Clearing family homes in Artane
Artane grew up fast in the two decades after the war. Dublin Corporation and private builders between them laid out the roads around Kilmore, Ardlea and Brookwood with two-storey semi-detached and terraced houses, each with a strip of garden front and back. The Malahide Road runs through the middle of it, Artane Castle Shopping Centre sits at the Kilmore Road end, and Beaumont, Coolock, Killester and Donnycarney wrap around the edges.
The people who moved in were young families, and a great many stayed. That is why so much of our work in Dublin 5 is a full house being cleared for the first time in fifty or sixty years, with the hot press still full, the good room untouched and the attic floored and stacked to the rafters.
We handle those jobs at the family’s pace. Two of us arrive in a box van, you show us what stays, and we take care of the rest.
What comes out of an Artane house
- The whole house when it is being sold or let after a parent has moved to a nursing home or passed away. See how we approach a bereavement clearance.
- Attics, which in Artane are usually floored, often with a proper ladder, and always full. Our attic clearance page explains how we get it all down.
- Side garages and back-garden sheds, with the lawnmower, the second fridge and the timber kept for a job that never happened.
- Three-piece suites, divan beds, wardrobes and sideboards from the era the houses were furnished, which charity shops will often not take without fire labels.
- Carpets, curtains and loose kitchen units when a buyer is planning to gut the place.
Items in good condition are set aside for reuse or donation where possible, recyclables are separated, and the rest goes to a licensed waste transfer station.
Getting the van to the door
Artane is easy to work in compared with the inner suburbs. Most houses have a front garden that was turned into a driveway at some point, so the van can usually reverse right up to the door. Where there is no driveway, the roads are wide enough to park outside with the hazards on, and neighbours are generally used to removal vans by now.
The one thing to watch is the Malahide Road itself and the stretch around the Artane roundabout, which are busy at school times. We plan around that. Once we have been shown round, you do not need to stand over us for the rest of the day.
If the house has been empty a while, let us know whether the electricity is still connected so we can plan the timing.
Probate, estate agents and timing
A lot of Artane clearances are tied to a sale. Estate agents want the house empty before photographs, buyers want the attic and shed emptied before they sign, and families often live elsewhere and need everything done in one go. We work with all of that. If you cannot be there on the day, tell us when you book and we will agree how we get in.
If the house belonged to someone who has died, the question of what you can clear before probate is granted comes up constantly. This plain-English explainer on clearing a house before probate is worth reading before you book anyone.
Why Artane households call us
Most people who ring us about an Artane house have already priced a skip and spotted the problem. A skip on the driveway still means carrying everything out yourself, and a 1960s semi full of furniture is more than one skip anyway. A two-person crew and a van takes less effort and usually less money, and nothing sits on the road for a week. Our comparison of house clearance and skip hire goes through it honestly.
We are an authorised waste collector with a current Waste Collection Permit, fully insured, and we work six days a week. We also cover the neighbouring areas, so if you are dealing with one house in Artane and another in Raheny, Clontarf or Marino, we can do both on the same run. Our North Dublin page covers the rest of the north side.
