The village and the estates around it
Clondalkin village is old, with its round tower still standing in the middle of it, but most of Dublin 22 was built from the 1970s onward. Neilstown, Rowlagh, Quarryvale, Bawnogue, Deansrath and the estates around them are mostly two-storey terraced and semi-detached houses: three bedrooms, a hatch to the attic, and a back garden with a shed. Closer to the village there are older cottages and houses, and newer apartment blocks have gone up around the edges of the area.
For a clearance, that means houses that are mostly straightforward to work in, but often full after decades of family life. The rooms are a manageable size; it's the amount in them, and in the attic and the shed, that sets the pace.
When there's a deadline: council and landlord handovers
Some clearances in Dublin 22 run to a date someone else has set:
- A council tenancy ending. When a council tenant dies or moves into care, the local authority will usually expect the house to be emptied before the keys are handed back. Check the date with them, then tell us.
- A private rental ending. The landlord or agent needs the house empty for the next tenant.
- A sale closing. Executors and sellers need the house clear before completion.
Whatever the deadline, the process is the same. Send photos, tell us the date, and we'll book the clearance so it's done in time. If the family needs to sort through things first, we can split the job over two visits. Landlords and agents can find more on our property clearance page.
Houses that held a family for decades
Clearing a parent's house is rarely just a practical job. There are photographs in every drawer, mass cards on the mantelpiece and a box room nobody has opened in years. We go carefully. You decide where we start, anything personal is set aside for you, and we'll ask before anything you might want to keep goes into a bag. There's more on bereavement house clearance, and our guide on how bereavement clearance works walks executors through probate and timing.
When a home has become so full that it's hard to live in, the person needs patience, not judgement. Our hoarder clearance service can work in stages, at a pace that suits them.
spotless.ieGetting the van to your door
Clondalkin is easy for us to reach, close to both the M50 and the N7. Inside the estates, roads can be narrow with cars parked on both sides, so we park legally as close to your door as we can and never block a neighbour's driveway.
In some estates, the houses face onto a green or a footpath rather than the road, so the walk to the van is longer. That's no problem, but tell us when you send photos so we can allow the time. For apartments, we agree parking and lift use with the management company in advance; see apartment clearance.
Working to a council or landlord deadline? Send photos of each room, the attic and the shed on WhatsApp, with your handover date. We'll reply with a fixed price.
What goes into the price
The quote is free and comes from your photos. It's one fixed figure covering the crew, the van, the sorting and the disposal, and it's agreed before you book. Four things shape it:
- How much there is. A half-empty house and one full to the ceilings are very different jobs, even with the same number of rooms.
- How far we carry. Stairs, a long path from the green, or an upstairs apartment with no lift all add time.
- What needs separate disposal. Fridges, freezers, mattresses and electricals can't go in with general waste.
- How long it takes. A typical three-bed house in Dublin 22 is a one- or two-day job for a crew of two or three.
If the job is very large or unusual, we may call out to see it before we price it.
Keep, reuse, recycle
As we clear, everything is sorted on the spot:
- Keep: anything you've marked, plus papers, photos, keys and valuables we find
- Reuse: furniture and household items in good condition, set aside for a second life where possible
- Recycle: metals, electricals, appliances and cardboard
- Dispose: the rest, taken to licensed waste facilities under our permit, NWCPO-25-13287-01
Attics, sheds and garages are cleared the same way; see attic clearance, shed clearance and garage clear-outs. When we leave, the rooms are empty and the floors swept or vacuumed. For how we work across the county, see our main Dublin house clearance page.
