Deceased estate
clear outs in Toowoomba,
handled with care.
When a parent dies, someone has to clear the house, and it is usually a son or daughter with a settlement date and no idea where to start. We walk through the home with you first, and nothing leaves until you have said so.
Little Green Truck Toowoomba clears deceased estates and properties across Toowoomba and the surrounding suburbs. The business is locally owned and run, with 14 years experience. We sort the contents into what the family keeps, what is donated and what goes to the tip, and hand the property back empty. Open six days. The on site inspection is free.
Planning
We know what this involves.
Grief does not wait for the settlement date, and the settlement date does not wait for grief. Every drawer is a decision, and most of those decisions are about somebody you have just lost. A morning that was meant to clear the kitchen ends with you sitting on the floor reading letters.
Then there is the sorting itself. Most homes have four destinations, not two: keepsakes the family wants, good furniture that should go to a charity store, items worth putting through an auction house, and things that are genuinely finished. Almost nobody handles all four, so you end up ringing four different people and coordinating them yourself.
By the time people ring us, they have usually already tried a skip bin they cannot physically load, siblings who meant to come up on the weekend, and charity shops that will take the lounge but cannot collect it. That is the point where one team who does the lot makes the difference.
Keep, donate, dispose. Sorted in the one job.
Keep
Family keepsakes are set aside as we go and delivered where they need to go, whether that is your place, a sibling’s or a storage unit. Nothing leaves the property until you have said so.
Donate
Good furniture goes to St Vincent de Paul, the Salvos and Lifeline, here in Toowoomba. It stays in town and it gets used again.
Dispose
Only what is genuinely finished goes to the tip, and we can give you a record of what went where if the estate needs one.
Donations
“Mum’s things stay in Toowoomba”
When we clear a Toowoomba home, everything worth keeping stays in Toowoomba. Good furniture goes to St Vincent de Paul, the Salvos and Lifeline right here in town, not into a container. You get an empty house and the peace of mind that your mum’s things went somewhere she would have been happy with.
It sounds like a small thing until it is your family. You can drive down Ruthven Street a month later, see the dining setting in the op shop window, and know exactly where it went and who it will feed next.
Property clear outs across Toowoomba
Not every clear out follows a death. We do the awkward, heavy, unpleasant ones that most people would rather not look at twice.
Rental and tenancy clear outs
What the last tenant left behind, removed before the next inspection.
Long occupancy and hoarding properties
Worked through methodically, without judgement, at a pace the family can manage.
Sheds and garages
Forty years of tools, tins and timber, sorted and cleared in the one visit.
Pre sale clear outs for agents
An empty, swept property photographs better and sells better. We work to your listing date.
Estate contents removal
Full house contents removed, with keepsakes and paperwork set aside for the family.
Handed back empty and swept
Keys returned, floors swept, and a record of what left the property if you need one.
What to expect
How a clear out runs.
Ring us, or send a few photos
Tell us the suburb, the size of the house and the date you are working towards. If you are not sure of the answers, that is fine, we will work it out together.
Free on site inspection
We come out, walk through room by room and listen. The inspection is free and there is no travel fee.
A written price before anything is touched
You get a figure in writing covering the whole job, keep, donate and dispose. Nothing is moved until you say to start.
We sort, load, donate and tip
Keepsakes are set aside for the family, good furniture goes to the charity stores in town, and only what is finished goes to the tip.
The property is handed back empty and swept
Keys returned and floors swept, ready for the agent or the valuer. You also get a written record of what left the property and where it went, which matters when you are reporting to a co executor or a solicitor
Managing the move whilst out of town?
We can help
Plenty of the estates we clear belong to families in Brisbane, Sydney or further. We manage the job from start to finish and update you by phone and photographs at each stage, so you are not driving up the range every second weekend to stand in an empty hallway.
We can quote and invoice directly to the estate, and we work alongside the solicitor, the real estate agent and the funeral director so the dates line up without you having to chase everyone. If you would rather your professional handled it, send them to our
If you’re looking for someone to collect and deliver something special… highly recommend the guys from little green truck. Our cabinet arrived in perfect condition, delivered with a smile and extremely reasonably priced.
Solicitors, real estate agents, funeral directors and aged care placement consultants: we work with you regularly and we can quote directly to the estate.
What a clear out costs
Every house is different, so the price is built from four things rather than one fixed
figure.
The size of the property
A two bedroom unit and a three bedroom home with a shed are different jobs.
How much is going
A house that has been partly cleared already costs less than one that is untouched.
Calculated on size and weight
We price a clear out on the volume and weight of what needs to go. No guesswork and no revised total at the end.
Access and stairs
Ground floor with a driveway is quicker than a second storey unit with a shared lift.
The inspection is free, there is no travel fee, and the written quote is the price you pay
unless you add to the job.
Questions families ask us
Who clears a deceased
person’s house in Toowoomba?
We do, and it is the work we are best known for. We walk through the house with the family or the executor, sort the contents into what is kept, what is donated and what goes to the tip, and hand the property back empty and swept.
How much does a deceased estate clear out cost?
It depends on the size of the property, how much is going, tip fees and access. The inspection is free and the written quote comes before anything is touched.
How long does a house clear out take?
A small unit is often a single day. A long occupancy family home with a shed is usually two to three days, and we can spread those days across weeks if the family needs time.
What happens to the furniture we do not want to keep?
Anything in good condition goes to St Vincent de Paul, the Salvos or Lifeline here in Toowoomba. Only what is genuinely finished goes to the tip, and we can give you a record of what went where.
Do we need to be there while you work?
No. Many families are there for the walk through and the sorting decisions, then leave us to it. We update you by phone and photographs as we go.
Can you work directly with the solicitor or the executor?
Yes. We can quote and invoice directly to the estate, and we are used to working to probate and settlement dates alongside a solicitor or an agent.
Can you clear the shed and the garage as well?
Yes, and the carport. Sheds are often the part the family dreads most, so tell us about it at the inspection.
Are you licensed and insured?
Fully licensed and fully insured on every job. ABN 58 268 450 124. Certificates are available if the estate or an agent needs them for the file.