Clearing homes in Crumlin
Crumlin was laid out by Dublin Corporation between the 1930s and the 1940s, and the housing stock is remarkably consistent: two- and three-bed terraces with a small front garden, a side passage on the end houses, and a back garden far longer than you would expect. The roads around Crumlin Village, Sundrive Road, Kildare Road, Clogher Road and Captain’s Road are largely this type of house.
Those houses were built for families who stayed. Many are only now being cleared for the first time, either after a parent’s death or because a new generation has bought in and is renovating from top to bottom. Both situations mean a full house, a full shed and often a full attic coming out in a single go.
We are a two-person crew with a box van, we carry everything out by hand, and we quote from the photos you send us. There is no sorting or bagging for you to do beforehand.
What we clear in Crumlin
- Full house clearances of long-occupied terraces: beds, wardrobes, sideboards, the contents of the hot press and the box room, carpets and lino.
- Bereavement clearances, taken at the family’s pace. If you are working out what has to happen first, read how to clear a house after a bereavement.
- Sheds, lean-tos and back gardens: a shed clearance on its own, or as part of the house.
- Renovation strip-outs for buyers modernising a Corporation house: old kitchens, bathroom suites, fitted units, carpets and whatever the previous owner left behind.
- Hoarded houses, cleared discreetly and without judgement. Our hoarder clearance service covers how we work and what we set aside.
- Smaller jobs: a single room, a broken washing machine, a sofa that has to go before the new one arrives.
Crumlin has a good number of older residents living alone, and we are often called in by a son or daughter arranging things from a distance. We are happy to deal with you by phone and photos rather than needing someone on site for every stage.
Access, parking and the practical bits
Parking in Crumlin is on-street and the roads are narrower than they look on a map, with cars on both kerbs. The van sits outside the house with hazards on while we load, and we keep the hallway and footpath clear as we go. End-of-terrace houses have a side passage, which is the quickest route for shed and garden contents; mid-terrace houses mean everything comes through the hall.
The hall and stairs in a Corporation house are narrow and turn sharply at the top, so wardrobes and bed frames come apart upstairs before they come down. The box room over the hall is usually the fullest room in the house, and the attic hatch above the landing often has not been opened in decades.
The roads around Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin and along Crumlin Road are busy during the day, so we try to arrive early where we can. Nothing else in the area causes us difficulty.
Why people in Crumlin call us
A skip on a Crumlin road needs a permit, takes up a parking space the neighbours want, and still leaves you carrying every item out to it. For most families a two-person crew and a van is simpler, especially when the clearance has to be done in a day or two between a funeral and a sale, or before a builder starts.
We separate what can be reused or donated from what is recyclable and what has to go to a licensed waste transfer station, and we sweep the rooms before we leave. For what happens to the contents afterwards, see what happens to items after a house clearance.
We cover the whole of Dublin 12, including Walkinstown and Drimnagh, and the areas either side of Crumlin: Harold’s Cross and Terenure towards the canal, and out to Tallaght on the other side. A job that involves a Crumlin house and a relative’s flat in town can usually be done in one day.
For the order a long-lived terrace is sorted and loaded in, and how to size the van load, read our Crumlin house clearance sorting and loading guide.
