Bermondsey, SE1, SE16 and SE15
Rubbish removal in Bermondsey
Rubbish removal in Bermondsey costs from £60 plus VAT with RLE Waste Clearance, across 13 load sizes up to £360 plus VAT for a full truck. Two of us carry it out of purpose-built blocks and converted warehouse flats across SE1, SE16 and SE15, with transport and disposal included. Send a photo on WhatsApp to get a price.
- Upper tier waste carrier
- CHAS Standard
- Loads from £60 + VAT
What's included when you book rubbish removal in Bermondsey?
Booking rubbish removal in Bermondsey with RLE Waste Clearance includes two people to carry out and load the waste, plus transport and disposal, and you pay for the space it fills. Bermondsey is about 12 miles from our Chislehurst base by road, and the drive costs nothing extra. Fridges, mattresses and a few other items cost extra.
Send a photo of the waste and your postcode on WhatsApp to 07534 244774 and we'll give you a price before any work starts, with no obligation. Tell us the floor, whether there's a lift and where a truck can pull in. Washing machines and standard cookers go in the load with no item charge. We're an upper tier registered waste carrier (CBDU175566), and every job ends with a waste transfer note and a receipt.
- Upper tier waste carrier Registration CBDU175566
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CHAS Standard Health and safety accredited - Two-person crews On every vehicle
- Priced by load From £60 + VAT
How do you get furniture out of a warehouse flat on a narrow street?
Most Bermondsey homes are flats. At the 2021 Census (external site), 77.1% of households in North Bermondsey and 84.5% in London Bridge and West Bermondsey lived in purpose-built blocks, and another 11.5% in North Bermondsey lived in buildings converted from other uses, like the old warehouses of Shad Thames and Butler's Wharf. Southwark describes the St Saviour's Dock warehouses as "accessed by narrow streets", and parts of Shad Thames are cobbled, with walkways overhead.
Two of us do the carrying, and the time it takes is built into the load price. When you send photos, tell us the floor, whether there's a lift you need to book, and where a truck can pull in near the entrance. Refitting a loft-style flat? Old kitchen units, flooring and timber go by the load too; see kitchen and bathroom rip-out.
Many of these flats are rented: 37.1% of North Bermondsey households rented privately at the 2021 Census (external site), and around 40% of households (external site) across Bermondsey rent from a social landlord. Southwark's tip counts a landlord's rental waste as business waste, so when a flat turns over, a registered carrier like RLE Waste Clearance is how the leftovers go. Our flat clearance page covers emptying a whole flat, and office clearance covers shops and studios.
What does a skip outside a Bermondsey block involve?
Only a skip company can apply for Southwark's skip licence, which costs £110.25 a month and needs at least 7 days' notice before delivery. In a restricted bay you need a separate parking suspension on top, and the 2025 to 26 application form bars skips from red routes, permit-only bays and pay-and-display bays altogether. Outside a block of flats that can leave very few places a skip is allowed to sit.
A van clearance skips all of that paperwork. We load the waste and drive it away on one visit, so nothing needs a licence or a suspended bay, nothing sits in the road for days, and there's no waiting for a skip lorry to collect. You pay only for the space your rubbish takes up in the truck. The skip alternative page sets the two side by side.
Want a price for yours? Send a photo on WhatsApp and we'll tell you the load size and the price.
How it works
Four steps to a clear space in Bermondsey
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Send a photo or call
WhatsApp a photo with your postcode, or call us on 020 8611 2586.
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Get a price by load size
We match it to one of our load sizes and confirm the price. You don't have to go ahead.
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We load it
Our two-person crew does the lifting and loads the truck, with the loading time already in the price.
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We take it away
We drive it to a waste transfer station, where it's sorted. You pay once the job's done and get a receipt and a waste transfer note.
Services in Bermondsey
What Bermondsey customers usually book
Questions
Rubbish removal in Bermondsey: your questions
Anything else? Ask us on WhatsApp or give us a call.
Southwark's bulky waste collection isn't free in Bermondsey: the council charges £35 for up to 10 items in one collection, with no discounts or concessions, and it doesn't publish its lead time. If you have more than 10 items, or they're still up on the fourth floor, RLE Waste Clearance carries them down and takes them as one load, priced by the space they fill.
The congestion charge on SE1 jobs is never added to your bill, and neither are parking fees or fines. Parts of SE1 west of Tower Bridge Road may sit inside the zone and SE16 jobs probably don't, but TfL's congestion charge page (external site) is the place to check a postcode. Either way, the price you agree is the price you pay.
A long carry from a Bermondsey warehouse flat only costs extra if it runs past the loading time already built into the load price. Extra labour is £30 plus VAT per 30 minutes, and we'll tell you before we start. Send the floor, any lift that needs booking and where the truck can pull in, so the price you get covers the carry.
A tenant's leftovers in a Bermondsey flat need a registered waste carrier, and RLE Waste Clearance is one: upper tier carrier, broker and dealer, number CBDU175566. We load the bed, sofa, fridge and bags in one visit, and the waste transfer note and receipt on completion show who took the waste. Agents with several flats can apply for a commercial account, subject to credit checks.
Nobody needs to meet the crew at a Bermondsey building if we can get in. A concierge who knows we're coming, a key safe or a door code for the main entrance is enough, as long as we know which items are going and where they are. You pay on completion by card, cash, bank transfer or company cheque, and we send the waste transfer note and receipt.
SE16 and SE15 are covered as well as Bermondsey SE1, from London Bridge and Shad Thames to North and South Bermondsey, and every job is priced the same way, by the space your rubbish fills in the truck. We work 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, so a clearance can fit round your day. Next door, our Lewisham page covers SE13.
Heavy refit waste from a Bermondsey flat, such as rubble, broken tiles and soil, goes as a heavy load: £360 plus VAT for up to 15 cubic yards or 1,200kg. Old kitchen units, flooring and timber are lighter and go by the load instead. Builders' waste explains how those jobs run. We can collect asbestos that has already been removed if you tell us about it first, but not chemicals or other hazardous waste.
Ready to clear it in Bermondsey?
Send a photo and we'll price it by load size. Open 7am to 7pm, 7 days.
020 8611 2586Get a free quote
Tell us what needs clearing and roughly how much there is. We'll reply with a price by load size within 2 hours, 7am to 7pm.
Send us a photo for a price
WhatsApp a photo of what needs clearing, with your postcode. We'll price it by how much of the truck it fills.
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Each page has its own council bulky waste rules and parking notes.