*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your plate. Book a quick pickup, see your real price upfront, and get your space back.
You check the county website, call a couple of haulers, and wait on callbacks that never come. Someone wants to stop by for an estimate next week. Meanwhile the junk is still in the garage, right where it started.
Gateway sits in unincorporated Lee County, so bulk collection goes through the county's hauler schedule, not a city service. Pickups usually have to be requested ahead of time, some items are excluded, and HOA rules may limit how long anything can sit at the curb.
Many haulers want to see the pile in person before they'll quote, which means another appointment to work around. Pricing by fractions of a truck is hard to picture ahead of time, and the final number can change once the lifting starts.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away. Most also expect you to load, haul, and unload everything yourself, and that only covers whatever they accept.
A roll-off container takes up your driveway for days, may need HOA approval in communities like Stoneybrook, and depends on delivery and pickup windows. You still do all the heavy lifting, which is a lot of effort for one cleared-out room.
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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 Gateway 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 Gateway's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Working a dresser down a tight two-story staircase without scuffing the walls takes patience. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in Gateway after each job.
If your items are already sitting in the driveway, curbside is the quick fit. If your community has appearance rules that discourage leaving things out front, choose full-service so your Loaders can carry pieces straight from a back lanai, upstairs bedroom, or packed garage to the truck.
| 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.
Anyone living in a planned community like Stoneybrook knows a sofa left at the curb gets noticed fast, and a borrowed truck is a poor weekend plan. Your Loader lifts it out of the garage, carries it off, and leaves the driveway clear. Showing up for neighbors here is something your Loaders and LoadUp genuinely enjoy.
Bulky items in Gateway rarely fit in a bin, so where they end up matters as much as how they leave. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring reuse and recycling when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in clean, usable shape may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Your Loader sets those pieces aside from the rest of the load.
Items that are worn or damaged but still hold useful material, like metal frames or old appliances, may be recycled where available. Availability depends on local options and the item.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky items, such as ruined mattresses or waterlogged furniture, go to responsible disposal. Your Loader carries them out of your garage or driveway and loads them for proper handling.
The wrong battery in a garbage can is a real hazard, and improper curb piles fuel the illegal dumping Lee County regulates strictly. These rules apply in Gateway.
Lee County lets residents place computers, printers and copiers, scanners, and televisions and monitors curbside with regular household garbage or drop them at the Topaz Court facility. The county urges erasing all personal data before any device leaves your hands.
Lee County's subtropical growth produces a lot of yard waste, but only 50 pounds of unbundled palm fronds may sit at the curb. Anything beyond that, plus limbs and clippings, must be containerized or tied into bundles of 50 pounds or less, six feet maximum.
Gateway is unincorporated, so its trash service runs through Lee County's mandatory solid waste benefit unit. County ordinance sets construction and demolition debris apart from that household stream, and cites widespread illegal dumping on public rights-of-way as the reason for strict collection rules.
Household alkaline batteries like AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt and button cells can go in regular garbage. Rechargeable, nickel-cadmium, lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries should be recycled at Topaz Court, since lithium-ion cells in more and more products can be hazardous when trashed.
Lee County specifically excludes fencing and ornamental wood borders from both the yard waste and recycling streams. Even if the wood came from your landscaping, a torn-out fence or garden edging does not belong with curbside branches, clippings or palm fronds.
Lee County's Topaz Court facility takes ammunition and fireworks along with antifreeze, old paints, fertilizers and other combustible or corrosive materials. It is open weekdays plus the first Saturday morning of each month, and mobile collection events are held around the county.
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(678) 884-4738Not without arranging it. Gateway is in unincorporated Lee County, where bulky waste over 50 pounds, like sofas and building scraps, is handled separately from regular garbage. Dumping on someone else's property is prohibited under county ordinance. Check with your hauler about bulk pickup.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Gateway starts at $80, 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 charge, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Sometimes. Same-day and next-day slots depend on Loader availability near Fort Myers and Lee County, so enter your address during booking to see open times. For curbside items, you don't need to be home if you leave access notes.
Lee County runs a Household Chemical Waste Collection Facility at 6441 Topaz Court in Fort Myers, off Metro Parkway. Paint, pesticides, and similar chemicals generally can't go in regular trash or bulk piles, so keep them separate from your junk load.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill. Depending on acceptance, good furniture and household goods may go to local donation partners, and recyclable materials go to recyclers when options allow. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility.
You pick your items and a time window online and see the price before you confirm. Your Loader usually gives notice before arriving, then carries out the items, loads them, and sweeps up. You can be home or leave access instructions.
The main differences are the pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers often price by truck space and confirm the final number on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so your total is locked in before anyone arrives.
Sometimes. If you can wait for your hauler's scheduled bulk pickup and your items fit its rules, that's the cheapest route. A paid service makes more sense when you need a specific day, have heavy items, or need help carrying things out of your home or garage.
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