A skip lorry seen side-on on a street, its lifting arms raised, with a trailer of green containers behind

Old rugs, cut timber and sacks of waste stacked against a wall ready for the skip

A row of red-brick terraced houses fronting straight onto a narrow street with no driveways

6 – 8 yd

Wait & load

From £230 inc. VAT, delivery, 7 days and tipping

The lorry waits while you load, then leaves. No permit, no skip on the road overnight, one hour on site.

Up to one hour loading time with the driver on site
No road permit: the skip never stays on the street
Extra time at £15 per quarter hour
Book a two-hour arrival window

Book this skip: 8 yd, general waste Price another size

4.9 from 1,120 reviews · next-day drop on skips to 12 yd

If the waste is already out and bagged, you don’t need a skip for a week. Book wait and load: the lorry arrives in a two-hour window, drops the skip beside the kerb, waits while you fill it, and takes it straight away. No permit is needed because the skip never stays on the road.

You get an hour of loading time. That is plenty for a 6 yard skip if the waste is bagged and there are two of you; for an 8 yard, have a third pair of hands. If you run over, extra time is £15 a quarter hour, and the driver will tell you before it starts.

Getting it right

Stack the waste as close to the kerb as you can before the lorry arrives. Keep the heavy things for the bottom and have the bulky ones broken down. The driver can’t load for you, but will tell you where to put things so the skip sheets flat.

Good for

Terraced streets with no drive
Waste already bagged and waiting
Flats and shops with no room for a skip

“Rang at eleven, skip was on the drive by nine the next morning. The driver put boards down so the block paving didn’t get marked.”

R. T., Wroughton · Kitchen refit, 6 yd

Other ways to hire

A wheelbarrow heaped with garden cuttings on a lawn in front of a clipped hedge

Home & garden skips

2 – 6 yd

Mini, midi and builders’ skips for clear-outs, garden jobs and small refits. On the drive tomorrow if you book by 2pm.

From £160 inc. VAT

The back of a semi-detached house opened up for a single-storey extension, with steel beams, props and stacked bricks

Builders’ skips

6 – 8 yd

The workhorse sizes for refits, extensions and strip-outs. Mixed waste welcome, swaps in one visit, trade accounts on request.

From £265 inc. VAT

A heap of broken brick pavers and rubble against a pale corrugated metal wall

Rubble & soil skips

2 – 8 yd

Brick, block, concrete and soil at the cheaper inert rate. Heavy loads go in 8 yards or smaller — we’ll tell you which.

From £150 inc. VAT