Hampshire runs from the New Forest across to Portsmouth and up to Basingstoke, and the work changes completely along the way. 51 clearances have landed in Hampshire postcodes. The busiest have been RG22 in Basingstoke, SO51 at Romsey, SO42 out in the Forest, PO2 in Portsmouth and SP10 at Andover.
Three counties in one
The New Forest end — Lymington, Ringwood, New Milton, Brockenhurst — is retirement country and always has been. Bungalows, long occupancy, and garages and lofts holding forty years apiece. These are rarely quick jobs and we would rather say so than find out on the day.
Portsmouth, Southsea and Havant are dense, terraced and short of parking. A Victorian terrace in Southsea with a controlled parking zone and no front garden needs planning before the van sets off, not after.
Basingstoke, Andover, Farnborough and Fleet are newer, easier to work in, and run more to house-sale deadlines than to estates.
Where it goes
Loads from the western side of the county go through the permitted sites over the Dorset line — W&S Recycling on Kennington Road, BH17 0GF; The Waste Group at Hines Pitt, Puddletown Road, BH20 6AE; Viridor at Trigon, BH20 7PA. Nothing goes to a household recycling centre: those are for residents' own waste, not for a firm carrying a house.
Our waste carrier registration is CBDU419679. Transfer notes come back from every load and executors can have copies for the estate file.
What we cover
The Hampshire pages below run across SO, PO, RG, GU, SP and the BH districts on this side of the boundary. Hayling Island is reached over the bridge and is covered on the same terms as the mainland.