House Clearance in Co. Louth
Whole homes or a single room, cleared by a careful crew that turns up when it says it will. This page covers every town and area in Louth, what you can and can’t do through the council, and how we price it.
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A house clearance is rarely only about getting things out of a building. It usually follows something — a parent moving into care, a sale that has to close, a tenancy ending, a family deciding it’s finally time. What you need from the people doing it is simple: they turn up, they work carefully, they don’t make you feel judged about the state of the place, and when they leave the house is empty and ready for whatever comes next.
ManageWaste.ie is operated by Krystal Klean Express Limited, an authorised waste carrier holding Waste Collection Permit No. NWCPO-25-13287-01 from the NWCPO. Louth is the furthest county we cover — Drogheda is about an hour and a half from Athy, Ardee and Dunleer a little more, and Dundalk and the Cooley peninsula around two hours. We run Louth jobs in batches, usually one or two days a fortnight, so we can keep the price fair; the trade-off is that we’ll offer you a date rather than a same-week slot.
On this page: Full clearance · Partial clearance · Every town in Louth · What the council offers · How it works · Quick quote · Pricing · FAQs
Full house clearance in Louth
Every room, top to bottom, including the attic, the garage, the shed and the garden. We take furniture, beds and mattresses, wardrobes and their contents, kitchen units and appliances, carpets and curtains if you want them gone, the contents of presses and drawers, and the general household waste that builds up in the corners. We sweep as we go and leave the property broom-clean. A full clearance is the right call when a house is being sold, handed back to a landlord, or passed on after a death and nobody is moving in.
Before we start we walk the house with you (or go through it on a video call) and agree what stays. Anything you want kept — paperwork, photographs, jewellery, the good dinner service — gets set aside in one room and nothing in that room is touched. A typical three-bed semi is a day’s work for a crew of two or three with one truck load; a large family home with a full attic and garage is usually two loads and a day and a half.
Partial house clearance in Louth
Not every job is the whole house. Often it’s one room that’s become a store, the bulky items that won’t go in the car, the furniture that didn’t sell, or the half of a house that a family member hasn’t got around to. We do single rooms, single floors, “just the big stuff”, and “everything except what’s tagged”. A partial clearance is priced on what actually comes out, not on the size of the house, and it’s often done in a couple of hours.
Partial clearances are also the sensible first step when a family isn’t ready for the whole house. Clear the attic and the garage now, come back for the rest when the sale goes through. We’re happy to do it in stages.
What we take — and what we don’t
- Furniture — sofas, beds, wardrobes, tables, chairs, dressers
- Mattresses and bed bases
- Kitchen appliances, white goods and small electricals (WEEE)
- Carpets, curtains, blinds and rugs
- The contents of presses, drawers, wardrobes and the hot press
- Books, clothes, bric-a-brac and general household items
- Attic, garage, shed and outbuilding contents
- Garden furniture, tools and general garden clutter
- Bagged general waste and the odds and ends that don’t fit a category
Not included: Asbestos and hazardous materials (we can advise who to call); Full oil tanks, gas cylinders and fuel; Large quantities of construction rubble (ask — we can often arrange it).
House Clearance across Co. Louth: every town we cover
We provide a house clearance in all 29 towns and villages below, and at the rural addresses between them. Louth is Ireland’s smallest county but it has two of its biggest towns: Drogheda in the south, straddling the Boyne, and Dundalk in the north under the Cooley mountains, with Ardee, Dunleer and the Castlebellingham villages between them and a run of coastal villages from Baltray up to Carlingford and Omeath. Louth County Council does not collect bulky waste. Its two civic amenity centres at Dundalk and Drogheda (both run by V&W Recycling) charge a €4 entry plus item charges that aren’t published online, and the annual mattress-and-couch amnesty in early September is the only free route for furniture.
Drogheda and Dundalk both have Victorian town-centre terraces, 1950s–70s council-built estates and large 2000s developments on the edges, plus apartment schemes near the stations and the quays. Ardee, Dunleer and the villages are smaller-scale, with farmhouses and bungalows on their own sites across mid-Louth and the Cooley peninsula. Town-centre parking in Drogheda and Dundalk is the main access issue.
Drogheda, the Boyne valley and south Louth
House Clearance around Drogheda, Baltray, Clogherhead and Sandpit and the villages between — covered from our yard in Athy.
- Baltray
- Clogherhead
- Drogheda
- Sandpit
- Termonfeckin
- Tinure
- Tullyallen
Dundalk and north Louth
House Clearance around Dundalk, Ballymascanlan, Blackrock and Darver and the villages between — covered from our yard in Athy.
- Ballymascanlan
- Blackrock (Co. Louth)
- Darver
- Dromiskin
- Dundalk
- Flurrybridge
- Knockbridge
Ardee, Dunleer and mid-Louth
House Clearance around Ardee, Annagassan, Castlebellingham and Collon and the villages between — covered from our yard in Athy.
- Annagassan
- Ardee
- Castlebellingham
- Collon
- Dromin
- Dunleer
- Kilsaran
- Louth Village
- Mansfieldstown
- Philipstown
- Stabannan
- Tallanstown
Carlingford, Omeath and the Cooley peninsula
House Clearance around Carlingford, Greenore and Omeath — covered from our yard in Athy.
- Carlingford
- Greenore
- Omeath
Doing it yourself in Louth: what the council offers
Before you ring anyone, here is the honest picture of what Louth County Council will and won’t do for a house clearance. Furniture and bulky items are accepted at Dundalk Recycling Centre (V&W Civic Amenity Centre) and Drogheda Recycling Centre (V&W Civic Amenity Centre). Electrical items — fridges, washing machines, TVs, computers — are free to drop at every council site as WEEE, and we take them as part of any job. Watch the vehicle rules: Cars and car trailers admitted (trailer charge applies for green waste); no commercial vehicles or commercial waste. Van policy not published - ring ahead.
Louth County Council — no bulky-waste collection. Louth County Council does not collect household waste or bulky items and has no bookable bulky-waste service. It directs residents to the two civic amenity centres in Dundalk and Drogheda, both run by V&W Recycling, where beds, couches, carpet/lino, children's toys and bags of non-recyclable domestic waste are accepted for a charge (ring 042 9329200 or 041 9803900 for the price list - V&W do not publish bulky prices online), or to the nine authorised bulky-waste / skip operators the council lists (e.g. Pronto Waste Clearance & Recycling 087 2912911, Skips on Wheels 083 1552410). Once a year, under the Anti-Dumping Initiative, the council runs a free Mattress & Couch Amnesty, normally over two days in early September: in 2025 it was Wed 3 September 9:30am–5:30pm at the V&W centres in Dundalk and Drogheda and Thu 4 September 9:30am–3:30pm at Kieran & McGee Livestock Sales Yard, Ardee (A92 VP92); in 2024 it was 11–12 September at the same three locations. Only mattresses, sofas and armchairs are taken, maximum 3 items per vehicle, the council covers the disposal cost but the normal €4 entry charge still applies at Dundalk and Drogheda (Ardee is free). The 2025 event took in 2,233 mattresses and 2,124 couches. Dates are announced on louthcoco.ie and in the Dundalk Democrat / Drogheda Independent in August.
| Council site | Opening hours | For house clearance | Charges |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Recycling Centre (V&W Civic Amenity Centre) Newry Road, Lisdoo, Dundalk, Co. Louth (council civic amenity site operated by V&W Recycling), A91 X72W | Mon–Fri 9:30am–6pm (last car in 5:45pm); Sat 9am–3pm; closed Sun & Bank Hols | Takes: beds & mattresses (charged); couches & furniture (charged); WEEE, domestic appliances, batteries, bulbs & tubes (free) | Charges for general waste, beds, couches, carpet and other bulky items apply on top but V&W do not publish the price list online - ring 042 9329200 for details; WEEE, batteries and bulbs free. Vans: Cars and car trailers admitted (trailer charge applies for green waste); no commercial vehicles or commercial waste. Van policy not published - ring ahead. |
| Drogheda Recycling Centre (V&W Civic Amenity Centre) Mell Road, Mell, Drogheda, Co. Louth (council civic amenity site operated by V&W Recycling; sometimes listed as Collon Road), A92 N126 | Mon–Fri 9:30am–6pm (last car in 5:45pm); Sat 9am–3pm; closed Sun & Bank Hols | Takes: beds & mattresses (charged); couches & furniture (charged); WEEE, domestic appliances, batteries, bulbs & tubes (free) | General waste and bulky items (beds, couches, carpet, toys) charged on top; WEEE, batteries and bulbs free. Vans: Cars and car trailers admitted (trailer charge for green waste); no commercial vehicles or commercial waste. Van policy not published - ring ahead. |
Council details are taken from the councils’ own published information and checked periodically; hours and charges change, so confirm with the site before travelling. Where a council hasn’t published a charge we say so rather than guess.
Or we come to you
Set that against a collection from us: no van to borrow, no gate fee, no weighbridge surprise, no two-mattress limit, no carrying it down the stairs yourself, and no question about whether the site will turn your load away. We quote a fixed price from photos, we load it, and it leaves under our waste collection permit (NWCPO-25-13287-01). For a single item the council site can be cheaper if you already have the van and the time; for anything more than a car-boot load, we usually are.
How a house clearance works with us
Send photos. A photo of each room through the quote form or on WhatsApp is enough. For large houses we’ll call out and look.
Agree the job. You get a fixed price, a date and a note of what’s being kept. No surprises on the day.
The clearance. A crew of two or three with a box truck. We load, sort for reuse and recycling on the truck, and sweep through.
Afterwards. Keys handed back as agreed. If you find something later that should have been kept, ring us straight away — we hold loads for a short time.
Quick quote for house clearance in Louth
Name, phone and one line about the job. We ring you back within the hour (8am–8pm) with a price, or ask for a couple of photos first.
What affects the price in Louth
Volume — how many truck loads, which is why photos matter
Access — stairs, a long carry from the road, no parking, a lift or none
Weight — books, tiles, a workshop full of tools cost more to dispose of than a wardrobe
What can be reused — good furniture lowers the disposal cost and we pass that on
Timing — a fixed date on short notice costs more than “any day this week”
Louth is the furthest county we cover — Drogheda is about an hour and a half from Athy, Ardee and Dunleer a little more, and Dundalk and the Cooley peninsula around two hours. We run Louth jobs in batches, usually one or two days a fortnight, so we can keep the price fair; the trade-off is that we’ll offer you a date rather than a same-week slot. Send photos through the quote form or on WhatsApp and you’ll have a fixed price the same day.
Recent clearances
Photos are from our own clearances across Dublin and Leinster, not necessarily in Louth.
House Clearance in Louth: frequently asked questions
How much does a house clearance cost in Louth?
A single room or a bulky-items-only job usually starts in the low hundreds; a full three-bed house is typically a day’s work for a crew and one truck load; larger houses with full attics and garages are more. The exact figure depends on volume, access and what can be reused, so send photos of each room and you’ll have a fixed price the same day.
Do I have to be there on the day?
No. Plenty of our customers hand over a key or give us the code to a key safe, or an estate agent or neighbour lets us in. We agree what’s being kept in writing before we start and send you photos when we’re done.
Can you keep certain items aside?
Yes. Tag them, put them in one room, or send us a list. That room is off-limits to the crew and we double-check the list before we leave. If you find afterwards that something went that shouldn’t have, call us immediately — loads are held for a short time before they’re sorted.
What happens to the furniture and belongings?
They’re sorted on the truck. Good furniture and household goods are set aside for reuse where possible; recyclable materials are separated; the remainder goes to authorised waste facilities under our collection permit. Nothing is dumped, and you can have the facility details for the load if you want them.
Can you clear a house after a bereavement?
Yes — it’s a large part of what we do. We work at the family’s pace, can liaise with the executor or solicitor on access and timing, and we’re careful with paperwork and personal items. There’s a separate page on bereavement clearance in Louth with more detail.
Do you clean as well as clear?
We sweep and leave the property broom-clean as standard. A proper end-of-tenancy or pre-sale clean is a separate job — ask when you book and we’ll quote both together.
Which parts of Louth do you cover?
All of it — every town and village listed on this page, and the rural addresses in between. If your townland isn’t named, it’s still covered.
Can you clear a house in one day?
Most three- and four-bed houses, yes — one crew, one day, one or two truck loads. Larger houses with full attics, garages and years of contents can run into a second day; we tell you before we start, not after.
Do you charge extra for stairs or awkward access?
Access is part of the quote, not an extra on the day. A fourth-floor walk-up or a long carry down a lane costs more than a bungalow with a driveway, and we price that from your photos so there are no surprises.
What if the house hasn’t been lived in for a while?
We deal with that regularly — damp, mould, a freezer that was switched off, mice in the press. Tell us what you know and we’ll bring what’s needed. Serious pest problems are best treated before we arrive.
How far in advance should I book in Louth?
A week is comfortable; a few days is usually fine. We run Louth in rounds, so the earlier we know the more likely we can fit your preferred date.
Can you give a rough price over the phone?
A rough range, yes, if you describe the house. A firm price needs photos — one of each room — and takes us about ten minutes once we have them. We never quote blind and then change it on the day.
Does Louth County Council collect bulky items?
No. Louth County Council does not run a bulky-waste collection. Your options are the council recycling centres listed above — with their charges and limits — or a permitted private collector like us.
How far is Louth from your base?
Louth is the furthest county we cover — Drogheda is about an hour and a half from Athy, Ardee and Dunleer a little more, and Dundalk and the Cooley peninsula around two hours. We run Louth jobs in batches, usually one or two days a fortnight, so we can keep the price fair; the trade-off is that we’ll offer you a date rather than a same-week slot.
House Clearance in other counties
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All our clearance and waste services in Co. Louth
One crew, one permit, every kind of clearance. Each service has its own Louth page with every town, the local council facts and pricing.
House Clearance LouthFull or partial house clearances across Louth — every room, attic to garden.
Apartment Clearance LouthPurpose-built apartments: lifts booked, bin-store rules respected, management company kept happy.
Flat Clearance LouthConverted houses, bedsits, above-shop flats and flat complexes — stairs and street parking handled.
Attic Clearance LouthEverything down the ladder, sorted on the landing, gone the same day.
Garage Clearance LouthTools, timber, tyres, paint and the chest freezer — sorted and disposed of properly.
Shed Clearance LouthGarden sheds, outbuildings and farm stores emptied, and the shed taken down if you want.
Bereavement Clearance LouthA family home cleared quietly, at your pace, with personal items set aside.
Hoarder Clearance LouthDiscreet, judgement-free clearance of heavily cluttered homes, full or staged.
End of Tenancy Clearance LouthAbandoned furniture and belongings cleared, property photographed and ready to re-let.
Commercial Waste LouthFit-outs, fixtures, dead stock and void units for shops, landlords and businesses in Louth.
Office Clearance LouthDesks, chairs, filing and IT removed out of hours, with WEEE and shredding handled.
Warehouse Clearance LouthRacking, pallets, stock and plant cleared from industrial units, scrap credited.
Junk Removal LouthBulky waste and the stuff the bin won’t take — we load it, no skip needed.
Furniture Removal LouthOld sofas, beds, mattresses and wardrobes collected from inside the house.
Storage Unit Clearance LouthSelf-storage units, lock-ups and containers emptied in one visit so you can cancel the rent.
Garden Waste Clearance LouthGreen waste, decking, fencing, sheds and overgrown gardens cleared and sorted.Get a house clearance quote in Louth today
Send a few photos and we’ll come back with a clear, no-obligation quote.