*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it weighs on your whole week. Skip the hassle and book a quick LoadUp pickup that clears it out, so your corner of the Noe stays easy to enjoy.
You search for options, fill out a request form, call a few haulers, and wait on callbacks that never come. Meanwhile the junk stays parked in the garage or the hallway for another month.
San Francisco's bulky item pickup through Recology works if you can book ahead and get everything to the curb yourself. Appointments can be weeks out, there are limits on what qualifies, and nobody comes up the stairs to carry things down for you.
Many haulers want to send someone out for an in-person estimate before giving you a number. Then the price is based on how much of the truck you fill, which is hard to guess ahead of time and easy to argue about once the truck shows up.
Thrift stores and charities have to be choosy. Stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and anything scuffed or broken often get turned away. Most also expect you to drop items off yourself, which is hard without a truck or help loading.
A dumpster sitting on a narrow, steep block means arranging a spot, possibly getting a street permit, and leaving it there for days while your neighbors work around it. If you're clearing out one room, that's a lot of hassle for not much junk.
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No waiting on callbacksLocal Loaders arrive at your location, haul away the junk, and dispose of it responsibly when options allow.
No in-person charges
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 Noe Valley 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 Noe Valley's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a heavy dresser down a narrow interior staircase from a top-floor flat, easing it past tight landings. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Noe Valley after each job.
Curbside keeps things simple when your old washer or bagged remodel scraps are already in a street-level garage or at the foot of your front steps. For a basement storage room, a back bedroom in an upper flat, or anything too heavy to move yourself, full-service has your Loaders carry it 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 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.
Nobody is carrying a dresser onto the J Church, and wrestling a mattress down a hillside street is a workout no one signed up for. Your Loader does the lifting, carries it down the stairs, and loads the truck, because Noe Valley neighbors deserve a calmer weekend than one spent negotiating a sofa.
Bulky items pile up fast in a neighborhood of older homes, and what happens to them afterward matters. In Noe Valley, your Loader sorts each item by condition, so donation or recycling gets considered before disposal, when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be donated when possible. Your Loader sets them aside for a local donation channel, where available, instead of sending them straight to disposal.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled where available. Metal frames, appliances, and some electronics can sometimes go this route, depending on item type and local options.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like a broken sofa or a water-ruined mattress, may go to disposal. Your Loader loads them out and takes them to an appropriate Bay Area facility.
A couch left on the curb can bring an illegal dumping citation, so here is how disposal actually works in Noe Valley and San Francisco County.
California law treats refrigerants, mercury switches, and PCB-containing parts in major appliances as materials requiring special handling, which must be removed before an appliance is crushed or recycled. Old fridges, freezers, and window air conditioners cannot simply go out with the trash.
San Francisco Public Works treats couches, chairs, and boxes left on the sidewalk as illegal dumping, even when labeled free. Eligible residents can instead schedule Recology's free Bulky Item Recycling pickup, and abandoned piles can be reported through SF311.
San Francisco's mandatory composting ordinance sends leaves, branches, and yard trimmings to the green bin. During the rainy season, debris swept into the street can clog storm drains, and the SFPUC's Adopt a Drain program lets residents keep nearby drains clear.
Since 2006, California has classified household batteries, fluorescent lamps, and electronic devices as universal waste that cannot go in the garbage. San Francisco residents can drop off household batteries and fluorescent lamps at Recology's Household Hazardous Waste Facility.
Under San Francisco's Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Ordinance, debris from a kitchen gut or teardown must go with a registered transporter to a registered facility rather than the trash. A debris box on the street also needs a Public Works permit.
California law requires mattress retailers to offer free pickup of a used mattress when delivering a new one. Residents not buying new can also take mattresses and box springs to participating Bye Bye Mattress collection sites, many free of charge.
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(678) 884-4738Not without a scheduled pickup. San Francisco residents get two free curbside Bulky Item Recycling collections a year through Recology, and apartment dwellers get one. Items must be out by 6am on the appointment day with a sign reading "Recology." Unscheduled items can be treated as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Noe Valley 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 booking. Recology's two yearly pickups are free, so use those first if they fit.
Same-day slots are sometimes available, depending on Loader schedules in your area. Next-day is more common. Enter your address during booking to see live availability. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home, and for in-home pickups someone should be there or leave access notes.
Recology's free bulky pickup has limits, including a cutoff for items over 100 lbs, and hazardous materials such as paint or chemicals go through a separate household hazardous waste program. Heavy or restricted loads often need a private hauler. Steep Noe Valley streets and stairs can make heavy items harder to move.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill. Depending on acceptance, furniture and household goods may go to local donation partners, and recyclable materials go to recycling facilities. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to the appropriate disposal facility.
You choose your items online, see the price, and pick a time window. Your Loader typically gives notice before arriving, then carries the items out, including from stairs or garages, and loads them. The total is confirmed before booking, so no in-person estimate is needed.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King usually price by truckload and often confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a large cleanout, a truckload hauler may suit you better.
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