A House clearance guide

Whether your hiring house clearance service, or clearing a property yourself we’re here to help. Our quick guide offers a few tips to help you prepare for your house clearance, and suggests some of those more common pitfalls to avoid!

The best way to start a property clearance is to consult a professional. You can get basic advice over the phone. To get a better understanding of your individual house clearance requirements we recommend a home visit.

We always advise customers get a professional appraisal. This will help to determine the monetary value of antiques, collectibles along with some of the more general items in the home.

If you are clearing a home because of a death there are legal aspects to consider before you start removing possessions. At Berkeley House Clearance we can advise about these matters. We can also provide a written valuation of ‘chattels’ if required.

Sorting through household items can be a long and complex process. If the home contains sentimental items decisions about what to keep and what should go may be more difficult to make. It’s often harder to let go of things that hold sentimental value.

At Berkeley House Clearance we can sort items for charity and provide comprehensive recycling support. This can help keep ‘sentimental clutter’ along with many other reusable items out of landfill. Plus, we can offer professional advice if there are antiques and other valuables that you wish to sell.

If you want to secure a ‘competitive’ price to have a property cleared then its best to understand how house clearance costs are calculated. Having less in the home doesn’t necessarily guarantee the cost to empty the property cleared will be lower! The cost to remove and dispose of household items varies and depends on what the items is.

You may think it cost effective to make trips to the local tip, even start giving things away in order to reduce the volume of ‘stuff’ in the house. However you may taking time and effort to discard items that a house clearance professional may agree to use to offset against the cost they charge to clear the property.

At Berkeley House Clearance we advise customers to get advice before they start removing and discarding household contents. For more advice about house clearance costs please call and chat to Terry.

Selling household items is a great way to recover house clearance costs. However, it can help to know the entire cost of the property clearance before you sell, or start giving away any household contents.

A rogue operator will avoid clearing items that have no resale value, and they know will be expensive to dispose of! With this in mind it’s advisable to be cautious of any service provider whose only motivation is to ‘cherry pick their way through your furniture, value items and other belongings. The cost to remove the things that they have no interest in could be hefty!

A reputable house clearance provider will explain everything that needs to be done and all the costs that are involved!

Always get a quote that covers the cost to remove and dispose of everything that you need clearing from the home. When you know the full house clearance cost you will be able to make more informed decisions about selling, donating and giving away items in the home.

If you are keen to find a sustainable solution for all those house clearance items, yet trying to make sense of what and how to recycle then get advice from a house clearance professional.

A reputable company will be knowledgeable and experienced in recycling and waste management practices. They will be able to help you achieve a more environmentally friendly house clearance.

When you entrust a company to clear a home you want to be sure they will manage everything respectfully and legally. Equally, you need to be sure that they remove everything that needs to be removed and can be trusted to complete the job!

Find out more about a company on their website and look at their reviews on Facebook and Google. The best way however to determine if a service provider is reputable and can offer the support you need is to call and chat.

The Environmental Agency licence gives a company their legal right to collect and manage waste. You can search the Environment Agency public register and find businesses that are registered as waste carriers here.

If a company is not registered is best to avoid! They have no legal right to manage your waste and likely to be a rogue waste operator. To find out more out more about managing household please follow the link here.

Remember the saying one mans junk is another mans treasure? At Berkeley House Clearance we recommend customers get advice from a house clearance professional before discarding or giving away house clearance items.

Need help to prepare for a house clearance?

At Berkeley House Clearance we have been providing property clearance and specialist house clearance support to customers in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Solihull and Lichfield for more than 40 years.

If you are clearing a property and need advice please get in touch with Terry.

Call 07973 620154
Terry at El' Dorado in the Jewellery Quarter Birmingham.

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