Guides
Straight answers to the things people actually ask us — including the ones where the honest answer costs us the job.
What does a house clearance actually cost?
What drives the price of a house clearance, what the figures you see online usually leave out, and how to work out roughly what yours will cost.
Read this 6 min
Skip or man and van: which is cheaper?
An honest comparison. Skips genuinely win for some jobs — here is how to tell which kind you have before you spend the money.
Read this 5 min
If your rubbish gets fly-tipped, you can be the one fined
Householders have a legal duty to check who takes their waste. Here is what the law actually says and how to check a carrier in under a minute.
Read this 5 min
Why getting rid of a sofa costs more than you'd expect
Upholstered furniture has to be incinerated rather than recycled, under rules introduced in 2023. That is why a sofa is priced well above its size.
Read this 4 min
What actually happens to your rubbish after we take it
Where a van load goes once it leaves your drive, what gets recycled, and why some things have to be handled separately.
Read this 5 min
Want a price rather than an explanation?
Pick a load size or list what you've got and the quote tool gives you a fixed price in about a minute. Nothing is booked until you say so.
Get a price