House clearance & junk removal services

One crew for every kind of clearance

Spotless started out with house clearances, and they're still the core of what we do. Over the years the same skills (careful carrying, sorting as we go, checking everything, disposing of it properly) have stretched to every kind of space: apartments, attics, garages, sheds, offices, storage units, commercial units and gardens.

Whatever the job, the way we work doesn't change:

• Photos first. Most jobs are priced from photos sent on WhatsApp, with no home visit needed.
• A fixed price. Agreed before we book, covering the whole job.
• Nothing goes until you say so. Keep things, change your mind, or sort with us while we work.
• Every bag and box looked at. Drawers, pockets and boxes are checked before anything is loaded.
• Sorted responsibly. Reuse where possible, recycling for metals and electricals, licensed facilities for the rest.
• Left tidy. Swept out at the end, or hoovered where there's carpet.

Which service fits your job?

If you're not sure what to call the job, start here. Each service is explained in its own section below.

Homes: from one room to the whole house

• House clearance. Whole houses, top to bottom, for downsizing, sales, rentals or after a death. In Dublin, see house clearance Dublin.
• Apartment clearance. Lifts, stairwells, management companies and loading bays, all planned for.
• Attic clearance. Decades of boxes, decorations and suitcases, brought down safely.
• Garage clearance and shed clearance. Tools, bikes, old furniture, and the shed itself if it's past saving.
• Garden clearance. Overgrowth, cuttings, broken pots and green waste.

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Sensitive clearances

Some clearances need more time, more patience and more discretion:

• Bereavement house clearance. Clearing a loved one's home at the family's pace, with personal items set aside. Our bereavement guide covers probate and the practical steps.
• Hoarder clearance. Discreet, non-judgemental and staged if needed, with the person kept in control.

Single items and loads

• Junk removal. One item to a full van load, collected and disposed of properly.
• Furniture removal. Sofas, beds, wardrobes, mattresses and white goods.

Small jobs are priced on the same basis as big ones, by how much there is and how easy it is to get out, so a single armchair from a ground-floor flat isn't charged like a full house.

Business and property

• Office clearance. Desks, chairs, filing and IT, planned around your business.
• Commercial and warehouse clearance. Units, shops, factories and yards.
• Storage unit clearance. Empty the unit and stop paying rent.
• Property clearance. For landlords, letting agents, estate agents and executors.

Business clearances are planned around your trading hours where we can, with early starts or Saturdays for premises that can't close during the week.

Combining jobs on one visit

Plenty of bookings cover more than one of the services above. A house clearance often takes in the attic, the garage and the shed; an office move might come with a storage unit that needs emptying at the same time. Send photos of everything together and you'll get one fixed price for the lot, with the work planned in the order that makes most sense.

Clearance isn't our only trade, either. Once a property is empty, we can clean the carpets that are staying and power wash the driveway and patio, which is useful when a house is going on the market or back to a landlord. One company, one set of arrangements, and fewer people to let in.

The same standards on every job

Whichever service you book, a few things never change:

• Insured. Every job we do is fully insured, from a single sofa to a four-storey house.
• Permitted. SPOTLESS.IE is operated by Krystal Klean Express Limited (trading as Krystal Klean), an authorised waste carrier holding a valid Waste Collection Permit issued by the National Waste Collection Permit Office. Permit No. NWCPO-25-13287-01.
• Local, but not only local. Our base is in Dublin, and we cover Dublin and all of Leinster with the same crew and the same way of working wherever the job is.
• Easy hours. Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8pm, which suits most buildings, landlords and families.

Where everything goes

A clearance shouldn't mean everything ends up in landfill. Sorting happens as we load, not afterwards. Furniture and household goods with plenty of use left in them are put to one side so someone else can have them where possible. Metals, electrical items, fridges, freezers and other appliances go for recycling. Cardboard and glass are separated out, and only what's left over goes to licensed waste facilities.

It matters who takes your things away. Waste handed to an unpermitted collector and then dumped can end up being traced to the household that produced it, which is exactly why we hold a permit and are happy for you to check it. Our guide to where cleared furniture goes explains the process in more detail.

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What we can't take, and what to do instead

A small number of things can't travel with ordinary household waste, and some can't travel with us at all. It's much easier to sort them out before the day than to find them halfway through a job:

• Asbestos. Older garages, sheds and outhouses sometimes have cement roof sheets or panels that may contain it. These need a specialist contractor, and we won't break them up or move them.
• Gas cylinders. Suppliers usually take empty cylinders back, and they shouldn't be mixed in with a load of household waste.
• Chemicals, solvents and fuel. Garden chemicals, white spirit, petrol and engine oil need their own disposal routes. Your local authority recycling centre may accept some household amounts.
• Large quantities of paint. A few dried-out tins are rarely a problem; a garage shelf of half-full ones needs a conversation first.

If you spot anything like this, include it in the photos. You'll get a plain answer on whether it can come with us, and if not, who to call.

Getting a quote takes a few minutes

1. Take photos of every space that needs emptying, whether that's a single room or the whole house plus the attic, garage and shed.
2. Send them on WhatsApp to 085 202 1222, or upload them on our quote form, with your area or Eircode.
3. Get a fixed price, usually the same day, and pick a date that suits you.

We work in every Dublin postcode and right across Leinster; the areas we cover page lists the towns we visit most.