Clearing homes in Navan
Navan, An Uaimh on the signs, grew up at the meeting of the Boyne and the Blackwater and was for most of the last century a market town known for furniture-making and carpets. The old core is Trimgate Street, Ludlow Street and Watergate Street running out from Market Square, with terraces and shop-top flats, and Kennedy Road with the Navan Shopping Centre and the town’s bigger stores.
The housing most people ring us about came later. Blackcastle on the north side of the river dates from the 1970s and 80s, Johnstown and Athlumney on the Dublin side grew through the 1990s and 2000s, and Beaufort and the estates out the Trim and Kells roads filled in around them. These are three and four-bed semis and detached houses with a garage, a side passage and an attic that has not been looked at in years.
Beyond the ring of estates it is farmland very quickly. Bungalows on an acre, two-storey farmhouses with a yard of sheds, and dormer houses built on family land in the 2000s are all within ten minutes of the town, and they are where the biggest clearances in Meath tend to be.
What we clear in Navan
- Full house clearances in Johnstown, Blackcastle, Beaufort and Athlumney before a sale, a move or a new tenancy, with the attic, garage and shed counted in the one quote.
- Bereavement clearances in the older terraces and the first estates, where a parent has lived for forty years and the family is spread between Meath, Dublin and abroad. Our guide on clearing a house after a bereavement walks through the order of things.
- Farmhouses and rural bungalows around Navan, Kells, Slane and Dunshaughlin, including the sheds and the old workshop, quoted for the whole site rather than room by room.
- Hoarded houses, handled quietly and without judgement in a town where neighbours notice a van. Our hoarder clearance service explains the approach.
- Garages that became the family store the day the house was bought.
If the house is going through probate and you are unsure what you can clear and when, this plain-English guide on clearing a house before probate is worth reading first.
Coming out from Dublin
Our crew is Dublin-based, not in Navan, and we travel out. From Dublin the run is the M50 to Blanchardstown and then the N3 and M3 to the Navan exits, which takes about an hour in a loaded van. That distance is why we prioritise full-house and larger clearances in Navan rather than single items: a wardrobe on its own is better served by someone local, while a whole house is well worth the trip.
Travel is built into the fixed quote, so the number you are given is the number you pay. Where we can, we group Meath jobs into one day or one week, so a bit of notice helps us fit yours in. Our house clearance near me guide explains how distance affects a quote in more detail.
Access, parking and getting the van in
Estate roads in Johnstown, Blackcastle and Beaufort are wide, and the van sits on the driveway or at the kerb while we carry out through the side gate. The older terraces around Trimgate Street and Ludlow Street are tighter, with pay parking and one-way streets in the centre, so for those we aim for a weekday morning and use rear lanes where there is one.
Rural lanes are usually fine for a box van, but soft ground after rain, a low tree over the gateway or a long carry from the yard to the back shed all add time. Describe the approach when you send photos and we will plan the day around it. Kennedy Road and the shopping centre car parks are busiest on Saturdays, which is worth avoiding for anything near the centre.
Why people in Navan call us
Most calls about Navan come from a son or daughter in Dublin sorting out a parent’s house, or from a family that has outgrown a Johnstown semi and cannot face the garage. A skip on the driveway for a week means you still do the lifting and sorting; a two-person crew with a box van does it in a single visit and the price is agreed before anyone lifts a thing.
Because we hold a waste collection permit, you also know where everything ends up. Furniture and household goods that still have a life go for reuse or donation, metal, timber and cardboard are separated for recycling, and only what is left goes to a licensed transfer station. Our post on what happens to items after a house clearance sets it out.
Navan sits in the middle of our Meath coverage, between Ashbourne and Dunboyne on the Dublin side and Drogheda to the east, so a job here often shares a week with one of those.
