Wandsworth is the busiest borough on this site. **113 clearances have landed in its own postcodes** — SW17 in Tooting most of all, then SW18, SW11 at Battersea and SW15 in Putney. More work than any county outside the capital.
Victorian terraces, converted twice
The stock here is overwhelmingly late-Victorian terrace, and most of it was split into flats somewhere between the 1960s and the 1990s. That is the practical fact about a Wandsworth clearance: you are rarely emptying a house. You are emptying the first floor of a house, reached by a shared front door, a hall somebody else has to walk through and a staircase that turns at the half-landing.
Wardrobes and sofas are the problem, not volume. A three-seater that came in before the staircase was boxed in sometimes does not come out in one piece, and we would rather discuss that on the phone than in your hallway.
Parking is controlled almost everywhere and enforced properly. Where a bay suspension is needed, the council wants notice — usually a couple of weeks — and it has to be applied for by whoever owns or is selling the property. We cannot do it on your behalf, and we will say plainly when we think you need one.
What the work is
A lot of it is end-of-tenancy and sale-driven: a flat has to be empty by a date fixed by a completion or a check-out. Some is probate, where the family are elsewhere and we work from a key held by an agent.
Where a whole house has stayed a whole house — the larger streets off the commons — the jobs are bigger and the loft is usually the fullest room.
Where the load ends up
Loads go through permitted transfer stations, including SUEZ at Benedict Wharf, Mitcham, CR4 3BQ.
Our waste carrier registration is CBDU419679 and transfer notes come back from every load. Reusable furniture, working white goods, kitchenware, books, tools and clothing come out before anything is tipped. Sofas and armchairs go down the POPs route, mattresses are counted individually, fridges travel separately for degassing.