Croydon · CR5 · Hoarder clearance
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Coulsdon fitters · Fixed written pricesCoulsdon CR5 is a regular stop on our Croydon round. Downland village on the North Downs edge, with Farthing Downs above the town, so hoarder clearance here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £240, in writing, with insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
Booked mostly by owner-occupier-led households around Coulsdon South, hoarder clearance here covers supply-free fitting from £240. With 22% of Coulsdon's 6,754 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in CR5 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
Step 1
We talk through the situation with whoever is coordinating — family member, social worker or the individual themselves — before any visit is booked.
Step 2
A schedule that suits the household is set, whether that is one long day or several shorter visits, rather than a schedule that suits the van.
Step 3
Every room is worked through by hand, with valuables, documents and anything flagged by the family set aside before waste is loaded.
Step 4
Any contaminated or soiled material is bagged separately under PPE and moved on its own licensed disposal route.
Step 5
Once the contents are out, a deep clean is booked and the property handed back photographed, with no images shared beyond the family.
Why choose us
We expect solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — the pattern behind 6,754 households inside the CR5 neighbourhood in CR5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in CR5, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street.
Registered waste carrier with a transfer note for every load and a separate consignment route for biohazard material. Staff are briefed on discretion and safeguarding before any hoarding job, and no photograph leaves the file without written permission.
Two to four operatives depending on severity, with PPE for biohazard handling and a plain, unmarked vehicle available on request. Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street.
Same-week for a single room, one to two weeks for a severe multi-room clear where the pace has to be agreed with the household or the professional managing the case first. Coulsdon South (Southern) is the nearest station, so a CR5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single room clearance | £240 | 3–4 hrs | One badly affected room sorted by hand rather than shovelled, because valuables and paperwork can be mixed into the same pile as rubbish. |
| One-bed flat, moderate hoarding | £620 | 1 day | Every room sorted, walkways reopened and a full van run booked, priced for the volume rather than the floor area since a hoarded flat holds far more than an ordinary one. |
| Two/three-bed house, severe hoarding | £1,450 | 2–3 days | Multiple vehicle loads and a phased sort across every room, often with items stacked to ceiling height that have to be worked down layer by layer for safety. |
| Biohazard and sharps handling, per visit | £180 | 1–2 hrs | Contaminated bedding, soiled material or found sharps need PPE, a separate waste stream and a licensed disposal route rather than a standard bag. |
| Garden and outbuilding clearance, added | £280 | half day | Hoarding frequently extends into a garden, shed or garage, which is quoted separately because the access and the waste mix are different from the house. |
| Post-clearance deep clean handover | £340 | 4–6 hrs | Once the contents are out, a deep clean is often what actually returns the property to a liveable or lettable state, and we hand it over photographed. |
Single room clearance
£240 · 3–4 hrs
One badly affected room sorted by hand rather than shovelled, because valuables and paperwork can be mixed into the same pile as rubbish.
One-bed flat, moderate hoarding
£620 · 1 day
Every room sorted, walkways reopened and a full van run booked, priced for the volume rather than the floor area since a hoarded flat holds far more than an ordinary one.
Two/three-bed house, severe hoarding
£1,450 · 2–3 days
Multiple vehicle loads and a phased sort across every room, often with items stacked to ceiling height that have to be worked down layer by layer for safety.
Biohazard and sharps handling, per visit
£180 · 1–2 hrs
Contaminated bedding, soiled material or found sharps need PPE, a separate waste stream and a licensed disposal route rather than a standard bag.
Garden and outbuilding clearance, added
£280 · half day
Hoarding frequently extends into a garden, shed or garage, which is quoted separately because the access and the waste mix are different from the house.
Post-clearance deep clean handover
£340 · 4–6 hrs
Once the contents are out, a deep clean is often what actually returns the property to a liveable or lettable state, and we hand it over photographed.
Prices include VAT. We work at the pace the household or family can manage rather than against a fixed daily rate, and we agree the schedule before the first visit rather than pushing for one long day. No photographs of the property are shared without written permission.
Scope
This was my second job for Hello services and I was delighted to have Adam and Sultan back again. I had furniture assembly and clearance work to be done, and again it was done very professionally to a very high standard, and with absolute politeness at all times. They did an excellent job yet again… Read in full →
Sultan assembled our new wardrobe. Really good service. Was also able to find clearance through them. Both services were good
The guys arrived prompt at 9 am . Sorry I’m rubbish at names but I remember the one guys initials were AB . He really worked hard . Both guys were very polite and were happy to pop back up the stairs to finish dusting the bedrooms surfaces that were missed . Not one moan… Read in full →
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Coverage
Also in this area
The parent residential silo — full property clears with a same-day quote.
Sofas, wardrobes and bulky items removed and recycled where possible.
Deep clean and sanitisation once the clearance itself is complete.
Mixed loads collected by volume with a same-day waste transfer note.
Working in Coulsdon
Walk Coulsdon from Farthing Downs outwards and the inter-war pattern is obvious: 22% of the 6,754 households in CR5 live in flats, 78% in houses.
Owner-occupation runs at 74% in Coulsdon, so alongside the 12% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — the pattern behind 6,754 households inside the CR5 neighbourhood behind the plaster in CR5. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in CR5, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Coulsdon: downland village on the North Downs edge, with Farthing Downs above the town. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Coulsdon is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street. Coulsdon South (Southern) is the nearest station, and two to four operatives depending on severity, with PPE for biohazard handling and a plain, unmarked vehicle available on request.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Coulsdon and what they live in decides how hoarder clearance is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood itself — not Croydon-wide averages, and not estimates.
17,050
Residents
Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,754
Households
Median age 40.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
25.5%
Privately rented
11.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon (E02000234, E02000237) — the published geography that covers Coulsdon, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the CR5 district: 51.3109, -0.1413 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Single room clearance starts at £240 in Coulsdon on the Coulsdon rounds, with 26% one-person households here, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Volume and severity, not floor area. A single room stacked to the ceiling can take longer than an ordinary two-bed flat on the streets near Farthing Downs — and Croydon parking rules in play, with a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood, and biohazard material adds its own handling cost regardless of the room count.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions in Coulsdon, with 12% of CR5 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Coulsdon most weeks for Coulsdon (CR5) addresses, with this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern).
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on Croydon bookings, with 74% owner-occupation locally.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in across CR5. With 22% of Coulsdon homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm on the Coulsdon rounds, with 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
Registered waste carrier with a transfer note for every load and a separate consignment route for biohazard material on the Coulsdon rounds, with 14% social-rented stock nearby. Staff are briefed on discretion and safeguarding before any hoarding job on Croydon bookings, with 74% owner-occupation locally, and no photograph leaves the file without written permission. That paperwork is what most Croydon letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat in this 22% flats neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern).
Structural repairs, pest control or damp treatment, which are specialist trades we can recommend; Valuation of items found — we set valuables aside for the family or executor to assess; Ongoing support or counselling on the streets near Farthing Downs, with Farthing Downs a few streets away — and 14% social-rented stock nearby, which sits with the social worker or health professional on the case; Forced entry or work without either the occupant's or a legally authorised person's consent. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Coulsdon CR5 price you agree is the price you pay on Croydon bookings, with 12% of CR5 homes being privately rented.
All three. With 12% of Coulsdon privately rented and 74% owner-occupied, roughly half the CR5 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door around Coulsdon South (Southern) — and 6,754 households on this patch, with 22% of homes here being flats.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Coulsdon CR5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of croydon.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
