How a clear-out works
- Show us what is going. Photos or a short video of everything, plus the route out: which floor, stairs or elevator, and how far it is to the curb or the loading area.
- Get a written quote. The price comes from the volume your items take up and the time it takes to carry them out, and you have it in writing before we start.
- On the day. We check the items against the quote, sort with you if you want to keep or donate anything, and carry everything out.
- Afterwards. Usable items go to charities that accept them, metal and cardboard are recycled, and the rest is disposed of properly.
When you may not need us
If you live in a house with City of Toronto garbage collection, a few large items, such as a sofa or a mattress, can go out beside your garbage bin on collection day, half a metre apart. The City charges every house an annual fee for that service whether or not you use it, so use it. Paint, solvents, batteries and propane tanks can go to a City Drop-Off Depot, free for residents up to 50 litres or 50 kg a day.
Junk removal earns its price when there is too much for the curb, when it sits in a basement, a locker or on a high floor, when your building has no curbside pickup for big items, or when a move-out date will not wait.
Condos and apartments
Condo buildings handle bulky waste in their own ways. Some have a bulky-item room or set collection days, some charge by the item, and most want large loads taken down in the service elevator at a booked time. Check your building’s rules, or send them to us with your photos and we will plan around them.
Garages, basements and storage lockers
These are rarely one-trip jobs. Years of storage hide paint cans, old electronics and propane cylinders among the boxes. Sorting first, with you, separates what you want to keep from what can be donated, and pulls out anything hazardous so you can take it to a depot.
Move-outs
At the end of a lease, or before a closing, whatever is left behind has to go before the keys do. Book the clear-out before the cleaner, so the clean covers empty floors and cupboards.