Sofa removal in London & the South East
A sofa is the classic awkward item: too big for the car, too heavy for one person, and priced by councils in weeks rather than days. A two-person crew takes it from the room it sits in, usually within a day or two.
07739 065712Prefer to talk? Mon to Sat, 8am to 6pm- Licence checked against the EA register
- £2m insurance verified
- Three quotes maximum, never sold on
- Free, with no obligation
- Collected from inside the property, not the kerb
- Two or three items together cost little more than one
- Stairs and awkward access are priced before booking, never on the day
Since 2023, upholstered seating must be incinerated rather than landfilled under POPs regulations. That is why a sofa costs more to remove than its size suggests.
Every firm is checked against the Environment Agency register, insured to at least £2m, and asked for references we actually call. Your job goes to a maximum of three of them.
What a sofa removal includes
- All labour and the vehicle
- Licensed disposal, with a waste transfer note for your records
- Dismantling furniture where it will not fit through the door
- Sweeping through afterwards, left broom-clean
- Resale value on good furniture offset against your price
- Donation to charity of anything usable, receipts on request
Sofa removal prices
| Property | Typical range | Time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Single item, ground floor or kerbside | £70 – £120 | Same or next day |
| Two or three items, one visit | £100 – £190 | Same or next day |
| Mixed load, up to half a van | £90 – £240 | Next day |
Collected from a ground floor in London. Stairs and access are priced before booking. Your actual price comes from the firms’ written quotes.
Estimate this jobHow sofa removal works
Minutes on site. The value is in the lifting and the routing.
- 1Send a photo and the postcode
A photo answers the questions that matter: size, whether it splits, what the access looks like. Firm price from that, usually same day.
- 2Two people collect it from the room
Not the kerb. Doors popped off hinges where needed, corners padded, stairs handled. That is the difference you are paying for over a council collection.
- 3Reuse first, honestly
A sofa in good condition with its fire labels intact can be donated or resold. Without labels, charities legally cannot take it, and it goes for recycling instead.
- 4Recycled, not fly-tipped
Frames, foam and metal are separated at a licensed facility. You get told which route it took, and the carrier is registered, which is what keeps a dumped sofa from being traced to your door.
What a good firm does with a sofa
Small job, but there is still a right way.
The whole point. No dragging it to the kerb the night before, no mattress-in-the-front-garden week.
Charities can only resell upholstered furniture with its fire safety labels attached. A firm that checks first gives you an honest answer instead of a warm story.
The van is coming anyway: the second sofa, the armchair or the mattress usually adds little. Say everything that might go.
Feet off, back off, or fully split. Better than your door frame learning the hard way.
Even for one sofa. Dumped furniture gets traced, and the CBDU check takes two minutes.
Why the charity said no
The most common sofa surprise: a decent, clean sofa that a charity refuses. The reason is almost always the fire safety label, the permanent tag sewn under the cushions or on the base. UK charities can only resell upholstered furniture that still carries it, so a sofa that lost its labels years ago is legally unsaleable however good it looks.
If the labels are there and the sofa is sound, say so when you book: reuse routes exist and a good firm uses them. If not, recycling is the honest destination, and the separated frame, foam and metal do genuinely get recovered rather than landfilled.
Three steps, no chasing
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1
Tell us about the property
Postcode, rough size, how full it is and anything awkward about the access. Ninety seconds, and photos help but are not required.
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Up to three firms quote
Only firms that cover London & the South East and hold a current licence see it. Fixed prices in writing, usually inside a day.
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Pick one and book
Message them through us, agree a date, and pay the firm directly at the price they quoted. ClearSorted costs you nothing.
Sofa removal near you
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