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House Clearance Newington

From student flats off South Clerk Street to Victorian villas south of Salisbury Road, we clear Newington homes for landlords, executors and families, with a rate agreed before anything is moved.

House clearance in Newington

Your local clearance team

Newington runs south from the Southside along the A701, through South Clerk Street, Newington Road, Minto Street and Mayfield Gardens, with Dalkeith Road and Holyrood Park beyond it to the east. Our teams travel through from the Glasgow depot on the M8 and cross the city to reach it. The northern streets are packed with early Victorian tenements and Georgian terraces, and south of Salisbury Road the houses spread out into villas with gardens. We also cover Sciennes, Marchmont, Prestonfield and Blackford.

With the University of Edinburgh so close, Newington has a large rented sector, and landlords often need flats emptied between tenancies when the academic year ends. We also clear family homes after a death, working at the pace executors need. Our uniformed team removes furniture, beds, bookcases, white goods and carpets, dismantling whatever will not go down a stair in one piece. Documents, photographs or valuables we come across are handed over, and the rest is sorted in Glasgow so that most of it is reused or recycled.

  • We call ahead on the day so you know when to expect us
  • Up-front rates agreed before any work starts
  • Friendly, uniformed and fully insured team
  • Furniture dismantled and carpets lifted
  • Sweep and tidy once the property is empty
  • Over 90% of what we collect is reused or recycled
  • Registered waste carrier, so your waste is handled legally
  • We do not remove asbestos or hazardous waste

Local know-how

Clearing a home in Newington

What to know before you clear a property in Newington, and why most people find one visit from our team easier than doing it themselves.

Several flats, one plan

If you are a landlord with more than one flat to empty between tenancies, doing it with a car means repeated runs and lost days between lets. We can plan several Newington properties into one visit to the area, carry everything down each common stair and leave every flat swept and ready for the cleaners. One visit from our crew replaces a summer of weekend trips, and you get paperwork for each property once it is done.

Doing it yourself

Newington residents who want to take waste themselves can book an appointment at one of the council's community recycling centres: Seafield, Sighthill or Craigmillar. Craigmillar is the nearest, a short drive out along the Dalkeith Road, but it does not take vans, so anyone hiring a van or towing a trailer must book a van slot at Seafield or Sighthill and bring ID. Without a car, a flat full of student furniture is very hard to shift.

Tenement stairs and garden villas

In the north of Newington, flats in four and five-storey tenements share a stone common stair, usually with no lift, and parking on the A701 and Causewayside is restricted and busy. South of Salisbury Road, villas around Mayfield and Blacket have drives, basements and long gardens, and some streets were first laid out as private estates. Let us know about the floor, the stair and where we can park when you ask for a price.

What we clear in Newington

Clearance services

How it works

Four simple steps

  1. 1

    Tell us about the job

    Send a few photos or call us on 0333 880 6800. We can also visit to look at larger properties.

  2. 2

    Get your rate

    We give you an up-front rate before any work starts, so there are no surprises on the day.

  3. 3

    We clear the property

    Our team carries everything out, dismantles furniture, lifts carpets and leaves the property swept.

  4. 4

    Sorted at our depot

    Items are taken back to our Glasgow depot and sorted for reuse, charity and recycling.

Areas we cover

Across Newington, EH8 and EH9

  • Southside
  • Sciennes
  • Marchmont
  • St Leonard's
  • Prestonfield
  • The Grange
  • Mayfield
  • Blacket
  • Blackford
  • Cameron Toll
  • Bruntsfield
  • Liberton
  • Craigmillar
  • Duddingston

Nearby areas

All house clearance areas

Questions

Newington house clearance FAQs

How do you price a Newington clearance?
Each quote is built on three things: the volume to be removed, the kind of items involved and the access, such as a fourth floor tenement flat with no lift or a villa with a long drive. Send photos of each room or ask us to visit, and we will give you an up-front rate before any work starts, so you know where you stand.
Do you clear student flats for landlords in Newington?
Yes. We clear furnished and part-furnished lets, taking away old beds and mattresses, desks, sofas and whatever tenants have left behind, and we lift worn carpets if they are being replaced. The flat is left swept, ready for cleaners or an inventory check. Letting agents and landlords receive waste transfer paperwork, and we can plan the work around the date your new tenants arrive.
Can you clear a house after a death if the family lives abroad?
Yes. Executors and relatives often live far from Edinburgh, so many leave keys with us or a neighbour and stay in touch by phone and email. We set aside anything you ask us to keep, pass on any personal papers or valuables we find and leave paperwork when the house is clear. Our guide to who clears a house when someone dies explains the steps in Scotland.
Will you clear rubbish from the cellar or back green?
Yes, as long as it belongs to your flat or the owners have agreed. Tenement cellars and back greens often collect old bikes, broken furniture, garden waste and bags of rubbish over the years, and we can take all of it along with the contents of the flat. We do not take paint, chemicals, gas bottles or anything containing asbestos.
Do you take books and bookcases?
Yes. Large book collections are common in Newington homes, and we box and carry them out along with the shelving. Books in good condition, along with sound furniture, are sorted at our depot for reuse and charity, and the rest goes for recycling. If there are particular books or papers the family wants to look through first, let us know and we will leave them aside.

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