Office Clearance

Clearing an office is different from clearing a house — desks and filing cabinets instead of furniture, a working business to avoid disrupting, and sometimes IT equipment that needs a bit of care around what's on it. HouseClearances.ie provides office clearance, commercial clearout and business clearance services across Dublin and Leinster, scheduled around your business rather than the other way round.

Common Reasons Businesses Contact Us

Office clearance requests tend to fall into a handful of recognisable situations, each with slightly different priorities.

• Office relocation — once a business has moved into new premises, the old space still needs to be emptied, usually against a handover deadline set by the landlord or agent. We work from a relocation clearance list rather than trying to guess what's staying and what's going, so nothing gets cleared that should have moved with the business.
• Downsizing or a refit — a company reducing its footprint, moving to hot-desking, or having a floor refitted needs surplus desks, chairs, partitions, and storage units removed before contractors can start. This can often be done in phases so work continues around it.
• Lease-end clearances — returning a unit to the landlord in the condition the lease requires, sometimes stripped back to bare walls and floor, sometimes just cleared of loose furniture and contents. We can work directly from a dilapidations or exit schedule if one exists.
• General decluttering — old files, redundant equipment, broken furniture, and stock that's accumulated over years and is no longer needed but hasn't been dealt with because nobody's had the time.
• Office relocation clearance for co-working and serviced spaces — a business exiting a licence agreement on a serviced desk or private office, where the unit needs to be back to a clear state by a specific date.

What We Clear

Desks, chairs, filing cabinets, shelving units, meeting-room tables, kitchen and breakroom furniture, reception furniture and signage, partition screens, and general office fit-out that's being removed rather than reused. We also clear old paperwork, files, and general office waste that's built up over time.

For IT equipment — old PCs, monitors, servers, and peripherals such as keyboards, printers, and networking gear — let us know at the enquiry stage. We handle the physical removal and recycling of this equipment, but any device that may hold company or client data is your responsibility to wipe or have professionally destroyed before we take it, unless you've arranged that separately with us in advance. We do not wipe or destroy data ourselves as a standard part of the clearance.

Minimal Disruption

Most office clearances happen outside normal working hours — evenings, early mornings, or over a weekend — specifically so the clearance doesn't interrupt your team's working day. For businesses that can't fully close, such as a co-working space or a company that needs to keep part of the office operational, we can phase the clearance floor by floor or zone by zone rather than doing it all in one pass, coordinating around whatever's still in live use.

If the building requires out-of-hours access arrangements — a booked lift, security sign-in, or a facilities contact to let us in — let us know at the quote stage and we'll work around whatever the building management requires. Tell us your preferred timing when you enquire and we'll build the visit around it.

Responsible Disposal

We're a fully insured waste carrier holding Waste Collection Permit No. NWCPO-25-13287-01, and we prioritise reuse and recycling ahead of landfill — office furniture in good condition is set aside for donation or resale wherever possible, and we aim for an average recycling rate of up to 95% across everything we clear.

Types of Commercial Space We Clear

"Office clearance" covers a range of workspaces beyond a traditional open-plan office — co-working spaces and serviced offices, reception areas, meeting rooms, small business premises, retail back-offices, medical and professional practice offices, and shared workspace units. We also handle standalone commercial units, single-floor tenancies within a larger building, and small business premises above or beside a retail unit. Whatever the layout, the same process applies: a free quote, a scheduled visit, and a clean handover.

Confidential Waste and Filing

Old paper files and filing cabinets often contain sensitive business or client information. We remove the physical filing cabinets and paperwork as part of a standard office clearance, but we don't shred documents ourselves. If documents need to be securely shredded rather than simply recycled, let us know in advance so we can plan for it — either through your own confidential waste provider beforehand, or by flagging it as part of the quote so we can coordinate timing around a shredding visit. The same principle applies here as with IT equipment: physical removal is what we do, and secure destruction of sensitive material is arranged separately, by you or a specialist provider.

What Affects the Cost

Every office clearance is quoted individually rather than off a fixed price list, but the main factors that shape a quote are consistent from job to job:

• Size of the space and volume of contents — a single serviced office is a different job from a full floor of an open-plan building.
• Access — whether there's a working lift, a loading bay, or ground-floor access, versus stairs and a narrow corridor.
• Out-of-hours building access — buildings with security desks, booked lift slots, or sign-in requirements can add time to a visit.
• Timeline — a same-week clearance against a tight lease-end deadline versus a flexible date booked well in advance.

We don't publish generic prices because they'd be misleading — get in touch with the size of the space and roughly what needs clearing, and we'll give you a free, no-obligation quote based on the actual job.

Related Services

For a larger commercial job — a full warehouse, distribution unit, or industrial space rather than office contents — see our warehouse clearance service. If your office clearance overlaps with a commercial lease coming to an end and you need the wider unit brought back to handover condition, our end of tenancy clearance page covers that side of the process.

How It Works

1. Get in touch with the size of the office and roughly what needs clearing.
2. We provide a free, no-obligation quote, confirming timing around your business hours.
3. We schedule the clearance for a time that suits you.
4. We clear the space, sorting furniture and equipment responsibly.
5. The unit is left ready for handover or its next use.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you clear an office outside working hours?

Yes — evening, weekend, and out-of-hours clearances are common for office jobs, precisely so the clearance doesn't interrupt your team's working day. Tell us your preferred timing when you enquire and we'll build the visit around it, including any building access arrangements you need us to work with.

Do you wipe data from old computers and equipment?

No — we handle the physical removal, but any equipment that may hold company data should be wiped or professionally destroyed beforehand, unless arranged with us separately in advance. We don't offer data wiping or destruction as a standard part of a clearance.

Can you clear a large open-plan office in one visit?

In most cases, yes — for larger offices we'll confirm at the quote stage whether one visit is enough, or whether a phased clearance across more than one visit makes more sense given access and timing.

Do you clear co-working or serviced office spaces?

Yes — we regularly clear individual desks, private offices, and units within co-working and serviced office buildings, working within whatever access rules and timing the building management sets.

Can you shred confidential documents?

We remove filing cabinets and paperwork as part of the clearance, but we don't shred documents ourselves. If material needs secure shredding rather than recycling, arrange that separately in advance — through your own provider or by flagging it at the quote stage so we can coordinate timing around it.

What's the difference between office clearance and warehouse clearance?

Office clearance covers desks, chairs, filing, and general office contents in a workspace setting. If you're clearing a larger commercial or industrial space — stock, pallets, racking, or warehouse-scale volumes — see our warehouse clearance service instead.

How do I get an office clearance quote?

Get in touch with the size of the office and roughly what needs clearing, and we'll come back with a free, no-obligation quote, confirming timing around your business hours before anything's scheduled.

Get a Free Quote

Tell us about your office and what needs clearing — 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.