*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast, and sorting it out is never how you want to spend a weekend. Book LoadUp, see your price upfront, and let the Butterfly Town cleanup get easy.
You search online, call about pickup options, leave messages with a few haulers, and wait on callbacks that never come. Meanwhile the garage stays full, the weekend slips away, and the junk hasn't moved an inch.
City bulk pickup programs can help, but they usually need to be requested ahead of time, often limit how much you can set out, and may not accept every item type. If the pile is in a basement or a back cottage, you still have to haul it out yourself.
Many haulers want to come look before they'll give you a number, then quote by how much of the truck you fill. That's a tough guess when you're clearing out a packed garage, and the final price can shift once the loading starts.
Thrift shops and charities take what they can resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away. You also have to get everything there yourself, and anything they decline ends up riding back home with you.
On compact lots and tight residential streets, a dumpster can block your driveway, crowd the neighbors, and may need a permit before it's placed. Then you work around the delivery and pickup dates and still do all the lifting for a single 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 Pacific Grove 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 Pacific Grove's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader handles narrow porch steps and cramped single-car garages common in older cottage homes. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Pacific Grove after each job.
If you have space at the edge of your driveway on a compact Pacific Grove lot, choose curbside and your Loader loads the items straight from there. If estate contents or vacation rental furniture are still inside, choose full-service and your Loaders carry everything out. When you book, mention any steps or narrow side paths.
| 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 noon | 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.
Hauling an old dresser up Peninsula roads in wet fog, past cottage driveways that barely fit one car, is nobody's idea of a relaxing weekend. Skip the dump run. Your Loader carries it out, loads it, and leaves the sidewalk tidy, because your Loader genuinely likes showing up for this quiet, careful town.
Clearing out a cottage garage or a rental after a guest turnover leaves a mix of items, and where they end up matters. In Pacific Grove, your Loader sorts each load by condition, favoring reuse when local options allow.
Furniture, housewares, and other items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and where local options allow. Your Loader can set these aside for charities. If you need a receipt, donate directly.
Items that are worn or damaged but still hold usable materials, such as metal frames, cardboard, or some electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the rest of the load when possible.
Heavily damaged or soiled bulky pieces, like a ruined sofa or a waterlogged mattress, go to responsible disposal. Your Loader carries them out and loads them for a permitted disposal site serving the Peninsula.
Mixing renovation scraps with household trash can leave a project with zero diversion credit at the scale. These are the rules that apply in Pacific Grove and across Monterey County.
Through the GreenWaste Bulky Item Reuse Program, each collection allows two appliances or bulky items, but any appliance containing Freon counts as two. A single refrigerator or freezer can fill the entire appliance allowance for that pickup.
Reusable clothing, shoes, towels, blankets, and other textiles can be donated at local donation centers or at Last Chance Mercantile, the reuse store at ReGen Monterey in Marina, giving them a second life instead of a trip to the landfill.
ReGen Monterey codes every scale receipt by material type. Loads coded 15-C&D-MRF certify at least 65 percent diversion for CalGreen, source-separated clean material can earn full credit, and loads coded 10-MSW or 13-Bulky count as zero.
Pacific Grove single-family residents may request up to three Bulky Item Reuse collections each year at no additional charge, each covering up to two cubic yards of reusable materials. Apartment residents arrange collection events through their property manager instead.
Pacific Grove waste guidance flags any product carrying the words danger, caution, poison, or warning as household hazardous waste. Those leftover containers belong at the household hazardous waste facility at ReGen Monterey rather than in the gray garbage cart.
Each Bulky Item Reuse collection accepts up to five e-waste items. Cell phones, calculators, and larger electronics beyond that limit can be dropped off at the household hazardous waste facility at ReGen Monterey, next to Last Chance Mercantile.
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(678) 884-4738Generally no. Bulky items left at the curb without an arranged pickup from your city trash hauler can be treated as illegal dumping and may bring a fine. Check with Pacific Grove public works or your hauler for current bulky-item rules.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Pacific Grove starts at $75, and pickup from the curb or driveway takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on charge, and the exact total is confirmed before booking. Truckload haulers usually quote by volume.
Sometimes. Availability depends on Loader schedules and demand on the Monterey Peninsula. Enter your address during booking to see the live time slots for your location, including same-day or next-day openings when they exist.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups, since items can be left out with access notes. For items inside a home, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions at booking. Your Loader will update you before arriving.
Household hazardous waste such as paint, solvents, batteries, and chemicals generally can't go in regular trash or with most haulers. Monterey County residents typically use a household hazardous waste drop-off facility for these, so confirm accepted items with the local waste district before you load up.
Loaders aim to keep items out of the landfill whenever possible. Usable pieces may go to local donation partners, recyclable materials go to recyclers when options allow, and the rest is taken to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes depend on item condition and facility acceptance.
You book online, list the items, pick a time window, and see your total before confirming. On pickup day your Loader arrives in that window, removes the items from where they sit, and handles the loading. Prices are locked in before the visit.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truck volume and often confirm the final price on site. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking, which can suit smaller jobs.
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