House Clearance in Braintree
Whole properties in Braintree and the villages around it, emptied and taken away. Probates, moves and tenancies ending.
Photograph: kitmasterbloke, The Swan Bank St Braintree.jpg, CC BY 2.0. Cropped.
What a house clearance in Braintree actually runs into
Braintree is a market town with terraced streets close in and estates around them. Bradford Street alone carries about sixty-five timber-framed houses running from the thirteenth century to the twentieth, a lot of them refronted in Georgian brick, and it has been a conservation area since 1969. Narrow doors, low ceilings and steep turning stairs come with that.
It decides how the job is done rather than whether it gets done. A wardrobe comes apart or it does not come out, and everything is carried to the road because there is no way round the back. On the estates it is the opposite and easier: a drive to back onto, and the clearance takes in the garage and the loft as well as the house.
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.
Try the price calculator What the price covers
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 Braintree
There is one price list and Braintree 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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Get a price for Braintree
Three short fields and we come back with a written price.
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 Braintree takes in
What John gets called out for here, in order of how often.
- Bereavement clearance. A probate is not a race. Room by room, anything being kept put to one side first, and we come back if the family needs longer.
- End of tenancy clearance. Between lets, taken back to bare floors so the place can be photographed and re-let. A lot of the older stock here gets done up to rent.
- Hoarder clearance. Sorted rather than shovelled. Paperwork, photographs and anything worth keeping come out first and go to you, not into the load.
- Shed clearance. Emptied and swept out. On the estate plots this is usually the same visit as the house rather than a second one.
- Attic clearance. Cleared and carried down. In the old houses the hatch and the stairs decide how long it takes, which is why we look before we price it.
- Storage unit clearance. A unit emptied and handed back, so the rent on it stops.
Why the council collection does not cover a house clearance
Braintree District Council collects bulky waste and publishes what it costs. From 1 April 2026 that is £20 for one item, £30 for two or three, £55 for four to six and £80 for seven to nine. You pay when you book, and everything has to be out at the boundary of your property by 7:00am.
For a sofa and a fridge that is a fair price and worth using. A house clearance is not seven to nine items, and the part that stops most people is not the money anyway: you still have to get it all from the back bedroom to the kerb yourself. Nine items is where that service stops. It is where this one starts.
The other route is the tip. Braintree Recycling Centre is on Springwood Drive, CM7 2YN, run by Essex County Council, and it takes household waste only. You need to book a slot unless you are a Blue Badge holder, on foot or on a bike.
Jobs like this one
Three of the twelve, and they are what a Braintree clearance turns into: a room emptied, a load taken off the pavement out the front because there was no rear access, and a garage that came with it.
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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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Garage clearance
Garage packed to the door
- Found
- Tools, timber, boxes and a mower filling the garage front to back.
- Left
- Swept concrete floor and bare block walls.
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Questions we get asked about this
Can you still do it if there is no access round the back?
That is most of the older streets here, so yes. It is carried out to the vehicle by hand. It is normal rather than extra, and it is in the price you are quoted.
What happens to things the family wants to keep?
They come out first and go to one side before anything is loaded. If you have not decided yet, we leave them and come back.
Is a whole house quoted the same way as a collection?
No. The collection prices are for particular items. A whole property is quoted on the load size instead, and you get that figure in writing before anything is booked.