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Skip hire

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startail · 02/10/2011 16:53

Has anyone done this lately? Not one of the web sites will give even a hint of a price. I'd be really grateful if some on could give me a ball park figure before I spend hours typing in my details to local firms. Thanks

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Mabelface · 02/10/2011 16:55

Around £120 for a medium size skip here in the north west.

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Shodan · 02/10/2011 16:57

We had the smallest size recently- four cubic yard (8ft 5 x 5 x 3) and it was £145. That's in Surrey- no idea if prices differ around the country.

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Shodan · 02/10/2011 16:57

Obviously they do!

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 02/10/2011 16:58

I had one last year, £150 for an "ordinary" sized skip. (Central Scotland.)

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CointreauVersial · 02/10/2011 16:59

Surrey here - we had a six-yard one (medium-sized) for about £170.

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DaisySteiner · 02/10/2011 19:59

I would strongly recommend phoning round a few different companies as the price can vary quite a bit. Think it can also depend on what you put in it.

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startail · 03/10/2011 01:05

Thank you! big bunches of MN flowers for you all well I would if the iPod app had them
So I'm looking at about £150 given I'm not in London or Scotland, but I'm not right next to any depots either.
Nothing particularly weird to go in it mostly an old shed, cardboard and a dead bike.

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CointreauVersial · 03/10/2011 12:52

I didn't bother with a skip when we did our bathroom up - just left everything in a pile in front of the house and the gypsies had most of it.

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plumtart · 04/10/2011 12:10

have you got a car? if so you could save all your skip money by taking bike to metal recycling at tip, card to card recycling and smash shed up and take to wood recycling? would take a few trips but save bit of money.

also look into hippo sack

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startail · 04/10/2011 23:38

Yes I have a car, but even with the seats down the shed would take at least six trips, probably more. It's extremely mucky and full of nails and would be a bugger to chop up. I also have a garage full of cardboard boxes and junk which I started taking to the tip, but DH seems to buy things on eBay faster than I can loose the boxes. The tip is 12 miles away and there is always a queue. Also it's very near hobbycraft, so there isn't just the cost of petrol to consider

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LemonDifficult · 04/10/2011 23:56

I'm getting one delivered tomorrow - £135.

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smartyparts · 05/10/2011 00:05

If you haven't too much - I'd second a hippo bag. They take 1 or 1.5 tonnes and are much, much cheaper. In fact I have one full of rubble on my drive now!

They collect very promptly too.

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Pendeen · 05/10/2011 18:41

Around £130 for a 'medium', i.e. 6 cu yard skip here in the South West.

A suggestion...

If you chat to your neighbours you might be pleasantly surprised that they would like a skip but can't justify hiring one on their own.

Often it's better to hire a larger skip (the cost of delivering is very similar so the bigger the cheaper in £/cu yd/tonne) and share it.