House Clearance Specialists · Derby & Derbyshire
End of Tenancy Clearance
Licensed Waste Carrier CBDU538050
Fully insured on every job
20 years serving Derbyshire
If a tenant's moved out and left half a houseful of furniture, bin bags and unopened post behind, you don't want to be the one going room to room working out what's rubbish and what's worth keeping. End of tenancy clearance in Derby is one of the jobs we get called out for most weeks of the year: landlords needing a void turned round before the next tenancy starts, letting agents with a viewing booked in and a flat that isn't presentable yet, or a tenant themselves trying to leave the place clean enough to get their deposit back. We treat it the same way as any other house clearance job on our books: turn up on the day and time we agreed, clear everything that needs to go, sweep the place out afterwards, and only take payment once you're happy with the result.
We've been doing this around Derby for twenty years now, family-run from the start, and these days most of our work comes from landlords and agents who've used us before or been told about us by someone who has, rather than from advertising. That matters when you're handing keys over for a property you might not even be able to get to yourself.
At a Glance
- Licensed Waste Carrier (CBDU538050) and fully insured, so there's a paper trail for your records
- A fixed quote that holds on the day, no surprise extras once the van's loaded
- Keys collected from your agent or solicitor and photos sent once the job's done, if you can't be there yourself
What a Derby End of Tenancy Clear-Out Actually Covers
- Furniture left behind by the outgoing tenant (beds, sofas, wardrobes, dining sets, sofa beds)
- Old or broken white goods (fridges, freezers, washing machines, cookers, microwaves)
- Carpets and underlay lifted and removed, ready for a new floor covering
- Curtains, blinds and net curtains
- General household rubbish, bagged or loose, from any room
- Kitchen or bathroom units pulled out as part of a pre-let refresh
- Garden, yard and outbuilding rubbish, including old shed contents and dumped garden furniture
- Left-behind post and personal paperwork, destroyed securely rather than just binned
- Mattresses and bedding
- Loft, cellar and cupboard leftovers, including anything the previous tenant simply abandoned
Not Included / Costed Separately
- Structural or building work such as re-plastering, patching walls or re-flooring
- A professional deep clean (carpet shampooing, oven degreasing) is a separate trade to clearance; we'll leave the property broom-clean and swept, but budget for a cleaner separately if you need it fully show-ready
- Asbestos, gas bottles or other hazardous waste needing specialist licensed disposal, which we'll flag rather than remove ourselves
- Anything still legally the outgoing tenant's during an active notice period; we won't clear a property until you've confirmed you're entitled to dispose of what's left in it
- Long-term storage of items beyond a short handover window, which can be arranged but costs extra
- Redecoration, repairs or anything that goes beyond removing what's in the property
How a Tenancy Clearance Actually Runs, Start to Finish
- Tell us what's happened: A quick call or message with the size of the property, roughly what's left inside, and how urgent the turnaround is. Most enquiries are landlords who've just had keys handed back or a tenant who's disappeared owing rent, so we're used to working from limited information.
- Get a fixed price: For a straightforward flat we can often quote from photos or a short video sent over WhatsApp or email. For a fuller property, or anything with an unknown quantity of stuff in lofts, garages or outbuildings, we'll come and look in person so the price you're given is the price you pay.
- Confirm you're entitled to clear it: If there's any question over whether the tenancy has properly ended, or a legal notice period still applies to the tenant's belongings, we'll wait for your confirmation before touching anything. It protects you as much as it protects us.
- Clearance day: We arrive at the time agreed. If you can't be on site, we'll collect keys from your agent or solicitor beforehand. Every room, the garden and any outbuildings get cleared, carpets and curtains come out if needed, and we sweep up before we leave.
- Handover: You get photos of the finished, empty property and, if you need it for your records, a waste transfer note showing where everything went. Payment is only taken once you've seen the result and you're happy with it.
What a Derby End of Tenancy Clearance Costs
As a rough guide for 2026, when it's booked directly with a licensed carrier rather than through a subcontracted broker, a single room clearance tends to start from around £150. A studio flat generally runs £200 to £450, a one-bed property £300 to £600, a two-bed £400 to £900, and a three-bed house £600 to £1,400.
Those bands line up with what comparable UK landlord clearance guides are quoting for direct-booked work in 2026, and they're a starting point rather than a promise. What actually moves the number on the day is volume (a “one-bed” with a hoarder's worth of belongings in the loft costs differently to a lightly furnished one), access (a third-floor flat with no lift takes longer than a ground-floor one), and whether there's anything genuinely saleable in there, because resale value gets knocked off your bill where it applies. A phone estimate or a few photos will get you in the right region, but the fixed price we'll actually hold you to needs either a site visit or a proper look at every room by photo or video first.
Direct-Booked Clearance vs a Man-and-Van vs Skip Hire
| What matters when you're between tenants | Booking Us Direct | General Man-and-Van Clearer | Skip Hire on the Drive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waste carrier licence | Registered, licence CBDU538050 checked on request | Often unlicensed, or hard to verify | Not applicable, but you're legally responsible for what goes in it |
| Price agreed before work starts | Fixed quote from a site visit or photos, holds on the day | Verbal estimate that can change once they see the job | Fixed hire cost, but you pay again if it overflows or overstays the hire period |
| Turnaround for a tight void period | Same-week bookings, most flats cleared in a day | Availability varies, no guaranteed slot | Delivery and collection scheduling adds time either side |
| Paperwork for your records | Waste transfer note plus photos of the cleared property | Rarely offered | None; correct segregation is left to you |
| Access when you can't be on site | Keys collected from your agent or solicitor, photos sent on completion | Varies by operator | Doesn't apply; someone still has to load it themselves |
| What happens to anything worth reselling | Resale value offset against your bill where there is any | Usually skipped along with everything else | Goes straight in the skip regardless of condition |
Why Derby Landlords and Agents Call Michael's Team Back
Derby House Clearance Services is still run day to day by Michael, twenty years after he started it, and most of the landlords and agents who book us now are repeat clients or people who've had our number passed on by someone else in their office, rather than anyone who found us through an advert. That only keeps happening if the last few turnarounds went the way we said they would.
We're a Licensed Waste Carrier, reference CBDU538050, and fully insured, so if you need something for a duty-of-care file rather than just a name on a van, there's a genuine registration behind the job. When nobody can meet us at the property, we collect keys from your office or your solicitor and send photos once it's cleared, so you know the job's done without having to drive over and check yourself. Post and paperwork an outgoing tenant has left behind gets destroyed securely rather than tipped in with everything else, which matters more than people expect once there's a stack of unopened mail sitting on the mat.
K. Lance, a recent customer, described a full house clearance where we turned up on time, cleared the property completely and swept it out well enough afterwards that she'd already recommended us to family before we'd finished loading the van. That's the same standard we hold ourselves to on a landlord turnaround, where the difference between a tenancy that re-lets within the week and one that sits empty for a month often comes down to exactly that kind of finish. We don't take payment until you've seen the result and you're satisfied with it, whether that's a straightforward flat clearance or a property that's taken longer than expected because of what was left behind.
Where We Cover End of Tenancy Clearance Around Derby
Derby is where most of this work happens, particularly city-centre flats around DE1, where tight stairwells, shared entrances and no lift are the norm rather than the exception, and terraced streets further out where turnarounds need to be quick because the next tenant's already lined up. Out towards Long Eaton, the red-brick terraces and semis that make up a lot of the private rental stock there are exactly the kind of job we do cheaply and quickly.
Alfreton's rental market is similarly geared towards budget-conscious landlord turnarounds, and we see a fair number of end-of-tenancy jobs there for that reason. Burton on Trent has a lot of dense Victorian terraced housing let out to tenants, and we're regularly asked in after an eviction or an abrupt move-out to get a property back to a lettable state. On the Nottingham side, student accommodation and HMOs come with their own logistics: multiple tenancies ending on different dates, shared kitchens and communal areas that need clearing separately from individual rooms, and landlords who need the whole building turned round inside a tight summer window. Further out, we also cover Derbyshire towns including Chesterfield, Sheffield, Belper, Ripley, Heanor, Ashbourne and Matlock for the same kind of landlord and letting agent work, though the bulk of our tenancy turnarounds are within about twenty miles of Derby itself, which keeps travel time down and your quote realistic.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does an end of tenancy clearance cost in Derby?
It depends mostly on size and volume. As a guide, single rooms start from around £150, studios run £200 to £450, one-bed properties £300 to £600, two-bed £400 to £900 and three-bed houses £600 to £1,400. That's a starting point based on typical 2026 pricing for direct-booked, licensed clearance work; your actual figure depends on access, how much is in there, and whether anything left behind has resale value that can come off the total. A site visit or a set of photos gets you an accurate fixed price rather than a guess.
Do you clear properties left behind by tenants for landlords?
Yes, it's a large part of what we do. Landlords and letting agents call us when a tenant has moved out, whether that's a planned end of tenancy or an abrupt disappearance, and left furniture, rubbish or belongings behind. We clear the property so it's ready to market, photograph or hand over to the next tenant.
How quickly can you clear a property between tenants?
Most flats and houses can be cleared within a day once the job's booked, and we can often turn around a same-week or next-week booking depending on how full our schedule is. The longer a property sits vacant and untidy, the harder it is to market well, so we try to get void periods as short as possible.
Do you remove items abandoned by a former tenant, and is there anything legal I need to sort first?
We do remove abandoned belongings, but we won't start clearing until you've confirmed the tenancy has legally ended and that you're entitled to dispose of what's left. If a formal notice period applies to a tenant's abandoned goods, that's a legal question for your solicitor or letting agent to confirm, not something we advise on ourselves; once you've had that confirmation, we'll get on with the clearance straight away.
Can you clear a rental property before new tenants move in?
Yes, and it's often worth doing before photos are taken or viewings are booked in, rather than after. A property that's cleared and presentable tends to let faster than one that's still half full of the last tenant's things, which matters if you're losing rent for every week it sits empty.
Do letting agents book you directly, or does it have to go through the landlord?
Agents book us directly fairly often, especially once they've used us on one property and know what to expect. A good few of our repeat bookings come that way, through word of mouth between agents rather than any formal arrangement, which suits how we've always worked: on reputation rather than a sales pitch.
What happens to items left behind that still have some value?
Anything genuinely worth reselling gets separated out and its value offset against your bill rather than thrown in with the rubbish, and furniture or appliances in decent condition go to local charities or resale rather than straight to disposal. It won't turn a big job into a free one, but it does bring the final price down.
Do you provide proof of disposal for landlord records, and does that cover my duty of care under waste law?
As a Licensed Waste Carrier (reference CBDU538050), we can provide a waste transfer note for the clearance, which is what most landlords and agents need to show they've met their duty of care under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 for waste leaving their property. We also send photos of the cleared property once the job's done, which is useful alongside the paperwork for your own records or for a deposit dispute.
Can you clear a property with rubbish left in the garden or an outbuilding as well?
Yes, gardens, yards and outbuildings are included in a standard tenancy clearance, not just the inside of the property. Old shed contents, dumped garden furniture and general fly-tipped rubbish outside all get cleared and taken away along with everything inside.
Get the Property Ready for Its Next Tenant
A void costs you money every day it sits there half-full of someone else's belongings. Send a few photos of what's left or book a quick site visit and you'll have a fixed price you can rely on, then it's a case of picking a day and getting the place back on the market.
Phone: 01332-529220