Full and partial house clearance across the UK
Clearing a property's contents — for resale, donation, recycling and licensed disposal — is a different job from moving them. Moving your things to a new home? You wanthouse removals. If you need a property emptied, fully or room by room, compare house clearance quotes from local firms in about two minutes.
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The job itself
What house clearance includes
A full house clearance empties the whole property — furniture, appliances, carpets and curtains if you want them gone, right down to the contents of the shed. A partial clearance covers a single room, a garage, a garden or a loft — and lofts always hold more than anyone remembers. Either way, the property is left swept and ready for what comes next.
What happens to the contents follows a set order: resale first (furniture and antiques with life left in them), then charity donation, then recycling, and licensed disposal only for what remains. That order matters, because it's also how the bill comes down — every item resold or donated is an item you're not paying to dispose of.
For a genuinely small job — a few items to the tip, one wardrobe gone — aman and van can be the cheaper call. For whole rooms and whole houses, a clearance crew prices better.
The numbers
House clearance costs
A full house clearance typically costs £250–£500 for a 1-bed flat and £500–£900 for a 3-bed house, including labour, transport and disposal fees. Quotes can drop — sometimes to nothing — when contents have resale value, and rise for heavily cluttered properties.
- 1-bed flat clearance
- £250–£500
- 2-bed house clearance
- £400–£700
- 3-bed house clearance
- £500–£900
- 4-bed house and larger
- £750–£1,400
The part quotes rarely explain: the house clearance cost moves in two directions. Labour, van space and disposal weight push it up; resale value pushes it down. For a property with genuinely valuable contents — antiques, quality furniture, a collection someone cared for — the offset can bring the billto zero. Ask for the resale offset itemised in writing.
It cuts the other way too. Heavily cluttered or hoarded properties take more crew hours and more disposal weight, so they cost more. A fair firm prices after seeing the property — in person or by video walkthrough — not from a guess over the phone. Wider context on pricing lives in theremoval costs guide.
When it follows a loss
Probate and bereavement clearances
Many house clearances follow a bereavement, and firms who do this work regularly understand it. There is no rush: most work to the executor's timeline, whether probate takes two months or a year, and nothing has to happen before you're ready.
Agree in writing what should be set aside — paperwork, photographs, jewellery, anything the family wants found and kept. Crews who handle probate house clearance regularly search as they go, and put documents and valuables to one side rather than into the van.
The property is left clean and ready for sale or handover. If you're an executor working at a distance, keys can be held by the solicitor or estate agent — you don't have to be there on the day.
The one check that matters
Check for a waste carrier licence
Anyone paid to take waste from your property must be a registered waste carrier. The Environment Agency register (SEPA in Scotland, Natural Resources Wales in Wales) is public and searchable online — checking a firm takes under a minute. Do it before you book, not after.
Here's why it matters: if your cleared contents end up fly-tipped in a lay-by, the household waste duty of care means you can be fined — even though you paid someone else to take them. A licensed clearance company gives you a waste transfer note; keep it. An unlicensed operator quoting suspiciously cheap has to make the money somewhere, and it's often by skipping the disposal fees.
Deadlines and downsizing
End of tenancy and downsizing clearances
End of tenancy clearances run on deadlines: a landlord with a re-let date, or a renter who needs the place empty before the deposit inspection. Most firms can do a flat clearance inside a week — book as soon as you know the date, and say if there's a hard cut-off.
Downsizing is the mixed case: some things move with you, the rest goes. Plenty of companies handle house clearance and removals as one job — the van takes what you're keeping to the new place or intostorage, and the clearance crew deals with the rest. One firm, one day, one bill. If most of it is moving with you, start fromhouse removalsinstead.
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Good to know
House clearance FAQs
How much does it cost to clear a 3-bed house?
Typically £500–£900 for a full clearance, including labour, transport and disposal fees. If the contents include furniture or antiques with resale value, the quote comes down — occasionally to nothing. Heavily cluttered properties cost more, because disposal is charged by weight and crew time.
How quickly can a house clearance happen?
Same-week is realistic for most jobs — many firms can view the property (in person or by video) within a day or two and clear it within the week. Single rooms and small flats are sometimes possible next day. Probate clearances are the exception: firms work to the executor's timeline, not the other way round.
Will a clearance company buy or offset valuable items?
Yes — reputable firms value resalable contents and take that amount off the quote, and for genuinely valuable house contents the clearance can pay for itself. Ask for the offset to be itemised in writing. If you think something is significant — art, jewellery, instruments — get an independent valuation first.
What can't be cleared with the house?
Hazardous materials: asbestos, chemicals, paint, gas bottles, fuel and clinical waste all need licensed specialist disposal. A good clearance firm won't take them, but will tell you who can. Everyday contents — furniture, appliances, carpets, general household waste — are all standard.
Do I need to be there during the clearance?
No. After an initial walkthrough, which can be a video call, most firms work from keys held by an estate agent or solicitor — routine for probate and end of tenancy jobs. Agree in writing beforehand what should be set aside, and how keys and any found valuables are returned.
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