SK Removals & Clearance · Ayrshire
We bring the ladder, the muscle and the floor protection. You don't touch a thing. Boxes, suitcases, old furniture and forgotten paperwork carried down, sorted, and removed responsibly.
Floor protection included · Carry-down standard · Fast booking
Overview
Complete (or partial) clearance of attic and loft spaces — items carried down by trained crew, sorted on the landing, removed by van. Includes floor and stair protection during the carry-down.
Anyone selling a house, downsizing, dealing with a bereavement, handling probate, or who simply hasn't been in their loft since 2003 and wants the space back for insulation, conversion or storage.
Before a loft conversion, before a house sale (surveyors look in lofts), during downsizing, after inheriting a property, or before topping-up insulation (you can't insulate around 30 years of boxes).
Loft clearance is one of the highest-risk DIY jobs — loft falls are a common and serious injury risk, especially for the over-50s. A trained two-person crew with proper kit clears in three hours what would take you two weekends and a back injury.
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Our process
Same process every job — from your first call to the final tidy-up.
We visit (or review your photos) and, once we've seen the job in person, give you a clear, written, fixed-price quote — no hourly clock, no surprise disposal fees. Once it's in writing, the price won't change.
Dust sheets on landing carpets and stairs. Hatch checked. Headtorches on. Ladder secured.
Items brought down two-person, sorted into keep / scrap / dispose on the landing. You make the calls on anything sentimental.
Insulation re-spread evenly. Loose paper and dust hoovered. Hatch closed and left as we found it (or better).
Doors locked, keys returned, property left tidy. Where a property is being resold or re-let we can arrange cleaners to come in. SEPA waste transfer note available on request.
Benefits
You never go up the ladder. We carry everything down, two-person, no risk of dropped boxes.
Dust sheets and carpet runners standard — no marks on the way down.
Sentimental items, valuables, documents and photos surface and stay with you. Nothing goes in the van you haven't seen.
Insulation re-spread evenly so you (or your loft converter) start from a clean, level base.
Quoted by loft size — firm price confirmed in writing once we've seen the job in person or from your photos. No hourly clock, no surprise disposal fees.
Crew walk on boarded sections only. No accidental foot-through-the-ceiling — and we're insured if anything ever did happen.
In detail
Most Ayrshire houses have 20–40 boxes plus old suitcases, broken furniture, Christmas decorations, kids' toys and the inevitable rolls of unused carpet. Two-person crew clears a standard semi loft in 2–3 hours. Loose-laid loft boards lifted if needed to access items behind purlins.
Lofts so full you can't see the back wall — typically 4–6 hours for two crew. Insulation often completely compressed and needs re-spreading after. We've cleared lofts with 60+ years of accumulation in a single visit.
If a loft conversion is booked, we clear and prep — including lifting old loose-laid boards, bagging fibreglass insulation for the conversion team, and noting any visible roof issues (slipped tiles, daylight, condensation marks) so you can flag them to the converter before quotes go in.
Routinely surfaced from Ayrshire lofts: war medals, photo albums, share certificates, old passports, deeds, vinyl records (some valuable), 1950s–80s toys with collector value, antique luggage, old tools. We flag and set aside — nothing leaves until you've seen it.
Old fibreglass insulation (skin irritant — PPE worn), bird and rodent droppings (mask + PPE), wasp nests (assessed before entry — live nests need pest control first), exposed nails and rough purlins, and the simple fact that loft floors are usually only joists with no boarding. Two-person crew, headtorches, kneeling boards.
FAQ
Still unsure? Scott picks up the phone himself — most quotes returned within 24 hours.
07480 164649Lightly-used loft: £140–£220. Standard semi loft (20–40 boxes): £220–£340. Heavily-filled loft: £340–£480. Hoarded or multi-decade accumulation: £480–£700+. All quotes fixed in writing.
Standard semi loft: 2–3 hours. Full loft: 3–5 hours. Hoarded loft: 5–8 hours, occasionally a second visit. We don't slow down to bill more — quotes are by job, not by hour.
No. The carry-down is what you're paying us for. You stay on the landing, sort what we bring down, and we deal with the rest.
We take care to protect floors and stairs with dust sheets and runners as standard.
We assess before entry. Live wasp nests need pest control first (we'll pause and re-book). Bird droppings handled with full PPE and bagged separately as biohazard.
Yes if access is straightforward and you're comfortable confirming by photo. Common for landlords and out-of-town family handling probate.
If you'd like the insulation removed (for example before re-insulating), just let us know in advance and we'll factor it into the quote.
If you ask us to keep an eye out for personal paperwork, we'll set it aside for you to look through rather than binning it. Old confidential paperwork you want shredded can be handled via a separate licensed shredding partner on request.
Yes — usually as part of a pre-conversion clearance. Quoted separately as it requires a small amount of joinery.
Full Ayrshire and Clyde coast: Largs, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Irvine, Troon, Prestwick, Saltcoats, Wemyss Bay.
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