skip hire advice needed please

newcook

Apologies if this is on the wrong board!

The sale of my property is going through nicely and I am hoping to exchange contracts later this month.

I have got a lot of stuff that needs throwing out but I don’t have a car/van to take it to the skip and it will be sods law that during the last week there will be a lot of stuff that needs to be disposed of so I am thinking of hiring a skip.

I have never hired one before - how does it work (apart from you call them and they bring you a skip )?

Do you need to let the hire place know what you are disposing of?
Do you need to pay in advance or will they bill me after?
What sort of price should I expect to pay for 3 day hire?


Thanks in advance

merlinthehappypig

Before you go to the expense of a skip try putting stuff on your local Freecycle group (www.freecycle.org). Click on 'browse groups' and follow the sub-menu to find a group near you.

We had to clear my parents in law's house and almost everything we put on Freecycle was gone the same day.

It's free, could save you the cost of the skip and let someone else have the benefit of your old stuff.

newcook

Unfortunately I don’t think anyone would want some of the stuff - I have an old dining room table which ex OH promised he was going to give away/arrange to take to the dump - that was last summer and it is still sat in my garden but is now covered in moss and I'm guessing the wood would have rotted by now from the rain!

I might put the wardrobe and dressing table on freecycle/gumtree…

Gonzo

Look in the Yellow pages, find a local firm and tell them roughly what you want rid of.

They'll deliver it (bear in mind if you are putting it on the street, you will need a permit which takes at least a week from the council - go to their website and look it up for exact charges etc - probably about £30 - £50)

The skip man will drop it off for the agreed number of days and then pick it up. Just don't put anything like tyres, fridges or asbestos in it and job should be a good'un!

About £150 quid for the skip I reckon...

clutton_2

if you get a skip dont get it until the day you plan to fill it - otherwise your neighbours will have filled it for you !!!!

aliasojo

We enquired about this some time ago so from memory I think we had to pay a hire fee upfront for the skip itself, then we would get billed for the rest after the skip had been picked up and taken away again as they weigh it to see how heavy it is (obviously, lol). Then they charge by weight band.

We eventually decided against it as we KNEW that overnight, it would have been filled up with everyone's stuff but our own and I wasn't paying for that.

Doozergirl

If you can get it on to your drive then you won't need a permit. Sometimes even if you do have to put it on the street you can gt away without a permit if you have it dropped and collected on the same day.

Why do you need it for three days? We're stripping a house, broken down everything so it's flat and stored it all in the yard, very neatly. Had a skip delivered this morning a H had it filled by 10am!

You should tell them what it is - household rubbish/furniture should be enough - they're more bothered about rubble and earth as it's heavy.

I'd hope not to pay much more than £100. We ususally pay when it's collected.

Millie's_Mum

Ring up a few local companies and get quotes I hired a midi skip last week and was quoted between £75 and £140 for a 3 day hire.

As it turned out I had got all my stuff in it within the day so I rang the next morning to say I had done with it and they came for it that day, so not much chance for people to start lobbing fridges etc in it!

I paid the £75 when they brought it and that was it.

mlz1413

Skips can be really expensive and if you think you only have a van load look at hiring a van to go to the local tip. You could then use it to move as well.

Although you should check with your council first most tips now need a permit for a van to be allowed into the tip/recycling centre, the permits are free but they need the van registration and there can be limits in height and number of wheels (ie no double axle on rear).

tbs624

Our local council will arrange to collect bulky household rubbish for a fee, ie someone's old fitted kitchen units, broken down removed for £28. B&Q and some of the builders' merchants have these huge "skip bags" that you buy , fill & then you ring a phone number and the filled bag is removed by a contractor. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the firm!

Doozergirl

tbs624 wrote: »

B&Q and some of the builders' merchants have these huge "skip bags" that you buy , fill & then you ring a phone number and the filled bag is removed by a contractor. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the firm!

It's called a Hippo bag.