Britannia AuctionsWhat if the sale does not cover the clearance cost?
Then you pay the difference, and you will know the likely figure before anything starts. When we survey the site we estimate both the sale proceeds and the cost of clearing what is left, and we set the two figures out side by side before anything starts. Where the contents are mostly low value or the strip out is heavy, we say so at the start.
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Factory and workshop clearance
Selling everything on a commercial site and managing its removal so the premises can be handed back clear.
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