Getting empty properties ready to let again
Every week a property sits empty costs money. The Clearance Team clears void and end-of-tenancy properties across Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset and Somerset, so your trades, cleaners and inventory clerk can get in.
We work for private landlords, letting and managing agents, housing associations and councils. Whether a tenant has left a few bags and a sofa or a whole house of belongings, we clear it, sweep it and send you photos to show the job’s done.
We can pick up keys from your office, work without anyone on site, and return keys the same day. A Duty of Care waste transfer note is available on request, and agencies can be invoiced directly.
What’s included
- Furniture, beds, mattresses and white goods
- Bags, boxes, clothes and household contents
- Rubbish in gardens, sheds, garages and bin stores
- Lofts and cupboards checked and cleared
- Old carpets and underlay lifted on request
- Key collection and return from your office or key safe
- Before and after photos as standard on agency and housing jobs
- Sweep-through when the property is empty
- Cleaning and carpet cleaning arranged if you need them
- An invoice that quotes your reference, and a waste transfer note on request
How a void clearance works
- Send the details. Address, access arrangements, your target date and photos if you have them, perhaps from a check-out or inspection. A property reference or purchase order number helps us invoice correctly.
- Quote. We quote from photos or a quick visit. It’s a fixed written price once we’ve seen the job, based on volume, access and what’s in it.
- Keys. Collected from your office, a key safe, or posted to us. We can work around your other contractors.
- Clearance. We clear room by room, set aside anything that looks personal or important, and keep you updated.
- Photos, keys back and paperwork. You get after photos, the keys returned how you want them and an invoice, with a waste transfer note on request.
Locally, urgent jobs are prioritised and same-day or next-day is often possible. If you have regular voids, tell us how you like jobs sent through and we’ll fit in with it.
An empty property is also the easiest time to sort the jobs that are awkward with tenants in. If the last tenant reported slow sinks or a smell from the drains, The Drain Inspector can put a CCTV camera through them while the place is empty, so you know what you’re dealing with before the next tenancy starts.
Belongings left by a former tenant
When a tenant leaves things behind, it’s tempting to clear the lot straight away. Be careful. Those belongings may still legally belong to the former tenant, and there’s a proper process landlords are expected to follow before disposing of them, which normally involves giving notice and allowing reasonable time for collection. The right steps depend on how the tenancy ended.
We don’t advise on the law. Before you instruct a clearance of a former tenant’s belongings, check with your solicitor, your letting agent or your landlord association that you’ve followed the right process and kept a record of it. Once you’re ready, we can help with the practical side:
- Photograph the property and contents before anything is moved
- Box and set aside documents, photos, ID, bank cards, keys and anything that looks valuable or personal
- Store set-aside items in one place at the property, or hand them to you, for you to deal with
- Clear the rest once you confirm it can go
If a property is empty because a tenant has died, the belongings are part of their estate, and the executor or administrator decides what happens to them. Our probate clearance service is set up for exactly that.
Records you can rely on
On agency and housing jobs, records matter as much as the clearance. We can provide:
- Before and after photos, room by room, including lofts, gardens and outbuildings
- A Duty of Care waste transfer note on request, showing the waste went to a registered carrier. We’re Environment Agency registered and fully insured
- A clear invoice to the landlord, agency or housing provider, with your property and job references
- A list of items set aside on request, with photos
Those records help with deposit disputes, landlord reports and your own audit trail. You can see why the paperwork matters in our guide on how to check a waste carrier.
Where it all goes
Usable furniture and household items go to local charities and reuse projects. Metals, cardboard, wood, green waste and electricals are separated for recycling, and the rest goes to licensed facilities.
Related services: flat and apartment clearance, hoarder clearance for properties that need a more careful approach, and house clearances.
We clear void properties in Weston-super-Mare, Worle and Locking, and across North Somerset and Somerset, including Burnham-on-Sea, Bridgwater, Clevedon and South Bristol.
Void clearance questions
Can you clear a property without anyone there?
Yes. Most of our void work is key-held. We collect the keys, clear the property, send photos and return the keys how you want them.
Can you invoice the letting agent rather than the landlord?
Yes. We can invoice the agency, landlord or housing provider directly and include your property reference or purchase order number.
How fast can you turn a void round?
Locally, same-day or next-day is often possible, and urgent jobs are prioritised. Larger or fuller properties may take longer, and we’ll give you a date when we quote.
The tenant left belongings. Can we just clear them?
Not straight away. There’s a proper process for a former tenant’s belongings, usually involving notice and time to collect. We don’t advise on the law, so check with your solicitor or landlord association first. We can photograph and set aside personal items when you’re ready to clear.
Can you arrange a clean as well?
Yes. We sweep through as standard, and cleaning and carpet cleaning after the clearance can be arranged so the property is ready for the next inspection.
Do you work for housing associations and councils?
Yes. We’re an Environment Agency registered waste carrier and fully insured, and we provide photo records, with a waste transfer note on request. Contact us to discuss how you’d like jobs sent through.
Where we work
Local clearances
Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, Somerset & South Bristol
Weston-super-Mare is home. We clear houses, flats, garages, gardens and business premises across North Somerset most days, and regularly in Somerset and South Bristol.
Nationwide
Probate & estate clearances anywhere in England and Wales
For solicitors, executors, deputies and families, we travel. We quote from photos or a video walk-through, collect keys from you or the firm, keep you updated with photos, and invoice the estate with your reference.