*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your list. Book LoadUp for a quick pickup and a clear price upfront, so Kensington gets its space back.
You check the county website, call a couple of haulers, and wait on quotes that never come back. Somebody promises a callback. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in the basement.
Montgomery County handles bulk pickup here, not the town, and it runs on the county's schedule. You have to request it ahead of time, drag everything to the curb yourself, and check what's excluded, which can leave out the heavy things you most want gone.
Lots of haulers want to come out and look before they'll give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck your stuff fills, and nobody can tell you that ahead of time. You're agreeing to a figure you can't check until they're done.
Donation is a good option when it works, but charities have to be careful. Stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and anything chipped or broken often get turned away, and plenty of places won't come pick things up. Whatever they turn down is still your problem.
For a single attic or garage cleanout, a dumpster is more than you need. The box can sit in your driveway or on the street for days, and depending on where it goes you may need a permit. You still have to load it all by 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 Kensington 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 Kensington's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders ease a dresser up a steep, narrow basement stairway and past a tight landing in an older house. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Kensington after each job.
If you can roll an old grill or a few bags of yard clippings to the end of your driveway, curbside keeps your booking simple. If a treadmill is stuck in an attic of an early-20th-century house or a washer is behind a townhome's tight entry, full-service has your Loaders carry it out from inside.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $85 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $80 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $95 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $85 |
| 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 who has tried a Saturday dump run knows the drill: wrestle a sofa down the basement stairs, strap it down, then crawl along Connecticut Avenue with the weekend slipping away. Your Loaders handle the lifting and the hauling instead, and we genuinely like showing up for Kensington neighbors who have better plans.
Bulky items pile up fast in Kensington basements, attics, and garages, and where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, aiming to keep usable pieces in circulation and cut down on landfill waste.
Furniture, housewares, and other items in good, clean condition may be taken for donation when local options allow. Your Loader sets those pieces aside from the rest of the load, with no guarantee of acceptance.
Items too worn to donate, such as scrap metal, old appliances, or electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the general load when possible, since local acceptance rules vary.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked mattresses or broken-down furniture, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading from your Kensington home so nothing is left behind.
Set out the wrong material or miss a request deadline and it can sit at the curb uncollected. These rules apply in Kensington and throughout Montgomery County.
Montgomery County's transfer station only accepts construction and demolition loads under two tons. The County made this change because the station lacks equipment to sort and recycle that material, so larger loads go to private facilities that can.
From early November into mid-December, the Town vacuums curbside leaf piles. Twigs, mulch, grass clippings, or small branches can damage the vacuum, so mixed piles are skipped and must be bagged by the resident. Rake leaves inside the curb, not the street.
Kensington classifies appliances and other metal items as bulk, regardless of size. Requests must reach Town staff by noon on the Monday before pickup, collection happens only on Tuesdays, and the Town notes this service is not junk removal.
Montgomery County's Department of Environmental Protection accepts mattresses and box springs for recycling at the Shady Grove Transfer Station. The program covers memory foam, latex, hybrid, and innerspring mattresses, plus crib or bassinet mattresses and metal and wood bed base foundations.
Kensington's brush collection does not take tree stumps or rootballs. The Town directs residents to bring them straight to the Montgomery County Transfer Station in Derwood, so a tree removal or garden overhaul needs its own disposal plan.
Each bag or container of brush must weigh 45 pounds or less, and dirt, soil, rocks, and turf are refused under any circumstances. Keep yard waste out of trash bags and never mix it with household trash.
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(678) 884-4738Only large items scheduled in advance with Montgomery County. Residential trash customers get 5 bulk pickups per calendar year, booked online or by calling 311 before 11:59 PM the day before your regular collection day. Unscheduled piles can be treated as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Kensington starts at $85, 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. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload.
Sometimes, depending on Loader availability for your address. Enter your zip code during booking to see live same-day and next-day openings. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home, and for indoor pickups you can leave access instructions.
The county's bulk program covers oversized household items that won't fit in a regular can or bag, and it requires advance scheduling. Construction debris, hazardous materials, and anything beyond the 5 yearly bulk pickups need another route, such as a private hauler or a drop-off at the county transfer station.
Loaders try to donate usable items and recycle materials whenever options allow, depending on what local charities and recyclers will accept. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item and condition, so none of it is guaranteed.
You pick your items and a time window online, see the upfront price, and book. A Loader typically calls or texts before arriving, then carries the items out from inside or the curb, loads them, and hauls them away. You confirm the total before booking, so nothing changes at the door.
For a few large items you can wait on, the county's 5 free yearly bulk pickups are usually the better deal. A hauler makes more sense when you need a specific date, have more than the county allows, or want items carried out of a basement or garage.
The main difference is the pricing model. Truck-based haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by how much space your load fills, often confirmed on site. LoadUp prices per item online and shows the total before you book.
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