*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your list. Book a quick pickup in Houserville, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the township office, then wait on callbacks from haulers who may never follow up. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in the garage right where you left it.
In College Township, bulk collection depends on the hauler that serves your address. That usually means calling ahead, sticking to their limits, and carrying everything to the curb by yourself. Appliances, renovation debris, and anything too heavy to drag outside often don't qualify.
Lots of haulers want to come look before they'll give you a price, so you're stuck booking a visit just to get a quote. After that comes vague truckload math, and you still won't know the final cost until the work is done.
Thrift stores and charities have to be careful about what they accept. Stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture usually get turned away. Even items they do take still need to be loaded up and driven over, and most of us don't own a truck.
A roll-off container takes over your driveway for days and may need approval from a landlord or HOA. You have to coordinate delivery and pickup, the neighbors have to look at it, and you still do all the lifting. That's a lot for a single basement or spare room.
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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 Houserville 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 Houserville's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Hauling a sleeper sofa up a narrow basement stairwell with a turn at the landing is routine for your Loaders, who are background-checked and rated by real locals in Houserville after each job.
In this residential corner of College Township, curbside works when the old grill or a stack of boxes is already at the end of your driveway. If a treadmill is still in the basement or a recliner is stuck upstairs, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry it out from inside.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Anyone who has tried to cross Centre County on a Penn State home game Saturday knows a roped-down mattress is not the way to do it. Skip the dump run and the traffic. Your Loaders lift, carry, and haul it from your garage or basement, and they like showing up for neighbors here.
Bulky items rarely belong in one single place after they leave your property, so where they end up matters. In Houserville, your Loader sorts each load by condition, aiming to keep usable things out of landfills when possible.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and still sturdy may be set aside for donation where available. Your Loader will separate them from the rest of the load, though acceptance depends on local options.
Items that are worn or damaged but made of reusable materials, like metal frames or scrap wood, may be sent for recycling when local options allow. Your Loader sorts them apart from general debris.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky pieces that can't be reused go to a permitted disposal site. Your Loader hauls them from your Houserville home, garage, or yard so you don't have to make the trip.
Bulk items set out without a scheduled pickup stay at the curb, and misplaced waste can break township ordinance. These rules apply in Houserville, College Township, Centre County.
Loose, bagged, or bundled leaves, brush, and grass clippings are not collected with refuse, even in bags set beside the cart. College Township instead runs monthly brush collection, weather permitting, plus leaf collection events each spring and fall.
Pennsylvania's Covered Device Recycling Act keeps these electronics out of regular garbage. In the regional curbside program, televisions, computers, and printers count as bulk recyclables, and only covered devices the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority accepts are taken.
College Township's solid waste ordinance makes it unlawful to carry municipal waste from one address to another to use a different property's collection service or to avoid the cost of collection. Cleanout debris should go out from the property that generated it.
The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority accepts refrigerators and freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers, and clothes washing and drying machines from any Centre County resident at no charge. Lighting fixtures, propane bottles, and pipe or boilers wrapped in insulation are refused.
Scheduled Christmas tree collection is part of the base service in the regional refuse program covering College Township. Residents schedule the pickup each December so the live tree is collected for recycling rather than tossed out with weekly trash.
Under the Centre Region Council of Governments program, anything that will not fit in your cart or a bag must be scheduled for bulk collection, and each residence has yearly limits. Do not cover or box bulk items before setting them out.
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(678) 884-4738Only through the township's bulk program. College Township's hauler, Burgmeier's Hauling since April 2025, offers on-demand pickup of up to two bulk items twice a year, scheduled within about two weeks. Extra items cost a fee. Unscheduled piles can be treated as dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Houserville starts at $80, 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 charge, with the exact total confirmed before booking.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on Loader schedules in the Centre County area. Enter your address during booking to see the real openings for Houserville. Next-day and later slots are generally easier to get, especially around Penn State move-out weeks.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. You can leave items out and add access notes when you book. For indoor pickups, someone should be home, or you can leave entry instructions. Your Loader will usually message you before arriving.
Township bulk collection covers a limited number of large household items, and extras cost a fee. Electronics and similar regulated items often need separate handling. Centre County's transfer station takes some electronics at no charge, and LoadUp handles many items the township program won't.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local partners. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item and condition, so nothing is guaranteed.
Book online by entering your address, choosing what you want removed, and picking a time window. You see the price before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader arrives, removes the items, and takes them away, so you don't need to haul anything yourself.
Mainly pricing and booking. Traditional haulers usually charge by truckload 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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