Two kinds of Santry home
Santry, in Dublin 9, sits between Whitehall and Dublin Airport, with the Swords Road running through it and the M50 along its northern edge. The homes fall broadly into two groups. On one side there are estates of semi-ds, terraces and a few bungalows built from the middle of the last century onwards, many still owned by the families who bought them new. On the other are the apartment blocks that went up along the Swords Road and Santry Avenue more recently, a lot of them rented.
The two groups clear in very different ways, so we plan each one on its own terms.
Clearing an estate house
A Santry estate house usually has three bedrooms, one of them a box room, a hatch to the attic on the landing, and a back garden with a shed. Some have a side passage, which makes the garden easy to empty. Others had the garage converted or an extension added years ago, which tends to push all the storage up into the attic.
When the people who bought the house in the 1960s or 70s are moving on, into a smaller home, into care or after a death, the job is mostly about volume and sorting:
- Every press and drawer checked for papers, photos, cash and keys before it goes
- The box room and attic emptied first, because that's where the most has gathered; see attic clearance
- The shed and garden cleared in the same visit, with old tools, plant pots and garden furniture sorted for recycling; see shed clearance
- A garage, where one is still in use, treated the same way; see garage clear-outs
When it's a parent's home, we go at the family's pace and can clear in stages; our bereavement house clearance page explains how. If the house has become so full that it's hard to live in, our hoarder clearance approach is gentle, staged and private.
spotless.ieApartment blocks off the Swords Road
Santry's apartments are a different day's work. The volume is smaller, but access takes planning: lifts that need booking, fob doors, set times for moving furniture, and car parks with height barriers our box van won't fit under. People move in and out of these blocks all the time, so we see a lot of end-of-lease clear-outs, landlords re-letting a unit, and owners selling up.
Before the day, check three things with your management company: whether the lift needs booking, where a van can stop for loading, and whether there are hours when furniture can't be moved. Then tell us. If the apartment is let furnished, mark the landlord's pieces and we'll leave them where they are. More on our apartment clearance page, and on northside apartment clear-outs generally.
Clearing a house or apartment in Santry? Send photos of each room on WhatsApp, with the floor number and the parking situation. We'll come back with a fixed price, usually the same day.
Traffic, timing and the airport roads
The Swords Road through Santry is a busy bus corridor, and the roads around the M50 junction and the airport get congested at peak times. We don't load on the main road itself, and we aim to arrive early so most of the carrying is done before the afternoon traffic builds.
Estates here usually have on-street parking or driveways, which makes loading straightforward. If your road is tight or cars park on both sides, tell us where the van can wait. Apartment schemes often have visitor spaces near the entrance that work well for a few hours.
Before the crew arrives
A little preparation makes the day quicker, wherever in Santry you are:
- Take or mark what you're keeping. A sticker or a note on each piece is enough.
- Empty and switch off the fridge and freezer a day ahead, so they're dry to move.
- Tell us about anything heavy or awkward, such as a piano, a safe or a solid-wood wardrobe.
- Sort the keys if you won't be there: a neighbour, the letting agent or a key safe all work.
If you'd like to be there for the first hour and then leave us to it, that's fine. We'll send photos as the rooms empty.
Sorting, recycling and the price
Nothing goes into the van unsorted. Furniture in good order is set aside for reuse where possible, metals, appliances, electricals and cardboard are separated for recycling, and the remainder goes to licensed facilities. Our waste collection permit, NWCPO-25-13287-01, covers every load we carry, and insurance covers every job.
Your price is fixed before we book. It's worked out from your photos: how much there is, how far it has to be carried and up or down how many floors, and anything needing special disposal, such as fridges, mattresses or old TVs. Rooms are left swept or vacuumed when we finish.
Santry is covered alongside the rest of Dublin 9; see our Drumcondra and Glasnevin page, or Swords a few minutes north. The wider service is described on our house clearance page, with more on Dublin clearances.
