Restaurant clearance: kitchen, bar and booth seating for a liquidator
We recently cleared an entire restaurant after it closed: the commercial kitchen, bar equipment, booth seating, lighting and furniture. We arranged the disconnections, supplied the labour and lorries, and left the premises clean for the landlord.
At a glance
Entire restaurant cleared
Commercial kitchen, bar, booth seating, lighting and furniture
Electrical and gas disconnections arranged
3 x 18-tonne lorries
Booth seating delivered direct to a buyer
Premises left clean and presentable for the landlord
1The brief
A restaurant had closed and the liquidator needed the premises emptied. Everything had to go: the full commercial kitchen, all of the booth seating, the lighting, the bar equipment and the furniture.
Two things mattered. The liquidator wanted to recover value from the assets, and the landlord needed the unit back in a clean, presentable state.
2Disconnections arranged before we started
Kitchen and bar equipment cannot be moved safely while it is still connected. We arranged the electrical and gas disconnections, so the equipment could be taken out without the liquidator having to organise separate contractors.
3Our labour: dismantling and loading out
Our team dismantled the commercial kitchen and bar, took apart the fixed booth seating, and took down the lighting. Everything was then carried out and loaded onto our lorries.
Fixed booth seating is built into the room, so it has to be taken apart carefully if it is going to be reused. Doing it this way meant it went out in a condition a buyer would want.
4Three 18-tonne lorries, two destinations
We used three 18-tonne lorries.
- Straight to a buyer. A customer had bought the booth seating, so one lorry took it directly to them in the north of England. Delivering straight to the buyer saved a second handling and storage.
- Back to our warehouse. The other two lorries brought the kitchen equipment, bar equipment, lighting and furniture back to our warehouse, where it is cleaned and prepared for resale and reuse.
5Leaving the premises ready for the landlord
Once everything was out, we left the premises clean and presentable, so the landlord could get the unit back without further work.
6The result
- The restaurant was fully cleared.
- The liquidator recovered a reasonable amount of asset value from the items.
- The booth seating went straight to a buyer, and the rest is being prepared for resale and reuse.
- The landlord got back a clean, presentable unit.
7How we work on restaurant clearances
- One team for disconnections (arranged), labour, lorries and resale
- Registered waste carrier, insured, with a waste transfer note with every collection
- We often pay for good-quality equipment, which can offset the cost of the clearance
- Rapid mobilisation, with evenings and weekends by arrangement
- We strongly avoid landfill, reusing and reselling wherever we can
8Who we help
- Insolvency practitioners and liquidators: asset recovery and a clear site, handled by one team.
- Landlords: units cleared and left presentable for the next tenant.
- Restaurant owners: support with closures, refits and moves.
Closing or clearing a restaurant? Get in touch or call 020 3822 0054.
