Garden clearance is priced on volume and access more than anything else. A single day tidy up on a typical Medway garden usually falls between roughly 200 and 400 pounds including taking the green waste away. Badly overgrown gardens, or gardens where everything has to be carried through the house, cost more because they simply take longer.
What a clearance day covers
Cutting back overgrown shrubs and brambles, strimming and mowing rough grass, clearing borders, sweeping hard surfaces and loading the waste. The aim is to get the garden back to a state where you can see what you have and decide what comes next.
Why access changes the price
Rear access to a driveway or an alley means waste goes straight to the van. Carrying everything through a kitchen with dust sheets down can easily add half a day to the same volume of material.
Waste removal
Green waste has to be disposed of legally, and the tip or transfer station charges by weight or volume. Where you would rather keep the material for a compost heap or your own council collection, that comes off the price.
What to do after clearance
Clearance is the start, not the finish. Once the garden is visible, the useful next steps are usually defining the edges, sorting the lawn and dealing with whatever fence or paving the greenery had been hiding.
Need it sorted? Book garden clearance, where the work itself and what is left for specialists are explained.
- Take photographs before you enquire, they help the estimate
- Say what you want kept, before it gets cut
- Mention any tree work, which may need a specialist
- Ask about combining clearance with fencing or paving repairs
Typical costs
| Item | Typical range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Small tidy up, half day | 120 to 200 pounds | Mow, edges, light cut back |
| Full day clearance | 200 to 400 pounds | Includes green waste removal |
| Heavily overgrown garden | 400 to 700 pounds | Usually two days |
| Poor access surcharge | Reflected in the quote | Carry through, no rear access |
Guidance only. Overgrowth, access and waste volume decide the real figure.
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