*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up in Pacifica, it has a way of taking over your week. Book a LoadUp pickup, see your price before you commit, and get your space back.
You search online, call about city bulk pickup programs, and request a few hauler quotes. One calls back, another wants to visit first, a third never replies. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting there.
Municipal pickup schedules can help, but they usually mean booking ahead, waiting for an open date, and following rules on which items qualify. Some items may be turned away, and you still have to get everything to the curb yourself, which is hard on a steep driveway.
Many haulers want to look at your stuff in person before they'll give you a number, and then they quote by fractions of a truck. You won't know the final cost until the job is done, and that makes it hard to plan.
Thrift stores and charities have to be careful about condition, so a couch that's been through damp coastal winters or a dresser with a broken drawer may get turned down. You also have to do the loading and driving yourself, and you might still come home with half of it.
A dumpster can mean permits, delivery windows, and a big steel bin sitting in your driveway or on a narrow street your neighbors also use. For clearing one garage corner or a spare room, you'd pay for space you don't need and still do all the lifting yourself.
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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 Pacifica 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 Pacifica's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A split-level hillside home can mean carrying a sleeper sofa down a narrow interior stair and out a steep driveway. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in Pacifica after each job.
If the old washer or weathered patio set is already sitting on your driveway or by the street, curbside is usually the simpler fit. If items are still in a garage below the house, a basement, or up the interior stairs found in many of Pacifica's hillside and split-level homes, choose full-service so your Loader can check access on site and carry them out.
| 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.
Anyone in Pacifica knows a dump run means sharing Highway 1 with everyone else, then wrestling a dresser down some streets that tilt. Your Loaders would rather do the heavy part. They carry items out, load the truck, and take it from there, because the people of this town deserve a lighter weekend.
Pacifica homes produce plenty of bulky items that are hard to move alone, so where things end up matters. Your Loader sorts each load by condition, aiming for donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation when possible. Your Loader will aim to take them to a local donation channel, though acceptance varies.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or old appliances, may be recycled where available. Your Loader will aim for that route when local options allow.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or water-warped pieces, common with weathered outdoor items, may need disposal. Your Loader loads them separately and takes them to an appropriate disposal site for the Pacifica area.
Items missing the 5 AM curbside cutoff can trigger a return trip fee. These rules apply to cleanouts in Pacifica and San Mateo County.
Treated and painted wood is excluded from both Pacifica's organics cart and curbside bulky item pickups. The Recology of the Coast Recycle Yard takes wood only when it is unpainted and untreated, so sort clean lumber from painted or treated pieces before a drop-off.
Each pickup through Recology of the Coast covers five 32-gallon bags up to 30 pounds each, or one item no longer than 6 feet and no heavier than 100 pounds. A scheduled pickup left unused without canceling still counts against your three.
San Mateo County's free Household Hazardous Waste Program does not accept walk-ins. Each trip is capped at 15 gallons or 125 pounds, in containers no larger than 5 gallons, and drop-off events, including those in Pacifica, can be canceled for poor air quality.
Recology of the Coast is the exclusive debris box provider for the City of Pacifica, and its boxes cannot hold serpentine rock, asbestos, paints, tires, or TVs and other electronic waste. Construction and demolition ordinance documentation is available on request.
Pacifica's organics cart accepts branches only when cut to less than 3 feet long and less than 3 inches in diameter. Tree stumps, sod, dirt, and sawdust are excluded, and curbside bulky item pickups do not take tree branches either.
Pacifica's bulky item pickup excludes refrigerators and freezers, and debris boxes cannot contain refrigerators, air conditioners, or items containing Freon. The Recology of the Coast Recycle Yard accepts appliances, though a fee may be charged for items such as refrigerators.
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(678) 884-4738Yes, within limits. Single-family homes in Pacifica get 3 free curbside bulky pickups per year through Recology of the Coast, call 650.355.9000. One pickup covers five 32-gallon bags or one item up to 6 ft and 100 lbs, set out by 5 AM.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Pacifica starts at $75, with $5 off for curbside or driveway pickup. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on, with the exact total confirmed before booking. College HUNKS lists truckload quotes from roughly $99 to $699 in Pacifica.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on the schedule and your address. Enter your Pacifica address during booking to see live availability. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions.
Hazardous items like paint, pesticides, cleaning products, fluorescent bulbs, and old medications can't go in the garbage. Recology's Pacifica yard takes some of them, such as paint and motor oil, within monthly limits. The county's Household Hazardous Waste Day in Pacifica takes others by appointment at 650.363.4718.
Loaders aim to keep as much out of the landfill as possible. Usable items are donated to local charities whenever options allow, and recyclable materials are sent to recyclers depending on acceptance. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to the appropriate disposal facility.
You choose your items and enter your Pacifica address online, then pick a time window and see your total before confirming. On pickup day your Loader gives you notice before arriving, then carries the items out, including from inside the home or garage, and hauls them away.
The free Recology pickups are the better value if your items fit the limits, since you get 3 per year. The driver won't take items from inside your home or up your driveway, and weight limits apply. A hauler makes more sense for larger loads, heavy items, or when you need the work done on a set day.
The main difference is the pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and College HUNKS typically price by truckload and give estimates based on volume. LoadUp prices per item online, so you see the total before anyone arrives.
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