Clearing homes in Athlone
Athlone has been a crossing point on the Shannon since the Normans built the castle on the west bank, and the town still turns on its bridge. Church Street, the Towncentre shopping centre and the railway station are on the Westmeath side, and the castle, the twin spires of Ss Peter and Paul’s, Custume Barracks and the old lanes of the Left Bank face them across the river in Roscommon.
The housing follows the same split. On the east bank the terraces run back from the centre, and 1970s to 1990s estates such as Cornamagh and the roads out to Coosan on the Lough Ree side are three-bed semis and bungalows with gardens. The TUS campus on the Dublin Road has brought student lets and newer apartments with it, and blocks of apartments went up along the river in the 2000s.
On the Roscommon side, Monksland and Bealnamulla grew from villages into large estates during the boom, with three and four-bed semis, duplexes and business parks. Beyond both banks it is farmland and lake shore, with one-off bungalows and farmhouses towards Glasson, Moate and Ballinasloe.
What we clear in Athlone
- Full house clearances in Cornamagh, Coosan, Monksland, Bealnamulla and the older terraces, before a sale, a move or a new letting, attic and shed counted in.
- Bereavement clearances in family homes on either bank, at the family’s pace, with personal items kept aside. Our bereavement clearance page explains how we work with relatives who live far away.
- Hoarded properties, cleared over a day or two to a plan agreed in advance. See our hoarder clearance service for how we approach them.
- Apartments by the river and around the Towncentre, with lifts and management companies arranged beforehand. Our apartment clearance page covers that side.
- Farmhouses with outbuildings in the countryside around the town, quoted as a whole site.
Being honest about the distance
Our crew comes out from Dublin to Athlone; we are a Dublin company, not a midlands one. From Dublin it is the M50, the M4 to Kinnegad and the M6 the rest of the way, roughly two hours each way with a loaded van. That is the longest regular run we make, and it only works for full houses and larger jobs where a single crew, a single visit and a single fixed price still save you more than they cost.
Travel is included in that price and nothing is added afterwards. We group Westmeath, Offaly and Longford jobs into one trip wherever possible, so if your dates can move a week either way, tell us and the quote will be the better for it. Our post on how far we travel from Dublin sets out where the line falls, and if you want to understand why the permit matters wherever the van is working, this plain explanation of waste collection permits is worth a read.
Parking, bridges and stairs
The estates on both sides are easy: driveway or kerb, side gate, out through the front door. The town centre is not. Church Street and the streets around the Towncentre are metered and busy, the old lanes on the Left Bank are narrow, and the town bridge carries most of the local traffic between the two halves, so we start early and keep the van’s time on the street short.
Riverside apartment blocks have underground car parks with height limits, which a box van will not fit, so loading is from the street or a designated bay agreed with the management company. Rural approaches around Coosan and Glasson are fine for a van, but a soft yard or a low tree over a gateway adds time, so describe the lane when you send photos.
Why people in Athlone call us
Almost every Athlone job comes to us from someone who is not in Athlone: a son or daughter in Dublin or abroad, a solicitor handling an estate, a landlord based in the capital with a house near the college. They want one phone number, one visit and photos of the empty house afterwards, and they would rather pay a fixed price that includes the travel than coordinate three local trades from a distance.
A two-person crew with a box van does the carrying, the sorting and the disposal in one go. We hold a waste collection permit, so furniture and goods with a life left in them go for reuse or donation, metal, timber and cardboard are recycled, and the remainder goes to a licensed transfer station.
Athlone is the western end of a midlands run that also covers Mullingar, Tullamore and Longford, and we rarely go to one without checking whether another is waiting.
