What a same-visit clearance looks like in Chippenham
You point, we carry. We pull the Luton van up as close to the door as the street allows, you show us what's going, and we load it — up from the cellar, down from the loft, out of the back garden — while you get on with your day. There's no waiting around for a skip to be dropped and collected, and nothing sitting outside your house in between. Most single-room and part-load jobs across town are done and gone inside an hour or two. It's the tidy option for a garage that's become a dumping ground in Pewsham, a flat cleared before a tenancy changeover near the station, or the tail end of a renovation on one of the Cepen Park estates.
The real cost of the skip alternative
A skip looks cheap until you add the extras. If it can't sit on your own drive, Wiltshire Council charges around £143.80 for a highway permit — more at short notice — and you apply days ahead through their MiPermit system before the skip can even go down. Then you fill it yourself over a hire period, and it blocks a parking space the whole time. We price by volume, exactly like skip hire but with no VAT, from around £150 — the difference is we do every bit of the lifting and it's gone the same visit, permit and hire days included in the deal, not bolted on. You get a clear price on arrival before anything is loaded, and once you're happy we crack on.
What we take from Chippenham homes — and the one thing we can't
Most household clear-outs are a mix, and a mix is fine: sofas and suites, mattresses and divans, wardrobes and flat-pack, fridges, freezers and washing machines, along with bagged general waste and the odd-shaped bits that never fit in a car. Bulky single items are priced individually if that's all you've got — a single bed is £80, an armchair £84, a sofa £95, and a fridge, washing machine or double bed £120. The main thing we can't carry is paint tins, and hazardous items in the same family — solvents, oils, gas bottles, asbestos. If you're unsure about something specific, ring 07742 791139 before you book and we'll tell you straight rather than turning up and leaving it behind.
Streets, parking and where a skip lorry struggles
Chippenham has plenty of spots where a big skip wagon is more hassle than it's worth, and that's exactly where a van earns its keep. The Victorian terraces around Lowden and the station have little to no off-street parking; the older lanes off the Market Place and the Causeway are tight and busy; and the cul-de-sacs at Cepen Park North and South, Pewsham and Redland need a vehicle that can get in, turn and get out. Riverside flats around Monkton Park often mean a carry across a shared car park or up a stair. We ask about access, floors and parking when you book so we bring the right kit — sack truck, straps, blankets — and allow the right time, which keeps the job smooth and the price fair.
Licensed disposal, recycling and your waste transfer note
Where your waste ends up matters, and we take that seriously. Everything we load is sorted for re-use and recycling wherever it sensibly can be, and the rest goes through licensed transfer stations and recycling facilities — the sort of route the household tip at the local household recycling centre off the Sutton Benger road can't handle for you when it's a vanload rather than a car boot. We hold an Environment Agency upper-tier waste carrier registration, licence CBDU445737, and we never fly-tip. If you're a landlord, executor or running a small business, we'll provide a waste transfer note as proof of proper disposal for your records — just ask when you book.
How quickly we can come, and the areas we cover
Waste doesn't wait for a convenient week, so we keep our diary flexible: same-day and next-day clearances across Chippenham are frequently possible, and we'll always tell you honestly what we can do rather than promise a slot we can't keep. Give us a rough idea of what's involved — a room, a garage, a few bulky items — and we'll get you booked in and give you a ballpark before the day. We cover Chippenham week in, week out, along with Calne and Corsham just up and down the road, Melksham to the south and the villages between, including Lacock. We work from a base in the BS48 area and travel is costed fairly, so you always know where you stand.
