Two Raheny jobs you can watch
Further down this page there are two short videos from real Spotless clearances in Raheny. The first is a walk-through of a house after we'd finished: bedrooms empty, wardrobes cleared out, floors left tidy. The second follows an apartment in Raheny during and after the clear-out.
They're worth a look before you book anyone, because they show what "cleared" should mean. Not just the big furniture gone, but wardrobes emptied, floors clear, and nothing left in the corners for you to deal with afterwards.
Raheny and Artane homes
Most of Dublin 5 is made up of semi-detached and terraced houses built in the middle decades of the last century, on roads and estates between St Anne's Park and the Malahide Road. A few features come up again and again, and each one shapes the clearance:
- A box room over the stairs, usually the room that's been used for storage the longest
- Front gardens turned into driveways, which makes loading quick and keeps the van off the road
- An attic reached by a hatch on the landing, sometimes boarded, often not
- A back garden shed, and sometimes an old outhouse or a converted garage at the side
Artane has much the same mix, with estates off the Malahide Road and the Kilmore Road, and Kilbarrack and Edenmore are similar again. There are also apartment blocks around Dublin 5, which bring lifts, stairwells and management company rules into the plan. Our apartment clearance page explains how we handle those.
A family home after a long life in it
Some Raheny and Artane houses have been home to the same family for fifty years or more. Clearing one after a death is a slow, careful job, and it should be. We start where you want us to start, hand over anything personal we find, and leave rooms you're not ready for until you are. If brothers and sisters need time to sort through things, we can clear over separate days.
If the family wants to sort before we arrive, keep it simple. Pick one room for things that are staying with the family, and leave everything else exactly where it is. There's no need to bag clothes or empty presses; we do that, and we check pockets and drawers as we go.
Where probate is involved, the house often needs to be cleared before it goes on the market. Our guide to bereavement clearance explains how executors and families usually approach it, and our bereavement house clearance page covers our side of the work.
spotless.ieWhat "finished" looks like
When we leave a house in Raheny, this is what you should find:
- Every room empty, including wardrobes, presses and the space under the stairs
- Floors swept or vacuumed where needed
- The attic clear, if it was part of the job (attic clearance)
- The garage and shed emptied down to the floor (garage clear-outs, shed clearance)
- Recycling done properly, with appliances, metals and electricals separated and the rest taken to licensed facilities
A clearance isn't a deep clean. If the carpets are staying for a sale or the next tenant, we can clean the carpets once the rooms are empty. If they're worn out, tell us and we'll lift them and take them away with everything else.
Clearing a house or apartment in Dublin 5? Send photos of each room, the attic and the shed on WhatsApp. We'll reply with a fixed price, usually the same day.
Before the crew arrives
There's no need to bag or box anything for us. A little preparation does make the day smoother:
- Move what you're keeping into one room, or stick a note on it.
- Put important papers aside if you've already found them: wills, deeds, bank and pension letters.
- Tell us where the van can park, whether there's an alarm, and how we'll get the keys.
- Mention anything very heavy, like a piano or a safe, and remember that we can't take gas cylinders, paint or oil.
Our guide on how to prepare a property for clearance goes through it step by step. If the house has become very full and it's hard to know where to start, our team works patiently and without judgement; see hoarder clearance. For the rest of the city, there's our main page on house clearance in Dublin.
