*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. Book a quick pickup in the Town of Los Gatos, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the town's garbage service, and ask a few haulers for quotes. One sends a vague range, another never calls back, and weeks later the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Residents can usually schedule bulky item collection through the town's garbage service, but it often takes booking ahead, items must be set out at the curb, and allowances can be limited. Remodel debris and hazardous materials are often excluded, and no one carries anything down your driveway.
Many haulers want to walk your property before giving a number, then quote by the fraction of a truck your junk might fill. The final price often gets decided on the spot, after items are loaded, which turns budgeting for a basement cleanout into a guessing game.
Donation centers screen for condition, so a sofa with a torn cushion, a dated entertainment center, or a used mattress often gets turned away. Even good items mean loading your own car and making the drive, and whatever they decline comes right back home with you.
A dumpster placed on the street may need a permit from the town, and on a tight or sloped lot it can block your driveway for days. You still do all the lifting yourself, and you pay for a container that sits mostly empty after one 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 Los Gatos 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 Los Gatos's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a treadmill down the narrow stairs of an older home, then up a sloped hillside driveway. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Los Gatos after each job.
If the old refrigerator or bagged yard trimmings are already sitting at the end of your driveway, curbside pickup is the simpler choice. For a sectional in an upstairs condo or boxes wedged behind the car in a packed garage, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry everything 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 noon | 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.
Loading a dead treadmill into the back of your car is hard enough without a steep driveway and a narrow, winding road between you and the dump. Los Gatos hills have a way of making simple errands feel like expeditions. Your Loaders handle the lifting and loading, and they genuinely like showing up for neighbors here.
Bulky items rarely end up in the same place, and in Los Gatos that depends on what shape they're in. Your Loader sorts each pickup by condition, so reusable pieces and true trash take different paths when local options allow.
Furniture, exercise equipment, and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader sets these aside, though no donation receipt is provided or guaranteed.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation, such as metal frames, old appliances, or electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from general trash when possible.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like a ruined mattress or water-damaged sofa, go to responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, so you never make a dump run from Los Gatos.
A lithium battery tossed in the trash can spark a fire in a collection truck, which is why Los Gatos and Santa Clara County residents follow these specific disposal rules.
West Valley Collection & Recycling is the only provider of roll-off and debris boxes for Campbell, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, and Saratoga. Residents with remodel debris or large amounts of material are directed to schedule a debris box through that franchise.
Local guidance says electronic waste does not go in any container and must be picked up as a bulky item. Each bulky pickup allows only one e-waste item, so clearing out several electronics means booking several pickups or finding another drop-off option.
On top of the green organics cart, Los Gatos homes can put out extra yard trimmings six times a year. That can be one 32-gallon paper bag, or bundled branches no thicker than six inches and no longer than three feet, placed beside the cart.
California bans household batteries from the trash, and West Valley Recycles warns that they can start fires in collection trucks. Residents can ask for battery recycling bags, then set full bags on top of the landfill cart for weekly pickup.
Single-family accounts get three on-call bulky cleanups a year at no extra charge. Each pickup can include three cubic yards of bagged, boxed, or bundled material plus two appliances or pieces of furniture, with large items capped at 150 pounds.
Instead of pouring fryer oil down the drain or bagging it with the trash, Los Gatos residents can put out up to three gallons of used cooking oil next to the blue recycling cart once a week.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it's part of a scheduled pickup through your hauler or the town. Items left curbside without an appointment can be treated as illegal dumping and may bring a fine. Check your trash provider for bulky item rules before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Los Gatos starts at $75, 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.
Sometimes, depending on Loader availability for your zip code and the time you book. Enter your address during booking to see live openings. Next-day slots are usually easier to find, especially on weekends and at the end of the month.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups, since items can be left out with access notes. For pickups inside a home, garage, or backyard, someone should be there, or you can leave access instructions at booking so the Loader can get in.
Hazardous materials such as paint, solvents, pesticides, and propane tanks generally can't go in regular hauls or curbside trash. Santa Clara County runs household hazardous waste programs for these, so use one of those drop-off options for them.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on what facilities accept. Whatever can't be reused or recycled is taken to the appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so nothing is guaranteed.
You book online, pick your items and a time window, and see your total upfront. Your Loader usually calls or texts before arriving, then carries the items out and loads them. You don't need to haul anything to the curb unless you want the $5 discount.
Mostly pricing and booking. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truck space, often confirmed on site. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before arrival. For larger cleanouts, a truckload hauler can be the better fit.
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