*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $105. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it has a way of taking over your whole week. Book LoadUp, see your price upfront, and get a quick pickup that clears it out for good.
You check the town's website, call a couple of haulers, and wait on callbacks that never come. One quote needs a site visit next Tuesday. Meanwhile the season turns, and the junk is still sitting in the garage.
The town of Barnstable doesn't run curbside bulk pickup, so the municipal route means loading it yourself, getting a resident sticker, and driving to the transfer station during open hours. Bulky items can carry extra fees, and some items have their own rules.
Many haulers want to walk the property before quoting, which is tough if you're away until June. Then the price shows up as a fraction of a truckload, and nobody can tell you what fills a quarter of a truck until the crew is already loading.
Thrift shops and charities want clean pieces they can sell, and few will climb an attic stair to fetch them. A mildewed armchair from a closed-up cottage or an old tube TV usually gets turned away, and hauling what they do accept is still on you.
A dumpster makes sense for a gut renovation, not a cluttered spare room. It sits in the driveway for days, may need town approval if it touches the road, can rut a sandy lawn, and neighbors notice. Every bit of lifting is still yours.
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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 Cotuit 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 Cotuit's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Steep attic stairs and low cellar doors come with many older homes, and your Loaders plan each carry around them. Each is background-checked and rated by real locals in Cotuit after each job.
If everything is already stacked at the end of a long driveway, curbside pickup keeps things simple and can work well when you are not on site. For a packed garage, a cluttered outbuilding, or a house closing up for the season, choose full-service so your Loaders carry items out from wherever they sit.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Closing up a house the same weekend everyone else heads over the bridges is its own kind of test, and a mattress on the roof rack doesn't help. Your Loaders handle the carrying and loading while you handle your own exit. LoadUp and your Loaders like showing up for Cotuit, in every season.
Seasonal turnovers and older village homes mean Cotuit cleanouts often involve large, awkward pieces. Your Loader sorts each one by condition, so donation, recycling, or disposal is chosen when local options allow.
Sofas, dressers, and other furniture in good, clean condition may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader sets them aside for that path, though donation is never guaranteed.
Items that are worn but not donatable, such as old metal frames or electronics, may be recycled where available. Massachusetts rules affect some of these, and outcomes depend on item type.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky pieces, like soaked mattresses or broken furniture, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, and the destination depends on the item and local facilities.
Exiting the transfer station after dumping chargeable items without paying can mean criminal prosecution. Cotuit, a village of Barnstable in Barnstable County, follows these rules.
Barnstable replaced vehicle stickers with license plate recognition, and a residential permit allows eight 30-gallon bags of household trash per week plus basic recyclables. Hauling another resident's trash under your permit counts as unauthorized use under town code.
Barnstable charges less for clean, recyclable mattresses and box springs than for dirty or stained ones that cannot be recycled, so keep them out of damp garages and rain. Sleeper sofas must have the mattress removed, which is charged separately.
Spring launch season leaves Cotuit boat owners with piles of plastic wrap. Barnstable County runs a regional Cape Cod Boat Shrink Wrap Recycling effort, asking residents to drop off clean shrink wrap at Cape Cod transfer stations rather than bagging it as trash.
Building materials from Barnstable structures are accepted for a fee in vehicles no larger than 5 cubic yards. Wood lengths cannot exceed 4 feet, carpeting and rugs cannot exceed 4 by 4 feet, and asphalt, brick, and concrete are not accepted at all.
Alkaline batteries can go in household trash at the Barnstable Transfer Station, but rechargeable, lithium, and lead-acid batteries must be recycled in the designated area. Barnstable County also promotes lithium battery safety, since damaged cells can spark fires.
Items using Freon as a coolant, such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers, carry a per-item fee at the Barnstable Transfer Station, separate from bulk metal appliances. Doors must be removed from fridges and freezers before they are dropped off.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is household trash in the right bags. Barnstable has no free bulk curbside pickup, and items left out can be treated as illegal dumping. Residents either hire a licensed hauler or self-haul to the town transfer station.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Cotuit starts at $105, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on, with the exact total confirmed before booking. Dumpster rentals in Barnstable typically run several hundred dollars.
Same-day slots are sometimes open, depending on Loader availability near Cotuit, Santuit, and Highground. Enter your address during booking to see live times. For curbside or driveway items you do not need to be home. For indoor pickups, someone should be there or leave access notes.
Yes, if you live in the Town of Barnstable. The transfer station at 45 Flint Street in Marstons Mills is for residents and tenants only. It requires a yearly permit or a per-visit fee, and some items such as tires carry extra charges. Call 508-420-2258 to confirm what it accepts.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Items that cannot be reused or recycled go to the appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item and condition, so none of them are guaranteed.
Book online, pick the items you want gone, and choose a time window. You see the total price before you confirm. Your Loader calls or texts before arriving, then removes the items and loads the truck. For many jobs you do not need to be home.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers typically price by truck space and often confirm the price on-site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a full-house cleanout, a truckload hauler may suit you better.
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