One Aberdeen job stuck with the team. A house clearance out at Mastrick, in AB16, in what Grampian used to cover, done for a man who lived on the other side of the city up in AB23 and had the keys but not the time. It was a proper houseful: furniture, four mattresses, a full-size fridge freezer and two smaller ones, and all the weight that comes out of cupboards once you start opening them. The first van was loaded and away by the middle of the day. A second came back the same afternoon for the rest, so the house was empty that evening instead of sitting half-done overnight. The three fridge freezers were the fiddly part. Sealed units have to go to a plant set up to strip the gas out of them, so they came out last and travelled standing up. When it was over he wrote back: "Many thanks. I’ve arranged a bank transfer in settlement."
That's a fair bit of what house clearance in Aberdeen is: practical people.
An Aberdeen house clearance done over two days
Not every one fits in an afternoon. Another, up in AB24 near Old Aberdeen, ran to three full loads. Three more on top of them, a couple of mattresses in among it, and a clean through the emptied rooms at the end so the place could be handed on. That is a big clearance by any measure. It went the way the big ones do up here. The bulk out first, the awkward things last, and a decision along the way about what the family would sooner finish themselves. We're happy either way. Six van loads out of one property is a lot of running. In a part of town where you can't always sit outside the door, so the team worked in relays: load, run, come back, start on the next room while the van's away. By the end of the second day the rooms were bare, the carpets were up and the cleaners had been through behind us.
End of tenancy clearance in Aberdeen
Landlords and agents across AB10, AB24 and AB25 book end of tenancy clearance most weeks, and the oil industry's comings and goings keep that steady. A tenant gone, furniture left, a re-let date already agreed: cleared, swept, photographed for the file, keys back the same afternoon.
Granite, stairs and the tenement flats of Aberdeen
Aberdeen has its own character to work in. A lot of the city is granite tenement flats up a shared stair — handsome, solid, and a fair carry from the top floor with no lift. It's the first thing worth telling us: a second-floor tenement and a ground-floor flat are two different days' work.
The stairs themselves are usually stone and wide enough. The turn at each half-landing is the problem. A three-seater sofa or a double wardrobe stops being simple, and more than one wardrobe has come apart on a landing rather than gone down whole. Doors come off their hinges and go back on. Out in the suburbs and the shire it is the opposite. Drives, space and an easier load. The semis and bungalows around AB21 and AB22 usually mean the van sits on the drive and the tailgate is ten steps from the front door. Either way, let us know how the access works and where the van can sit when you book, and we'll bring the right team for it.
Flat clearance, garage and loft clearance in Aberdeen
Most of the tenement work is flat clearance rather than a whole house. a one-bed or two-bed up a stair in AB10, AB11 or AB25, often at the end of a tenancy, often after a sale has gone through. A flat clearance is usually a single day, sometimes half of one. But the carry decides it, not the number of rooms, so tell us the floor and whether there's a lift. Garage and loft clearance is the other half of the story out in AB21, AB22 and AB12, where the house looks manageable until somebody opens the up-and-over door. Lofts in the older granite houses are boarded and low. The hatch and a ladder, and the loft is nearly always the last thing anyone thinks about and the first thing that slows the day down. Mention the garage, the loft, the shed and the space under the stairs when you ring, and the estimate will actually resemble the day.
What comes out of an Aberdeen clearance, and where it goes
Furniture and white goods. Carpets and underlay, beds and mattresses, the contents of lofts and box rooms — and the fridge freezers that need emptying and defrosting before they go anywhere near the van. Sometimes the whole property; sometimes a part-load. A wardrobe or a sofa somebody could still use is worth more standing in a charity shop than crushed in the back of a lorry, so that's where we try to put it first; what's genuinely finished goes through a licensed transfer station on the AB12 side of the city. We're registered waste carriers, licence CBDU419679, and every load's documented.
A few things travel on their own terms. Upholstered seating is the other case. Sofas, armchairs, dining chairs with padded seats, even a single loose cushion off a settee — has been treated as POPs waste since 2023, which means it can't be mixed in with the general load and has to be kept separate for incineration. Mattresses go to a shredding line rather than to landfill. Fridges and freezers are handled for their gas, as above. None of that is optional, and none of it is us being awkward. It is what the rules are now, and it's worth knowing before the day so nothing comes as a surprise when the team starts sorting the pile in the hall.
Paint tins, gas bottles and anything hazardous we can't take, worth flagging before the day.
Hoarder house clearance in Aberdeen
Not every job is a tidy flat with the furniture where you'd expect it. We take on hoarder house clearance in Aberdeen and heavily cluttered places too, without any fuss. We ask a couple of plain questions first: anything hazardous, any pest problem. so we bring the right kit and allow the right time, then work through room by room, bagging textiles separately and keeping an eye out for the cash, documents and jewellery that get lost in that kind of house. A hoarder clearance is slower than the square footage suggests, and we'd rather book two days and finish early than run out of daylight. If you've been putting the call off because you're embarrassed about the state of a place, don't. We've seen worse and never made anyone feel bad about it.
Probate and estate clearances in Aberdeen
A good share of our AB work is probate. Probate house clearance in Aberdeen usually means an executor who isn't standing in the room — a relative in the central belt, someone down south, now and then someone abroad who has had the whole business handed to them by post. We go slowly through drawers and the backs of wardrobes before loading, set aside anything personal for the family, and wait if you want to check a room first. Photographs, letters, service medals, a bundle of papers pushed behind a bureau: on a probate clearance that's the part that matters, and it's the part a rushed job loses. We can take the key from a solicitor, an agent or a neighbour, email photographs of every room before and after, and post on anything of sentimental value that turns up.
On probate work we invoice the solicitor, the executor or the estate directly rather than you personally, and payment can come out of the estate — you don't have to fund it yourself and then claim it back. There's no deposit: the work is done first and the invoice follows. Just tell us who's dealing with the paperwork when you book. And if a copy of the waste transfer note is wanted for the estate's records, ask and we'll send one.
Who comes to an Aberdeen job, and from where
We'll be straight about this, because it matters: our Aberdeen house clearance work is covered by our North East team, who run up the coast into Scotland regularly. We're not pretending there's a depot round the corner. So we plan an Aberdeen trip properly and give you a firm date rather than a vague "sometime this week" — and the team that quotes you is the team that turns up, not a call-centre that's passed the job to a subcontractor you've never spoken to.
Tenement stairs, factors and access in Aberdeen
A lot of Aberdeen's granite flats are factored — that shared arrangement for the common stair and the roof — and now and then it matters for getting into a back court or a shared bin store. It's rarely a problem, but if there's a locked close or a shared entry the team has to get through, mention it when you book so nobody's stood on the pavement waiting for a fob. On the tenement jobs the carry is the main thing. A top-floor flat with no lift is a proper day's work, and we'd far sooner know about it before the van sets off than find out standing on the pavement with the ramp down.
What stays and what goes on an Aberdeen clearance
Half the job is knowing what's going and what isn't, and that's your call, not ours. On plenty of Aberdeen clearances the family marks out charity items, a fridge to keep, a bureau going to a grandchild — and we simply work around that list. Both the jobs above ran that way: someone else's list, our labour, and whatever was set aside still standing where they left it at the end of the day. Tell us on the day or beforehand, and anything set aside stays put. Over the years we’ve done every size of Aberdeen house clearance, from a single-load flat to a full two-day job with a three-man team, and the approach is the same on all of them: your list, your pace, our labour.
How an Aberdeen house clearance runs
Most jobs start at nine, when the team meets you or picks up a key. The team leader walks round the whole property first — every room, the loft hatch, the garage, the shed and the bit of garden nobody mentions on the phone — so everyone knows what they're dealing with before a single item moves. Then it's the heavy furniture out while the stairs and the hall are still clear, the small stuff bagged as the rooms empty, and the carpets and underlay lifted last once there's nothing standing on them. No need to bag anything up first — we clear cupboards, wardrobes and drawers as we find them, and sweep through at the end.
The kitchen tends to go late, partly because the kettle is in it. If the rooms need more than a sweep before the keys go back, we can put a cleaning crew through as well. The team leader photographs each room before and after, useful when the person organising it is a long way south — or, as often as not up here, just on the other side of the city and at work all week. Keys go back to whoever you nominate: an agent, a solicitor, a neighbour across the landing.
Around Aberdeen — the patch we cover
Aberdeen city runs across AB10 and AB11 through the centre and Ferryhill, AB15 and AB16 out west, AB24 and AB25 to the north around Old Aberdeen and the university, and AB12 down towards Cove Bay and Torry. Beyond the city we're regularly out into the shire — AB21 for Bucksburn and Dyce, AB32 for Westhill, AB39 for Stonehaven, AB41 for Ellon, and up the coast to Peterhead and Fraserburgh. Inland we're often on the road to Inverurie, and there's a separate page for house clearance in Inverurie if that's your end of things. Out on Deeside it's house clearance in Banchory, and further up the A96 house clearance in Huntly — all three are ordinary running for the same team on the same trip. If you're anywhere across the city or Aberdeenshire and not sure whether we reach you, ask — 0800 046 5555.
Aberdeen station links the city down the coast and inland. It is a place that turns over steadily — the industry brings people in and moves them on, and there's always a flat or a house needing cleared between the two, in the city or out in the shire.
Aberdeen house clearance — common questions
Why should I use you?
Because we've cleared houses across Aberdeen and the shire since 2007, we're licensed and fully insured, and we'll talk it through with you on the phone rather than send someone round to sell to you.
How much does it cost?
Ring us on 0800 046 5555, or send photographs through the form on this page, and we'll come back to you with an estimate for your Aberdeen house clearance. The estimate is free and there's no obligation. Photographs of every room, plus the loft, the garage and the shed, tell us far more than a description does — the more we can see, the closer the estimate.
Can you invoice my solicitor or the executor?
Yes. On probate work we invoice the solicitor, attorney or executor dealing with the estate rather than you personally, and payment can come from the estate itself. There's no deposit — the invoice follows the work — and we'll send written confirmation to whoever is handling it if that's what's wanted. Tell us who's dealing with it when you book and we'll set it up that way from the start.
