House Clearance in Bishop's Stortford
Whole properties in Bishop's Stortford and the villages around it, emptied and taken away. Probates, moves and tenancies ending.
Photograph: Stephen McKay, High Street, Bishop's Stortford - geograph.org.uk - 7670142.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped.
Two halves of one town, and they clear very differently
Bishop's Stortford runs a listed and tightly built town centre against newer estates on the edges, and a clearance is a different job depending which one you are in. In the centre the access is the whole task: narrow lanes, restricted loading, and a carry out to wherever the vehicle can legally stand rather than to the door.
On the estates it is the straightforward version. There is a drive to back onto, and the clearance usually takes in the garage and the loft along with the house. Same load size, same price list, very different day.
Load sizes and prices
Our own price list| Load size | Waste | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Full load | Mixed waste | £400 |
| Three-quarter load | Mixed waste | £300 |
| Half load | Mixed waste | £220 |
| Quarter load | Mixed waste | £120 |
| Clean wood load | Single material | £300 |
| Hardcore load | Single material | £280 |
These are the load prices off our own price list. You are told the load size and the price before anything is booked, so there is nothing to work out at the end of the job.
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Tick off what you have got and it works out the load size and the price. It is an indication and we confirm it before anything is booked.
The same prices in Bishop's Stortford
There is one price list and Bishop's Stortford is on it. Send a photograph of what needs shifting on WhatsApp and you get the load size and the figure back, rather than being asked to guess it yourself.
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Or price it yourself, right now
Tick off what needs taking and the tool works your price out two ways, off our collection list and off our load sizes, and shows you the cheaper one. Then pick a day. It takes about a minute and you do not have to wait for anybody.
Try the price calculatorOr send a photo, which is quicker
- A photo tells us the load size straight away, so you get a real price instead of a range.
- You are not asked to guess whether it is a half load or a full one. That is our job.
- The price you are given is the price you pay, and it covers the labour and the disposal.
- It goes straight to us, not to a call centre, and we are the ones who come back to you.
What house clearance in Bishop's Stortford takes in
What a whole-property job here usually takes in.
- Bereavement clearance. A probate at the family's pace, room by room, anything being kept set aside before a thing is loaded.
- End of tenancy clearance. Between tenancies, back to bare floors ready to photograph and re-let.
- Hoarder clearance. Sorted rather than shovelled. Paperwork, photographs and anything of value come out first and go to you.
- Shed clearance. Emptied and swept out, and on the estates that is the same visit as the house rather than a second booking.
- Attic clearance. Cleared and carried down. In the older town-centre property the stair turn decides the day.
- Storage unit clearance. A storage unit emptied and handed back so the rent on it stops.
Two bookings for one van load, and a tip shut two days a week
East Herts Council collects bulky items and the pricing has a catch worth knowing. From 1 April 2026 it is £61.20 for up to three soft-furnished items and £61.20 for up to three non-soft ones, then £17.00 per extra item of the same type, capped at six items. Soft and non-soft have to be booked and paid for separately, because the two have to be kept apart on the way out.
In practice that means a sofa and a fridge is not one collection at £61.20. It is two collections at £61.20 each. The crews also cannot come inside, so everything has to be out and accessible before they arrive.
The tip has its own catch. Bishop's Stortford Recycling Centre is on Woodside Industrial Estate off Dunmow Road, CM23 5RG, and it is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Five days a week, 8.30am to 4pm. Worth checking before you load a car, because plenty of people have not.
Jobs like this one
Three of the twelve that match this town: a front room emptied, a load taken out to the pavement where there was no other route, and a garden cleared alongside the house.
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House clearance
Front room emptied
- Found
- A leather chesterfield and side furniture still in place on the rug.
- Left
- Room emptied, rug and curtain the only things left.
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House clearance
House clearance loaded off the pavement
- Found
- A mattress, a television, pots, bags and a vacuum out on the pavement ready to go.
- Left
- Frontage and pavement completely clear.
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Garden clearance
Scrap timber across the lawn
- Found
- A long pile of scrap timber stacked over the lawn and the slate path.
- Left
- Timber gone, path and lawn clear again.
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Questions we get asked about this
Can you get a vehicle into the town centre streets?
Sometimes only a small one, and often not to the door. It becomes a carry to the nearest legal spot, and that is priced in rather than added later.
Do we need to have everything outside before you come?
No. That is the council collection's rule, not ours. We come in and carry it out, which is the part you are paying for.
Is a house clearance quoted per item like the council collection?
No. Per item gets expensive fast and caps out at six. A property is quoted on the load size, in writing, before it is booked.