Who we help in Sheffield, and how
If you’re dealing with an estate and the house is in Sheffield, we can clear it for you, carefully and with a record of what’s been done, while you get on with the rest of the estate.
We’re The Clearance Team, a small team based in Weston-super-Mare. Sheffield is about 180 miles from us, around three hours on the M5, M42 and M1. We come up for probate and estate clearances only. You send photos or we do a video walk-through, we give you a fixed written quote, and keys are posted to us or collected from the solicitor or estate agent. We then clear the property in as few days as possible, send photos as we work, and return the keys and set-aside items afterwards.
Our clients are executors and administrators, solicitors’ private client teams, deputies and attorneys, and families who can’t be in Sheffield for days on end.
A city of hills and steps
Sheffield’s hills change the job. In Walkley, Crookes, Hillsborough, Heeley and Meersbrook, Victorian terraces sit on steep streets, and many front doors are up a flight of outside steps. Some houses are reached along a shared passage between terraces. We plan the carry from the door to the van before we come, which is why photos of the outside matter as much as the rooms.
Nether Edge, Broomhill, Ranmoor and Fulwood have big stone villas and semis with cellars, attics and mature gardens. These homes often hold a lifetime of belongings and take longer to search properly. Further out, Dore, Totley and Bradway have more post-war semis and bungalows.
The city also has a lot of council-built housing, from Parson Cross and the Manor to the Gleadless Valley with its tower blocks. For flats, we need to know the floor, whether the lift works and where we can park.
The clean air zone and permit parking
Sheffield has a Class C clean air zone covering the inner ring road and the city centre. Private cars aren’t charged, but vans that don’t meet the emissions standards are. If the property is inside the zone or we have to drive through it, we plan for that in the quote. It isn’t something you need to sort out.
Permit parking zones cover a number of areas around the centre and the universities, including Broomhall, Broomhill, Crookesmoor, Netherthorpe, Sharrow Vale and Kelham Island. If the house is in one, a resident’s visitor permit can make the day much easier. We’ll ask about it when we plan the job.
Nothing goes without being checked
We work through the house room by room, and nothing is loaded until it’s been looked at. We set aside documents, photographs, jewellery, cash, medals and keepsakes, along with anything the family has asked us to watch for. If we find something unexpected, like a will, a stash of cash or papers that change the picture, we stop and tell you straight away.
- Inventory and photographs for the estate file, on request
- Reuse first: furniture and household goods to charities and reuse projects near the property
- Recycling of metals, electricals, wood and cardboard; licensed disposal for the rest
- Duty of Care waste transfer note on request
- Independent valuer contacts if anything might be worth having valued
See probate house clearance for the full service. If the house has been empty for a while, our guide to looking after an empty house after a death may help in the meantime.
Instructions from solicitors, deputies and agents
For a Sheffield firm, instructing us is simple. Send the address, the keyholder, your reference and any deadline. We confirm the scope in writing, send photos before, during and after, and invoice the estate or your firm with your reference on the invoice. Our solicitors and executors page explains the paper trail in more detail.
Council and housing association tenancies normally have to be returned empty by a set date. Let us know that date first. If the property is being sold, we can leave carpets, curtains and fittings that are included in the sale and leave every room swept for the agent.
Common questions about Sheffield clearances
Will the clean air zone cost the estate extra?
No separate charge. If our route or the property is inside the zone, we take it into account in the fixed quote.
The house is up a long flight of steps. Is that a problem?
No. Steps, passages and distance to the van are part of the quote. Photos of the approach to the house help us plan it.
Is there a travel charge for Sheffield?
Travel is included in the fixed quote. There’s no separate line for it on the invoice.
Do you cover Rotherham, Barnsley and Chesterfield?
Yes, for probate and estate clearances, as we do anywhere in England and Wales.
Probate clearances nationwide
From Weston-super-Mare to Sheffield, 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