*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it stops being a small chore and starts weighing on your week. Book LoadUp for a quick pickup and a clear price upfront, so it's gone.
You check the county website, call a couple of haulers, wait on callbacks that never come, and try to line up a free pickup date. Weeks go by, and the junk is still in the garage.
County bulk pickup programs help, but they come with rules. You usually have to request a pickup ahead of time, stay within item limits, and haul everything to the curb yourself. Some materials aren't accepted, and the timing won't always match your move or cleanout.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they give you a number, and then they charge by how much of the truck you fill. You don't know the final cost until your junk is already loaded, and by then it's hard to say no.
Thrift stores and charities have good reasons to be selective. Furniture with stains, sun-faded patio sets, older appliances, and anything with broken parts often gets turned away. Even when they accept items, you're usually the one loading them up and driving them over.
A roll-off container sits in your driveway for days, may need approval from your HOA, and takes a delivery window and a pickup window to coordinate. For a spare room or a lanai cleanout, that's a lot of steel and scheduling for a small job.
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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 South Gate Ridge 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 South Gate Ridge's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Easing a sleeper sofa through a screened lanai door or working around a packed single-car garage takes patience. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in South Gate Ridge after each job.
If the old recliner or a pile of storm-snapped limbs is already sitting on your driveway, curbside keeps things quick and simple. For a dresser in a back bedroom or a shed full of clutter at the rear of the lot, full-service lets your Loaders do the carrying while you stay inside, out of the Florida heat.
| 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.
Dragging a water-logged recliner to the curb is a special kind of Florida misery, especially when July humidity hits and a 3 p.m. thunderstorm shows up on schedule. Your Loaders do the lifting, carrying, and loading while you stay in the air conditioning, because your South Gate Ridge neighbors deserve a dry, sweat-free weekend.
Bulky items pile up fast in older South Gate Ridge garages and lanais, and where they end up matters. Your Loaders sort each load by condition, aiming to keep usable pieces in circulation when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Your Loaders carefully carry these pieces out and load them separately from damaged items.
Items that are worn but not donatable, like metal frames, old appliances, or scrap, may be recycled where available. Your Loaders set them aside from the general load so recyclable material can be handled separately.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or water-ruined bulky items from South Gate Ridge homes are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loaders lift and load them, and the haul goes to an appropriate local disposal site.
Waste set out the wrong way in South Gate Ridge simply stays at the curb, so these Sarasota County rules for unincorporated homes decide what actually gets collected.
Since the 2025 collection change in unincorporated Sarasota County, only materials placed inside the county-provided garbage cart are collected. Overflow bags and personal cans stopped being picked up after March 29, 2025, which matters during big cleanouts.
Sarasota County allows monitors, stereos, speakers, telephones, TVs and vacuum cleaners in household garbage, with batteries removed from phones. Computer systems, fax machines, keyboards, power supplies, printers and scanners can be dropped off free at the Chemical Collection Centers.
Under Ordinance 2022-069, yard waste in plastic bags, even compostable ones, is refused curbside and at the Central County Landfill, where bagged loads once caused litter and blocked mulching. Use paper bags, reusable containers, or bundles under 4 feet and 40 pounds.
Furniture, mattresses and other bulk waste from Class I residential properties in unincorporated Sarasota County can go out through four free scheduled pickups per year, up to 10 cubic yards. Requests need at least 48 hours notice, and service fees may apply.
Most household hazardous waste is not collected curbside in Sarasota County. Residents can drop off pool chemicals, paints, gasoline, used motor oil, fire extinguishers and fluorescent lamps from non-business use free of charge. Pharmaceuticals are no longer accepted there.
In unincorporated Sarasota County, construction waste can be collected curbside as a scheduled bulk pickup, limited to four 32-gallon containers weighing 40 pounds or less each. Lumber, fencing and treated wood are not yard waste and cannot go out with it.
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(678) 884-4738Only if you have scheduled a bulk pickup with your provider. South Gate Ridge is unincorporated Sarasota County, and bulk pickups must be booked at least 48 hours ahead. Items put out with no appointment can be treated as illegal dumping.
Each Class I residential property gets four free bulk pickups a year, up to 10 cubic yards each. You schedule them through your collection provider at least 48 hours ahead. Service fees may apply in some cases. The free option works well if you can wait and the items are curbside-eligible.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in South Gate Ridge starts at $80. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. Curbside pickup takes $5 off the base price. The exact total is confirmed before you book.
Often, yes. Same-day or next-day pickup is usually offered when you book before noon, depending on Loader availability for your address. For curbside jobs you don't need to be home. For indoor pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions.
Paint, pesticides, and similar chemicals shouldn't go in regular trash or bulk pickup. Sarasota County's Chemical Collection Center at 8750 Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota takes household hazardous waste Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Check current hours before you go.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local charities and recyclers. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to a proper disposal facility. Donation and recycling outcomes depend on item condition and are never guaranteed.
You book online, see your price upfront, and pick an arrival window. Your Loader contacts you before arriving, confirms the items, and carries them out from inside or the curb. You pay the confirmed price, with no surprises added on site.
The pricing model differs. Many traditional haulers price by truck space and may confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so your total is locked before anyone arrives. For a truckload cleanout, a traditional hauler's flat truck rate may suit you better.
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