We Clear Junk has covered W1 since 2006, and Soho’s tightly packed flats above its bars, restaurants and media offices can normally be booked in for same-day or next-day collection from our 15-truck fleet, fully licensed and insured.
Whether it’s a compact studio squeezed above a Dean Street venue or a converted flat near Soho Square, our two-person crews know how to move quickly through Soho’s narrow doorways and busy pavements without getting in anyone’s way.
Soho packs an enormous amount into a single square mile: Carnaby Street’s boutiques, Chinatown’s restaurants around Gerrard Street, Old Compton Street’s bars and clubs, and the production companies and post-production houses that still cluster around Soho Square and Dean Street. It’s one of the most built-up parts of central London, so most housing here is small, a handful of flats converted out of what used to be a single commercial building, rather than whole houses or large blocks. We Clear Junk gets called out for exactly the jobs you’d expect in a neighbourhood like this: a young professional’s studio cleared out at the end of a short let, a flat above a restaurant kitchen emptied between tenants, or a media worker’s place decluttered after years living above the same Dean Street doorway. Because so many buildings were never designed as homes, our crews are used to tight staircases, shared entrances squeezed between shopfronts, and carrying items through pavements that fill up fast. Every job is quoted upfront, scheduled around you, and finished with almost everything we take away recycled, reused or donated rather than landfilled.
Thousands of house waste clearances across London
Typical turnaround in Brondesbury Park (NW6)
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Four simple steps get your Soho property cleared from first call to finish.
Call 020 3504 5097 or book online in a few minutes. Tell us your W1 postcode and what needs clearing, and we'll let you know whether a same-day or next-day slot is open.
Pull aside anything you'd like donated and we'll pass it on for you. Leave the rest exactly where it is, our team does all the lifting and carrying, however narrow the stairs.
We agree a single fixed price before collection day, covering furniture, appliances and everything else you've flagged, so there's no back-and-forth on the doorstep.
Two of our team arrive at the agreed time, move quickly through tight entrances and busy pavements, and finish with a walkthrough so you know the job's been done properly.
Sofas, beds, wardrobes and desks of any size, carried down from converted flats above shops and restaurants without fuss. More detail is on our sofa & mattress removal service page.
Fridges, washing machines and other appliances are removed and disposed of properly through our electrical appliance disposal process.
Bin bags, packaging and mixed household waste in any quantity, no job too small to book.
Timber, plasterboard and fittings from refurbishing a small Soho flat or converted unit are handled by our builders waste removal team.
Where a Soho property does have loft or storage space, years of accumulated belongings are cleared out completely and carefully.
Proper gardens are rare in Soho, but where a flat has a window box, balcony planter or rooftop space, any green waste is collected through our garden waste clearance service.
With so many short lets and young professional renters passing through W1, landlords and agents lean on us for fast turnarounds between tenancies.
Old carpets, rugs, curtains and cushions are collected and recycled wherever that's possible.
Soho’s small flat conversions above bars and restaurants generate frequent, compact clearances rather than large-scale house clear-outs, and the area’s high turnover of short-term and professional renters keeps our end-of-tenancy bookings steady. Our crews are equally comfortable with a single-item collection or a full flat clearance. See our house waste clearance service for the wider picture.
Soho bookings fill up quickly given how central it is, so it's worth calling ahead to check what's free for same-day collection.
You're charged only for what's actually removed, and we agree any extra cost with you upfront, never as a surprise.
Around 97% of everything we collect is recycled, donated or reused rather than sent to landfill.
Our crews are insured, DBS-checked and uniformed, and work efficiently around Soho's tight entrances and busy streets.
From a single sofa to a complete flat clearance, our 15-truck fleet handles jobs of any size.
Evening and weekend appointments suit house that can't manage a weekday visit.
Evening and early-morning slots are available for anyone whose schedule around Soho's nightlife hours doesn't suit a standard daytime collection.
Items still in good condition are passed on to local charities rather than thrown away.
Westminster charges £36 to collect up to six bulky items, with each item beyond that costing an extra £6.40. If you’re on Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support, one free collection of up to six items is allowed every 90 days, but it still means booking through the council’s online system and waiting for a slot, with collections usually completed within three working days. We Clear Junk skips that wait: a crew comes straight to your Soho flat, clears the whole job in one go with no item cap, and same-day booking is often possible.
Yes, and it’s not cheap: Westminster charges around £175 for a seven-day skip permit on a public road, the highest rate of any London borough, plus a parking bay suspension on top given how narrow and heavily used Soho’s streets are. Fitting a skip onto a Soho street is impractical in most cases anyway, so nearly everyone here books our man-and-van collection instead, with no skip and no permit needed at all.
Furniture, white goods, general rubbish, renovation debris, garden waste and carpets are all collected in one visit, with over 97% diverted from landfill.
Same-day and next-day slots are usually available across W1, so call 020 3504 5097 and we'll check what's open today.
Yes, our crews regularly work through Soho's narrow converted staircases and shared entrances squeezed between shopfronts, and we plan the route in before collection day.
We're fully licensed, insured and ISO 9001/14001 certified, and a waste transfer note is available on request for landlords, agents or businesses.
As well as Soho (W1), our house waste clearance teams also operate regularly across these neighbouring central London areas: