Working in an old Mons bourgeois house sometimes holds delicate surprises deep in cupboards. While emptying a succession's outbuildings, the team uncovered an old hunting-gun collection plus drums of expired plant-protection products.

Here legal rigour and safety outweigh every other logistical concern.

Collection guns police called
Expired chemicals hazardous streams
Zone secured then cleared

The real challenge: gun law and hazardous chemical waste

  • Belgian gun law: absolute impossibility of binning or handling firearms without the competent authorities.
  • Toxicity: old containers with leak or intoxication risks.
  • Perimeter: isolating risk zones to protect operators and heirs.

⚠️ A gun is never moved alone

Touching, carrying or binning a found gun exposes you to prosecution. Only the local police zone secures and removes, by the book.

Our approach on site

  1. Official report: immediate contact with the local police zone for regulated securing and removal.
  2. Secured chemical packing: drums handled in sealed gear to hazardous-waste streams.
  3. Standard clearance: resuming standard furniture removal once the zone is fully secured.

💡 Belgian legal framework in one guide

Succession, streets, sorting and cash: our 2026 regulatory framework.

The result

The house was fully freed in scrupulous respect of the strictest legal and health frameworks.

⚠️ Regulated items found?

Reporting, securing and licensed streams. Call before touching anything.