London probate clearance · Central London
Probate and bereavement clearance across Kensington and Chelsea, from SW10, SW3 and SW5 outwards. The densest borough in the country — white stucco crescents, museum quarter and the Portobello and World's End ends, and that is what shapes every quote we write here.
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.
Working in Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea is built from stucco-fronted terraces, mansion flats, mews houses and the lancaster west and world's end estates, and the mix changes street by street — Bayswater (W2), Chelsea (SW3) and Earl's Court (SW5) each behave differently on the day.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea sets the constraint: some of the tightest cpzs in london, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks. Locally that means hotel servicing congestion, permit bays and five-storey walk-ups and cadogan estate parking rules, king's road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits. Part of Kensington and Chelsea sits inside the Congestion Charge zone, so the charge is quoted as its own line rather than hidden in the labour rate.
Ex-council and older street properties across Kensington and Chelsea were often bought under right to buy and sit inside a leasehold or shared-freehold structure that Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea or a managing agent still administers, which matters when a probate sale needs the flat handed back with keys, meter readings and any managing agent notice cleared alongside the contents. We flag anything outstanding to the executor rather than assuming it is someone else's job.
Market gardens turned into the Great Exhibition's Albertopolis, then estate-built stucco terraces for the Victorian wealthy. That history is why Kensington and Chelsea property behaves the way it does today.
Scope
Method
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.
Coverage
Also in this borough
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.
One-bed flat, full contents starts at £520 in Kensington and Chelsea, and the ladder runs up to £320 for the largest job on the table above. Volume of contents and how much sorting is needed before disposal. A house that has already been partly sorted by family clears faster than one where every drawer still has to be checked for documents. Part of the borough is inside the Congestion Charge zone, so a £15 daily charge is added as its own line when the job falls inside the charging hours.
We cover the whole borough: SW10, SW3, SW5, SW7, W10, W11, W14, W2 and W8. On the ground that includes Bayswater, Chelsea, Earl's Court, Holland Park, Kensington and Ladbroke Grove.
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. Central London is covered by crews already working in the borough, so travel time is not billed on top.
Some of the tightest CPZs in London, mews entrances under 2.1m and communal-stair-only access in many mansion blocks. Where a permit or a bay suspension is needed we arrange it with Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and show the cost in the quote before you agree it. Nothing is added afterwards.
Yes. Stucco-fronted terraces, mansion flats, mews houses and the Lancaster West and World's End estates is exactly the stock we work in daily. Where there is no lift, the crew size is set by the floor level at quote stage, so a third-floor walk-up is priced as a third-floor walk-up rather than re-quoted on the doorstep.
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. Certificates go out with the booking confirmation, which is what Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea tenancies and most local managing agents ask for.
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. Vehicles are ULEZ-compliant, which matters in every Kensington and Chelsea postcode, and the crew carries everything needed to complete the job in one visit.
Probate application, valuation for estate purposes or legal advice, which sits with the solicitor or a professional valuer, House sale conveyancing, EPC certificates or estate agency instruction, which we can recommend but do not provide and Structural repairs or damp and pest treatment ahead of a sale, arranged separately with specialist trades. If something on that list turns up in Kensington and Chelsea, we tell you at survey and point you at the right trade rather than taking the booking anyway.
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Send a few details and you get a written quote for your Kensington and Chelsea address, with permits and charges shown separately.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
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