Browse the directory by rating

Star ratings are the fastest way most people judge a clearance company, and for good reason: they compress dozens of individual customer experiences into a single number you can scan in a second. This part of the directory groups every listed hoarding clean-up, house clearance and decluttering business by the average review score published on the platform where it was found, so you can start your shortlist from the standard of service you expect rather than from a postcode or a category label.

Each band below collects the companies whose average score falls inside a fixed range. One Star covers averages from 0.0 to 1.9, Two Stars from 2.0 to 2.9, Three Stars from 3.0 to 3.9, Four Stars from 4.0 to 4.9, and Five Stars is reserved for a perfect 5.0 average. The boundaries never move, so a company cannot drift between bands because of how we present the data — only a genuine change in its published average will move it.

It is worth understanding what a rating does and does not tell you. A score is an average of the people who chose to leave feedback, which is rarely a representative sample. Customers who had an outstanding experience and customers who had a terrible one are far more likely to write a review than the quiet majority in the middle. That skew tends to push averages toward the extremes, which is one reason so many small clearance firms sit at either the very top or the very bottom of the scale.

Volume matters at least as much as the number itself. A flawless 5.0 built on three reviews carries much less weight than a 4.6 drawn from two hundred jobs, because the smaller sample can be moved dramatically by a single opinion. When you compare two listings, look at the review count printed alongside the score before you decide which one is genuinely stronger. Consistency over time is a better signal of reliability than a headline figure captured on one particular day.

Ratings also age. Businesses change hands, hire new crews, take on more work than they can handle, or quietly improve after a rough patch. A score that was earned three years ago describes the company that existed then. Where a listing links to its source profile, open it and read the most recent handful of reviews — they will tell you more about what to expect next month than the average ever will.

For hoarding work in particular, read the words rather than the stars. The qualities that matter most on a hoarded property are discretion, patience, and a willingness to let the resident make decisions at their own pace. Those things show up in review text, not in a numeric average. A crew rated slightly lower but repeatedly praised for kindness and clear communication is often the better choice for a sensitive clearance than a higher-scoring firm known mainly for speed.

Use these pages as a starting point, then verify. Every listing in this directory records whether a matching registered company was found, along with its company number where one exists, so you can cross-check the trading name against the official register. Combine that with a written quote, proof of waste-carrier registration and public liability insurance, and a clear agreement about what stays and what goes, and the star rating becomes one useful signal among several rather than the whole decision.