Terenure's houses, and how each one clears
Terenure and Harold's Cross have a bit of everything: Victorian and Edwardian red-brick on the roads towards Rathgar and along Harold's Cross Road, 1930s semis around the village and Bushy Park, and small terraced cottages on the side streets. Each one clears differently.
| House | Typical layout | What we plan for |
|---|---|---|
| Victorian or Edwardian red-brick | Steps up to the hall door, high ceilings, a return, sometimes a basement | Extra hands for the stairs, and care with banisters and tiled halls |
| 1930s semi | Bay windows, a box room, an attic, a garage or side passage | Attic and garage volume, usually with a drive or easy kerb for the van |
| Terraced cottage | Front door onto the street, a narrow hall, a small yard | Everything carried through the house, with short van stops |
Postcodes overlap here too. Most of Terenure and Harold's Cross is Dublin 6W, while some roads on the Rathgar side fall into Dublin 6. It makes no difference to us; we cover both.
Terraced streets: getting it all out the front door
On a red-brick terrace in Harold's Cross there's no side passage and no driveway. Everything, from the back yard to the attic, comes through the hall and out the front door. That changes how we work:
- Big pieces come apart first. Wardrobes, bed frames and shelving are dismantled in the room so they don't scrape walls or banisters on the way down.
- Covers go down before anything moves. Stair carpets and hall tiles get protected first.
- The van stops close and briefly. We stage everything inside, then load in short bursts so the street isn't blocked for long.
- Parking is sorted in advance. If it's permit or pay-and-display, tell us the rules on your road.
Back yards on terraced streets often hold an old shed, a broken bike or two and bags of garden waste. Where there's a rear lane we use it. Where there isn't, it all comes through the kitchen and the hall, and we allow for that in the price.
spotless.ieClearing before the builders arrive
When an older house in Terenure changes hands, a renovation often follows, and builders want an empty house on day one. We can clear:
- the old kitchen contents, freestanding appliances and any furniture you're not keeping
- carpets, curtains and old beds the new owners don't want
- the attic, so the roofer or electrician can get in (attic clearance)
- the back yard and the garden shed (shed clearance)
Book us before the strip-out starts, so the trades aren't working around boxes. And if you're keeping the carpets in some rooms, our carpet cleaning crew can freshen them once those rooms are empty.
Getting a Terenure house ready? Send photos of each room, the attic and the yard, with the date you need it empty. We'll come back with a fixed price.
Selling, letting or settling an estate
Behind most clear-outs there's a deadline.
- A sale. The estate agent wants the house empty for photos and viewings. See property clearance and our guide to preparing a property for sale.
- A new tenancy. A landlord needs the last tenant's leftovers gone before the next lease starts.
- An estate. After a death, executors need the house cleared before the sale can close. We do this carefully and at the family's pace, setting aside papers, photos and anything personal. Read about our approach on the bereavement clearance page.
If a relative's home has become hard to manage because of clutter, we can clear it in stages, without judgement. See hoarder clearance.
Before we come
You don't need to empty anything yourself. It does help to:
- take out or clearly mark anything you're keeping
- tell us about parking on your road, and any very heavy items such as a piano, a safe or a solid wardrobe
- check whether there's a garage, basement or attic we haven't seen in the photos
A terraced cottage or a 1930s semi is usually a one-day job. A larger red-brick over three floors can take a day and a half or two. The price is fixed from your photos and reflects the volume, the stairs and the carry to the van, plus fridges, freezers and mattresses, which need special disposal. It doesn't change on the day.
On the day, we check drawers, pockets and boxes before anything goes, sort as we load (reuse where possible, metals and electricals to recycling, the rest to licensed facilities), and leave the rooms swept. For flats, see apartment clearance, or our main Dublin house clearance page.
