How to Clear a Hoarded or Heavily Cluttered Property
Right, let’s get one thing straight before we go any further. A hoarder house clearance is not a bigger version of a normal clearance. It’s not “the same job, just with more boxes.” Anyone who tells you that has never stood in a hallway that’s been narrowed to a rabbit run by twenty years of […]
Garage, Loft and Shed Clearance: What Can Be Removed?
Garage, Loft and Shed Clearance: What Can Be Removed? Right, so you’re stood at the bottom of a loft hatch, torch in hand, wondering how twelve years of Christmas decorations, three broken bikes and a box labelled “cables (maybe important?)” ended up in one place. Garage, loft and shed clearance covers the removal of household […]
Clearing a Property Before Putting It on the Market
Clearing a Property Before Putting It on the Market There’s a peculiar sort of dread that settles in when you’re stood in a hallway full of someone else’s life, knowing you’ve got a completion date looming and a sofa that won’t fit through the door. Whether it’s a parent’s townhouse you’ve inherited, a rental gone […]
End-of-Tenancy Property Clearance: A Guide for Landlords
End-of-Tenancy Property Clearance: A Guide for Landlords There’s a peculiar kind of dread that sets in the moment a tenant hands back the keys. Not because you don’t trust them. It’s the not-knowing. What’s left behind? Whose responsibility is that mattress propped against the wall, or the three bin bags of clothes in the wardrobe? […]
Landlord Property Clearance: What to Do After a Tenant Leaves
A tenant hands back the keys, and for a fair few landlords, that’s when the real work quietly starts. Not the fun part. The part where you’re staring at a stained mattress, a wardrobe with a door hanging off its hinge, and a bin bag of what might be someone’s passport tucked under a bed […]
How to Sort a Loved One’s Belongings Before a House Clearance
How to Sort a Loved One’s Belongings Before a House Clearance Right, so someone’s died and now you’re standing in their hallway wondering where on earth you even start. I’ll tell you straight away, because there’s no point burying the answer: sort and document everything before a single box leaves the house, and only the […]
Clearing a Property When You Live Hundreds of Miles Away
Clearing a Property When You Live Hundreds of Miles Away You inherit a house. It’s three hundred miles away, or it’s in Portugal, or it’s your late uncle’s cottage in a village you visited twice as a kid. Either way, someone now expects you to sort it out, and the idea of driving up (or […]
When Can You Clear a House After Someone Dies?
The honest answer is: not as soon as most people think. There’s no fixed number of days written into law that tells you when the boxes can come out and the skip can go on the drive. What actually decides the timing is authority, not etiquette. Before a single bin bag leaves that house, someone […]
Probate House Clearance: What Executors Need to Know
Right, so somebody’s died, and now you’re standing in their hallway holding a bin bag, wondering if you’re allowed to touch anything yet. That’s the honest starting point for most people who end up googling probate house clearance. And the short answer, the one that actually matters, is this: no, you shouldn’t clear the house […]
How Much Does House Clearance Cost in the UK?
How Much Does House Clearance Cost in the UK? Right, let’s clear something up before we go any further, because it’s the mistake nearly everyone makes when they’re staring down a house full of stuff and dreading the bill. You’ll ask “how much does a three-bedroom clearance cost” as if bedroom count is some magic […]