DrClear

DrClear: property clearance across Birmingham and the West Midlands

DrClear is a house clearance operator based in Wednesbury, in the West Midlands, working on domestic and commercial properties. The company was founded in 2005 by Krzysztof (Chris) Szczesny, who according to the site still leads every job personally and completed a forklift operator refresher course in 2024. The business reports more than 13,000 clearances carried out and a 95% landfill diversion rate, and its own presentation cites a 5.0 rating on Google.

Its core activity is emptying properties: full house, flat and loft clearances that remove residual household contents, bulky fixtures and stored goods so that a property can be resold, re-let or renovated. Alongside this, the company takes on partial clearances covering single rooms, garages or individual oversized appliances and furniture.

Residential clearance services

The service list is organised around the type of property or situation rather than a single generic package. Domestic work includes:

• Full house clearance, flat clearance and bungalow clearance
• Loft, garage, basement and storage unit clearance
• Probate clearance and bereavement clearance
• Hoarding clearance and end of tenancy clearance
• Same-day clearance and bulky waste removal
• Fire damage clearance and cannabis farm removal

On the commercial side, DrClear lists factory, office, warehouse, shop and school clearance, together with waste management and eco-friendly disposal. The company states that it handles biohazard conditions such as human and animal waste, gross filth and sharps in-house, while excluding hazardous streams including asbestos, paints, motor oils, gas bottles and solvents from collection.

Coverage area

The stated service area centres on the West Midlands, with Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Dudley, Walsall, Solihull, Wednesbury, Sutton Coldfield, West Bromwich, Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Harborne, Edgbaston, Cannock, Kidderminster, Redditch and Coleshill named. The company adds that it takes work beyond the region and also covers Liverpool and Manchester.

Pricing and what drives the quote

The site indicates that house clearance starts from £575, with the final figure depending on volume, access, separately handled items and labour time. Among the factors it lists as determining cost are the overall size of the property, the cubic volume and weight of the items, the transport vehicles required, access constraints and the statutory tipping fees paid to commercial waste transfer stations.

Access difficulties are treated as a cost factor in their own right: multi-storey stairways without lifts or long carrying distances from parking areas require larger crews and more labour hours. The company also states that where cleared items hold resale value, that value is not credited against the fee and is not paid to the customer.

Licensing, waste documentation and booking

DrClear presents itself as an upper-tier waste carrier registered with the Environment Agency under registration CBDU549477, and says it issues a Waste Transfer Note on every clearance. The site frames this as support for the householder's duty of care under Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

To obtain a quote, the company asks for itemised lists, photographs of rooms or bulky goods, approximate volumes and details of property access, including stairs or parking restrictions. It states that an estimated duration is supplied with the written quote. Before collection, customers are asked to secure parking access or permits, clear entry pathways and label items to be kept separately from those to be removed.

Reviews and professional clients

The site displayed a 5.0 rating from 92 Google reviews when this profile was written. Individual accounts describe same-day or next-day jobs, multi-visit clearances of a parent's house, removal of bulky appliances and garden or shed waste, and clearances completed within a couple of hours. The company also publishes comments from property professionals in the West Midlands, including solicitors and estate agents, who describe agreed scopes, documented waste handling and properties left ready for refurbishment.