Property clear-outs in Donnycarney

Donnycarney homes that are changing hands

Donnycarney straddles Dublin 5 and Dublin 9 on either side of the Malahide Road, between Marino, Artane, Beaumont and Killester. Much of it was built between the 1930s and the 1950s: solid terraces and semi-ds with front gardens, long back gardens and three bedrooms, one of them a box room. Many were bought by young families and lived in by the same people for the rest of their lives.

That's why so many Donnycarney clear-outs happen at the point a house changes hands. The owner has died or moved into care and the family is selling, or a landlord needs a house emptied between one tenancy and the next. Either way there's usually a date to work to, and someone waiting on it: an estate agent, a solicitor or a new tenant.

Getting a long-held family home ready to sell

A house that's been lived in for fifty or sixty years holds a lot: good furniture and worn furniture, presses of crockery, a wardrobe in every bedroom, an attic of suitcases and a shed full of tools. Before an estate agent can photograph it, most of that needs to go.

Here's how that usually runs with us:

1. The family takes what it wants first. Mark the pieces that are staying, or take them out before the day.
2. We price from photos. A family member or the agent sends a photo of every room, the attic and the shed, and we agree one fixed price.
3. We clear and sort. Every drawer, box and coat pocket is checked. Papers, photographs, letters and anything valuable are set aside for you.
4. The rooms are left swept. Ready for the agent's photographer, a cleaner or a valuer.

When the house is being cleared after a death, we keep to the family's pace, and we can clear in stages if probate or family plans need time. See bereavement house clearance, and preparing a property for sale for what buyers notice.

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Rentals between tenants

Donnycarney's family houses are popular to rent, so landlords often call us when a tenancy ends. Usually the tenant has left a few things behind: a mattress, a broken sofa, bags in the shed, a garden full of odds and ends. Sometimes the landlord wants the whole house emptied to refurbish it.

Tell us what belongs to the property and what's to go, and we'll leave the landlord's furniture where it is. If you can't be there, a letting agent can handle the keys and we'll send photos when the house is empty. Our property clearance page covers landlord jobs in more detail. For a flat or apartment rather than a house, see apartment clearance.

Where the volume is in a Donnycarney house

The rooms you can see are only part of it. Most of the time goes on three places:

• The attic, reached through a hatch on the landing, often unfloored apart from a few boards. We bring ladders and lights and keep off the insulation. See attic clearance.
• The box room, which tends to become the family store once the children leave.
• The back garden, with a shed, a coal bunker or an old outhouse, garden furniture and, in some houses, a garage at the side.

A typical three-bed is a one-day job for our crew, or a day and a half if the attic and shed are both full. A house where things have built up to the point of being hard to live in may take longer, and we work through it gently, with the family involved. See hoarder clearance.

The Malahide Road and your road

The Malahide Road through Donnycarney is a busy bus corridor, so we don't load on it. Most houses here are on quieter side roads with on-street parking, and many have a driveway where the front garden used to be, which makes loading simple. End-of-terrace houses often have a side entrance into the back garden, which saves carrying the shed's contents through the house. If parking is tight on your road in the mornings, tell us and we'll time the arrival around it.

The price, and where it all goes

One fixed price from your photos, agreed before you book, covering the crew, the van, transport and disposal. It depends on how much there is, how far it's carried, and anything with its own disposal route, like fridges, freezers, mattresses and electricals. The agent or solicitor can have it in writing for the file.

Where something can be reused, it's kept aside; appliances, metal and cardboard are recycled; everything else goes to licensed facilities. For the agent's or solicitor's records, our waste collection permit is NWCPO-25-13287-01, and we're fully insured.

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Next door, see Clontarf, Marino and Donnycarney, or house clearance in Dublin for the rest of the city.