House Clearance Leeds - Recycling Costs

Jamie Murray

2023-01-28

Quality fast and reliable service with a cracking bunch of lads definitely recommended

Bill Mitchell

2021-09-14

Contracted this company to clear the flat of my deceased mother. Two young guys cleared EVERYTHING out of the rented property, including furniture, carpets, ornaments, white goods and food/household products, politely, efficiently, and respectfully. Excellent service.

Charles winter

2021-05-21

The guys from Northern House Clearance have just cleared a house for me in Scotland. The house was packed not only with a lifetimes worth of memories, but all the clutter that goes with it. Within 2 days it was emptied down to the floorboards. A great job from a good team of lads. Highly recommended.

Graeme hatton

2021-02-24

An excellent 5 star service. Firstly the compassion shown due to the circumstances which resulted in having to use their services, not just on the phone but by the team who arrived, on time, to perform the job. Above all a friendly attitude goes a long way in stressful times. Professional from the start to the end of the day and due to the amount of clutter a second day was needed. I could not believe how much was cleared in just one day, it was as if the clutter had it's own clutter to clear. Hope that I never need to use them again, but if I have to clear another property they will be the only people that I call. Highly recommend them. G.Hatton. Cheshire.

Lorna Hamilton

2021-02-05

Fantastic service. Highly recommend. The team was so helpful.

Richard Foster

2020-11-26

The guys from Northern house clearing cleared my deceased brothers house which was in a state. They were very discrete and great guys very understanding at such a sad time. Great job guys thank you.

Xiu Yun Chen

2020-11-25

This is a good company would highly recommend these guys. Very efficent and helpful.

Laura

2020-11-05

Highly recommended. From my initial enquiry I found them to be efficient and professional and was given an immediate quote. On the day the guys arrived promptly and were friendly, helpful and thorough. I would not hesitate to use this company again and I would recommend to others. I felt in good hands and I, m very happy with the service I received.

Ruth Lawrence

2020-08-22

The team arrived bang on time and began work immediately. They continued for five solid days and completed the entire clearance of my late uncles house, which was a case of extreme hoarding over many decades. They even removed carpets, curtains and swept up so the house was ready for sale. They were exeptionally hard working, polite and charged a reasonable price for this incredibly difficult job. Terrific service, absolutely recommended.

We undertake house clearance in all areas of Leeds: Swillington Gipton Harehills Guiseley Rawdon Harewood Headingley Horsforth Hyde Park Woodhouse Killingbeck Seacroft.

How Does Northern House Clearance Services Work?

The first step is to CALL US ON 07966 311 536 for prices/quote.
We will ask you a few simple questions in order to understand your situation.
We usually just require 24 hours notice. We like to turn up at 9am on the day of our appointment and stay until the house clearance is complete.
Once we have removed all of the furniture, junk & rubbish from the house we will issue you with an invoice for your records.
We ALWAYS keep household items to one side which we know can be either re-used or donated free to charity. Our house clearance charges are fair & we do NOT add 20% VAT on the final price.

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Transport costs hit recycling

House Clearance Leeds reports that with depressed markets and low prices offered for most materials, profit margins have shrunk drastically in the recycling & house clearance industry. Keeping overheads down has become crucial if businesses want to survive. However, they have no control over one of the main costs – transport. In what is called the ‘duty fuel escalator’, taxes on diesel and petrol have been increased well above the rate of inflation in successive budgets.

Last year duty on diesel rose by more than 11%. If we compare transport costs with the rest of Europe the picture looks even bleaker. According to House Clearance Leeds, a British haulier faces an average bill of £628 for a tank of diesel, compared with an equivalent of £369 in France or £340 in Belgium. Vehicle Excise Duty is another tax on transport – in the UK 40 tonne 5-axle lorries face an annual VED bill of £5,750: more than ten times the rate in France and more than six times that in Belgium. As UK merchants have to compete with their Continental counterparts, this makes British overheads high before you even factor in the strength of the Pound against other currencies.

As transport costs account for a larger proportion of house clearance companies & recyclers’ overheads, geography has to be taken into account before any deals are agreed these days. Another factor for anyone transporting recycables to or through Europe is the cost of crossing the Channel, which has risen considerably now the ’price war’ between the ferry operators and the Channel Tunnel appears to be over. Again, this raises overheads for British exporters. Apart from removing the fuel escalator and cutting VED (which the Government does not seem keen to do), what else could be done to ease the burden of transport taxes?

Another suggestion offered by House Clearance Leeds does seem more attractive: an essential user rebate of 26 pence per litre. An industry that protects the environment by recycling valuable resources is being penalised by an environmental tax.

Transport alternatives

Rail freight
House Clearance Leeds believes that recycling companies should be looking for an alternative to road transport. “There has been a renaissance in rail freight in this country. Far more recycables are travelling by rail into recycling plants as merchants and customers look at more competitive alternatives.” However, House Clearance Leeds accepts that this option may not be practical for everybody.

LPG fuel
Another alternative is LPG fuel. In the latest budget LPG taxes were substantially reduced, bringing the costs down to roughly half that of diesel, at 35p/litre. Although not as widely available as more conventional fuels, the number of filling points is set to increase from its current number of 600 and will reach a minimum of 1200 nationwide by 2018. The conversion cost for an average sized van works out at just under £800, however you can only convert petrol engines. The costs to convert diesel engines are prohibitive.

House Clearance Leeds – Recycling Costs

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