Job details
Project overview
With a sale coming up, the owners of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelsea, SW3 needed the contents cleared out. houseclearance.co notified 5 carriers, 3 bid, and the price on the job record is £1,195.
The job went live on 25 July 2026 and was marked complete a week later on 1 August 2026. Before loading got underway, the person authorising the clearance approved a room-by-room keep/remove list, the usual safeguard against anything wanted being taken out with the rest.
Items removed and quantity
The inventory for this job covered:
- Two sofas
- Three bedframes
- Storage units
- Rugs
- Kitchen contents
- Boxed belongings
- A writing desk
Taken together, this amounted to an estimated 4–6 cubic yards of material. Fitted fixtures, hazardous waste, paint and rubble were excluded without a separate assessment, along with wall-fixed units and building rubble – items a project like this typically handles separately rather than through a house clearance.
Access and logistics
Handling this job needs to account for a long route through the front garden to the van, together with a short pedestrian carry. Furniture may require safe disassembly where appropriate to work within these conditions.
How the clearance was completed
Bulky furniture in the inventory may need to be safely disassembled where necessary to work within the access conditions above; items outside the agreed scope – wall-fixed units, hazardous materials and building rubble – are left in place.
Any reusable items are set aside for an appropriate reuse route where feasible, with the remaining waste going through authorised disposal channels.
Final cost and pricing factors
The 3 bids on this job spanned £1,195 to £1,350, with the lower figure winning out. Despite an estimated 4–6 cubic yards of material – a smaller volume than the property type might suggest – carriers still had to price in the possible need to disassemble bulky furniture and the access conditions already covered: a long route through the front garden to the van, then a short pedestrian carry.
houseclearance.co doesn't apply one rate across every house clearance in Chelsea it handles – each carrier prices the job in front of them. £1,195 belongs to this specific property and record, not a going rate for the area. See how prices are calculated for more on that.
Quote activity
This is how the request for Chelsea moved through the houseclearance.co marketplace:
The winning bid of £1,195 was the lowest of the 3 bids this job received in houseclearance.co's reverse-auction marketplace, where licensed carriers compete on price for each job individually.
Result and handover
The three-bedroom semi-detached house in Chelsea was cleared of the inventory listed above. The job achieved its stated goal to clear contents prior to a planned property sale.
About this case study
Is this a real completed job?
Yes. This is a real completed clearance job. The property type, item list and £1,195 price shown on this page are real details from the completed job.
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