Office clearance · EC1–EC4
Office clearance in the City of London
Desks, chairs, storage, IT and years of paper cleared from City offices, floor by floor. We work to your building’s lift bookings and loading bay slots, out of hours if that’s what the building needs, and you get a waste transfer note for every load.
- Out-of-hours working
- Electricals handled as WEEE
- Transfer note for every load
Trusted on site at
Including 30 St Mary Axe & Tower 42 in the Square Mile
Case study
Multi-floor office clearance, central London
A full strip-out of an office building: open-plan floors, partitions, furniture, the basement plant room and the loading bay. Everything was separated, loaded and taken away, and the floors were handed back clean to the screed.
Basement plant room stripped out
Loading bay cleared and swept
What we clear
Everything the office doesn’t need any more
Most office clearances are a mix of furniture, electricals and paper. Each goes a different way, so we separate it as we load.
Furniture
Desks, pedestal drawers, task chairs, meeting tables, booths, lockers and tambour units. Dismantled on the floor where it won’t fit in the lift whole.
IT and electricals (WEEE)
Monitors, PCs, printers, phones, cabling, kitchen appliances and AV kit. Kept out of general waste and sent for WEEE recycling.
Recycling & WEEEPaper and archive boxes
Old files, brochures and archive boxes, recycled as paper. Anything confidential should be shredded by a specialist before we collect.
Kitchen and breakout areas
Fridges, microwaves, crockery, vending leftovers and the contents of every cupboard nobody has opened in years.
Partitions and fixtures
Loose screens, shelving and storage walls. Where fixed partitions and ceilings are coming out, that’s a strip-out.
Strip-out wasteReception and comms rooms
Signage, display units, server racks and the boxes of spare cables that collect behind them.
When businesses call us
Moves, downsizing and the end of a lease
Office moves
Clear what isn’t coming with you before the move, or empty the old floor once the movers have gone. Our office move waste checklist helps you plan it.
Downsizing and hybrid working
Fewer desks, more meeting space. We take out the surplus furniture so the floor can be reconfigured without a skip on the street.
End of lease and dilapidations
Leases usually require the space to be handed back empty. We clear it to a bare floor so your surveyor and landlord can agree the dilapidations.
Clearing City buildings
Planned around lifts, loading bays and the building manager
Clearing a floor in a City tower is mostly logistics. The goods lift has to be booked, the loading bay has slots, and the building manager wants a method statement before anyone touches a trolley. We sort that out with you before the day.
Because we load straight into a caged tipper, there’s no skip on the highway and nothing left waiting on the pavement.
- Out of hoursEvenings and weekends when the building allows, so staff on other floors aren’t disrupted.
- Lift protection and accessWe work to the building’s rules on lift protection, routes through reception and the loading bay.
- Phased clearancesOne floor at a time, or one zone at a time while the rest of the office keeps working.
Hard drives and confidential paper
We clear the hardware, not the data. Wipe or remove hard drives and phones before we arrive, or have your IT provider arrange certified data destruction. Confidential paper should go to a specialist shredding service first.
Tell us what has been wiped and what hasn’t when you book, and we’ll plan the clearance around it.
Your duty of care, in plain English
Every business that produces waste has a legal duty of care: store it securely, hand it only to a registered waste carrier, and record the transfer with a waste transfer note describing what the waste is. Keep those notes for at least two years.
We give you a waste transfer note for every job. Our guide to waste transfer notes explains what one should contain and what to do if a supplier can’t produce one.
FAQ
Questions we get asked
How do you price an office clearance?
By volume and access: how much is going, how far it is from the floor to the vehicle, and whether we need to work out of hours. Photos or a short walk-round help us give you a firm written price.
Can you clear the office in the evening or at the weekend?
Yes, if your building allows it. Let us know the building’s working hours, lift booking rules and loading bay times and we’ll plan the clearance around them.
Do you reuse or recycle office furniture?
We separate furniture, metal, paper and electricals as we load so as much as possible is recycled. If you have furniture in good condition, mention it when you book and we’ll talk about options before it goes.
What happens to our IT equipment?
It’s handled as WEEE and kept out of general waste. We don’t provide data destruction, so wipe or remove drives before we collect. See recycling and WEEE.
Do I get paperwork for the clearance?
Yes. You get a waste transfer note for the clearance, which you should keep for at least two years under your duty of care.
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Get an office clearance quote
Answer five quick questions and we’ll come back within 2 working hours with a fixed price. No call centre, no obligation.
- Fixed price, in writingWhat we quote is what you pay. No surprise surcharges.
- Paperwork done for youA waste transfer note with every collection, so your duty of care is covered.
- Recycling firstWe separate and recycle what we can and tell you how much.
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