We’ve been having some work done on our house – a couple of ceilings down, new ceilings put in, wallpaper stripping, plastering, reopening a bricked over fireplace and more. What started as a relatively small job snowballed and, just as the bills piled up, so too did the rubble bags in front of our house. We also worked on our kitchen.
I never quite managed, in all the dust, to investigate rubbish clearance.
I tried calling, on a Saturday, several rubbish clearance companies listed in the local small ads and a few online sites like sammysclearances.co.uk. The first to turn up and give me a quote was the one I chose since they were there, ready and able to take my van worth of rubbish away.
After giving me a quote, he also handed me a copy of his disposal license which contained all his contact details including the registration details of his van/lorry. Click here to find out more about environmental permits.
Unlike some of the cowboy rubbish clearance firms that certainly exist, these guys really went out of their way to demonstrate that they had all the paperwork to instill confidence. They also acted in a professional yet friendly manner.
A few minutes later, they started loading up my rubbish on their truck.
They didn’t grumble when I couldn’t get the neighbours to move their car from in front of their house, nor when bags split open, as they do, or when I went back to the garden and found a few other bits and pieces.
They were fast, courteous (although they completely fit one’s mental image of how two guys might look after a warm day spent clearing similar piles of rubbish!), and swept up after they were all done. Half an hour later, my neighbours were able to walk by without wondering what on earth I was doing to my house or when the rubbish would be cleared.
The company I am talking about here is Rubbish Clearance Surrey. They have years of experience in the rubbish clearance sector and offer a range of services, including house, garden, and office waste collections. Check out their website or call 0800 138 9100.