*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up quietly until it's suddenly in your way. Around the 48072, LoadUp keeps it simple: pick a pickup date, see a real price upfront, skip the heavy lifting.
First you read the pickup rules, then you try to figure out whether your stuff even qualifies, then you chase two haulers for quotes and hear back from neither. Weeks pass. The junk has not moved.
The city's bulk program runs on its own schedule, and it is built for things you can already get to the curb yourself. Heavy appliances and renovation debris are commonly excluded, and the rules shift when the contract does, so confirm what qualifies with the city.
Most haulers want someone standing in your driveway before they will say a number, and then that number is tied to how much of the truck your pile fills. Estimates get revised mid-load, which is a rough thing to learn on the spot.
Donation centers can only take what someone will realistically buy, so anything stained, cracked, or water damaged gets turned away. Many will not pick up at all, which leaves you moving it twice: once into a vehicle, once back out.
A roll-off has to sit somewhere, and on a small lot with a short drive that usually means the street and a conversation with the city. It parks there for days in full view of the block, and you still do every bit of the lifting.
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Most companies charge by truck space, and the price often changes on arrival. LoadUp charges by item, based on exactly what you're removing.
Across all options, not just ours: a real breakdown of what Berkley residents typically pay, so you know what's fair before you book.
Sofas, dressers, bed frames, tables, and more hauled away with ease.
Available in twin, full, queen, king, and California king sizes.
Covers refrigerators, washers, dryers, ovens, dishwashers, water heaters, and more.
Whole-property cleanouts for moves, estates, evictions, and renovations.
TVs, monitors, computers, printers, stereo equipment, and small electronics.
Includes treadmills, ellipticals, weight benches, stationary bikes, and home gym systems.
Add a single bulky item like a couch, dresser, or mattress to your booking.
Mixed everyday items including broken goods, old decor, and accumulated clutter.
Bagged trash, loose debris, and general household waste of all kinds.
Covers drywall, lumber, tile, fixtures, and mixed demolition scrap.
Includes branches, brush, grass clippings, leaves, and other organic yard waste.
Desks, chairs, filing cabinets, cubicle panels, and other office items included.
Moving boxes, shipping cartons, and leftover packing cardboard.
First item includes the pickup fee. Each additional item is a flat add-on. *See Berkley's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A dead water heater in a detached rear garage or a dresser wedged in a narrow basement stairwell takes practice. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in Berkley after each job.
If the item is already sitting at the end of a narrow side drive or out by the street, curbside is the simpler call. Choose full service when the couch is still in the basement, the appliance is in the back garage, or the trampoline frame needs to come out of a fenced yard, and know that access gets assessed on site.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $90 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $80 |
| Multi-item pickup | Bundle & save | Add-on items in the same pickup for less | from +$15 |
| Item add-on | Optional | Bundle with your junk pickup | from +$15 |
| Full cleanout | Volume discount | Entire room junk removal | Custom |
| Disassembly service | Optional add-on | Large or difficult-to-move items | Custom |
* Starting prices. Final price confirmed by ZIP code and pickup conditions. Volume discounts applied automatically.
Plenty of Berkley garages sit at the back of the lot off an alley, and the front drives were sized for a Model A, not a box truck. That math stalls a lot of Saturday projects. Your Loaders handle the long walk, the tight gate, and the awkward turn, happily, for neighbors who still wave from the porch.
Where an item ends up after it leaves a Berkley driveway depends on what shape it is in. Your Loaders sort each piece on site, and condition decides whether it heads toward donation, recycling, or disposal.
Furniture and household goods still clean and structurally sound may be offered for donation where a receiving organization is accepting them that day. If you need documentation, arrange that donation yourself before booking.
Items too worn to pass along, like a broken appliance or a metal bed frame, can be separated for material recovery when local options allow. Acceptance varies by facility and by day.
Anything soaked, infested, or broken past use leaves your Berkley address for a licensed transfer station or landfill handling that category. Appliances with refrigerants follow Michigan recovery requirements before final disposal.
Set out the wrong item and Berkley crews pass it by, and junk left sitting can draw a blight citation, so these city, Oakland County, and Michigan rules matter.
Berkley requires household trash in 20 to 35 gallon containers or bags that weigh no more than 50 pounds, because crews lift them by hand. Wheeled carts with a front lift bar are emptied mechanically instead.
Refrigerators, freezers, washers, and hot water tanks are collected on your regular Berkley trash day, but latching doors must be removed and set beside the unit. Federal rules also require refrigerant recovery before a cooling appliance is scrapped.
Berkley leaves behind dirt, sand, roofing material, and construction refuse, and anything a hired contractor generates is excluded entirely. Those loads belong at the southeast Oakland County transfer station in Troy, where disposal fees apply.
State law keeps grass, leaves, and trimmings out of Michigan landfills, so Berkley composts them instead. Yard waste must go in paper bags or labeled cans under 32 gallons and 50 pounds. Plastic bags are not collected.
Berkley chips branches roughly two inches thick and at least four feet long, but crews will not take a whole felled tree, stumps, roots, or anything a tree service left. Smaller branches must be bagged as yard waste.
Electronics stay out of Berkley curbside trash because of the lead and mercury inside them. The regional recycling authority accepts them by appointment from member community residents only, and an attendant verifies residency before anything is unloaded.
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(678) 884-4738Yes for most household items. Berkley residents can set furniture, appliances, mattresses, grills and bikes out on your regular trash day with no appointment through SOCRRA and hauler Tringali. Refrigerator and freezer doors must be removed first, and liquid or hazardous waste is never accepted at the curb.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Berkley starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee for labor and transport, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed upfront before you book. City curbside collection is already included in your taxes if timing works for you.
Same-day and next-day slots are often open across Berkley and nearby Oakland County when you book early in the day. Enter your zip code during online booking to see live availability for your address, since openings shift by area and by day.
Berkley curbside crews skip several categories. Automobile parts, frames and bodies have to go to a scrap metal yard, and electronics like TVs, computers and radios must be dropped at SOCRRA, 995 Coolidge Hwy in Royal Oak. Liquids, paint and hazardous materials are also off limits, so those need a proper disposal route.
Loaders sort items and aim to keep usable goods out of the landfill whenever options allow. Furniture and household goods in good shape may go to local charities, and metal appliances and electronics are routed to recyclers like SOCRRA when possible. Whatever cannot be donated or recycled goes to the proper disposal facility.
You book online by telling LoadUp what you need hauled, your Berkley address, and a date and time, with the price locked before anyone is scheduled. On pickup day your Loader typically calls about 30 minutes ahead, then handles the lifting and loading. For curbside jobs you do not need to be home.
Mostly the pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King usually price by truckload after an in-person estimate, so you don't see a firm number until the truck is in your driveway. LoadUp prices per item online and locks it before pickup, which for small one or two item jobs often runs less.
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