Clearing homes in Ballyfermot
Ballyfermot was one of the largest housing schemes Dublin Corporation ever built, laid out from the late 1940s through the 1950s on the high ground between the Liffey and the Grand Canal. The houses are two-storey terraces and semis with a front garden and a long back garden, on a grid of roads running off Ballyfermot Road and Kylemore Road: Le Fanu Road, Decies Road, Landen Road, Blackditch Road and Cloverhill Road among them. Cherry Orchard, further west, came later with its own mix of houses and flats.
Because so many houses were bought under tenant purchase, Ballyfermot has a very high share of owner-occupied homes that have been in the same family since the keys were first handed over. That is why clearances here are so often the first the house has ever had, with the box room, the attic, the hot press and two sheds all full.
We are a two-person crew with a box van. We quote from the photos you send on WhatsApp, we do all the carrying, and the only thing we ask is that you separate what you want to keep.
What we clear in Ballyfermot
- Full house clearances when a long-held family home is sold or handed back: furniture, beds, carpets, lino, the contents of every press and wardrobe.
- Bereavement clearances, done at the pace of the family and with anything personal set aside. Our guide on how to clear a house after a bereavement walks through the first steps.
- Hoarded homes, cleared discreetly and without judgement. The hoarder clearance page sets out how we work and what we keep back.
- Sheds, lean-tos and gardens: the shed clearance service on its own or as part of the house.
- Renovation strip-outs for the growing number of younger buyers modernising a Ballyfermot house: old kitchens, bathroom suites, fitted wardrobes and the previous owner’s leftovers.
- Single items and small loads: a sofa, a cooker, a wardrobe, the bags after a move.
A house left in that state usually needs a thorough clean once it is empty, and that is a job to book with a cleaning company for after we finish.
Access, parking and the practical bits
Parking in Ballyfermot is on the street and the roads are busy with residents’ cars, so we park directly outside with the hazards on and keep the footpath clear as we load. End-of-terrace and semi-detached houses have a side passage, which is our route for everything from the garden and sheds; in a mid-terrace it all comes through the hall, so we lay down covers first.
The stairs in these houses are narrow and the landing is small, so beds and wardrobes are dismantled upstairs. Attic hatches are small too, and attic contents come down in bags and boxes rather than whole.
Ballyfermot Road and Kylemore Road carry a lot of traffic through the day, and the roads around the civic centre and the shops are slow at school times. The Chapelizod bypass and the Naas Road put us on the M50 quickly, so getting here from our Dublin base is no trouble.
Why people in Ballyfermot call us
Families clearing a Ballyfermot house are often doing it between a funeral and a deadline from the solicitor or the council, and a skip on the road needs a permit, blocks a neighbour’s space and still has to be filled by hand. Two people and a van do the lifting in a load or two, and the rooms are swept behind them.
We recycle, donate or reuse as much as we can. Usable furniture and household goods are set aside for reuse or donation, recyclable materials are separated, and the rest goes to a licensed waste transfer station under our waste collection permit. Our page on what a house clearance service removes lists what goes and what we need to be asked about.
Ballyfermot is a close community, and people here tend to want the job done without a fuss and without a crowd watching. We keep it low-key, we do not leave bags on the footpath, and we are gone when we said we would be.
Ballyfermot borders Inchicore to the east, Palmerstown and Chapelizod to the north, and Clondalkin and Park West to the west, with Drimnagh across the canal. We cover them all as one patch, so a job that takes in two family houses is one booking.
