Clearing homes in Ballybrack
Ballybrack was a small village between Killiney Hill and Loughlinstown until the 1970s, when the estates went up on the fields around it. Wyattville Park, Oakton Park and Oakton Drive, Cromlech Fields and the roads off Church Road and Ballybrack Road were built by the council and by private developers over about fifteen years, and they are the heart of the area today: terraces and semi-ds of three bedrooms, a small front garden, a back garden and in many cases a garage or side passage.
Church Road still has the church, the older houses and the shops, and Cromlech Fields takes its name from the portal tomb that stands in the middle of the green, one of the few left in Dublin. St Columcille’s Hospital in Loughlinstown is a short walk away, the DART at Killiney is down the hill and the N11 at Wyattville Road connects to everywhere else. Killiney, Shankill, Sallynoggin and Cabinteely all adjoin.
Because so much of Ballybrack was built in one burst, the houses are reaching the same point at the same time. The original owners are in their seventies and eighties, and their children are clearing houses that have held a family’s whole life.
What we clear in Ballybrack
- Three-bed terraces and semi-ds on the estates, cleared after a death, before a sale or when a council tenancy ends. A full house clearance here is normally a single day.
- Attics, which in these houses are small, unfloored and reached through a hatch on the landing, and still manage to hold forty years of boxes. See attic clearance.
- Garages and side passages full of bikes, tools, paint tins and the old kitchen units that came out in the 1990s.
- Hoarded rooms and houses, handled with discretion and without judgement. Our hoarder clearance page explains how we work.
- Single items: a bed, a sofa, a fridge, a broken tumble dryer.
Access, parking and the practical bits
Estate roads in Ballybrack are the main thing to plan for. Many are narrow, cars park on both sides, the cul-de-sacs have little turning room and a box van has to be placed carefully so the road stays open for neighbours. We position the van with that in mind and keep the loading brisk.
Terraces mean everything comes out the front door, and where there is a side passage it is often gated and no wider than a wheelbarrow. Larger furniture is dismantled inside. Where a house has a driveway we use it, and where it does not we park alongside with the hazards on and move the van if someone needs to get past.
For a council tenancy ending, the council may have a date by which the house must be returned empty, and we work to that date and give you confirmation when it is done. The same goes for a housing association or a landlord with a deadline.
Why people in Ballybrack call us
Most Ballybrack calls are from families handling a parent’s home. Some involve a house where someone has gone into care, or where years of accumulation have become a hoarding situation that a relative is trying to resolve. We treat those with the same care as any other job, work at a pace that does not overwhelm anyone, and set aside anything that may matter.
The permit number to check is NWCPO-25-13287-01, we are fully insured and we are a Dublin crew. Furniture and goods that can still be used go for reuse or donation, recyclables are separated and only true waste goes to a licensed transfer station. For a step-by-step guide to a difficult one, read how to clear a hoarded house.
Cleaning is not something we do, so if the rooms need a thorough clean after the clearance, arrange a cleaning company for once we are done.
We also cover Killiney, Shankill and Cabinteely, so a job that takes in two addresses in the area can be done together on one visit.
