*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of quietly stacking up until there's nowhere left to put it. Book a pickup anywhere in the Hills, see your price upfront, and get it gone without lifting a thing.
You read the city's accepted items list twice, call a hauler who never calls back, then one who insists on seeing it first. A month later, the junk has not moved.
Bulk items go out on your regular collection day, set apart from the carts, no call needed. The limits are the problem: no contractor or remodeling debris, no concrete, fencing, or tires. And moving a dead washer up the basement stairs is still your job.
Most haulers will not price anything over the phone. Someone drives out, looks at the pile, and quotes by how much of the truck it fills, so you learn what it costs while two strangers wait in your driveway.
Area donation centers take what they can resell, and they say no more often than people expect: anything stained, torn, cracked, or missing hardware. What they accept also shifts. Even a yes still leaves you borrowing a truck.
A roll-off means a delivery window, a container parked in your driveway for days, and permit questions if it lands in the street. You also fill it yourself, one armload of drywall and old deck boards at a time.
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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 Rochester Hills 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 Rochester Hills's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Basement stairs in a post-war split-level turn tight at the landing, and your Loaders plan for that. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Rochester Hills after each job.
Curbside works when the item is already sitting in the driveway or at the garage apron, which is how most Rochester Hills subdivision homes handle a set-out. Choose full service when the sectional, treadmill, or dead washer is still inside, and your Loaders carry it out from the basement, bedroom, or backyard.
| 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.
Rochester Hills did not get the second half of its name by accident. Driveways tilt, plenty of basements are walkouts, and a sectional does not climb those stairs by itself while you steer from below. Your Loaders handle the lifting, the pivoting, and the stair work, and they like showing up for the people on these streets.
Not every item leaving a Rochester Hills garage belongs in the same place. Your Loaders sort what they pick up by condition, so usable pieces still have a chance at reuse when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean, intact, and still functional may be passed along to local reuse or resale options where they exist. For a tax receipt, arrange a drop-off with a charity yourself.
Pieces too worn to pass along can still hold usable material, like scrap metal from a dead appliance or components inside old electronics. Those are separated for recycling when local options allow.
Water-damaged sectionals, collapsed deck boards, a rusted trampoline frame: when nothing is salvageable, your Loaders take the load to a licensed transfer station or landfill serving the Rochester Hills area.
Mishandled loads here can mean a rejected curbside pile or a state littering citation, so know how Rochester Hills and Oakland County handle disposal.
Priority Waste collects large furniture and appliances on your normal collection day with no advance call, since the hauler dispatches a separate bulk truck behind the route. Items must sit curbside by 7 a.m., separate from your carts.
The city's curbside program lists concrete, fencing, tires, car parts and any contractor generated materials as unacceptable. Remodeling and demolition debris has to reach a licensed landfill or transfer station instead of the curb.
Refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners go out only after doors are removed and refrigerant is recovered by a certified technician. Federal Clean Air Act rules bar venting Freon, so extraction has to be documented before the unit is scrapped.
Rochester Hills residents must present a printed paper voucher, purchased from the city for $10 per car, at the SOCRRA drop-off center in Troy. Each voucher covers up to 10 gallons of hazardous waste or 80 pounds of electronics.
Compost collection runs weekly from late March into mid December, and plastic bags are left at the curb uncollected. Branches must be bundled under four feet, and stumps or trunks are refused entirely. State rules also prohibit burning leaves in a city this size.
Under state litter law, leaving three cubic feet or more of junk on public or private property is a misdemeanor carrying a penal fine up to $2,500 for a first offense, plus a court ordered cleanup.
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(678) 884-4738Priority Waste, the city's hauler, collects bulk items like furniture and appliances weekly on your regular trash day with no call needed, set out by 7 am. Tires, concrete, car parts, batteries, fluorescent bulbs and liquid paints are not accepted in the truck. For items the city won't take, a paid hauler fills the gap.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Rochester Hills starts at $80 for a single item, and curbside pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your total is confirmed before booking. Truck-volume haulers like College HUNKS run roughly $99 to $699 per job.
Same-day and next-day slots open in most Rochester Hills zip codes when you book early in the day. Priority Waste's free bulk pickup only runs on your scheduled weekly trash day, Monday through Thursday, so it isn't an option for urgent clear-outs. Enter your zip during booking to see live availability.
These can't go in your Priority Waste cart or bulk pile. Rochester Hills residents take household hazardous waste and electronics to the SOCRRA Drop-Off Center at 995 Coolidge Road in Troy, by appointment at 248-288-5150. A prepaid paper voucher purchased from the city is required at drop-off.
Loaders sort loads and aim to keep usable items out of the landfill whenever possible. Furniture and household goods in good shape go toward donation, and metal, appliances and electronics are routed to recyclers when options allow. Whatever's left goes to the proper disposal facility, not just the nearest dump.
For curbside pickups, no. Leave items at the curb or driveway with access notes and skip the appointment window, which also takes $5 off the price. For in-home pickups, someone should be present or provide access instructions at booking. Your Loader usually calls about 30 minutes before arrival.
Mostly the pricing model and booking flow. Truck-crew haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and College HUNKS charge by how much truck space you fill, often after an in-person estimate, so the price isn't locked until the crew arrives. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before anyone shows up.
Yes, larger jobs like garage, basement and estate cleanouts are common across Rochester Hills. The first item carries the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on, so a multi-item total is itemized and confirmed before you book. For very high volumes, a dumpster rental at $250 to $500 may cost less if you don't mind loading it yourself.
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