Clearing homes in Donabate and Portrane
Donabate sits on its own peninsula, with the Broadmeadow estuary and Malahide to the south, the Rogerstown estuary to the north, and Portrane and the beach at the far end. Newbridge House and Demesne, the Georgian estate turned public park, sits on the edge of the town, and the commuter trains to Connolly stop at the station in the middle of it.
Until the late 1990s this was a village of a few streets around Main Street and the church, with bungalows and farmhouses strung along the Portrane Road and Turvey Avenue. Then the estates arrived. Turvey, Beresford, Ballisk and the newer phases off the Hearse Road are mostly three- and four-bed semi-detached and detached homes with a driveway and a back garden, plus duplexes and apartment blocks close to the station. The newer distributor road means traffic no longer has to squeeze through the village.
That history shapes the work. Donabate clearances are more often about a move, a sale or a rental turnover than about a house that has been full for sixty years, though the older houses towards Portrane give us those too. Portrane itself has its own cluster of bungalows and older houses near the beach, and they clear like any long-held family home.
What we clear in Donabate
- Move-out clear outs, meaning everything the removal company would not take and the new house does not need. Our house clearance page explains how a job works.
- Garages and attics in estate houses, which fill with buggies, bikes, Christmas decorations and flat-pack furniture faster than anyone expects. See garage clearance and attic clearance.
- Rental turnovers for landlords with houses or duplexes near the station, including what the last tenant left behind.
- Older village and Portrane houses being cleared in full after a death or a move to care, including sheds and outbuildings.
- Single bulky items, such as a sofa, a bed, a fridge-freezer or a wardrobe that will not fit in the car for the recycling centre.
Usable furniture and household goods are set aside for reuse or donation where possible, recyclables are separated out, and the rest goes to a licensed waste transfer station.
Driveways, estate roads and distance
Donabate is about as easy as it gets for access. Nearly every estate house has its own driveway, the van reverses up to the front door, and the carrying is short. The cul-de-sacs are tight for turning but fine for a box van. Apartments and duplexes near the station are the exception, so tell us which block and whether there is a lift, and we will arrange loading with the management company if needed.
The older houses on the Portrane Road and Turvey Avenue often have long gravel drives and outbuildings, which is no problem, but send us a photo of the entrance along with the rooms.
We come up the M50 and M1 and off at Lissenhall, so Donabate is a normal run for us, and it pairs naturally with jobs in Swords or Malahide.
Why Donabate households call us
For most people here the choice is between a skip on the driveway and a crew. A skip works if you have a week, strong backs and only one skip’s worth; it does not work the day after a removal van has left and the buyer is getting the keys on Friday. Two people and a van turn up, load everything, sort what can be reused or recycled, and are gone. We compare the two options honestly in our guide to house clearance versus skip hire.
Donabate also has a lot of people who bought in the 2000s and are now trading up or down within the town, which means a steady run of houses being emptied between one household and the next. We fit those around the moving date rather than the other way round.
We are fully insured and carry a current Waste Collection Permit, which you can ask to see. From Donabate we also cover Swords and Malahide, and across the water on the Howth peninsula, Sutton. For everywhere else north of the city, our North Dublin page is the place to start.
