Clearing out while the doors stay open
Most Dún Laoghaire offices that call us aren't closing. They're making room: an accountant's archive that has outgrown its cupboard, a design studio replacing its desks, an agency that went hybrid and now has twice the chairs it needs. The business keeps trading, clients keep calling in, and the clutter has to leave without much fuss.
That's what an office clear-out is. We take away what you've marked, leave everything else exactly where it is, and fit the work around your opening hours. If you're leaving the building altogether, our main office clearance page is the better starting point, and our general office clear-out page explains more about working around a team.
George's Street: offices up a narrow stair
A lot of the town's offices sit over shops on Upper and Lower George's Street and the side streets running down towards the sea. The pattern is familiar: a street door beside a shopfront, a steep, narrow stair, and two or three floors of rooms that were once flats or stockrooms.
That shapes the day:
- Dismantling upstairs. Desks, pedestals and shelving come apart in the room, so nothing gets wedged on a landing.
- Little and often. We bring items down in batches and load quickly, rather than leaving furniture on the footpath.
- The shop below comes first. If the shared door is also the retailer's delivery route, our carrying fits around their deliveries and opening.
- An early start. The street is quieter before the shops open, and so is the parking.
In the converted period houses on the streets above the town centre, the same approach applies, with extra care for old banisters and tiled hall floors.
spotless.ieHarbour-side and newer buildings
Down by the harbour and along Crofton Road and Marine Road, the buildings are different: lifts, a reception desk, a management company and, usually, house rules for contractors. Here the questions are about booking rather than carrying. Which lift can we use, and when? Does the building want lift protection? Is there a loading area or a car-park space we can have for an hour?
Pass on the building's requirements when you send photos and we'll work to them, including signing in and keeping out of the lift at busy times. Evening or weekend work can be arranged where the building needs it if the building prefers it.
Pay zones, loading bays and where the van stops
Parking is the thing to sort out first in Dún Laoghaire. Most of the town centre is pay parking, the loading bays are short-stay, and side streets fill up early. Before the day we'll want to know:
- Is there a yard, lane or private space behind the building?
- Where's the nearest loading bay to your street door?
- How far is it from the office to the van, in floors and metres?
With that, we plan the stop and the carry, and the time it takes is built into the price. If the closest legal spot is round the corner, we bring trolleys and allow for the walk.
Making room in a Dún Laoghaire office? Photograph what's going, the stairs or lift, and the street door, and tell us your opening hours. We'll come back with a fixed price, usually the same day.
Spreading it over a few early mornings
You don't have to do it all in one go. Some practices prefer the archive room one week and the old furniture the next, so nobody is working around both at once. Others book two or three short sessions that finish before the first client arrives, which keeps the reception and meeting rooms usable throughout. We price each visit separately so the budget is clear from the start, and if it turns out one visit will do, we'll tell you.
Whatever the order, a few things stay with you:
- Data first. Old laptops, base units and phones need wiping or the drives removed. We take hardware to electrical recycling but don't do data destruction; our office clearance guide sets out the IT steps.
- Confidential paper. Client files go to a shredding company before we empty the cabinets.
- Label what's going. Coloured stickers work well; anything without one stays put.
- Leased kit. Printers and water coolers on a lease go back to their owner, not into our van.
What happens to it, and the price
As we load, things are split up: good furniture put aside so it can be reused where possible, electricals and metal off to recycling, and whatever's left taken to licensed facilities. We hold waste collection permit NWCPO-25-13287-01 and carry full insurance on every job.
The fixed price covers the volume, the stairs, the dismantling and the parking plan. A short video walk-through on WhatsApp works as well as photos. If the carpet looks tired once the filing cabinets are gone, we also do commercial carpet cleaning. For homes in the area, see our Dún Laoghaire house clearance page, and for practices run from larger houses further south, office clear-outs in Killiney.
