*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast, and sorting it out always seems to land on the bottom of the list. Book LoadUp for a quick pickup in Madison, with your price shown before you commit.
You look up the transfer station rules, call a couple of haulers, wait on callbacks that never come, and price out a dumpster. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Madison's town-run option for bulky items generally means you load it, drive it to the transfer station, and follow its resident permit rules and posted hours. Some items have restrictions, and none of it helps if you can't get a sleeper sofa up the basement stairs.
Many traditional haulers want to walk your property before they give you a number, then quote by how much of a truck your junk fills. That estimate can change once loading starts, so you may not know the final cost until the job is done.
Donation centers often turn away stained upholstery, broken appliances, and anything missing parts, and many won't collect from an attic or barn. Even good items usually need hauling there yourself, and anything they reject comes back home with you.
A dumpster sits in your driveway for days, may need town approval if it touches the street, and can crowd narrow shoreline lanes. For one cleared-out room or a pile of renovation scraps, you're paying for space and days you won't use.
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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 Madison 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 Madison's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry items up steep cellar stairs and down through tight attic hatches in older homes. Each Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Madison after each job.
If your items are already out on the driveway or just inside an open detached garage, curbside pickup keeps things simple. When the job is a cluttered barn loft or a dresser in an upstairs bedroom, choose full-service so your Loaders can 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 $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $90 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $80 |
| 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.
Let's be honest, hauling an old dresser down the Boston Post Road in July, stuck behind beach traffic, is nobody's idea of a good time. Madison summers already eat your weekends. Your Loaders lift it out of the basement or garage, load it, and haul it away, because this town deserves more beach days and fewer errands.
Bulky items pile up fast in older Madison homes, and where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, so usable pieces can be donated, recyclable materials can be recycled, and the rest is disposed of responsibly.
Furniture, sporting goods, and household items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and where local options allow. Your Loader sets those aside. If you need a receipt, arrange the donation yourself.
Items that are damaged but not donatable, like worn-out appliances, metal frames, or yard debris, may be recycled when local options allow. Your Loader keeps these separate from general trash whenever possible.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as broken furniture or soaked renovation debris, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader hauls them from your Madison property. Hazardous materials are not accepted.
Bringing a load the station will not take, or bagging trash wrong, can mean a wasted trip to Guilford. These rules apply to Madison properties in New Haven County.
Guilford and Madison residents can recycle food scraps for free at the shared transfer station. If you empty a refrigerator or pantry into food scrap collection instead of paid trash bags, that heavy, wet waste stays out of the Pay-As-You-Throw system.
At the Guilford-Madison Transfer Station, bulky waste is still charged by weight. That includes furniture, construction materials and demolition debris. Pulling cardboard and other recyclables out of a cleanout pile before weighing keeps them off the bulky waste scale.
Madison's trash, recyclables and electronics go to the Guilford-Madison Transfer Station in Guilford. Residents, property owners and commercial waste services working on Madison properties can use it. The station does not accept loads from properties outside the two towns.
Connecticut law lists leaves as a mandatory recyclable, so they should not be mixed into household trash. After autumn storms strip shoreline trees, Madison yards can fill up fast. Bagging leaves with garbage puts them in the wrong waste stream.
Under Connecticut's electronics recycling law, every town must offer a drop-off that accepts televisions, monitors, computers and printers. Madison residents take electronics to the Guilford-Madison Transfer Station, which keeps these devices out of household trash.
Since November 4, 2024, Guilford and Madison have used a Pay-As-You-Throw system instead of weighing household trash. Everyday garbage must go in town-authorized light blue bags. These come in 15 and 33 gallon sizes and are sold at Stop & Shop in Madison, among other stores.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of a scheduled pickup. Madison residents typically use a private hauler or the Guilford-Madison Transfer Station. Junk left curbside with no pickup arranged can count as illegal dumping, so confirm rules with Madison town offices.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Madison starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $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.
Often, but it depends on Loader availability for your date. Enter your address during booking to see open times. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or leave access instructions.
Madison residents can use the transfer station at 1900 Boston Post Road in Guilford. It's open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, and closed Wednesday and Sunday. Trash now falls under a Pay-As-You-Throw system, so call (203) 453-8095 for current rules.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities first and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to the appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition and what facilities will take.
You pick your items and address online, see the total price upfront, and choose an arrival window. Your Loader typically calls ahead before arriving, then carries the items out and loads them, so you don't need to lift anything.
The main difference is the pricing model. Some haulers, including Junkluggers, offer free on-site estimates after the crew sees your pile. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking. A full-house cleanout may suit an in-person estimate better.
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