*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it weighs on you. Skip the dump run and the waiting game: book a quick pickup in Asheville, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the city, and learn the rules depend on your address. A few haulers promise quotes and never follow up. Weeks go by, and the junk is still in the basement.
City bulk pickup programs work well for some things, but you usually have to request a pickup ahead of time. Accepted items and limits change, and addresses outside city limits may not qualify. You also still have to get everything down the stairs and out to the street yourself.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they give you a number. Then the price is based on how much of the truck you fill, which you can only guess at. You often don't know the real cost until the crew is already done loading.
Donation centers need things they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away. Even when items are in good shape, you still have to load them, drive them over, and figure out what to do with whatever they won't take.
A dumpster makes sense for a full renovation. For one cleared-out room it's too much. Delivery has to be scheduled, a permit may be needed if it sits on the street, and it can block a narrow driveway for days while you still do all the lifting.
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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 Asheville 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 piano, hot tub, or safe 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 Asheville's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a sleeper sofa up tight basement stairs and down a steep hillside driveway. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Asheville after each job.
Choose curbside if you can get items to the street or the bottom of your driveway yourself, though a long gravel drive or a sloped yard can make that harder than it sounds. Go with full-service when your Loaders need to bring pieces out of a split-level basement, down walk-up stairs, or out of a rental between guest stays.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $75 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $70 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $85 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $75 |
| 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 to back a rented truck up a steep Asheville driveway knows the couch usually wins. Add narrow streets, stairs, and a slow Tunnel Road crawl with a loaded truck, and your Saturday is gone. Your Loader does the carrying, because the neighbors who make this town what it is deserve a free Saturday.
Bulky items rarely end up in the same place, and in Asheville where they go depends on their condition. Your Loader sorts what they clear, so donation, recycling, and disposal are matched to each item when local options allow.
Furniture, appliances, and household goods that are clean and in good working shape may be donated when possible. Your Loader sets those aside for donation where local options allow.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation, like old metal frames, broken appliances, or worn mattresses, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the rest of the load.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like water-ruined sofas or rotted wood furniture, go to responsible disposal at an approved facility. Your Loader handles the carrying and loading from wherever they sit.
Items set out the wrong way get left at the curb, and appliances face a state landfill ban, so these rules apply across Asheville and Buncombe County.
North Carolina prohibits dumping appliances in landfills, and businesses selling new appliances must charge an appliance disposal fee. Asheville encourages residents to let the seller take the old unit away, or to schedule a city white goods and scrap metal pickup.
Since August 1, 2023, Asheville ordinance has banned plastic bags for brush and leaf collection. Use paper yard waste bags of 25 pounds or less, or a labeled rigid container of 50 pounds or less that won't hold rainwater. The city doesn't collect grass clippings.
Asheville will collect a large amount of trash from a move into or out of a home, but only one time. It must be requested in advance. Otherwise, any trash left outside your city-issued 95-gallon cart won't be collected.
Electronics and batteries must stay out of Buncombe County recycling. Residents who can unload their own vehicles can drop off televisions, computer monitors and CPUs at the Buncombe County Landfill every day it is open. Businesses pay a per-pound fee for electronics recycling.
Asheville collects carpet at the curb on request, but it has to be rolled into 4-foot rolls and tied with string or twine, never wire. Schedule collection through The Asheville App before setting the rolls out.
Asheville's every-other-week brush service doesn't collect brush cut by a hired landscaper or contractor. It also won't take large brush piles or land clearing debris. City guidance tells residents to make sure the landscaping company hauls that material away.
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(678) 884-4738Not without arranging it first. Loose junk left at the curb outside a scheduled collection can be treated as illegal dumping and may bring a fine. Check with the City of Asheville Sanitation Division about bulky item rules, which can differ by address.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Asheville starts at $75, and curbside or outdoor 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, depending on Loader availability for your address and the time you book. Enter your zip code during booking to see open slots. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home, but indoor pickups need someone present or access instructions.
Hazardous items like paint, chemicals, and batteries generally can't go in household trash or a standard haul. Buncombe County runs its own solid waste and household hazardous waste programs, so confirm accepted materials and drop-off hours with the county before you load anything.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them whenever possible, depending on acceptance. Recyclable materials like metal are sent for recycling when options allow. Whatever can't be reused or recycled goes to the appropriate disposal facility.
Pick the items you want gone, enter your Asheville address, and choose an available time slot. You see the total before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader arrives in the window, removes the items, and handles the loading, including stairs and hilly driveways.
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