West Flanders is the only Belgian province on the sea, and that shows in the clearances we carry out there.
On the coast, in Ostend or Knokke-Heist, many of the homes we clear are seafront flats or furnished second homes, often sold after an inheritance by owners who live far away. That means coordinating keys with the building manager or estate agent, booking the lift, which is often too small for a wardrobe, and avoiding the busiest hours of the summer season. In Bruges, the provincial capital, the UNESCO-listed centre is lined with gabled houses and old almshouses (godshuizen) with narrow stairs, while Sint-Kruis, Assebroek or Sint-Andries offer more accessible homes. Kortrijk and Waregem combine new flats along the Leie with spacious villas; Roeselare has the brick terraced houses typical of the region; and in Ypres, rebuilt after 1918, townhouses sit alongside the farms of the Westhoek. Each area has its own intercommunale: IVBO in Bruges, IVOO in Ostend, Imog in the south of the province around Kortrijk and Waregem, Mirom in Roeselare and IVVO in the Westhoek, while Knokke-Heist runs its own recycling park, on a booking system since April 2024. These parks are for residents: Sparkling Services does not take waste from its jobs there. We donate whatever can be reused to the social economy and hand the rest, sorted by material, to licensed processors. We work in Dutch, French and English, which makes life easier for owners of a seaside flat who live in Brussels or Wallonia, and we can clear the property without you being there, with photos as proof.
- It is the only coastal province: many clearances involve seafront flats and second homes.
- Knokke-Heist's recycling park has worked on a booking system since April 2024, with an access card for residents.
- In Bruges, the gabled houses of the UNESCO-listed centre often have narrow stairs and no lift.
- Five intercommunales and one municipality run the parks: IVBO, IVOO, Imog, Mirom, IVVO and Knokke-Heist.