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Job #045 · Property clean-out · Columbia, IL

The garage that took two trailer loads.

Estate clean-out on the south side. We walked in to a wall of stuff and walked out with a swept floor. Two trips, six hours, no leftovers.

Date
May 2024
Crew
2 hands
Time on site
6 hours
Hauled
~1,800 lbs

The job

A family clearing out a parent's house.

Job came in on a Wednesday. Family had been working through the estate for a few weeks and the garage was the last room. Years of boxes, broken bikes, a couple of old appliances, paint cans, a mattress that should've gone in 2009. We did a walk-through that afternoon and quoted per-load.

"They were polite, worked fast, and didn't try to upsell us. We just wanted it gone — and it was gone."

What we hauled

Two trailer loads, sorted on the way out.

First load was the big stuff: mattress, washer, a busted treadmill, three rolls of carpet, a wall of cardboard boxes. Second load was the long-tail — paint cans (drop-off at the county hazmat day), scrap metal (separated for the yard), and the everyday "where does this even go" odds and ends.

Nothing landfill-able got landfilled before we tried recycling or donation first. That's not a sales pitch — it's just cheaper for us and easier on the customer's conscience.

Photos · Job #045

Garage before clean-out, packed with boxes and clutter
Mid-clean-out, with most of the clutter sorted
Trailer loaded with the day's haul

Got one like this?

If it's in the way and you don't want it anymore, we'll get it out of there.

Same crew. Same trailer. Probably the same week.

Call (618) 504-0526