How Much Does a House Clearance Cost in the UK? (2026 City-by-City Guide)
The cost of hiring a house clearance in the UK varies considerably depending on your location. House Clearances in the UK should hold Waste Carrier Licence required (from the Environment Agency) certification (verified at Environment Agency). This guide lists 2026 house clearance prices for all 200 UK cities in our database — click any city for a full local pricing guide.
Regional price tip: London house clearance costs typically run 40–50% above the national average.
Cities in the North East and Northern Ireland are often 15–25% below average.
Use the region jump-links below to find your area quickly.
📄 House Clearance — National Price Overview (2026)
- UK Range (typical jobs)
- £150 – £1,500
- Typical Duration
- 1 day–1 week
- Certification Required
- Waste Carrier Licence required (from the Environment Agency)
- Cities Covered
- 200 UK cities
The UK national average is used as the baseline. London typically costs 40–50% above the national average; Northern Ireland and parts of the North East are 15–25% below. Prices within each region can also vary by suburb and whether your job requires emergency call-out rates.
What a House Clearance Job Typically Involves
A standard house clearance quote usually covers:
- Labour for a team to sort, remove, and load all agreed items from the property
- Transport and licensed disposal or recycling of cleared waste at a registered facility
- A Waste Transfer Note documenting where your waste has gone (your legal proof of correct disposal)
- Sweeping and a basic brush-clean of cleared rooms on completion
- Sorting of reusable and saleable items for charity donation or resale where agreed
Clearing a few unwanted items yourself and taking them to a Household Waste Recycling Centre is straightforward and free for normal domestic waste, so small clearances are realistic DIY. For a full property clearance, a professional saves significant time and skip costs, but the critical legal point is that anyone transporting waste must hold a Waste Carrier Licence from the Environment Agency (Natural Resources Wales / SEPA in Wales and Scotland). If you pay a clearance firm and they fly-tip your waste, you can be held liable and fined, so always confirm the licence and insist on a Waste Transfer Note as your evidence of legal disposal.
Greater London
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| London | £35 – £80 per hour | Full guide → |
South East England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aldershot | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Aylesbury | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Basingstoke | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bognor Regis | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Brighton | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Canterbury | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chichester | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Crawley | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dover | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Eastbourne | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Epsom | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Farnham | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Folkestone | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Guildford | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hastings | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| High Wycombe | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Horsham | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lewes | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Maidstone | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Margate | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Medway | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Milton Keynes | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Oxford | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Portsmouth | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ramsgate | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Reading | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Redhill | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Reigate | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Slough | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southampton | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Tonbridge | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Winchester | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Windsor | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Woking | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Worthing | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
South West England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bath | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bournemouth | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bristol | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cheltenham | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cirencester | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dorchester | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Exeter | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Gloucester | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Paignton | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Plymouth | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Poole | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Salisbury | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stroud | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Swindon | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Taunton | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Torquay | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Truro | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Weston-super-Mare | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Weymouth | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Yeovil | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
East of England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Basildon | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bedford | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bury St Edmunds | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cambridge | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chelmsford | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Colchester | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ely | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Great Yarmouth | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Harlow | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hemel Hempstead | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Huntingdon | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ipswich | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| King's Lynn | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lowestoft | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Luton | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Norwich | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Peterborough | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southend-on-Sea | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Albans | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stevenage | £30 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Watford | £30 – £65 per hour | Full guide → |
East Midlands
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Buxton | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chesterfield | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Corby | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Derby | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Grantham | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kettering | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Leicester | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lincoln | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Loughborough | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Mansfield | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Northampton | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Nottingham | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
West Midlands
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Burton upon Trent | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Coventry | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dudley | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hereford | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kidderminster | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lichfield | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Nuneaton | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Redditch | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Royal Leamington Spa | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rugby | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Shrewsbury | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Solihull | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stafford | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Tamworth | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Telford | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Walsall | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wolverhampton | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Worcester | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
Yorkshire and the Humber
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Beverley | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bradford | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dewsbury | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Doncaster | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Grimsby | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Harrogate | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Huddersfield | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hull | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Keighley | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Leeds | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rotherham | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Scarborough | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Scunthorpe | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Sheffield | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wakefield | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| York | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
North West England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Altrincham | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Birkenhead | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Blackburn | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Blackpool | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bolton | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Burnley | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Carlisle | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Chester | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Crewe | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lancaster | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Liverpool | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Macclesfield | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Manchester | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Oldham | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Preston | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Rochdale | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Runcorn | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Salford | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Southport | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Helens | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stockport | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Warrington | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wigan | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
North East England
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Darlington | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Durham | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Gateshead | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hartlepool | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Middlesbrough | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| South Shields | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Sunderland | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
Scotland
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Ayr | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Coatbridge | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dundee | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Dunfermline | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| East Kilbride | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Edinburgh | £25 – £60 per hour | Full guide → |
| Falkirk | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Glasgow | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Greenock | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Hamilton | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Inverness | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kilmarnock | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Kirkcaldy | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Livingston | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Motherwell | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Paisley | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Perth | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| St Andrews | £25 – £55 per hour | Full guide → |
| Stirling | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
Wales
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Barry | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bridgend | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Caerphilly | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Cardiff | £25 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Llanelli | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Merthyr Tydfil | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newport | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Penarth | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Pontypridd | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Swansea | £20 – £50 per hour | Full guide → |
| Wrexham | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
Northern Ireland
| City / Town | Typical Hourly Rate (2026) | |
|---|---|---|
| Armagh | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Bangor | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Belfast | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Derry | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Enniskillen | £20 – £40 per hour | Full guide → |
| Lisburn | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newry | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
| Newtownabbey | £20 – £45 per hour | Full guide → |
Frequently Asked Questions
UK house clearance costs vary significantly by location. Typical job prices run £150 – £1,500. London tends to run 40–50% above the national average; cities in the North East and Northern Ireland are often 15–25% below. Click any city in the table above for a full local pricing breakdown.
Hourly rates for house clearances depend on your location and the time of call-out. Standard daytime rates (Mon–Fri 8am–6pm) are the lowest; evening, weekend and emergency call-outs typically attract a 30–60% surcharge. Most house clearances also charge a minimum call-out fee equivalent to 30–60 minutes of work.
Yes — House Clearance work legally requires Waste Carrier Licence required (from the Environment Agency) certification in the UK. Verify credentials at Environment Agency before hiring.
Price disclaimer: Prices above are 2026 estimates based on regional
trade cost-index data. Actual quotes will vary by contractor experience, job complexity,
materials, and market conditions. Always request at least three written quotes before
committing to any work.
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