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Loft clearance
Send clear photos of the loft from the top of the ladder, get one fixed price back, and the crew hands everything down through the hatch, carries it out and leaves the loft swept.
- Boarded and part-boarded lofts
- Handed down through the hatch
- Boxes, cases and old furniture
- Reuse first, then recycled
Get a fixed price from photos
Fill this in and we reply by email with a fixed price. Then send clear photos of each room that needs clearing, so the price is right first time.
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Photos not sending from this device? Send them to hello@house-clearance.uk with your postcode.
Loft clearance happens one armful at a time. Everything that went up through the hatch over the years has to come back down the same way: sealed boxes, suitcases, Christmas decorations, rolled carpet, a cot, a dismantled bed, old curtains and the odd piece of furniture somebody once squeezed up there. Send clear photos taken from the top of the ladder, say whether the loft is boarded, and we reply with one fixed price for bringing it all down and taking it away.
The hatch shapes the whole job. A pull-down ladder and a wide opening make it quick, while a narrow hatch above a landing with only a stepladder means every item is passed down by hand and some pieces come apart before they fit. Tell us which you have. If the loft is only partly boarded, say where the boards stop so the crew knows where it can work. Loose boards stored up there can come down with everything else.
Often the loft is one part of a bigger job. If the rest of the house is going too, a full house clearance takes in every room, and a garage or shed can be emptied on the same visit. When a loft is being cleared after a death, our page on probate and estate clearance explains how the bill can go to the estate.
House Clearance is registered with the Environment Agency as an upper tier waste carrier under licence CBDU526130. Loft contents that can still be used, such as furniture in good order and boxed household goods, are offered for reuse first. Everything else goes to a licensed waste transfer station, and a waste transfer note is yours on request. Our guide on how to prepare for a house clearance covers what to sort out before the day.
One fixed price from your photos
Send photos of the loft, get one price for the whole clearance, and pay once it is empty. If anything looks different from the photos when we arrive, we tell you before we start.
What is included
What we bring down from lofts
- Sealed and open storage boxes
- Suitcases, trunks and holdalls
- Christmas trees and decorations
- Old cots, high chairs and toys
- Dismantled beds and furniture
- Rolled carpet, rugs and curtains
- Loose loft boards and offcuts
- Old lamps, fans and small appliances
How the loft is cleared
- Pull-down ladders and stepladders
- Small hatches over landings
- Boarded and part-boarded lofts
- Items taken apart to fit the hatch
- Landing and stairs kept clear
- Boards swept once the loft is empty
- Usable items offered for reuse
- Waste transfer note on request
How a loft clearance works
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Photograph the loft from the hatch
Stand at the top of the ladder and take a photo in each direction, then send them through the form. Add a line about the ladder and how wide the hatch is.
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Get a fixed price for the loft
We reply with a single figure that covers passing everything down, carrying it out and disposing of it, with the size of the hatch already allowed for.
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Agree a date
Choose a day that suits and we offer the earliest one we can. If you will be out, a key safe or a neighbour can let the crew in to reach the landing.
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Pay when the loft is empty
The crew works from the far eaves back towards the hatch, carries everything out to the van and sweeps the boards. You pay the quoted price at that point.
Why people use us
A licence on the public register
Every box that comes down from your loft leaves under upper tier waste carrier licence CBDU526130, held with the Environment Agency. Ask for a waste transfer note afterwards if you want one.
Insured at the ladder and on the landing
The crew works under £5 million of public liability insurance and £10 million of employers' liability while passing things down the hatch and carrying them through your home.
Loft contents put back into use
Usable furniture and household goods from the loft are offered to charity or for reuse before anything else. Across all our clearances, 90% of what we collect is recycled.
Years of clearances behind us
The team has more than 15 years of house clearance and over 500 jobs to its name, and is rated 5 stars on Google.
Getting everything down from the loft
One person works in the loft and another waits on the ladder or the landing, so each item is passed down rather than dropped or slid. Boxes come first, starting from the far eaves and working back towards the hatch so the route stays clear. Anything too big for the opening, such as a cot, a bed frame or a wardrobe that was carried up in pieces, is taken apart up there and handed down as panels. Rolled carpet and long items go down end first. Once something reaches the landing it is carried straight out to the van, so the landing never fills up. When the last box is down, the boards are swept and any loose boards you want gone follow.
Clear a path on the landing below the hatch and take pictures and mirrors off the walls along the stairs. Check that the ladder works and the loft light comes on, or tell us if it does not. If there are boxes up there you are keeping, bring them down before the day or mark them clearly and let us know, because the crew empties the whole loft unless you say otherwise. Mention too if the hatch is inside a bedroom or a cupboard.
Once the van is loaded, the things that can be used again, such as sound furniture, toys, cases and boxed household goods, are offered for reuse first. What is left goes to a licensed waste transfer station, where cardboard, wood, metal and textiles are sorted out for recycling rather than buried. If you need a record of where your loft contents went, ask for a waste transfer note and we provide one.
Before and after
Other clearances we do
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Full house
Every room, loft, garage and shed
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Partial house clearance
One room, part of a home or a few large items
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Probate and estate
Invoiced to the estate where needed
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Flat
Stairs, lifts and shared entrances
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Hoarded property
Discreet, room by room
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Landlords and tenancies
Left-behind items, ready to relet
Find out more
View every type of clearance we do
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Licensed waste carrier Upper tier licence CBDU526130
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Rated 5 stars on Google By the people we have collected for
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90% of waste recycled Reuse first, then recycling
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Insured £5 million public liability
Guides that go with this
Loft clearance questions
Our loft is not boarded. Can you still clear it?
Yes. Say so when you send the photos, and include one of the area around the hatch. It changes how the crew moves about up there, and the price we send already allows for it.
The hatch is small. How do larger items come down?
Anything that will not pass through the opening is taken apart in the loft and handed down in pieces. If it went up whole, it can usually come down the same way.
We only have a stepladder under the hatch. Is that a problem?
No. Tell us in your message. Items are handed down from the hatch to someone on the landing either way, and the price reflects the ladder you have.
Do I need to go through the boxes first?
Only if something up there is staying. Take it down or label it before the day, and tell us which boxes they are so the crew leaves them alone.
Can you clear the garage or a spare room at the same time?
Yes. Add photos of the garage, the shed or the rooms to your loft photos, and one fixed price covers the whole visit.
Where do the loft contents end up?
Anything that can be used again is offered for reuse first. The rest is sorted at a licensed waste transfer station so the cardboard, wood and metal can be recycled.
Send photos of your loft
Send them to hello@house-clearance.uk with your postcode, or use the form above. We reply with one fixed price and the earliest date we can offer.