Where your office is changes the plan
Clearing an office in Dublin is a different job depending on the building. The furniture is much the same everywhere: desks, chairs, cabinets, IT and a kitchen. What changes is how it gets from your floor to our van, and when we're allowed to do it.
- City-centre offices have no parking, time-limited loading bays and, in older buildings, no lift.
- Docklands and modern blocks have goods lifts and loading bays, but you book both through building management.
- Business parks have parking and space, plus barriers, security and multi-tenant buildings.
- Co-working spaces have someone else's furniture mixed in with yours.
This page is about those differences. What we clear and how electricals and data are handled is on our main office clearance page.
City-centre offices: there's no parking, so we plan the kerb
In Dublin 1 and Dublin 2, around Grafton Street, the Georgian squares and the quays, the hardest part of an office clearance is often the thirty metres between the front door and the van.
- Loading bays are time-limited and busy. We pick the nearest one from your address and photos, and plan the job in short, tight loads rather than leaving the van sitting for hours.
- Early starts help. From 8am, before the streets and the bays fill up, we can load far faster than at midday.
- Pedestrian streets restrict when vehicles can get in, so offices on or just off them are planned around those windows. Our Grafton Street and Dublin 2 page goes into this.
- Period buildings in Dublin 2 and Dublin 4 often have no lift and a narrow staircase. More hands, protected banisters and furniture taken apart in the room keep the building unmarked.
Tell us about clearways, bus lanes and any building yard or rear lane when you send photos. A rear entrance can turn a slow job into an easy one.
spotless.ieDocklands and modern office blocks
Glass-fronted blocks in the Docklands, around Grand Canal Dock and the IFSC, and in newer developments across the city are easier to load from but stricter about how. Expect a goods lift that has to be booked, protection fitted to the lift walls, a loading bay with a slot, and a security desk that signs contractors in and out.
Two things catch people out in these buildings. Underground car parks often have a height barrier that a box van won't clear, so the loading bay or the street is the way in. And the goods lift is sometimes shared with a restaurant, a gym or another tenant's deliveries, so the slot you get may be narrower than you'd like. Ask building management early and we'll plan around whatever they offer. Our page on Grand Canal Dock covers that building type in more detail.
Business parks around the M50
Sandyford, Citywest, Park West, Blanchardstown, Cherrywood, East Point and the parks in between are where many Dublin companies have their offices. Parking is rarely a problem, and the van can usually sit near the door. The planning is about the building instead:
- barrier or gatehouse access, sometimes with a contractor list held at security
- shared goods lifts in multi-tenant blocks, booked by building management
- campus rules on where vans can wait and where trolleys can go
- neighbouring tenants who are still working while you clear
Local pages for Sandyford, Citywest and Blanchardstown cover each area's buildings and access.
Clearing an office somewhere in Dublin? Send photos of the rooms, the lift and the street or car park outside, with your address and dates. We'll reply with a fixed price and a plan for the loading.
Co-working spaces and serviced offices
Plenty of Dublin businesses work from co-working and serviced offices, and moving out of one is a job of its own. The key difference: most of the furniture usually belongs to the operator, not to you.
- Label what's yours. Monitors, chairs you bought, storage, files and IT. Anything unlabelled stays.
- Tell the operator. The community or building manager will want to know the time, and may have a set slot for moving things in and out.
- Expect a small load. Often a few desks' worth of equipment and some archive boxes, which suits a short visit.
- Check your lockers and storage room. Things get left in shared cupboards and forgotten.
If it's only a few boxes and a broken chair or two, a short junk removal visit may be all you need.
Out of hours, evenings and Saturdays
Our normal hours are Monday to Saturday, 8am to 5pm, closed Sundays. In practice, "out of hours" in a Dublin office means one of three things:
| Option | Suits |
|---|---|
| An 8am start | Getting the dismantling and the heaviest loading done before most staff arrive and before city traffic builds |
| An evening slot, arranged for buildings that need it | Buildings that only allow contractors after the working day ends |
| A Saturday | Larger clearances, shared lifts, and offices that can't have anyone around during the week |
We don't work Sundays or overnight. If a building only allows weekend access, Saturday is the day, and for a larger office we may plan two Saturdays rather than one long one.
How Dublin buildings usually run a contractor day
Most managed buildings follow a similar routine, and knowing it in advance avoids a slow start:
- Booking. Building management confirms the date, the lift slot and the loading bay or car park space.
- Arrival. We sign in at security, collect any contractor passes and confirm where the van is to stay.
- Protection. Lift walls are padded and common-area floors are covered before the first trolley moves.
- Clearing. Only the booked lift and agreed routes are used, and lobbies and corridors are kept clear for other tenants.
- Finishing. Nothing is left in the building's bins or bin store; it all leaves in our van. We sign out and hand back passes.
The paperwork side, such as insurance details, our permit number and crew names, is set out on our page about choosing an office clear-out company. For a timeline working back from a lease end, see our guide to planning an office clearance. Spotless is fully insured, and Krystal Klean Express Limited, which operates it, is an authorised waste carrier with permit NWCPO-25-13287-01.
