Job details
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Project overview
This job was a two-bedroom terraced house clearance in Stratford, E15, booked to clear the remaining furniture before the property went into refurbishment. houseclearance.co passed the request to 6 carriers in the Newham area; 3 returned bids, and the job was won at £1,310.
The job was posted on 12 August 2026 and marked completed on 20 August 2026, an 8-day turnaround from listing to handover. With refurbishment work due to start straight after, the customer needed a firm completion date rather than an open-ended window, which is a common driver for East London clearance jobs tied to a renovation schedule.
The brief itself was straightforward: empty the bedrooms and ground floor of furniture so trades could get in without working around wardrobes, a bed frame and a dining table. That kind of pre-refurbishment clearance differs from an end-of-tenancy or probate job in one practical respect – there's usually a hard deadline set by someone else's schedule, in this case the start date for the refurbishment, rather than a flexible moving date the customer controls.
Items removed and quantity
The inventory for this job covered:
- Wardrobes
- A double bed
- A dining table
- Bookcases
- Packed household bags
Across both bedrooms and the ground floor, this came to an estimated 12–16 cubic yards of material – a larger load than a single-room clearance, reflecting a full two-bedroom house being emptied of furniture rather than one or two items. Fitted fixtures, hazardous waste, paint and rubble were excluded without a separate assessment, since refurbishment waste of that kind is typically handled through the renovation contractor rather than a household clearance.
The mix is also worth noting for anyone pricing a similar job: wardrobes and a bed frame are bulky but manageable items when broken down, a dining table adds length rather than weight, and bookcases tend to be light but awkward to carry whole. Packed household bags, by contrast, load quickly and don't need two people to carry, so they were cleared last rather than competing for space with the furniture during the busiest part of the carry.
Access and logistics
The property's layout meant furniture had to come down stairs between the bedrooms and the ground-floor exit before reaching the street. On a terraced street like this, parking permit considerations also factor into how close a loading vehicle can get and how long it can reasonably wait kerbside while items are carried out.
With a dining table, wardrobes and a double bed all moving through the same stairwell and exit route, carriers generally plan the carry order in advance so bulkier pieces go first, before narrower items start filling the same path.
Parking permit considerations on a Stratford terraced street are rarely about whether a vehicle can stop at all – it's more about how long it can stay there without a permit or a dispensation, and how far the carry distance stretches if the nearest legal bay is a few doors down. Both factors feed into how a carrier estimates loading time before putting a figure on the job.
How the clearance was completed
Given the stairs-to-exit route, larger pieces such as the wardrobes and the double bed frame were assessed for safe disassembly before being carried down, rather than risking a tight turn on the stairs with an item still fully built. The dining table and bookcases followed, with the packed household bags cleared last since they were already contained and quick to load.
Items outside the agreed scope – fitted fixtures, hazardous waste, paint and rubble – were left in place for the refurbishment contractor to deal with separately. Anything suitable for reuse was set aside, with the rest going through authorised waste disposal channels.
Completing the clearance in a single visit, within the 8-day window between posting and the marked completion date, meant the refurbishment team had a clear run at the property without needing to work around leftover furniture or schedule a second collection for anything missed on the first pass.
Final cost and pricing factors
This job's price paid was £1,310, the lowest of the 3 bids submitted after 6 carriers were notified – the other two bids came in at £1,445 and £1,525. The gap between the top and winning bid, £215, reflects differences in how carriers priced the stairs-to-exit carry, the parking permit constraints, and the 12–16 cubic yard volume involved in clearing a full two-bedroom house.
houseclearance.co doesn't set a fixed price for a house clearance in Stratford – licensed carriers quote on each job individually, so £1,310 is this specific job's price, not a rate that applies to every Stratford clearance. See how prices are calculated for the fuller picture.
Quote activity
This is how the request for Stratford moved through the houseclearance.co marketplace:
The winning bid of £1,310 was the lowest of the 3 bids this job received in houseclearance.co's reverse-auction marketplace, undercutting the next bid by £135 and the highest by £215, where licensed carriers compete on price for each job individually.
Result and handover
The two-bedroom terraced house in Stratford was cleared of the inventory listed above within the 8 days between posting and completion, leaving the property ready for the refurbishment to begin. The job achieved its stated goal of clearing the remaining furniture ahead of that work.
For anyone comparing this job to their own, the headline numbers are worth keeping together: a two-bedroom terraced house, 12–16 cubic yards of furniture, stairs between the bedrooms and the ground floor, parking permit considerations on the street, and a £1,310 price paid after 6 carriers were notified and 3 bid. On its own none of those figures says much, but together they give a realistic picture of what a similar Stratford clearance might involve.
About this case study
Is this a real completed job?
Yes. This is a real completed clearance job. The property type, item list and £1,310 price shown on this page are real details from the completed job.
What would affect the cost of house clearance in Stratford?
For this job, the £1,310 price paid reflects the number and weight of items being removed (wardrobes, a double bed, a dining table, bookcases and packed household bags), the stairs between the bedrooms and the ground-floor exit, parking permit considerations on the street, and the loading time needed to carry a 12–16 cubic yard load out safely. These are the same factors that moved the three bids on this job between £1,310 and £1,525.
How should bulky furniture be prepared for loading?
Before a clearance like this, it helps to measure doorways and stair turns against the larger pieces – wardrobes and bed frames in particular – so it's clear in advance which items can pass through whole and which may need to be safely dismantled first. It's also worth going room by room to separate what's staying (fitted fixtures and anything being kept) from what's being removed, so the carrier arrives to a clear, confirmed list rather than deciding on the day.
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