Greenwich · SE10 · Probate and bereavement clearance
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Greenwich fitters · Fixed written pricesWe provide probate and bereavement clearance in Greenwich SE10 for houses and flats around The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark. From £520, quoted in writing before the visit, with two to three operatives as standard, scaling up for a full house with a tight sale deadline. A single point of contact is assigned for the duration of the instruction Units are built in the room they live in, then wall-anchored where they need it.
Overview
Probate and bereavement clearance in Greenwich SE10 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Greenwich, most of them Georgian and early Victorian. 17,397 households sit inside this SE10 patch, 73% of them flats, so we quote on access near The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
Probate, grant of letters of administration or written next of kin authority is checked before a date is booked, so there is never a dispute about who instructed the clearance.
Step 2
Drawers, files, pockets and furniture are checked for wills, deeds and paperwork before anything is loaded, and everything found is returned to the executor unopened.
Step 3
The executor confirms in writing what is being kept, sold, donated or disposed of, so the clearance itself has no ambiguity on the day.
Step 4
The property is cleared respectfully, with retained items boxed separately and items of possible value held aside for valuation.
Step 5
A deep clean, dated photographs and the keys returned, with the handover pack ready for the estate agent or solicitor's file.
Why choose us
Three to five working days for a full property once authority and the retention list are confirmed, faster where the family has already sorted personal items. Cutty Sark (DLR) is the nearest station, so a SE10 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, the pattern behind 17,397 households inside the SE10 neighbourhood in SE10, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Greenwich stock goes, which is what a 73% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Greenwich actually produces.
We act only on confirmed executor, administrator or next of kin instruction, verified in writing before the first visit. Registered waste carrier with a transfer note per load, and secure, documented return of any paperwork or valuables found.
Two to three operatives as standard, scaling up for a full house with a tight sale deadline. A single point of contact is assigned for the duration of the instruction. Cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| One-bed flat, full contents | £520 | 1 day | A complete clear with an itemised retention list, priced by volume once the executor has confirmed what is being kept, sold or donated. |
| Two/three-bed house, full contents | £980 | 1–2 days | A larger property holds a lifetime of possessions, and sorting for the family before loading takes longer than an equivalent house clearance for a move. |
| Retained items packed and stored, per box | £12 | included | Items the family wants to keep are boxed and labelled separately rather than mixed into the same load as items for disposal. |
| Document and paperwork search, per visit | £150 | 2–3 hrs | A dedicated pass through drawers, files and furniture for wills, deeds, bank correspondence and photographs before general clearance begins. |
| Donation and valuation liaison, per item | £40 | by arrangement | Furniture or items of possible value are held aside and referred to a valuer or charity the family nominates, rather than cleared with everything else. |
| Sale-ready clean and photograph handover | £320 | 4–6 hrs | A deep clean and dated photographs once the property is empty, which most estate agents ask for before marketing a probate sale. |
One-bed flat, full contents
£520 · 1 day
A complete clear with an itemised retention list, priced by volume once the executor has confirmed what is being kept, sold or donated.
Two/three-bed house, full contents
£980 · 1–2 days
A larger property holds a lifetime of possessions, and sorting for the family before loading takes longer than an equivalent house clearance for a move.
Retained items packed and stored, per box
£12 · included
Items the family wants to keep are boxed and labelled separately rather than mixed into the same load as items for disposal.
Document and paperwork search, per visit
£150 · 2–3 hrs
A dedicated pass through drawers, files and furniture for wills, deeds, bank correspondence and photographs before general clearance begins.
Donation and valuation liaison, per item
£40 · by arrangement
Furniture or items of possible value are held aside and referred to a valuer or charity the family nominates, rather than cleared with everything else.
Sale-ready clean and photograph handover
£320 · 4–6 hrs
A deep clean and dated photographs once the property is empty, which most estate agents ask for before marketing a probate sale.
Prices include VAT. We only act on the instruction of the named executor, administrator or next of kin, and confirm that authority in writing before the first visit. No photographs of the property are shared beyond the instructing party without 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 →
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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 for a property being prepared for sale.
Mixed loads collected by volume with a same-day waste transfer note.
Working in Greenwich
17,397 households sit inside the SE10 neighbourhood covering Greenwich. The build is Georgian and early Victorian, the tenure profile mixed-tenure, and 73% of those homes are flats.
The mixed-tenure mix here (40% owned, 31% privately rented) means a SE10 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Greenwich substrates run to with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, the pattern behind 17,397 households inside the SE10 neighbourhood. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, as the Greenwich stock goes, which is what a 73% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Greenwich actually produces is the mistake that costs a SE10 customer twice.
Greenwich is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — world Heritage centre of the market, the Cutty Sark and the Observatory on the hill — which is why a SE10 quote is not a Greenwich average.
On access, cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access — one reason two to three operatives as standard, scaling up for a full house with a tight sale deadline. A single point of contact is assigned for the duration of the instruction. Fitters travelling in use Cutty Sark (DLR).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Greenwich and what they live in decides how probate and bereavement clearance is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Greenwich & Deptford Creekside and Greenwich East and Greenwich Peninsula and Greenwich Town & Park neighbourhood itself — not Greenwich-wide averages, and not estimates.
39,629
Residents
Greenwich & Deptford Creekside and Greenwich East and Greenwich Peninsula and Greenwich Town & Park neighbourhood, Census 2021
17,397
Households
Median age 32.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
31.6%
Privately rented
30.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Greenwich & Deptford Creekside, Greenwich East, Greenwich Peninsula, Greenwich Town & Park (E02006928, E02006930, E02006931, E02006992) — the published geography that covers Greenwich, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the SE10 district: 51.4849, 0.0007 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
One-bed flat, full contents starts at £520 in Greenwich on the streets near The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark, with The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark a few streets away, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Volume of contents and how much sorting is needed before disposal across SE10. A house that has already been partly sorted by family clears faster than one where every drawer still has to be checked for documents on the Greenwich rounds, with 29% social-rented stock nearby.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions around Cutty Sark (DLR), with 17,397 households on this patch. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Greenwich most weeks on SE10 jobs, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood.
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level for Greenwich (SE10) addresses, with Greenwich parking rules in play.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in on this side of Greenwich. With 73% of Greenwich homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm across SE10, with 40% owner-occupation locally — and this being a short walk from Cutty Sark (DLR), so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
The Royal Observatory and the Cutty Sark is the marker we route to in Greenwich — and 17,397 households on this patch, with this being Royal Borough of Greenwich territory, and cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access. A SE10 slot added to an existing Greenwich round usually lands the same week rather than the next on this side of Greenwich, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood.
Three to five working days for a full property once authority and the retention list are confirmed, faster where the family has already sorted personal items around Cutty Sark (DLR), with 40% owner-occupation locally — and Greenwich parking rules in play. Greenwich sits close to Cutty Sark (DLR), with this being a short walk from Cutty Sark (DLR), so we can usually add a SE10 job to an existing Greenwich round at short notice on SE10 jobs.
Cobbled one-way lanes, market-day closures and listed frontages with no rear access on this side of Greenwich. Where a permit or a suspended bay is needed in Royal Borough of Greenwich it is itemised on the quote before the visit, never added afterwards in this 73% flats neighbourhood — and 32% one-person households here, with 73% 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. Greenwich SE10 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of greenwich.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
