End of tenancy
clearance in Bristol
When a tenancy ends and the property does not, a flat full of someone else’s furniture costs you every week it stands. Tell us what has been left, where it is and when you need the place back.
For landlords, letting agents and outgoing tenants. Saturday is a working day here.
A normal week in Bristol lettings
Turnarounds rarely respect office hours, which is why we work Monday to Saturday, nine to five. Tell us the handover date at the first enquiry rather than the day before.
Friday
Check-out. The tenant has gone; what they left has not. Send us photos of it.
Saturday
Inventory. We work Saturdays too, so the clearance does not have to wait for next week.
Monday
The new tenant. By now the property needs to be empty, swept and signed off.
What actually gets left behind
Furniture the tenant could not move, in the room hardest to get it out of. Mattresses. A broken wardrobe already half dismantled. Bags of clothes nobody came back for. And then the places people forget to mention, which are the ones that change the van:
The loft
In a Victorian terrace, often the biggest single part of the job
Under the stairs
The cupboard nobody opens at check-out
The communal hall
The bike, the boxes, the bags left by the door
The garden
Furniture rotting at the back, and a garden of bottles
The freezer
Food still in it, and the appliance itself
Communal stores
In HMOs and student lets: the bike store and the shared cupboard
Tell us about those at the enquiry and the price you are quoted is the price that survives the day.
Before you clear an abandoned tenant’s belongings
This is the one part of an end of tenancy clearance worth slowing down for. Possessions left in a property are not automatically yours to dispose of, however obvious it looks that nobody is coming back.
The tenancy has properly ended
Confirmed with your agent or solicitor.
Notice about the goods is given
Typically written notice before anything is disposed of.
Your records show what was there
Photographs and an inventory, kept.
The duties come from the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, and your agent or solicitor will know how it applies to your tenancy. We clear once you tell us it is settled. We would rather wait a week than take away something somebody is entitled to come back for.
Working with letting agents
The practical things matter more than the paperwork. Tell us how your process works and we will fit it rather than invent our own.
Keys. Who holds them, and whether there is a lockbox.
The street. What time the van can be on it, and where it can stand.
Sign-off. Who confirms completion, and how: photographs, a call or a walk-round.
A written record. Useful when a deposit is in dispute. Ask for it when you book, so it is part of the job rather than reconstructed afterwards.
June and early July are the busiest weeks in Bristol’s student areas. Several properties finishing in the same week? Tell us all of them at once.
From enquiry to handover
Send photographs or a description
Room by room, plus the outside spaces. Student lets and HMOs hide more than they show.
Confirm you are entitled to clear it
If the tenant has gone but their belongings have not, this step comes before the van.
Agree the scope and the finish
What goes, what stays, and the state you need. Clearance and cleaning are separate jobs.
Clear and confirm
We clear on the agreed day and confirm completion the way you asked.
What an end of tenancy clearance costs
One price, agreed before we load, not an estimate that grows once someone sees the garage.
Minimum load
A few bags and a mattress left in the hallway
£50
Quarter van load
One room of abandoned belongings
£120
Half van load
A studio or one-bed flat with furniture left behind
£200
Three-quarter van load
A furnished two-bed, or a student let at end of year
£320
Full van load
A family let cleared throughout, garden included
£400
More than one van load
HMOs and multi-property turnarounds, quoted after a look
Firm quote
Guide prices carry a 15% range either way until we have seen the contents.
Questions landlords ask first
The tenant has gone and left everything. Can I just clear it?
Not automatically. Belongings left behind usually still belong to the tenant, and a landlord left holding them has duties under the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977, typically written notice before anything is sold or disposed of. Confirm with your solicitor or agent that the tenancy has properly ended and that notice has been given. We will clear the property once you tell us that is settled; we cannot make that call for you.
Do you work with letting agents?
Yes, and the practical things matter more than the paperwork: who holds the keys, whether there is a lockbox, what time the van can be on that street, and who signs off completion. Tell us how your process works and we will fit it rather than invent our own.
What about the end-of-year student rush?
June and early July are the busiest weeks of the year in Bristol’s student areas, and everybody wants the same three days. Book early if you can. If you have several properties finishing in the same week, tell us all of them at once. It is easier to plan as one job than as five emergencies.
Is a cleaning service included?
No. We remove what is agreed and leave the place swept and tidy; a deposit-standard or professional end of tenancy clean is a separate job with a separate cost. Tell us what your agent or inventory clerk expects and we will be plain about which half of it we are doing.
Do you take fridges, freezers and washing machines?
Yes, mention them separately when you enquire. Appliances cannot go into general waste (they fall under the electrical waste rules) and a full-size American fridge-freezer takes up considerably more of a van than a bag of bedding. Neither is a problem; both change the load.
Every empty week is rent
Send the photos and the handover date. We will reply with one price.
