Commercial clearance

Commercial clearance in London & the South East

A commercial clearance is judged by three people at once: the landlord reading the dilapidations schedule, building control watching the method statement, and whoever is still trading next door. The lifting is the easy part.

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Commercial clearance across London and the South East

Commercial work is scheduled around trading. Most of these clearances happen overnight or at a weekend, with a waste transfer note for the landlord and the accounts file.

Every firm is checked against the Environment Agency register, insured to at least £2m, and asked for references we actually call. Your job goes to a maximum of three of them.

What a commercial clearance includes

  • All labour and the vehicle
  • Licensed disposal, with a waste transfer note for your records
  • Dismantling furniture where it will not fit through the door
  • Sweeping through afterwards, left broom-clean
  • Resale value on good furniture offset against your price
  • Donation to charity of anything usable, receipts on request

Commercial clearance prices

PropertyTypical rangeTime on site
1-bed flat£505 – £700Half a day
2-bed house or flat£785 – £1,080Half to a full day
3-bed house£1,135 – £1,565About a day
4-bed house£1,510 – £2,085One to two days
5-bed or larger£1,960 – £2,700Two to three days

London ranges. Prices outside London typically run 8–14% lower. Your actual price comes from the firms’ written quotes.

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How a commercial clearance runs

Sized on a site visit, worked around trading hours, documented throughout.

  1. 1
    Site visit and lease check

    What the lease requires back: often reinstatement to the original layout, not just an empty unit. Racking, partitions, signage and fixtures all sit on one side of that line or the other, and the visit establishes which.

  2. 2
    Method statement and access plan

    Managed sites want RAMS, insurance certificates and booked access before a crew is allowed through the gate. Firms that do commercial work carry these as standard.

  3. 3
    Clear by category

    Furniture and racking to resale where it has value, metals to scrap, electricals through the WEEE route, data-bearing kit destroyed with certificates, general waste last and licensed.

  4. 4
    Hand back with the paperwork

    Waste transfer notes, WEEE documentation, destruction certificates and photographs, in one pack, because the landlord's agent will ask for exactly that.

What a commercial firm must bring

If these are missing, it is a house-clearance firm in a bigger van.

Insurance at commercial levels

Managed buildings and landlords set minimum cover, and will ask for the certificate before access. Check what the site requires and match it before booking anyone.

RAMS on request

Risk assessments and method statements, produced without drama. A firm that has never written one will cost you your access slot.

Out-of-hours working as standard

Evenings, weekends, floor by floor around whoever is still trading, priced sensibly rather than doubled.

WEEE and data destruction with certificates

Business electricals have their own disposal regime, and anything that held data needs certified destruction. The paperwork is the product.

Resale at scale

Desks, chairs, racking, catering kit: the second-hand market is real, and on a big unit the offset is significant. It belongs in the quote.

Dilapidations awareness

Clearing to the lease, not past it. Stripping fixtures the landlord expected to remain is an expensive way to finish a tenancy.

Worth knowing

The lease decides the job, so read it first

Two identical units can need completely different clearances because the leases say different things. One tenant hands back a bare shell; the next door tenant must leave the partitions, the kitchen and the carpet exactly as fitted. Getting this wrong in either direction costs money: strip too little and the schedule of dilapidations charges you the landlord's contractor rates; strip too much and you have removed the landlord's property.

The fix is boring and effective: the firm walks the unit with the lease's reinstatement clause, or with your agent, before quoting. Ten minutes of reading saves the kind of dispute that outlives the tenancy.

Three steps, no chasing

  1. 1 Tell us about the property

    Postcode, rough size, how full it is and anything awkward about the access. Ninety seconds, and photos help but are not required.

  2. 2 Up to three firms quote

    Only firms that cover London & the South East and hold a current licence see it. Fixed prices in writing, usually inside a day.

  3. 3 Pick one and book

    Message them through us, agree a date, and pay the firm directly at the price they quoted. ClearSorted costs you nothing.

Commercial clearance near you

Every area page carries local prices, council bulky-waste costs and the nearest recycling centres.

London

Barking and DagenhamBarnetBexleyBrentBromleyCamdenCroydonEalingEnfieldGreenwichHackneyHammersmith and FulhamHaringeyHarrowHaveringHillingdonHounslowIslingtonKensington and ChelseaKingston upon ThamesLambethLewishamMertonNewhamRedbridgeRichmond upon ThamesSouthwarkSuttonTower HamletsWaltham ForestWandsworthWestminsterWallingtonMitchamIlfordKingstonBexleyheathWest WickhamChingfordRainhamRomfordBalham

Berkshire & Buckinghamshire

AylesburyHigh WycombeReadingSloughMarlow

Essex

ColchesterWestcliff-on-SeaChelmsfordBillericayRochfordBasildonBraintreeEpping

Kent

MaidstoneGillinghamSevenoaksOrpingtonSwanleyGravesendSittingbourneTonbridgeTunbridge Wells

Hertfordshire

WatfordPotters BarHatfieldSt AlbansStevenageHitchinWelwyn Garden CityBishop's Stortford

Surrey

WokingCoulsdonChessingtonCamberley

Sussex & Bedfordshire

BedfordLeighton BuzzardCrawleyEast GrinsteadHorshamHertfordCheshunt

Common questions

Can it happen outside trading hours?
Yes, and for occupied sites it usually should: evenings, weekends, or floor by floor. Building management will want the access booked and the paperwork in first, which the firm should handle.
What happens to the racking, fixtures and equipment?
Whatever the lease does not claim gets valued: racking and furniture have a resale market, metals go to scrap, and working equipment often sells. On a large unit that offset meaningfully cuts the bill.
Who deals with the landlord's requirements?
You hold the lease relationship, but a good firm works to it: matching the reinstatement clause, providing insurance and RAMS, and handing over the waste and destruction paperwork the agent will request.
How much does commercial clearance cost in London?
Most commercial clearance jobs in London fall between £785 and £2,085, depending on volume, access and what is left in the property. You will get fixed quotes from up to three vetted firms, free.
How quickly can it be done?
Quotes usually arrive within 24 hours and most jobs are booked inside a week. If you have a completion date or a relet, say so and we will match firms with capacity.
Is ClearSorted free to use?
Yes. Firms pay us a small fee when they win work. You pay the firm you choose, at the price they quoted, and nothing to us.
Do you cover the whole of London?
Yes, we work with independent clearance firms across London and the surrounding London area. Enter your postcode and we will match the closest ones.

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