Need to clear a cellar in Ixelles before a sale, the end of a tenancy or building work? Sparkling Services removes jars, bottles, soaked boxes and old furniture, sets your documents aside and separates hazardous products. A few photos of the stairs are often enough for a free quote, and you do not need to be there.
Basement clearance in Ixelles: our approach
In Ixelles, the mansions and Art Nouveau facades of Châtelain, Fernand Cocq or the Ponds have almost all been divided into flats, and their cellars along with them: one compartment per home, closed by a wooden door, under a low brick vault. Clearing a flat's cellar therefore means working in a shared space without disturbing the neighbours, and carrying up via the service stairs or the common stairwell, often with an ornate banister that must not be damaged. We protect steps and landings before the first load. Near the campuses, in Boondael, student-house cellars are often overflowing with abandoned mattresses, bikes and boxes.
- Vaulted cellar: furniture dismantled on site, several rooms cleared one after another.
- Private storage cellar in a building: access arranged with the managing agent, only your compartment is cleared.
- Full basement: cellar, laundry and boiler room in one quote.
Each type of cellar in Ixelles has its own method.
Clearing a cellar in Ixelles: stairs, damp and access
Ixelles gathers almost every Brussels parking difficulty: in Châtelain, Flagey or Matonge, a parking reservation with signs, requested from the municipality of Ixelles several days ahead, is all but essential. Near Porte de Namur, we load between shop deliveries. Student tenancies ending in June and September push demand up: booking early means a student room's cellar can be cleared before the check-out inspection. In more recent buildings, the managing agent often sets a lift slot and asks for the car to be protected. In the cellar, old bottle racks, cast-iron radiators and damp boxes are sorted on site, and items abandoned in common areas are only removed at the managing agent's request. The Auderghem and Forest Recyparks serve residents; our loads follow suitable recycling channels. The corridor is swept as we leave.
Ixelles basement clearance: from the Cemetery area to Matonge
Near the Cemetery and in Boondael, between the ULB and VUB campuses, many houses are let as student rooms and change tenants on the same dates. For a landlord, having the basement cleared at the same time as the rooms means a single street reservation and a single truck run. In Matonge, a shopping district, we load between the shops' deliveries and avoid the busiest hours on the pavement.
In more recent buildings, the lift makes carrying from the basement level easier, but the building manager is demanding: a time slot, protection for the lift car and floors, a set route through the common areas. Around Fernand Cocq and the ponds, by contrast, the mansion houses divided into flats mean every load leaves through an old entrance hall, which we protect. Furniture still in good condition found in the basement is offered to the social economy, and the rest goes to suitable recycling channels.
Does the whole house need clearing, not just the basement? See our house clearance Ixelles page.
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Why choose Sparkling Services in Ixelles?
What comes out of your cellar in Ixelles is sorted: glass, metal, wood, paper and appliances each go their own way, and usable items are offered to the social economy depending on what it accepts. You make no trips to the recycling centre.
How it works
Photos or visit: Stairs, headroom, damp and volume are assessed from photos or during a free visit. · Option and quote: Free clearance, we pay you or a fixed price: the option is set out in a written quote. · Carrying up and sorting: Everything is carried up in light loads and sorted; hazardous products and papers kept apart. · Cellar swept: The cellar is left empty and swept, with a photo if you are away. See every step in detail →
