Tallaght isn't one place, and neither are its houses
Tallaght grew quickly from the 1970s on, and the house you're clearing says a lot about the job ahead. A semi in Old Bawn or Kilnamanagh is a different day's work from a newer townhouse in Ballycullen or a two-bed apartment near The Square. Out west, Saggart and Citywest add apartment blocks and newer estates along the Luas Red Line, with Saggart's old village at the centre of it.
| Home | What it usually means for the clearance |
|---|---|
| 1970s and 80s estate semis and terraces (Old Bawn, Kilnamanagh, Jobstown, Killinarden, Firhouse) | Easy loading from the driveway, but attics, garages and sheds that have been filling up for decades |
| Newer estates (Ballycullen, Oldcourt, around Citywest and Saggart) | Less volume as a rule, and plenty of flat-pack furniture that's quicker to take apart than to carry whole |
| Apartments (around The Square, Belgard, Citywest and Saggart) | Lifts, management company rules, and a van that won't fit in the basement car park |
The estate house: where the volume hides
In a house that one family has lived in for a long time, the rooms are often the easy part. The real volume tends to be overhead and out the back.
- The attic. Boxes from every move, Christmas decorations, old suitcases, a cot or two. We go through boxes as they come down, so photos and papers are set aside rather than lost. See attic clearance.
- The garage. Plenty of Tallaght garages were converted into a room years ago. The ones that weren't are usually packed with tools, paint tins, bikes and spare furniture. Our garage clear-out page covers what we take.
- The shed and back garden. Lawnmowers, broken garden furniture, leftover timber. We can empty the shed and take the shed itself if it's past saving.
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When you send photos, open the attic hatch and the garage door and photograph those spaces too. They change a price more than any room in the house.
That's because we price on what's actually there: the number of van loads, how far everything has to be carried, and items that need special handling, such as fridges, freezers and mattresses. You get one fixed figure before we book, and it doesn't change on the day. Our cost guide explains the factors in more detail.
Apartments around The Square and out to Citywest
Apartment clearances in Dublin 24 are mostly about logistics. A Luton box van is too tall for nearly every underground car park, so we load from a set-down space or the street. Before the day, it helps to:
- Ask the management company where contractors should park and whether there are set hours for moving furniture
- Book the lift, with its protective covers if the building has them
- Tell us the floor and the walk from the main door to the lift, so we bring enough hands
Flats near Tallaght University Hospital and TU Dublin's Tallaght campus often change tenants, and landlords need them emptied in between. Our apartment clearance page and the apartment clearance guide go into more detail.
Clearing a house or flat in Dublin 24? Photograph each room plus the attic, garage and shed, and send them on WhatsApp. You'll get a fixed price back, usually the same day.
Handing back the keys
Many clear-outs come down to a fixed date for returning keys: to a landlord, a letting agent, a buyer or the council. When the date can't move, the price and the booking matter as much as the clearance itself.
- Landlords between tenants: we clear what the last tenant left, from mattresses to bags in the back garden. Tell us who has the keys and we'll arrange access. See preparing a rental property.
- Tenants moving out: we take what you're not bringing with you, so the house is ready for the check-out.
- Council tenancies: check with the housing officer what needs to go, then send us the list with your photos.
- After a death: when the house belonged to a parent, we work at the family's pace and set aside papers and photos as we go. Our bereavement clearance page explains how.
If a home has become very cluttered over the years, we clear it in stages and without judgement. See hoarder clearance.
Sorted at the door, not skipped
Nothing gets tipped into one skip. Sorting happens at the van door: decent furniture is put by for reuse where we can, scrap, white goods, electricals and cardboard are split out to be recycled, and only the leftovers head to licensed waste facilities.
We're an authorised waste carrier, and our permit number, NWCPO-25-13287-01, can be checked on the national register, so your waste goes through a permitted collector and not into a ditch in the Dublin Mountains. For the wider picture, see our house clearance Dublin page.
