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Clearing a home in Antwerpen, explained

What to arrange before, during and after a clearance in Antwerpen: the parking ban for the truck, the order of things when you leave Belgium, the handover to the landlord or buyer, and what happens to your belongings. Checked against the city's official pages.

Crew member sets down a good oak chest of drawers in a second-hand shop after a house clearance in Antwerpen
Your belongings
What happens to your belongings after a house clearance in Antwerpen?After a house clearance in Antwerpen, the contents are sorted into three streams while the truck is loaded: things that can be reused, materials that are recycled or processed, and personal items that are set aside for you.
Broom-clean Antwerpen living room after a clearance: empty herringbone parquet, marble fireplace and tall windows
Broom-clean handover
What does broom-clean mean when you hand back a home?Broom-clean, in Dutch bezemschoon, means that a home is completely empty and the floors are swept: no furniture, no rubbish, no loose items in any room, the cellar or the attic.
Keys on the window sill of an empty Antwerpen flat with a view of the skyline, ready for the move-out inspection
Leaving Antwerpen
Leaving Antwerpen: a moving-out checklist for expatsLeaving Antwerpen comes down to doing things in the right order: give notice, ship what goes along, clear what stays, deregister at the city, and hand back an empty home at the move-out inspection.
Temporary no-parking signs keep a loading space free in front of an Antwerpen row house before a clearance
Parking ban guide
How to request a parking ban for a house clearance in AntwerpenFor a house clearance in Antwerpen you request a temporary parking ban online from the city, at least 5 working days before the clearance.

One fixed price for your clearance in Antwerpen

Send photos of every room, the cellar, the attic and the garage, and tell us the address or district. You get one fixed price in advance, with no obligation.

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