A clearance you don’t have to manage
When you’re administering an estate, the property is often the part that drags: chasing quotes, arranging access, worrying about what’s been thrown away. We make that one instruction instead of twenty phone calls.
We work for solicitors’ private client and probate teams, professional executors and trust corporations, will writers, Court of Protection deputies, attorneys acting under a lasting power of attorney, and estate agents handling a sale on behalf of an estate. We’re based in Weston-super-Mare and take instructions for properties anywhere in England and Wales.
- Fixed written quote you can share with the executors and beneficiaries
- Key-held, unattended clearances with photo updates
- Documents and valuables set aside, listed and returned to you
- Inventories and photographs for the file on request
- Waste transfer note on request: an audit trail for the estate
- Invoiced to the firm or the estate, quoting your reference
How to instruct us
- Send the basics. Property address, the name of your client or the deceased, who holds the keys, any deadline (completion, tenancy end, council notice) and your reference. Use the quote form, email hello@clearanceteam.co.uk or call 07786 235785.
- We survey. Locally we’ll visit. Elsewhere we work from photos (yours, the agent’s or a family member’s) or a live video walk-through, so the estate isn’t paying for travel just to quote.
- You receive a fixed quote. One figure for the agreed scope, listing what’s included: clearance, any loft, garage, shed or garden, inventory and photos if needed, cleaning if wanted.
- Confirm the instructions. What stays (fixtures, items being collected by beneficiaries), anything to be searched for, and who receives set-aside items. We confirm it back in writing.
- We clear and report. Photos before, during and after. We tell you straight away if we find anything significant, such as cash, a will or documents that change the picture.
- Close-out pack. Keys returned, set-aside items delivered, completion photos and invoice, all in one email for the file, with a waste transfer note on request.
Why firms use one team for the whole job
Fewer moving parts
One point of contact from the first call to the final invoice. You won’t be chasing a different contractor for the loft, the garden and the clean.
Nothing lost
We search the contents as we clear and keep anything that may matter to the estate together, with a note of where it was found.
A clean paper trail
Fixed quote, written instructions and photographs, with a waste transfer note on request. If a beneficiary later asks what happened to the contents, the answer is on file.
Legal disposal
Environment Agency upper tier waste carrier (CBDU595554) and fully insured. Nothing is fly-tipped, and the estate isn’t exposed to a Duty of Care problem.
Reuse, not landfill
Usable furniture and household goods go to charities and reuse projects. Many families find that matters to them.
Discreet
We don’t name clients, publish addresses or share photographs of a property. Information about the estate stays between us and the people you tell us to deal with.
Properties a long way from you
It’s common for the solicitor, the executors and the property to be in three different places. That’s where we’re most useful. For a property elsewhere in England or Wales we:
- quote remotely from photos or video, without a visit fee
- take keys by tracked post or collect them from a local agent
- schedule the clearance in as few working days as possible to keep travel costs down
- arrange reuse and recycling near the property, and provide a waste transfer note on request
- send set-aside items back by tracked courier or hand them to whoever you nominate
Travel is built into the fixed quote, so the figure you approve is the figure on the invoice.
Things we often help with
Council and housing association tenancies
Tenancies often need to be ended and the property returned empty within a short notice period. Tell us the date and we’ll plan the clearance to meet it.
Properties being sold
Clearing before marketing or before completion, with the property left swept and ready for photographs or handover. We’ll leave carpets, curtains or fittings if they’re included in the sale.
Moves into care
Deputies and attorneys often need a home cleared when the owner has moved into care. We can move chosen furniture and belongings to their new room first.
Hoarded or neglected homes
Some estates involve properties that haven’t been managed for years. We handle these regularly, without fuss, and search them properly. See hoarder clearance.
Questions from solicitors and executors
Can you invoice our firm rather than the family?
Yes. We can invoice the firm, the estate or the executor, and include your matter or file reference. Tell us who should receive the invoice when you instruct us.
Do you provide an inventory of the contents?
On request, yes. We provide a room-by-room list with photographs, which is useful for the estate accounts and for showing beneficiaries what was in the property. For items that may have significant value, we recommend an independent valuation before clearance, and can put you in touch with a valuer.
What happens if you find cash or valuables?
We stop, photograph it where it was found, tell you straight away and keep it separate. It’s then returned to you or handed to whoever you’ve nominated, with a note of what it is and where it was.
Do you cover properties outside the South West?
Yes. We take probate and estate clearances anywhere in England and Wales. We quote remotely and include travel in the fixed price.
Are you insured and licensed?
Yes. We’re registered with the Environment Agency as an upper tier waste carrier, broker and dealer, registration CBDU595554, and we carry public liability insurance. We’re happy to send our registration and insurance details for your file before you instruct us.
Can you deal with the family directly?
Yes, if you’d like us to. Many firms prefer us to liaise with a named family member about keepsakes and access, while the quote, instructions and invoice come through you.