*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on the list. In the Pumpkin Capital, LoadUp makes pickup simple, with your price shown before you book.
You search online, call about city bulk pickup programs, leave messages with a few haulers, and wait. Some call back with vague quotes, others never do. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Municipal pickup schedules can help, but they usually need advance requests, limit how much you can set out, and turn away items like hazardous materials. If your junk sits at the end of a long driveway or a hillside lot, getting it to the curb is still your job.
Many haulers want to come out and look before they give you a number, then price by how much of the truck you fill. That makes it hard to plan. You may not know the real cost until the crew has already loaded up.
Thrift stores and charities have limited space, so they turn down anything stained, broken, or worn by damp sea air. Mattresses, older electronics, and furniture with missing parts often get refused, which leaves you hauling the rejects back home.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full remodel, not one cluttered bedroom. You may need a permit to put one on the street, delivery and pickup windows to coordinate, and patience from neighbors on narrow residential roads while it takes up parking.
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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 Half Moon Bay 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 piano, hot tub, or safe 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 Half Moon Bay's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A sofa wedged in a split-level stairwell or a damp shed down a sloped yard takes care. Your background-checked Loaders handle it, rated by real locals in Half Moon Bay after each job.
If that salt-faded patio set is already sitting at the end of your driveway, curbside pickup lets your Loaders load it and go. For a dresser in an upstairs bedroom or a garage packed to the rafters, 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 $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 on a sunny weekend, with beach traffic crawling the other way, is nobody's idea of a good time. Your Loaders would rather do the lifting and the driving, and they genuinely enjoy showing up for the neighbors who keep this town running.
Bulky items rarely belong in one place once they leave your property, which is why sorting matters for Half Moon Bay cleanouts. Your Loader helps match each item to donation, recycling, or disposal based on its condition.
Furniture, tools, and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader sets those items aside during pickup so they have a chance at a second home.
Items that are worn or damaged but not ready for donation may be recycled where available. Metal frames, old appliances, and electronics are common examples, though acceptance varies by item and local program.
Heavily damaged, soaked, or contaminated bulky items, like mildewed couches or broken furniture, are disposed of responsibly. Your Loader hauls them away so you skip the trip over Highway 92 or Highway 1.
Skipping a step can stall a remodel's final inspection or push a cleanout past program limits. Here is how disposal works in Half Moon Bay and San Mateo County.
Residential and multi-family customers can recycle e-waste at Ox Mountain Landfill year-round at no additional cost. The limit is two large e-waste items per vehicle, and you must bring a current Republic Services invoice plus government-issued ID.
Winter storms on the coast often bring down heavy limbs, but Half Moon Bay's on-call bulky pickup only accepts tree trunks or branches up to 2 feet in diameter and 4 feet long. Anything larger needs to be cut down first.
Residential customers get two on-call bulky pickups per calendar year through Republic Services. Each can include up to two large items, such as appliances, mattresses or electronics, provided none exceeds 200 pounds or measures more than 3 feet by 6 feet.
Permitted Half Moon Bay projects valued over $5,000 fall under CALGreen construction waste rules. A debris management plan, backed by receipts from an approved recycling facility, goes to the Building Department before final inspection, and the general contractor answers for subcontractor waste too.
Multi-family complexes in Half Moon Bay also get two bulky pickups per calendar year, but property management must arrange them for the whole complex. Capacity is capped at half a cubic yard per unit, so a six-unit building gets three cubic yards.
Half Moon Bay hosts two Community Recycling Events each year, typically one in spring around Earth Day and one in fall. Residential and multi-family customers get free on-site paper shredding, which keeps personal records out of the curbside recycling cart.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of a pickup arranged with your garbage hauler. Items left out without an appointment can be treated as illegal dumping, which can bring a fine. Call your hauler or the city to confirm current bulky item rules for your address.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Half Moon Bay starts at $75, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $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 times are open, including same-day or next-day slots. Coastal areas can have fewer slots than Bay Area cities, so booking a day ahead is safer.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. Leave items outside with any access notes. For items inside your home, someone should be there, or you can give entry instructions when booking. Your Loader sends a heads-up before arriving.
Hazardous waste such as paint, solvents, pesticides, and batteries usually cannot go in regular hauls or curbside bins. San Mateo County runs household hazardous waste drop-off programs for these. Check the county's current rules and schedule before you load anything up.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill. Whenever possible, they take furniture and household goods to local donation partners and send recyclable materials to recyclers, depending on acceptance. Items that cannot be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility.
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