Terms & Conditions

These terms apply to your use of this website and to any enquiry you submit through it. They are provided by Local House Clearances ("we", "us" or "our"), a house clearance and household-contents-buying business based in Blackpool, Lancashire.

By using this website you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the website or submit an enquiry.

1. About these terms

These terms cover two separate things:

• Using the website and submitting an enquiry. This is what these terms cover.
• Any later agreement to carry out a clearance or to purchase household contents. That agreement is separate and is confirmed individually with you. These terms do not form a complete contract for clearance services or contents purchases.

Your statutory rights as a consumer under UK law are not affected by these terms.

2. Enquiries are not confirmed bookings

Submitting an enquiry through this website does not create a confirmed booking, a guaranteed quotation, an accepted clearance job or an agreement to purchase any household contents.

An enquiry is a request for us to consider whether and how we can help. We will review the details and contact you to discuss it. Any clearance, any purchase of contents, and any price or scope of work must be separately assessed and agreed between us before anything is moved or purchased.

3. Clearances and contents purchases are agreed separately

We offer paid house clearance services and may also consider buying household contents that have genuine resale value. These are two separate options:

• A paid clearance is a service we agree to carry out for an agreed charge.
• A purchase of contents is a separate agreement to buy specific items, based on our assessment of their resale value.
• Where we agree to buy suitable contents, their value may help reduce or offset an agreed clearance charge. This is always subject to inspection, assessment and agreement.

We do not guarantee that any item will be purchased, that any particular value will be offered, or that a clearance will be free of charge. No price, valuation or scope of work is binding until separately agreed.

4. Your responsibilities when enquiring

When you submit an enquiry, you agree to:

• Provide information that is accurate and truthful
• Have the right to instruct us about the property and contents in question, or to make clear if authority needs to be established first
• Let us know about anything that may affect the safety or practicality of a clearance, such as access, hazardous materials or items that cannot be removed

For bereavement and probate enquiries, appropriate proof of authority must be established before any clearance or purchase can proceed.

5. What we do not offer through this website

This website does not provide:

• An online checkout or payment system
• A customer account or login
• A guaranteed quotation or automated pricing
• A confirmed booking or appointment until separately agreed

Any service we agree to provide is confirmed with you directly, separately from these website terms.

6. Website content and intellectual property

The content of this website, including text, layout and imagery, belongs to Local House Clearances or our licensors and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

You may view and use this website for your personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, reproduce, republish or distribute material from this website without our permission, except as permitted by law.

7. Third-party links

This website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their content or practices and do not endorse them. Your use of any third-party website is at your own risk.

8. Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by UK law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of this website. This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under UK law.

The founder should confirm with a qualified UK legal adviser whether any further limitation is appropriate for this business before launch.

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising from your use of this website will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, except where you have statutory rights to bring proceedings in another jurisdiction as a consumer.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The current version will always be available on this page with the date above.

11. Contact us

If you have any questions about these terms, please contact us at:

Our registered legal entity name, company or partnership registration number and a postal address for service have not yet been confirmed. This is a gap to resolve before launch.