*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's all you see. Book LoadUp, see your real price upfront, and get a quick pickup that clears it out for good.
You look up the county's rules, call the hauler, ask a few junk companies for quotes, and wait on callbacks that never come. A week later, everything is still sitting in the garage.
Because El Granada is unincorporated, bulky pickup usually goes through the county's franchised hauler, not a city program. You have to schedule ahead, some items get turned away, and you still have to drag everything to the curb yourself. If your timeline is tight, it may not work.
A lot of haulers want to come out and look before they'll give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck your load fills, which you can't really judge until they're in your driveway and ready to load.
Thrift stores turn down stained sofas, worn mattresses, and broken appliances, and they're right to. Even the items they do accept usually have to be dropped off by you, so the heavy lifting and the trip over Highway 1 are still your job.
A dumpster is made for a full remodel, not one cleared-out bedroom. You have to arrange delivery and pickup, possibly get a permit for street placement, and give up your driveway for days on a narrow hillside street where the neighbors will notice.
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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.
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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 El Granada's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a dresser down steep hillside steps or works a sofa out of a packed garage. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in El Granada after each job.
If the old washer or bike is already out on the driveway, curbside pickup keeps things simple. If you're turning over a rental or have items still upstairs or in a back room, choose full-service and your Loaders will 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 $75 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $70 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $85 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $75 |
| 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.
Hauling an old sofa over Highway 92 means a two-lane crawl behind everyone heading to the beach, and the fog does not help your mood or your cardboard boxes. Your Loaders lift, carry, and haul it out of your garage instead, because they like showing up for neighbors here, and your weekend belongs to you.
Where a couch, mattress, or old appliance ends up matters as much as getting it out of your El Granada home. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, so reusable pieces have a chance at a second life.
Furniture, bikes, and household goods that are clean and in good shape may go to a local donation channel when options allow. Your Loader handles the lifting, and no paperwork or receipt is promised.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation, like broken appliances, old electronics, or metal frames, may be taken for recycling where available. Acceptance varies by item and local options.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, such as ruined mattresses or water-damaged sofas, are hauled by your Loader to an appropriate disposal site, which may be a landfill or transfer station serving San Mateo County.
Missing the 5 AM set-out time or including excluded materials can mean a return trip fee or items left behind. Here is what applies in El Granada, San Mateo County.
Recology of the Coast holds exclusive debris box rights for the El Granada and Montara districts, which matters for remodels. Dirt, rock, concrete, tile, and asphalt are barred from bulky pickups, and sheetrock is refused at Quarterly Recycling Days.
Recology of the Coast lists refrigerators and freezers among items it will not take through the El Granada bulky program. Its service guide has directed them to the free Quarterly Recycling Day drop-off or the Pacifica Recycling Yard, where charges apply.
Recology of the Coast requires lids to close completely on every cart, both to limit litter and to avoid overage charges. Cleanout overflow can instead go out as extra trash bags, which are accepted for an added fee when arranged in advance.
Single-family homes served by Recology of the Coast get four no-charge bulky collections per calendar year. Each covers five 32-gallon bags or one item up to 6 feet long and 100 pounds. Unused pickups do not roll over, but all four can be booked together.
El Granada's free Quarterly Recycling Day drop-off has accepted computers, monitors, and keyboards, along with stereos, TVs, and VCRs and printers, cartridges, and cables. Cell phones are accepted too, a no-cost outlet for electronics California keeps out of household trash.
Treated or painted wood is excluded from El Granada bulky collections, and painted and pressure-treated wood is also on the unacceptable list at Quarterly Recycling Days. Untreated wood, by contrast, is accepted at those free drop-off events, so separating boards first helps.
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(678) 884-4738Not without arranging a pickup first. El Granada is unincorporated San Mateo County, so trash service runs through your garbage hauler, not a city crew. Items left out on their own can be treated as illegal dumping, so ask your hauler about bulk pickup before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in El Granada starts at $75, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. The exact total is confirmed before you book.
Sometimes, depending on Loader availability for your address. Enter your address during booking to see which pickup windows are open, including same-day or next-day slots. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home, and for in-home pickups someone should be there or leave access notes.
Hazardous household items like paint, solvents, batteries and motor oil generally can't go in your bin or on the curb. San Mateo County runs a household hazardous waste program for these, and your hauler can explain what it accepts. Tell your Loader about restricted items before pickup.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Whatever can't be reused or recycled goes to a licensed disposal site. Local trash from the coast typically ends up at Ox Mountain Landfill in Half Moon Bay.
You enter your El Granada address online, choose the items and a pickup window, and see your total before confirming. On pickup day your Loader arrives in that window, does the lifting and loading from inside or outside your home, and hauls everything away.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King generally price by truckload and often confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total locked in before booking. For larger cleanouts, a truckload hauler may suit you better.
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