A Norwich house to clear, and you’re miles away
Lots of people end up responsible for a parent’s or relative’s home in Norwich while living somewhere else. Travelling back and forth to sort it out is draining. We can take the clearance on for you.
To be clear about distance: we’re based in Weston-super-Mare, and Norwich is around 250 miles away, usually four and a half hours or more by road. We travel there for probate and estate clearances only, so we plan the job carefully and keep our time on site as short as the work allows.
Before we travel
You send photos of every room, the loft and the garden, or we do a video call with whoever has access. We send a fixed written quote. Keys come to us by tracked post or from the solicitor or estate agent.
On the day and after
We clear the property in as few days as possible and send photos as we go. Keys, paperwork and everything we’ve set aside are returned to you or whoever you nominate.
From city lanes to Norfolk bungalows
Norwich packs a lot of old housing into a small centre. Inside the old city, homes can be on narrow lanes and yards where a van can’t get close, so we plan a longer carry. Just outside, the Golden Triangle around Unthank Road, and streets off Earlham Road and Newmarket Road, are mostly Victorian terraces and bigger villas, with tight stairs and well-filled lofts.
Thorpe Hamlet has steep streets running down towards the river, which is unusual for a city most people think of as flat. Mile Cross, Lakenham, Earlham and Heartsease have council estates built from the 1920s onwards, with houses that usually come with front and back gardens and a shed.
Beyond the city boundary, Hellesdon, Sprowston, Costessey, Taverham, Thorpe St Andrew and Old Catton have plenty of bungalows and semis, often with a garage that’s been used as a store for years. Those garages and lofts are part of the clearance, so we’ll want to see them in the photos.
Parking zones in Norwich
Much of central Norwich and the inner suburbs is covered by controlled parking zones, where residents can get visitor permits. If the house is in one, a visitor permit for the day lets us park outside rather than carrying from a car park. Tell us the address and we’ll check before booking. On narrow city-centre streets we may need to time loading carefully, and that’s planned into the quote, not added on the day.
How we treat the contents
Every room is gone through before it’s cleared. We look in drawers, wardrobes, pockets, books and boxes, and up in the loft. Documents, photographs, jewellery, cash, medals and keepsakes are set aside, along with anything the family wants found, and we check with you before anything goes. If something important turns up, we tell you there and then.
- Inventories and photographs for the estate file, on request
- Reuse first: furniture and household goods to charities and reuse projects near the property
- Recycling for metals, electricals, wood and cardboard; licensed facilities for the rest
- A Duty of Care waste transfer note on request
- Introductions to an independent valuer for anything that may have value
More on our probate house clearance page. If you’re not sure what a clearance like this involves, our guide to what affects house clearance cost explains how jobs are priced.
Solicitors, deputies and council tenancies
Norwich and Norfolk solicitors can instruct us with the address, keyholder, matter reference and any deadline. We put the agreed scope in writing, send photos before, during and after, and invoice the estate or your firm with the reference on it. Our page for solicitors and executors has the detail.
For a council or housing association tenancy, there’s normally a date by which the home must be returned empty, so tell us that first. Deputies and attorneys clearing a home after a move into care can ask us to take chosen belongings to the new room before we clear the rest.
Norwich probate clearance questions
Do you charge for the drive to Norwich?
Travel is included in the fixed quote. There’s no separate travel line on the invoice.
How quickly could you get to Norwich?
It depends on the size of the job and what’s already booked. If there’s a deadline, tell us when you first get in touch and we’ll be honest about the dates we can manage.
Do you cover the rest of Norfolk?
Yes. For probate and estate clearances we cover Norwich, the rest of Norfolk and anywhere in England and Wales.
The garage is packed. Is that part of the quote?
It can be. Send photos of the garage, loft and any sheds with the house and we’ll include them, so the whole property is cleared in one go.
Probate clearances nationwide
From Weston-super-Mare to Norwich, and anywhere in England and Wales
Every kind of clearance close to home, and probate and estate clearances wherever the property is.
- Local: every clearance, Weston-super-Mare to Bristol and Bridgwater
- Extended area: every clearance, out to Gloucester, Frome and Exeter
- Probate and estate clearances anywhere in England and Wales