HOUSE CLEARANCE COST House Clearance

House Clearance Cost

How much does
house clearance
cost? What should the cost of House Clearance be? What’s a fair price for
House Clearance? How can you save money doing a House Clearance? You see
adverts for House clearance priced from £17! Can you trust it? These are
very common questions.

Let’s understand the details of the cost of a House Clearance to help you
find a package that will suit both your needs and your budget.

First, we need to establish how big a team you might need?

The answer depends of the type of a house clearance you are looking for. Two
men are usually enough for smaller jobs, that require just a few items to
be collected. However if you require a full house clearance, then you
require a team of at least three men. It is quite common for client’s to
underestimate the amount of items that need clearing as well as the size of
the job; for example, garden tools, a cluttered loft, forgotten things
behind the shed and so on…

People simply don’t see the items they are used to having about the house.
However, doing a house clearance takes time because all your things need to
be itemised, packed and bagged carefully so that we can move them without
damaging a house!

Larger pieces of furniture or appliances need to be dismantled to save
space in the van. If there are two or more loads for clearance, then we
need to work much faster because recycling centres usually close by 3 or 4
in the afternoon.

Recycling Fees

A big part of a House Clearance Cost is recycling fees. Some companies
burn waste, fly tip or dispose of it illegally, bribe Council recycling
centres and so on. This is not a respectable way of doing business and
often complicates the matter rather than solving it. In addition to the
moral questions, it is easy to track fly tipping back to the customer,
bringing endless complications. For more information on this, please check
the real life stories on the House Clearance Association’s
website

How To Save Cost on a House Clearance

Donate unwanted items to charity shops.

It is certainly a good idea to check with local charities to see if they
are interested in any of your unwanted items. Liasing with charity shops
can be a time consuming process and despite trying to donate as much as we
can, we are not always able to do it on the day of the House Clearance

Try to dispose of things by selling them on
Ebay,
Gumtree and other such websites.
You might even make some money!
To save yourself undue heartache, use companies that have a good
reputation, check their
Trustpilot reviews and pay
attention to their fees, labour allowance and load limit.

You can check our quote here.

We wish you an easy and painless House Clearance!

Always Check Your Quotes

It is always a good idea to check the quotes you receive for the labour
allowance. Many cheaper companies only allocate an hour of labour and
then charge an expensive rate for extra time.

Another aspect to consider is the experience and credibility of the
workforce. Cheaper labour usually indicates lack of experience and can
lead to complications and delays.

Here at Abacus we use a three man team. Our staff has years of experience
in house clearance and we know what exactly what we are doing and how to
do it quickly and efficiently. Our daily rate includes full labour for
the day including taxes and pensions, it generally costs around £250 a
day. We do not recommend trying to save on the daily rate as you will
most likely end up paying more.