*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on the list. In the Chatham area, LoadUp makes it simple: see your price up front, book a quick pickup, and let it go.
You search online, call the county, leave a few messages for local haulers and wait. One calls back, another never does. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting right where you left it.
Free municipal pickup programs, where they exist, tend to run on set schedules and have limits on size, quantity and item type. You usually have to request a pickup, get everything to the road yourself and then wait for an open date.
A lot of haulers want to see the job in person before they'll give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck your load fills, so you may not know the real cost until everything is already loaded.
Donation centers only accept items they can resell, so anything with stains, damage or missing parts is usually turned away. Most won't come carry things out of a basement or barn either, and that still leaves the rest of the pile.
A dumpster sits in your driveway for days and can leave marks on the lawn. You have to plan around the delivery and pickup dates, and you may need a permit. After all that, you are still the one lifting and loading everything into it.
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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 Chatham 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 Chatham's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A narrow basement stairway in an older home or a long carry from a backyard barn is routine for your Loaders, who are background-checked and rated by real locals in Chatham after each job.
If a broken patio set is already sitting by the driveway or out near the road, curbside (outdoor) pickup lets your Loaders lift it straight onto the truck. For a cluttered attic, a crowded back bedroom or a shed at the far end of a rural lot, full-service means your Loaders carry everything out from where it sits.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $85 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $80 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $95 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $85 |
| 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.
Pittsylvania is Virginia's largest county by land area, and Chatham is its seat, so a trip to get rid of one old load of lumber is rarely a quick errand. You borrow a truck, load it yourself, and drive a long way. Your Loaders would rather do the lifting, and they enjoy showing up for neighbors here.
Where a couch, mattress or old appliance ends up depends on its condition, and options can be thin in a small Southside town like Chatham. Your Loader sorts each item by shape, so more of it avoids the landfill when local options allow.
Furniture, tools and household goods that are clean and still usable may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader sets these aside for that route, but you should not expect any paperwork from the pickup.
Items that are worn but not fit for donation, such as scrap metal, worn-out appliances or old electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them so they can follow that path when possible.
Heavily damaged, soiled or contaminated bulky items, like a water-ruined mattress or rotted decking, are loaded by your Loader and taken to an appropriate disposal site serving the Chatham area.
Leaving a couch on the ground at a county convenience center counts as littering, so cleanouts in Chatham and across Pittsylvania County should follow these local disposal rules.
Pittsylvania County is adding mixed paper containers for cardboard, newspaper, and magazines at its large box convenience centers. If the container is full, the county says to use the compactor or hold the material. Items left on the ground can bring a littering ticket.
Convenience centers do not accept tires. The county landfill takes them for a per-tire fee, and each tire must be off the rim. Whole tires resist compaction and can flex back to the surface after burial, so they are stored separately for shredding.
Chatham's residential pickup requires sturdy containers with tight-fitting lids, filled no more than two-thirds and weighing no more than 50 pounds each. Liquids are not permitted. Dense cleanout material like broken tile or plaster can push a can past that limit quickly.
At Pittsylvania County convenience centers, furniture and appliances go in the open-top boxes marked B, while A boxes are for loose or bagged household trash. Leaving couches, chairs, bed frames, or mattresses on the ground counts as littering, a class 1 misdemeanor.
Chatham's ordinance requires leaves to be piled loosely where crews can reach them, because the leaf machine cannot vacuum up plastic bags. Keep sticks and branches in a separate pile, with limbs under 3 inches in diameter, so yard waste is not mistaken for trash.
County convenience centers refuse liquids because their collection boxes are not sealed and can spill. The county suggests removing the lid and letting paint dry out of the weather, or pouring it over scrap wood. Once solid, it is accepted at large box convenience centers.
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(678) 884-4738Not as a standard practice. Pittsylvania County relies on drop-off convenience centers instead of general curbside bulk pickup, and junk left outside without a scheduled pickup can be treated as illegal dumping. Confirm any town-specific rules with Chatham town hall.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Chatham starts at $85, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available in Chatham, depending on Loader schedules and demand. Enter your address during booking to see the live availability for your area. Next-day and scheduled slots are usually easier to get in a small town.
The county runs 24 convenience centers and 7 greenbox sites for household-generated waste. Larger open-top containers take bulky items, but commercial and hazardous waste are not intended for them. Hauling it yourself costs little, but you need a truck and time.
The county landfill lists a tipping fee of $55 per ton, and it is located in Chatham. Convenience centers are the usual free route for household trash, so the landfill fee mostly matters for larger loads. Check with the landfill at 434-432-7700 for current terms.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to a licensed disposal site. Outcomes vary by item condition, and nothing is guaranteed.
For curbside or driveway pickups, no. Leave the items out and add access notes when booking. For indoor pickups, someone should be there, or you can give access instructions in advance. Your Loader contacts you before arriving.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers often price by truckload and may need an on-site estimate. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking. For big full-house cleanouts, a truckload hauler can still be a fair fit.
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