Job details
✅ Real completed job. This case study documents a genuine completed clearance job using a verified job record provided for publication on houseclearance.co.
Project overview
A one-bedroom cottage off W5 needed clearing ahead of handover, and the brief was deliberately narrow: empty the rooms, leave every fixture exactly where it was fitted. The job went live on houseclearance.co on 6 August 2026 and was marked complete seven days later, on 13 August, with a final price of £1,340.
That turnaround matters for a cottage layout like this one. With a single bedroom's worth of furniture and a loft's worth of stored boxes to shift, there's limited scope for the job to drag on – most of the week between posting and completion went on matching the job to a carrier and scheduling the loading day, not on the clearance itself. Anyone instructing a similar job should expect a comparable week-long window rather than a same-day turnaround, simply because of how the marketplace matches jobs to available carriers.
Items removed and quantity
The inventory confirmed for this Ealing job covered:
- A double bed
- Table
- Chairs
- Shelving
- Small appliances
- Loft-stored boxes
Combined, these items filled an estimated 12–16 cubic yards – noticeably more than a single bedroom's furniture would suggest on its own, which points to the loft boxes carrying real bulk. Loft-stored items tend to be the wildcard in a cottage clearance quote: until someone has actually been up into the loft space, box count and weight are guesswork, and that's part of why the bid range on this job (covered below) spread as widely as it did.
Fitted fixtures, hazardous waste, paint and rubble sat outside the scope of this job and were excluded without a separate assessment. That's consistent with the handover brief: the cottage needed to look ready for its next occupant, not stripped back to bare walls.
Access and logistics
The access notes on this job flagged a narrow hallway and low doorway, with a reserved loading space available for the collection vehicle. A double bed is usually the item that forces the issue in a hallway this tight – frames and headboards often need to come apart to clear a low doorway without marking either the furniture or the woodwork, and that disassembly step gets built into the loading time rather than treated as an afterthought.
Having a loading space reserved in advance removed one variable that often slows cottage clearances down in practice: carrying items an unpredictable distance to a vehicle parked wherever space could be found on the day.
How the clearance was completed
With the hallway and doorway constraints established upfront, the double bed was the main item needing disassembly before it could be carried out; the table, chairs and shelving moved through the same narrow route in their existing form. The loft boxes were brought down and loaded separately, kept apart from the furniture so nothing underneath was crushed in transit.
Fitted fixtures were left untouched throughout, in line with the handover brief, and no hazardous waste, paint or rubble was taken as part of this job – those categories would need a separate assessment if they ever needed clearing. Reusable furniture and appliances were set aside for an appropriate reuse route where condition allowed, with the rest going through authorised disposal channels.
Final cost and pricing factors
The price paid for this job was £1,340. Three factors pushed that figure above what a bare one-bedroom clearance might otherwise cost: the 12–16 cubic yard volume driven largely by the loft boxes, the disassembly time needed to get the double bed through a low doorway and narrow hallway, and the careful separation of fixtures and excluded materials from the items actually being removed.
houseclearance.co doesn't set a fixed price for a house clearance in Ealing – licensed carriers quote on each job individually, so £1,340 reflects this specific cottage and its access conditions, not a flat rate that applies to every Ealing job. See how prices are calculated for the fuller picture.
Quote activity
This is how the request for Ealing (W5) moved through the houseclearance.co marketplace:
Four carriers were notified of this job, and three returned bids: £1,570, £1,530 and the winning £1,340. The £230 spread between the highest and lowest bid is typical of jobs where loft volume isn't confirmed until someone has seen the space in person – carriers who assumed more boxes priced higher, and the winning bid reflected the lower end of that uncertainty once it resolved.
Result and handover
The cottage was cleared of the double bed, table, chairs, shelving, small appliances and loft-stored boxes within the week between posting and completion, and every fitted fixture was left in place as instructed. The property was ready for handover with no further clearance work outstanding.
About this case study
Is this a real completed job?
Yes. This is a real completed clearance job. The property type, item list and £1,340 price shown on this page are real details from the completed job.
What would affect the cost of house clearance in Ealing?
On this job, cost was driven mainly by the number and weight of items – the loft boxes in particular added volume that wasn't obvious until they were counted – alongside the narrow hallway and low doorway that slowed loading and required the double bed to be taken apart. Having a reserved loading space helped keep carry distances short. £1,340 is the real price paid for this completed job, not an estimate; other Ealing jobs will price differently depending on their own item count, access and parking conditions.
How should bulky furniture be prepared for loading?
Start by measuring the doorways and any stair turns the furniture will need to pass through, then compare those measurements against the item's dimensions before the carrier arrives. Identify which pieces can be safely dismantled – bed frames and headboards are usually the easiest candidates – and which need to stay assembled. Alongside that, draw a clear line between what's being kept (fitted fixtures, anything not on the inventory) and what's being removed, so the carrier isn't making that call room by room on the day.
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