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At first skip hire may seem to be an easy enough solution to clearing away your waste. However, if you look a bit further into the costs and possible problems that can be associated with it then a different picture emerges. A lot of the costs will be for things you may not have thought necessary. Likewise, you may also have failed to consider some of the potential negatives involved. We have outlined some of the more common downfalls below, hopefully this will help you make the correct decision. If you are planning on hiring a skip that will be located on the street then a permit is required. To obtain this you will have to go to the local council with your request. This is obviously not only going to cost you money to get the permit but it will also take time for the council to process your request and grant the permit. On top of the skip permit, you will usually also have to make sure you have a parking permit for the skip. This will again just mean another cost of both money and time being added to your waste clearance. Once you have successfully obtained the required permits you have to think about getting the skip filled. When you pay to rent a skip, the labour needed to fill it is not included in the price. This ultimately means that you either have to pay extra to get a professional team to do it, or you are going to have to do the job yourself. Each option is not ideal as you either face more costs or you have to carry out manual labour which could easily lead to personal injury or damage to property. Another factor to think about is that you pay a fixed fee for the skip. You may only have enough rubbish to fill half of the skip but you will still be paying the same amount as you would have with a full load. Due to the fact you cannot get a skip to fit your specific needs, you just have to make do with the best available. A lot of the time you will also find that neighbours and opportunists will dump their own waste into your skip. While this may not be as much of a problem if you don't have enough rubbish to fill it yourself, if you do need all the space then it can cause a massive headache. Why should you be basically be paying for other people to get rid of their unwanted items? The alternative option to taking out a skip is to bring in a professional waste disposal company. If you choose to do this then you do not have to worry about getting any permits sorted out. It also means that you will only be paying for the actual amount of rubbish you need removing so it cuts down on unnecessary costs. A good rubbish removal company will also clear up after themselves making sure that the area is left in a presentable state. All in all, deciding to go with a professional waste company can be a much better alternative to skip hire.
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