Skip Hire experience anyone?

[Alicewinn]

I've never hired a skip before. Quotes online look like about £250 per week. How long do people hire them for? Do you need a licence from the council? thankyou!

Ah the full house at auction. Been there many times. 100% get a house clearance firm in after you have identified shytihg you can sell on eBay/marketplace. (Don’t forget the loft! )Then I’d use a licenced caged lorry clearance rather than a skip if you don’t have a driver. They grab everything from the front of the property in one go and you don’t need a licence. If is super frustrating when you hire a skip and everyone else uses it. With councils making esp trade waste disposals ever more difficult, this is a real issue. IME, leaving scrap metals/doors etc separately at the front of the property reduces skip divers and the amount of waste you have overall.

Oh yes. Good point @Netaporter . Only get a skip once you have enough stuff in the front garden ready to go to fill it or everyone else will put their crap in there.

Someone put a double mattress in our skip! Which I thought was taking the piss to an almighty degree

@Netaporter excellent advice thank you so much. Can I DM you?
@Merrow what a massive piss take indeed 😅

We had the opposite - our skip was regularly raided and had rubbish taken away. Presumably there was some scrap value.

I don't think plasterboard can go in normal skips

Check on line for local charity shops and British Heart Foundation who do house clearances. They take what they can sell but it’s most things. Then get a skip for the rest.

My tuppence, based on getting a skip last year:

Mine was 8 yard, the largest you can fill with rubble.
We filled it within 3 days (with rubble).

The minimum duration I could have it was for 7 days.
They didn't collect until about day 11, and I had to phone to ask when they were coming.
Was on a drive so I have no idea about permits.
If it has a drop side, tell them which way the drop side should face when they put it down.
The skip hire companies have good pages that explain sizes and options.

ps: I piled a lot of metal things at property age around 6pm; was gone by 8am the next morning. Scrap I suppose. I managed to give away some old carpet, too.

You get the license from the council, who will charge you a fee, and set up 'no parking' sign in advance. Skip is per load - you hire whatever size (they will advise) and you pay for each load, rather than how long you have it. Beware that other people in your neighbourhood may feel they can add their junk to it - keeping it covered overnight may help prevent this. Remember waste is restricted as to what can go in it together -.you can't put electrical items, Astro turf and paint in it for example.

Was going to make the same suggestion.

We paid £300 recently for an 8 yard slip for up to 2 weeks. It went on the drive but I believe the skip
company sorts out permits if needed.