No obligation, no sales pressure. Send us a photo of the space or pile and we'll reply with a rough estimate — confirmed on-site before we haul a single thing.
You don't have to move a thing to the curb. Our two-person crew comes inside, works through the space systematically — pulling items off shelves, out of corners, and from underneath workbenches — loads everything onto the truck, and sweeps up before they leave. You point, we haul.
For a garage cleanout, that means clearing out years of accumulated tools, old furniture, broken equipment, cardboard, and whatever else has piled up. For an estate or full-property cleanout, it means working through every room: bedrooms, living areas, kitchens, garages, attics, and basements.
The process is straightforward:
Text or email a photo of the space to (704) 459-5052 or [email protected]. A photo of the whole area gives us enough to reply with a rough estimate.
When we arrive, we walk through the space with you, confirm the exact scope and price, and answer any questions — before touching a single item.
The crew works through the space, carries everything to the truck, and sweeps the area clean. You're left with an empty, broom-clean space — nothing left for you to deal with.
A cleanout is estimated as one job from a photo, not by adding up item prices. Your exact price is confirmed on-site before any work begins.
See the published starting prices.
Text a photo to (704) 459-5052 for a rough estimate.
Every job includes a 2-person crew, in-home removal, all loading, disposal fees for general junk, and sweep-up. These are ballpark estimates — we validate the exact price on-site before hauling anything. See the full 2026 Charlotte junk removal cost guide for more detail on what drives the price.
A full estate or whole-house cleanout typically takes a full truck or more — we can estimate a multi-load job if needed. For single items you want to pull out of the space, the single-item rate card applies.
That depends on how full the space is, how accessible the items are, and how much sorting you've done ahead of time (though you don't have to do any). A clear garage with typical clutter is a different job than a packed basement that hasn't been touched in a decade.
What we can say: our crew works efficiently and doesn't drag things out. We'll give you a realistic sense of what to expect when we walk the space before starting, so you can plan your day accordingly. We don't quote specific durations as guarantees because every space is genuinely different.
If timing is tight — you have a closing date, a move-out deadline, or family arriving — let us know when you reach out. We'll do our best to schedule around what matters to you, and same-day availability is often possible when you book before noon.
Clearing a home after a loss, or helping an aging parent downsize, is one of the harder things a family navigates. The last thing you need on top of that is hauling boxes and furniture in the summer heat, or figuring out what to do with a lifetime of accumulated belongings.
Our crew has done this work enough to understand that an estate cleanout isn't just a big garage job. We work at whatever pace makes sense for you, take direction on what stays and what goes, and handle the physical work without you having to explain every corner of the house. You keep control of the process; we do the heavy lifting — literally.
If you're managing a cleanout remotely — coordinating from out of state after a parent's passing, or overseeing an estate sale aftermath — we can work directly with a designated contact on-site and send you a photo after the space is clear. Reach us at [email protected] or (704) 459-5052 and we'll figure out what works.
We route whatever can be donated or recycled there first. Furniture in decent condition, working appliances, clothing, and household goods that still have life in them go to local donation channels rather than straight to disposal. The rest goes to a licensed disposal facility.
If there are specific items you want to make sure get donated — a good couch, a working washer, boxes of clothes — just flag them for the crew when we walk the space. We'll treat those separately and make sure they don't end up in the general haul.
Disposal fees for general junk are already included in the price we quote you. There are no hidden disposal add-ons for ordinary household cleanout material.
No. The whole point of a full cleanout is that you shouldn't have to. If you want to pull out specific keepsakes or valuables before we start, that's fine — most people do a quick pass before we arrive — but you don't need to sort, bag, box, or stage anything for us.
If there are items you're unsure about — things you might want to keep but aren't sure — just set them aside in a corner or closet before we begin and we'll work around them. Once we start, we take everything you've designated as "haul" and leave everything else exactly where it sits.
One thing we will not haul: hazardous materials — wet paint, oils, fuels, chemicals, or anything classified as household hazardous waste. We flag those items and leave them with you. We do not take them, we do not dispose of them, and we do not run a household-hazardous-waste service. Three notes on this page say what that waste is, why it stays off a junk truck, and where Mecklenburg County residents can take household material instead.
State definition — NC DEQ on what household hazardous waste is, and the 30-pound household figure. A garage or estate cleanout is where leftover paint, pool chemicals, and old fuel actually turn up. North Carolina DEQ defines the material: “Household hazardous waste (HHW) is hazardous material that has already been used or can no longer be used.” That is leftover household product, not a drum from a job site. DEQ then says why it does not ride with the rest of the haul: “If not disposed of properly, it can pose a threat to human health and the environment.” How much of it a house makes, in DEQ's own figure: “The average U.S. household generates about 30 pounds of household hazardous waste per year.”
That 30-pound figure is a national household average on the state page. It is not a Mecklenburg County drop-off rule, and it is not a claim about what we haul. We cannot take this material. We flag it and leave it with you. The county block below is where a Mecklenburg County resident takes household material; this block is only what the state says the material is.
Quoted from the NC Department of Environmental Quality, Household Hazardous Waste: Household Hazardous Waste (deq.nc.gov), fetched September 17, 2026, HTTP 200. This is a state definition and a national household-average figure. It is not a Mecklenburg County drop-off price, not a City of Charlotte curbside rule, and not a 704junk hauling service. Checked September 2026. Disposal rules change — read the linked page before you assume an item is accepted.Federal picture — EPA on what counts, on never pouring leftovers into a food container, and on injury to sanitation workers. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's definition: “EPA considers some leftover household products that can catch fire, react, or explode under certain circumstances, or that are corrosive or toxic as household hazardous waste.” That is leftover household product. It is not a service we offer. EPA's storage rule is: “Never store hazardous products in food containers; keep them in their original containers and never remove labels.” If a cleanout turns up a milk jug of mystery liquid, that is the situation EPA is warning about — and we still will not take it.
The sentence that belongs on a cleanout page: EPA writes that “Certain types of HHW have the potential to cause physical injury to sanitation workers”. That is why a mystery can does not go on our truck. EPA also writes that “household hazardous waste is regulated on the state and local level”, so this page quotes NC DEQ and Mecklenburg County rather than a single federal drop-off program. There is no EPA site in Charlotte that takes leftover paint. We do not handle household hazardous waste. We flag it, leave it, and point you to the county.
Quoted from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Household Hazardous Waste (HHW): Household Hazardous Waste (epa.gov), fetched September 17, 2026, HTTP 200. This is federal guidance on what counts as household hazardous waste and how it is regulated. It is not a Mecklenburg County drop-off price, not a North Carolina disposal ban, and not a 704junk hauling service. Checked September 2026.County drop-off — Mecklenburg County accepts household hazardous waste at no charge from county residents. We do not. Leftover paint, pool chemicals, or old fuel from a cleanout does not go on our truck. Mecklenburg County's residential fee sheet says household hazardous waste is “Accepted at NO charge from Mecklenburg County residents.” What that covers, in the county's list: “Chemicals, Fertilizers, Batteries, Paints and other potentially hazardous items found in homes.” The same paragraph adds a condition: “No Business Materials allowed.”
That is a county gate at the Full-Service Disposal & Recycling Centers, for household material from county residents. It is not a 704junk hauling price, not a pickup, and not a service we run. A contractor's garage, a landlord's commercial unit, or anything the county would read as business material does not get the no-charge household drop-off. We will still flag it and leave it; we will not take it to the county for you. Use the county's Where Can I Recycle page for where and when; use the linked PDF for what it costs and what is refused.
Quoted from Mecklenburg County, Residential Fees (FY July 2026 – June 2027, document code FY-27-002): Residential-Fees.pdf (mecknc.widen.net), fetched September 17, 2026, HTTP 200. This is a Mecklenburg County household-hazardous-waste drop-off rule at the Full-Service Disposal & Recycling Centers. It is not a 704junk hauling price, not a City of Charlotte curbside rule, and not a state landfill ban. This schedule rolls over each July. Checked September 2026. Use the county's Where Can I Recycle page for where and when; use the linked PDF for what it costs.Specific questions about garage and estate cleanouts in Charlotte.
Our published rate card is a ballpark — not a locked price. When we arrive, we walk the space, confirm what's being hauled, and give you the exact price before touching anything. If the real number is different from our estimate, you'll know before we start. No hidden fees, no upsell once we're inside.
You or a designated contact needs to be available at the start so we can walk the space together and confirm the scope and price. After that, many customers step away — you don't need to supervise the whole job. For estate cleanouts managed remotely, we can coordinate with whoever you designate on-site.
We'll flag them for you rather than haul them. Paint cans, old fuel canisters, pesticides, and similar items fall under household hazardous waste — we cannot put those on the truck. We do not haul household hazardous waste. See the state, federal, and county notes on this page for what that waste is and where Mecklenburg County residents can take household material.
Yes. Large estate cleanouts or whole-property jobs sometimes take more than a single load. We'll estimate the full scope when we walk the space — as one job or as separate trips. Just mention the scale when you reach out so we can plan the right amount of time.
The same items we can't haul on any job: wet paint, oils, fuels, chemicals, asbestos, medical or biohazard waste, and ammunition. Everything else a two-person crew can carry — furniture, appliances, boxes of general household goods, electronics, yard equipment — is fair game. The full list is on the 704 Junk homepage.
Text a photo of the garage, basement, or estate and we'll reply with a ballpark price — no obligation, no sales pitch.