*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it becomes one more thing on the list. Book a quick LoadUp pickup in Kensington, see your real price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the garbage company, and request a few hauler quotes. One calls back and another wants to come look first. Weeks pass, and the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Your garbage service may include a limited number of on-call bulky pickups each year, but you usually have to book ahead and set items at the curb. That's hard when your house sits up a long flight of stairs, and hazardous items and heavy debris are often excluded.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before giving a price, then charge by how much of the truck you fill. You won't know the real cost until the crew arrives, and a tight driveway or a long carry can push it higher.
Thrift stores and charities have to be selective. Stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away, and many don't pick up. So you load what you can, drive it over, and sometimes bring half of it home again.
A dumpster makes sense for a full remodel, not for clearing one room or a pile of brush. On narrow residential streets you may need a permit to put one on the road, a long rental period, and some patience from the neighbors.
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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 Kensington 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 Kensington's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a dresser down a long run of exterior stairs from a front door set above the street. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Kensington after each job.
Curbside works when your items already sit at the foot of the driveway or by the street, like bagged brush or a garage cleanout you staged yourself. Choose full-service when furniture is still upstairs or packed behind a tight garage door, and your Loaders will carry it down and out for you.
| 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.
Anyone who has wrestled a dresser down entry stairs to a narrow Kensington street knows why dumpsters and weekend dump runs rarely work here. Your Loader handles the stairs, the carrying, and the loading, and genuinely likes showing up for the neighbors in this quiet, look-out-for-each-other community.
Bulky items rarely belong in one place after they leave your home, and in Kensington that choice matters. Your Loader sorts by condition, so donation, recycling, or disposal fits each item when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Your Loader sets those items aside during loading and carries them out separately from the rest.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or wood, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from general debris as the load comes together.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items go to proper disposal. Your Loader brings them down from garages, stairs, or entries and loads them for responsible disposal at an appropriate facility.
Items the collection program won't take, like stumps or broken concrete, stay at your curb. Here are the rules that apply in Kensington, Contra Costa County, before you start clearing out.
Kensington sits in the East Bay Hills, and its December 2025 collection newsletter advises keeping rechargeable batteries at 40 to 60 percent charge, away from heat and anything flammable. Household rechargeables up to 5 pounds are accepted free at the West County facility.
Each fall the District and Bayview run a curbside clean-up on your regular garbage day. Set the material apart from your carts. Sofas, bed frames, and mattresses are on the list, but gasoline, explosives, and medications are not. Some items need your address added to a list first.
Under California's SB 1383, Kensington households must subscribe to weekly organics service. The green cart takes yard trimmings and food scraps together to keep them out of landfills. You can request extra carts if you consistently generate more organics.
Kensington residents can drop off household hazardous waste at the West County facility in Richmond with proof of residency. State law limits each vehicle to 15 gallons or 125 pounds per visit, in containers no larger than 5 gallons. Explosives and firearms are not accepted.
Bayview's clean-up guidance says tree stumps, logs, broken concrete, and similar material cannot be collected at the curb. For remodel or landscaping debris, Bayview offers Debris Box service to Kensington homeowners, with rates that vary by box size.
The county lists computer monitors, TVs, and other electronic waste among the items Kensington residents can drop off free at the West County facility. To skip the drive to Richmond, Bayview's Door to Door program can pick up hazardous, universal, and electronic waste and take it there.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it's part of a pickup your hauler has arranged. Kensington's trash service comes through Bay View Refuse & Recycling, which you can reach at 510-237-4614 to ask about bulky item rules. Unscheduled piles can count as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Kensington starts at $75, and curbside or outdoor 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 booking.
Often, yes. Same-day and next-day slots are offered in Kensington when availability allows, and live options appear when you enter your address during booking. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or leave access notes.
Take them to the West County Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 101 Pittsburg Ave in Richmond, which is open Thursday, Friday and the first Saturday of the month. Kensington residents can drop off free with proof of residency. Call (888) 412-9277 to confirm hours and accepted items.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to licensed disposal sites. Outcomes vary by item condition, so nothing is guaranteed to be diverted.
You choose your items and pick a time online, and you see your price before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader arrives in the window you booked, then lifts, hauls and removes the items from where they are. Hillside homes with stairs or tight access work best with a quick note at booking.
The main difference is pricing and booking. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King usually price by truckload, often confirmed on site. LoadUp prices per item online and shows the total before you book. For a full-house cleanout, a truckload hauler may suit you better.
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