the inside, since a full shed adds to the load.

Soil and rubble from a garden are fine, and so is broken paving. They're heavy, so a load that's mostly hardcore is priced at the heavy load rate of £360 plus VAT for up to 15 cubic yards or 1,200kg. Send a photo showing how much there is and we'll tell you which price applies. If there's no side access, the crew barrows it through the house.

A garden clearance can't include chemicals or other hazardous waste, which in a garden usually means weedkillers and pesticides left in a shed. Asbestos, such as an old shed roof, can go once it has been taken down if you tell us about it first. We don't take asbestos down ourselves. Old paint is fine at £10 plus VAT per 5 litres. Bromley residents can use the council's household hazardous waste collection (external site), run by the City of London, for the rest.

A garden clearance can go ahead without you, as long as the crew can reach the garden. An unlocked side gate, a key safe or clear instructions sent with your photos is enough. The price is agreed on WhatsApp or by phone before any work starts, and you can pay by card or bank transfer once the garden is clear.

A garden clearance is the whole job, with sheds, fencing, furniture, junk and growth all taken away, while garden waste removal is for green waste you've already cut and bagged or piled up. Both are priced by the space the waste takes in the truck, with the same two-person crew doing the loading.