House Clearance Service

Our volunteers will do house-clearances at no charge, subject to there being a reasonable proportion of saleable items in the contents removed. Saleable items will be used to raise funds for our local animal welfare work. Rubbish and unsaleable items will be disposed of via licensed contractors (usually the local authority trade waste for which we pay a fee). As we are responsible for the health and well-being of our volunteers we cannot take hazardous materials (e.g. asbestos sheeting), but we can remove and dispose of normal, non-hazardous rubbish (card, old newspapers etc.)

We can visit premises anywhere in the general area of Cambridge at no charge to check whether it would be financially viable for our volunteers to clear it. As a general rule we wouldn't be able to clear somewhere if there was large-scale contamination of any kind (e.g. fire or water damage, rotting or rodent-infested waste).

To discuss getting a house or flat cleared, please email treasurer@rspca-cambridge.org.uk, including a contact phone number where you can be reached at evenings or the weekend so that I can call you back to discuss it.

We need a minimum of 7 days notice to do a house clearance because it takes a while to notify the volunteers and fix a time when enough of them are available.

Saleable Items

We can sell:
• Books (old and new)
• Clothing and Linens (undamaged items can be sold in our shop; worn or damaged ones are sold in bulk for recycling).
• Records, Tapes, CDs, Videos, DVDs
• Household items such as China, Ornaments, Pictures, Cook ware.
• Furniture (larger items will be sold on to a local dealer as our shop space is limited)
• Foreign coins, medals, stamps - in fact anything "collectable"
• Electrical goods in working condition (will be sold on to a dealer who can do the necessary safety checks).
• Rugs and Carpets (if in very good condition)
• House Plants
• Toys and Games

Other RSPCA branches who may do house-clearing

If you don't live in the Cambridge area, there may be a closer branch which does house-clearance.

Other RSPCA branch shops (grouped by area)
• North of England
• East of England
• Wales and West
• Southeast England
• South and Southwest England

All of these shops will be very grateful for your donations, but not all of them will have volunteers able to do house-clearance.