Practical guides on house clearances, probate, and bereavement from the Lanora House team in Hayle, Cornwall.
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29 October 2026 · 5 min read
If you are an executor, there is a question you have to answer before the house gets cleared, and it catches people out because it sounds far grander than it is…
Read article →27 October 2026 · 2 min read
Tell us about the collection before the day. It often changes what the clearance is worth, and occasionally it changes it a great deal. We cleared a house in Mo…
Read article →22 October 2026 · 5 min read
Nobody is ready for this part. There is a funeral to arrange, paperwork arriving from organisations you have never dealt with, and somewhere in the middle of it…
Read article →20 October 2026 · 2 min read
St Just sits at the far western tip of the peninsula, a former mining town of granite cottages and a strong community. The property we cleared there looked, fro…
Read article →15 October 2026 · 5 min read
Here is the part of a house clearance nobody explains at the quote stage, and it is the part that can cost you the most. If waste from your property is fly-tip…
Read article →13 October 2026 · 2 min read
The part of a house clearance that catches people out is almost never the house. We cleared a property in Perranarworthal, a few miles outside Truro, and the jo…
Read article →9 October 2026 · 2 min read
Most warehouse clearances are pallets, racking and the odd forklift. This one came with Mickey Mouse.Kids R Us asked us to clear their warehouse in Hayle, and w…
Read article →8 October 2026 · 5 min read
The gap between one tenant leaving and the next one moving in is the only part of a letting that earns nothing. Everybody in the business knows it, and yet the…
Read article →6 October 2026 · 4 min read
If you are moving house in Cornwall, the first question is nearly always the same: how much is this going to cost? This guide explains how removal prices actual…
Read article →1 October 2026 · 5 min read
Most clearance companies will not put a price on their website. Ring for a quote, they say, and you spend twenty minutes describing a sofa to somebody who is go…
Read article →30 September 2026 · 2 min read
Hayle is where we are based, and that shows up in the price more than people expect. We cleared a two-bedroom property here recently and had it finished in half…
Read article →22 September 2026 · 6 min read
A void costs money every day it stays a void. That is the whole job in one sentence. Whether you are a housing officer with a turnaround target, a letting agent…
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7 September 2026 · 5 min read
Ask anyone who does this job for a living and they will tell you the same thing: the house is the easy bit. The garage is where the money goes. A three bed hous…
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30 August 2026 · 5 min read
When we walk round a property to quote a clearance, the thing people least expect to matter is the beds. A wardrobe is bigger. A sofa is heavier. A chest freeze…
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26 August 2026 · 6 min read
Attic or loft, it is the same space and the same job. A clearance means a team turns up, empties it, and takes the lot away with them. Most people who ring us a…
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9 August 2026 · 4 min read
We were called out to a house clearance in St Austell recently that is worth writing about, not because anything dramatic happened, but because it shows exactly…
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4 August 2026 · 8 min read
If you have just been handed the keys to a parent's or relative's home, the first question is usually the simplest one: what is this going to cost? As a guide,…
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