End of Tenancy Clearance

Every day a rental property sits uncleared between tenants is a day it's not earning rent. HouseClearances.ie provides end of tenancy clearance, rental property clearance and landlord clearout services across Dublin and Leinster, working to landlords' and letting agents' deadlines so the property is back on the market as fast as possible.

Who This Is For

• Landlords turning a property around between tenants.
• Letting agents managing clearances across a portfolio of units.
• Tenants themselves, arranging a clearance as part of moving out and handing back the keys.

A single-property landlord and a letting agent running a portfolio of units need the same outcome — a clean, lettable handover — but usually arrive at it differently. A landlord letting a property directly is often reacting to one specific tenancy ending and trying to close the gap before the next tenant's rent starts. A letting agent is more often working from a portfolio calendar, with several properties due to turn over in the same month and an expectation that a contractor can simply fit into their process without hand-holding. Tenants who contact us directly are usually doing so to avoid a dispute over the condition a property is left in — clearing what they can't take with them before handover, rather than leaving it for the landlord to sort out afterwards.

What We Clear

Abandoned furniture, rubbish, and general belongings left behind by a previous tenant — full properties or single rooms. We work to get the property to a genuinely lettable standard: cleared, swept, and ready for the next tenant's viewing.

Speed Matters Here

Unlike a standard house clearance, the priority in a tenancy turnaround is almost always the date — a new tenant moving in, a viewing already booked, or an agent needing the keys back. Tell us your deadline when you enquire and we'll confirm what's realistic, including same-week turnarounds where possible.

A property that sits uncleared between tenancies isn't just lost rent for the days it takes to sort — it usually pushes back everything that has to happen after the clearance too: a cleaning crew, a painter touching up marks on the walls, a photographer booked for the new listing, or a compliance check like a BER assessment. If the clearance is the first domino, a delay there delays everyone booked in after it. That's why we treat the deadline as the actual brief rather than a nice-to-have — when you tell us a new tenant moves in on a specific date, or an agent has photos booked for the following week, that's what the job is planned around.

For the most time-pressured turnarounds, we can sometimes manage a same-day end of tenancy clearance in Dublin, depending on what else is already booked in. If your date is genuinely tight, get in touch as early as possible — same-day and next-day availability is limited and goes on a first-come basis.

For Letting Agents Managing Multiple Units

If you're clearing more than one property on a regular basis, we can discuss a standing arrangement rather than a one-off quote every time — a single point of contact, consistent pricing, and priority scheduling around your turnaround dates. This is the part of our work that functions as a letting agent clearance service rather than a one-off callout: repeat business built around how your agency actually operates, not a fresh negotiation for every unit.

The admin burden of managing clearances across a portfolio is usually the bigger frustration than any single job — a different quote process each time, a different point of contact, and re-explaining what "ready to re-list" means for your properties on every instruction. A standing arrangement is built to remove that. Once we understand how your agency briefs a job, who holds keys, and what a finished property needs to look like before it goes back on the market, each new instruction becomes a short conversation rather than a negotiation from scratch.

Consistent pricing matters here too. Knowing roughly what a clearance costs before you instruct one makes it easier to budget across a portfolio and to explain the cost to a landlord client without a delay while you wait on a fresh quote. And because we already know your properties and your priorities, agencies with a standing arrangement get priority scheduling when a turnaround date is tight, rather than joining a general queue behind first-time enquiries.

If you manage properties across Dublin city and county, or further out into Kildare, Wicklow, Kilkenny or Carlow, a single point of contact who already knows your process is worth more than it sounds — one phone call or email covers a clearance regardless of which of your properties it's for, rather than starting from scratch with a contractor every time a unit changes hands. Get in touch to talk through what a standing arrangement would look like for your agency.

Responsible Disposal

We're a fully insured waste carrier. Furniture and belongings in good condition are set aside for donation or resale wherever possible, and we aim for an average recycling rate of up to 95% rather than sending everything to landfill.

House Shares and HMOs

Shared houses and HMOs (houses in multiple occupation) bring their own complication — several tenants' belongings mixed together, sometimes with different move-out dates. Tell us the situation when you enquire and we'll work out a sensible approach, whether that's one clearance once everyone's out or clearing individual rooms as they empty.

In practice, HMO clearance in Dublin tends to fall into a few recurring patterns. Sometimes every tenant leaves on the same date and the whole property needs clearing in one visit, room by room, before new tenants move in together. More often it's staggered — one room empties while two or three others are still occupied, and whatever's left behind in the vacated room needs clearing without disturbing the tenants still living there. We can work a single room at a time in these cases, coordinating the visit so it doesn't intrude on people still resident in the house.

Shared houses also tend to accumulate more communal items than a single-let property does — a kitchen table nobody in particular owns, furniture bought jointly by a group of tenants and left behind when the house share broke up, or belongings from someone who moved out months earlier and never came back for them. Where it isn't clear whose something is, tell us what you know and we'll clear it as part of the job; we're not in a position to establish ownership between former tenants, only to remove what a landlord or agent instructs us to.

Deposit and Handover Deadlines

We understand that a tenancy clearance is often tied to a hard deadline — a deposit return, a handover inspection, or a new tenant's move-in date already booked. Tell us the date that matters and we'll build the schedule around it rather than fitting you in whenever suits us.

Belongings left behind by a departed tenant are one of the most common reasons a clearance gets booked in the first place — furniture nobody wanted, boxes that didn't make the move, or items that were simply forgotten. We clear these as part of the job, sorted for donation, recycling or disposal in the usual way. What we don't do is advise on the legal position around abandoned tenant property — how long it needs to be held, what notice, if any, is required, or what a landlord is entitled to do with it varies by situation, and it's worth confirming your own position separately before anything is disposed of, particularly if there's any chance the previous tenant intends to come back for it. Once that's settled on your end, we handle the physical clearance itself.

Preparing a Rental for Re-letting

Getting a property back on the market properly isn't only about what's inside. A garden that's been left untended through a tenancy — overgrown grass, hedging grown over a path, or general outdoor accumulation — can undercut the impression a freshly cleared interior creates, especially if photos or viewings are booked straight after the clearance. Where that's part of the job, see our Garden Waste Clearance page, or mention it when you get in touch and we can look at clearing the interior and the garden in the same visit.

Beyond the garden, a genuinely viewing-ready rental usually comes down to the same short list every time: all of the previous tenant's belongings gone, surfaces cleared, floors swept, and anything left in outbuildings dealt with rather than out of sight and forgotten. If a property has a shed or attic that's been used for storage over the course of a tenancy, our Shed Clearance and Attic Clearance pages cover clearing those spaces alongside the main house.

Once the rooms are empty, carpets and upholstered furniture left for the next tenant are often the last thing standing between a property and a clean handover. If they need a professional clean before photos or check-in, our sister company Krystal Klean Express does carpet and upholstery cleaning.

What Affects the Cost

We don't work off a flat rate for end of tenancy clearances, because two properties of a similar size can take very different amounts of time depending on what's actually involved. A free end of tenancy clearance quote takes the following into account:

• Property size. A one-bed flat and a five-bed house clear at very different speeds, and size is usually the starting point for any quote.
• Volume of items left behind. A tenant who left a few bin bags is a different job to one who left a house full of furniture and belongings — tell us roughly what's involved and we'll scope it accordingly.
• Access. Ground-floor houses with off-street parking generally clear faster than upper-floor flats or properties with restricted parking; where lifts, stairwells or building rules are the main complication rather than the tenancy deadline itself, see our Apartment Clearance page.
• Urgency of the deadline. A same-week or same-day turnaround has to be slotted into the schedule differently than a clearance booked weeks in advance, which can affect both availability and price.

We don't publish fixed prices because these factors genuinely change the job — every landlord clearance quote is free, no-obligation, and built around what you actually tell us about the property rather than a generic per-room rate.

How It Works

1. Get in touch with the property details and your deadline.
2. We provide a free, no-obligation quote.
3. We book the clearance around your turnaround date.
4. We clear the property, sorting items responsibly.
5. The property is left lettable — cleared, swept, and ready for viewings.

Frequently Asked Questions

How quickly can you turn a property around?

Often within a few days of booking — tell us your deadline and we'll confirm what's realistic for your property.

Do you deal directly with letting agents?

Yes, regularly — including coordinating access, keys, and scheduling directly with an agent rather than the landlord.

Can you handle clearances across several properties on an ongoing basis?

Yes — get in touch to discuss a standing arrangement if you're managing a portfolio.

What happens to belongings a tenant left behind?

We clear them as part of the job — sorted for donation, recycling or disposal in the usual way. We don't advise on the legal position around abandoned tenant property, since what's required varies by situation; it's worth confirming that separately before anything is disposed of.

Can you clear a house share with multiple tenants?

Yes — whether everyone moves out on the same date or rooms empty at different times, tell us the situation and we'll work out whether that's one clearance or several smaller ones.

Do you offer same-day end of tenancy clearance in Dublin?

Sometimes, depending on what's already booked in — get in touch as early as possible if your deadline is genuinely same-day and we'll confirm what's realistic.

Do you charge differently for landlords compared to tenants?

No — pricing is based on the property and the job itself (size, volume, access, urgency), not on whether you're the landlord, letting agent, or tenant arranging it.

Can you work to a deposit return or handover inspection deadline?

Yes — tell us the date that matters and we'll build the schedule around it. This is one of the most common reasons people contact us for this service.

Related Services

• Dealing with lift access, stairwells, or a management company's building rules rather than a tenancy deadline? See Apartment Clearance for the access-specific side of clearing a flat.
• Garden overgrown after a tenancy? Our Garden Waste Clearance page covers cuttings, branches and general outdoor waste.
• Clearing a house outright rather than a rental turnaround? See House Clearance.
• Shed or attic used for tenant storage? See Shed Clearance and Attic Clearance.

Get a Free Quote

Tell us the property details and your deadline — we'll get back to you with a free, no-obligation quote.

Recent Work

A selection of genuine photos from recent clearances — not staged, not stock.