Office clearance for a move, a downsize or a closure

One office room with a few desks, chairs and a filing cabinet is often a quarter to half a truck, between £130 plus VAT and £180 plus VAT, plus £10 plus VAT per monitor. Send a photo of the room on WhatsApp and the price is confirmed before work starts.

Old office paperwork, from archive boxes to stationery, goes on the truck with the rest of the office waste. Confidential paper, such as client or payroll records, is shredded by RLE Waste Clearance, or you get a destruction certificate for it, so there's no need for a separate shredding company. Point out the confidential boxes when you send photos, and wipe or remove hard drives before the day.

An office can be cleared while you're still working in it, as long as there's a clear route from the desks to the door. Mark what's going, keep a walkway free, and the crew works around everyone else, room by room. Tell us which rooms you'd like cleared first when you send photos.

An office clearance can be booked at a weekend or early in the morning, because RLE Waste Clearance works 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, and weekends cost the same as weekdays. A Saturday or a 7am start lets the crew carry desks out before staff arrive, or clear the old premises once the move has gone through. Tell us the slot you want when you send photos, and we'll offer the next free one.

An office clearance can be invoiced to the business instead of paid on the day. Businesses that clear out regularly can also apply for a commercial account, subject to a credit check. Otherwise, payment is on completion by card, cash, bank transfer or company cheque, and every job comes with a waste transfer note and a receipt. Personal cheques aren't accepted.

An office clearance includes 15 minutes of loading for a quarter truck, 30 for half and 60 for a full truck, with two people loading. Stairs, long corridors or a slow goods lift add time, and loading past the included time is charged at £30 plus VAT per 30 minutes.

Computers, printers, photocopiers and other IT equipment go on the truck with the rest of an office clearance, priced by the space they take. Monitors and TVs are £10 plus VAT each on top of the load. Wipe or remove the hard drives before the day, because the machines leave with everything else. Send photos of the IT with the rest of the office for one price.

Every office clearance comes with a waste transfer note and a receipt from RLE Waste Clearance, so the business has a record of what was taken and who took it. Keep both with your waste records. RLE is an upper tier registered waste carrier, broker and dealer, CBDU175566, which you can check on the public register (external site), and is CHAS Standard accredited.