*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up quietly until the day you can't ignore it anymore. Book a pickup anywhere in Trail Town, see your price before you confirm, and be done with it.
First you call the city and find out the bulk pickup isn't actually free. Then you chase quotes from haulers who want to see it in person. Two never call back, and another weekend goes by.
Here it runs through the city's solid waste department, by appointment, with a fee scaled to the size of the load. Electronics and certain bulbs have to go to the transfer station separately. And if your mailing address sits outside city limits, none of it applies to you.
Most still want to send someone out to look before they'll name a number, which means an estimate window on a weekday and a second one for the actual pickup. Then the price lands as a fraction of a truck, judged by eye while you stand there.
Resale and thrift outlets around here hold a real standard: no tears, no water damage, no missing hardware, and often no mattresses at all. Anything that spent a season in a damp basement or lake cottage usually gets turned away, and most expect you to deliver it yourself.
You rent it by the week, load it yourself, and give up the driveway the whole time. Put it at the curb instead and you're into permit territory with the city. For one spare bedroom's worth of clutter, that is a lot of container sitting mostly empty.
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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 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.
A box spring down a narrow farmhouse staircase or a treadmill out of a low basement takes practice. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Chelsea after each job.
If you can stage a couch at the end of a wide subdivision driveway, curbside keeps things simple and your Loaders grab it on arrival. When the furniture is still sitting in a basement, an attic, or a detached garage set back behind the house, full-service means your Loaders carry it all out for you.
| 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 noon | 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.
Around here, the freight train through downtown decides when your afternoon starts, and that's before you've wrestled a sleeper sofa up a farmhouse staircase and driven it anywhere. Nobody's weekend should end at a crossing gate with a loaded trailer. Your Loaders handle the carrying and the driving, and they like showing up for folks in this town.
Clearing a Chelsea basement or garage usually turns up a mix of still-usable furniture and things long past saving. Condition decides what happens next, and your Loader sorts for donation, recycling, or disposal when local options allow.
Sturdy furniture, working appliances, and clean household goods are worth a second look. Where a nearby reuse outlet is accepting donations, your Loader may take usable items there instead of discarding them.
Broken exercise equipment, scrap metal, and dead electronics rarely qualify for reuse. Your Loader separates recyclable material where facilities accept it, since Michigan handles e-waste and refrigerant appliances differently than ordinary bulk trash.
Water-damaged sofas from a lake cottage, stained mattresses, and crumbling remodel debris have no second life. Those loads leave your Chelsea property with your Loader for a permitted disposal site or transfer station.
Guess wrong here and your load sits uncollected or becomes a state littering violation, so these are the rules Chelsea and Washtenaw County actually apply.
Chelsea crews collect residential trash on Tuesdays, and only waste placed in the city's required orange collection bags is taken. There is no weekly limit on bags, but anything in a different bag stays at the curb.
The Solid Waste Department collects certain large items curbside only when scheduling is arranged ahead of time, with a fee based on load size. Construction debris and large appliances go to the city transfer station instead, charged by load.
Chelsea asks residents to keep electronics and mercury containing bulbs out of trash bags and bring them separately. Michigan law also requires electronics manufacturers to offer free, convenient recycling, so many devices can be mailed back at no cost.
Federal Clean Air Act rules require a certified technician to recover refrigerant from refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners before they are scrapped. Washtenaw County clean up day events accept one Freon appliance per resident, with a donation suggested for extras.
State law keeps leaves, grass, garden debris and brush under four feet long and two inches thick out of landfills, routing them to composting instead. Stumps and roots fall outside that definition and are handled as regular waste.
Michigan's litter law treats small scale illegal dumping as a state civil infraction with fines up to $800, rising to $1,500 for larger amounts. Three cubic feet or more becomes a misdemeanor, and courts can order cleanup.
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(678) 884-4738Only with a scheduled pickup through Chelsea's Solid Waste Department, which collects certain large items curbside and charges a fee based on load size. Call 734-475-7955 to arrange it. Items set out without an appointment won't be collected.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Chelsea starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickups take $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your total is confirmed before you book. The city's bulk pickup charges separately based on load size.
Often yes. LoadUp offers same-day junk removal in many Chelsea zip codes when you book before noon, and next-day is widely available across Washtenaw County. Enter your address during booking to see live availability for your area.
No. Chelsea asks residents to keep electronics and mercury LED bulbs out of trash bags and bring them separately to the Solid Waste transfer station. LoadUp can haul electronics and other restricted items for you, routing them to proper recyclers whenever options allow.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, keeping reusable goods and recyclables out of the landfill when options allow. Chelsea's own recyclables are processed through the Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority on Werkner Road.
Not for curbside pickups. Leave the junk in an accessible spot with access notes and your Loader can grab it. For in-home pickups of heavy items, someone should be present or provide instructions at booking. Your Loader typically calls before arrival.
Pricing and booking. Local Chelsea haulers and 1-800-GOT-JUNK often price by truckload volume after an on-site look, so your cost isn't set until the crew arrives. LoadUp prices per item online and locks it in before anyone shows up, so you know the total upfront.
Yes. Chelsea residents can take trash and large items like appliances and construction debris directly to the Solid Waste facility, with charges based on load size. That route can be cheaper for small loads if you have a truck. LoadUp handles the lifting and hauling when you'd rather not.
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