*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $105. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it takes over your space and your patience. Book a quick pickup in Chelsea, pick a time that works for you, and get your place back.
You search online, call the city, and leave messages with a few haulers. One gives a vague quote, another never calls back. Weeks pass, and the old furniture is still in the hallway, blocking the way.
Chelsea's bulk pickup program can work well for one item on your normal trash day. But you usually have to request it ahead of time, some items need special handling, and nobody carries anything down three flights of triple-decker stairs for you.
Many local haulers want to see the job in person before they give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck they think you filled. You often don't know the final cost until the work is done.
Donation centers need items they can sell again, so stained couches, worn mattresses, and broken pieces often get turned away. Some only take drop-offs, which means getting heavy things into a car you may not have and driving them across town.
On narrow streets where parking is already tight, a dumpster can take up spaces your neighbors depend on. It may need a permit to sit on the street, plus delivery and pickup dates to plan, and you still have to load it yourself.
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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 Chelsea 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 Chelsea's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry a heavy dresser down the narrow back stairs of a triple-decker, turning carefully at each landing. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Chelsea after each job.
If your items are already outside by the street or in a shared driveway, curbside service is a quick fit. For a basement storage area or an upstairs unit with tight hallways, choose full-service, and your Loaders will lift and carry everything out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $105 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $100 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $115 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $105 |
| 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.
Moving a mattress down three flights of back stairs, with no driveway and a packed street out front, is a workout nobody signed up for. Your Loader handles the lifting, the tight turns, and the carrying out. We like showing up for Chelsea neighbors who keep this city running, one building at a time.
Where your junk ends up matters, especially in a busy city like Chelsea where bulky items pile up fast. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, so usable things may be donated, and the rest can be recycled or disposed of responsibly.
Sofas, dressers, and other items in good, clean condition may be set aside by your Loader for donation when local options allow. Availability can change, so donation is never guaranteed.
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 as they carry everything out.
Heavily damaged or soiled bulky items, like broken furniture from a Chelsea apartment cleanout, are taken by your Loader to an appropriate disposal site. Special handling rules apply to some items, such as mattresses.
Items on Chelsea's unacceptable trash list are not collected at the curb, and an unscheduled mattress can draw a ticket. Here is what applies in Chelsea, Suffolk County.
Massachusetts bans textiles from the trash, and Chelsea works with Helpsy on scheduled Sunday pickups of clean, dry items bagged and marked HELPSY. Pillows are not accepted, and neither is anything wet, muddy, moldy, or smelly even after washing.
Dressers, couches, tables, and chairs are accepted in Chelsea's regular trash, but collection is limited to a maximum of two furniture items per week. Clearing a full apartment through curbside trash means spreading pieces across several collection weeks.
Cinderblocks, cement, dirt, rock, pipes, radiators and other plumbing items, and any other construction debris materials are on the city's unacceptable trash list. State waste bans also cover asphalt, brick, and metal, which points them toward a recycling facility instead.
Massachusetts banned mattresses and box springs from the trash in 2022. Since February 1, 2026, Chelsea has charged city trash customers $25 per piece for curbside recycling. Pickups are scheduled through Chelsea 311, and each item must be wrapped in plastic with a collection sticker attached.
Chelsea's regular trash collection accepts carpet only if it is under 4 feet long, rolled up, and tied. Wall-to-wall carpet pulled up after a wet basement or flooded first floor has to be cut down to that size first.
Air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, washers and dryers, ovens, dishwashers, stoves, hot water heaters, TVs, CRTs, and computer monitors are only collected through Chelsea's White Goods program. A sticker bought at the Treasurer's Office at City Hall must be on the item.
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(678) 884-4738Only regular household trash in the City's trash bags or barrel, set out after 5 pm the day before or before 7 am on collection day. Larger items can carry removal fees set by Chelsea DPW, so check the city's trash fee schedule first.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Chelsea starts at $105, 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.
Often, yes. Same-day or next-day pickup is available when you book before noon, depending on Loader availability for your address. For curbside items you don't need to be home. For indoor pickups, someone should be there or leave access notes.
Appliances like refrigerators, air conditioners and washers go through the city's White Goods program, which needs a $25 sticker per item from the Treasurer's Office at City Hall. Massachusetts also bans mattresses and textiles from the trash.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them to local charities when options allow. Recyclables are sent for processing whenever possible, depending on acceptance. Whatever remains goes to a licensed disposal facility.
You pick your items and a pickup window online, see the total upfront, and book. A Loader typically gives notice before arriving, then removes the items from inside or the curb. Tight Chelsea streets and triple-deckers are worth noting for access.
The main difference is pricing and booking. Traditional haulers generally price by truck space and may confirm the price on site. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking. For big full-truck cleanouts, a truckload hauler can be the better fit.
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