*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up quietly in Portola Valley until clearing it feels like a project of its own. LoadUp keeps it simple: book a quick pickup, see your price upfront, and let it go.
You look up the town's bulky-item rules, call around for quotes, and wait on callbacks that half the haulers never return. Meanwhile the pile in the garage stays put, and another weekend slips by.
Bulk collection through the town's franchised hauler usually needs advance scheduling, caps what you can set out, and often excludes things like paint or remodel debris. Everything also has to reach the street, which on a long or steep driveway is the hard part.
Many haulers want to walk the property before quoting, which means scheduling a visit just to hear a number. Then the price is pegged to how much of the truck you fill, and the final figure can shift once they see the gravel drive and the barn loft.
Local thrift shops and charities need items they can resell, so a scuffed armoire or a sagging guest bed often gets turned away. Even good pieces usually have to be dropped off by you, which means loading, driving out of the valley, and hoping the door is open.
A roll-off sized for a full remodel is a lot of steel for clearing one spare room. It needs a level spot to sit, may need approval if it touches the road, and stays parked for days on a narrow, shaded lane your neighbors also use.
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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 Portola Valley 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 Portola Valley's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A detached shed at the far end of a long, sloping driveway means extra carrying for your Loaders, who are background-checked and rated by real locals in Portola Valley after each job.
Curbside works well when you have already set items by the gate or at the edge of the road, and it is often the simpler choice on a narrow private lane. If a dresser is still upstairs or remodel scraps are piled in a side yard, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry everything out from where it sits.
| 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.
Portola Road on a sunny weekend belongs to the cyclists, and a pickup bed piled with an old sofa does not blend in. Skip the slow, winding trip down the hill. Your Loaders do the lifting and loading, and everyone at LoadUp enjoys showing up for neighbors who look after this quiet corner of the Peninsula.
Portola Valley homes tend to hold large furniture, remodel leftovers, and yard debris, so where items end up matters. Your Loader sorts each pickup by condition, aiming to keep usable things in circulation when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible. Your Loaders carry them out and take them to a donation channel, where available, rather than straight to disposal.
Items that are worn or damaged but not suited for donation may be recycled where available. Metal, wood, and some appliances can often be diverted, depending on what local facilities currently accept.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked mattresses or broken furniture from a Portola Valley cleanout, go to responsible disposal. Your Loaders handle the loading and haul it to an appropriate facility.
Missing these details can mean avoidable per-item fees or a load turned away at drop-off. Here is how disposal works in Portola Valley, San Mateo County.
The Town's Clean Up Day accepts only 30 gallons total of containerized rock, dirt, asphalt, concrete and other construction debris per event. Portola Valley has no local recycling center for remodeling waste, so it goes to GreenWaste's Zanker facility in San Jose.
Mattresses do not fit the curbside cart system. GreenWaste's Zanker facility in San Jose accepts up to four mattresses from California residents at no charge. Larger appliances and other bulky items are also taken there, but standard drop-off terms apply to them.
Clearing brush often turns up poison oak and ivy, but both are excluded from the Town's resident-only Clean Up Day. Other tree trimmings are accepted only when they are containerized or bundled, so sort and tie brush before loading it.
Appliances with Freon need the refrigerant removed before they can be recycled. GreenWaste adds a per-item Freon surcharge on top of its standard bulky item fee once a household has used its two free on-call clean-ups for the year.
The Town Clean Up Day does not accept pressure-treated wood. Untreated wood is accepted only in pieces less than 6 inches in diameter and less than 5 feet long. California handles treated lumber as treated wood waste, which has its own disposal requirements.
Portola Valley households can request up to two on-call clean-ups per year at no extra charge. Each one covers either two bulky items or three cans of yard trimmings. Requests need at least 48 hours of notice, and any additional items are charged per piece.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of a scheduled pickup with your hauler. Items left out without an appointment can count as illegal dumping. Check your garbage provider's bulky item rules for scheduling, limits and any fees before putting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Portola Valley starts at $75, with $5 off for curbside or outdoor pickup. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on. The exact total is confirmed before booking.
Sometimes. Availability depends on Loader schedules and your address, so enter your address when booking to see live time slots. Booking a day or more ahead gives the most options, especially for hillside or long-driveway properties.
Paint, pesticides, auto fluids and cleaning chemicals are hazardous and can't go in regular trash or most junk loads. San Mateo County's Household Hazardous Waste program takes them free by appointment. Call (650) 372-6200 to schedule a drop-off.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle materials whenever options allow. What can't be reused or recycled goes to the appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes depend on item condition and what local charities and recyclers will accept.
You pick your items and get an upfront price online, then choose a pickup window. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions when booking.
Yes. The town requires up to 75% diversion of construction debris on permitted projects, tracked through Green Halo. For ordinary cleanouts that rule doesn't apply, but permitted remodel waste may need documented recycling, so ask your contractor.
The main difference is the pricing model. Many traditional haulers price by truckload and may confirm the total at the property. LoadUp prices per item online, and you see the total before booking. Truckload pricing can suit very large cleanouts better.
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