SPU will take a bulky item for $30 if you get it to the curb; the dump charges about the same and you do all the work. What full-service actually costs against those options — that's what these guides work out.
There are five real ways to get rid of things in this city. Here is what each one is good at, and what it costs — flat pickup starts at a $100 minimum visit.
Municipal bulky collection is cheap where it fits. The problem is that the exclusion list tends to cover exactly the things you most want gone. Here are the…
Seattle bought a lot of air conditioners in a hurry, and a lot of them have been rusting on a porch ever since. Small window unit $87, large $109, portable $85.
A studio is usually a quarter truck at $241. A one-bedroom lands around a half truck at $431. The variable in Seattle is never the volume — it is the…
A metal or platform frame is $68. A solid, upholstered or storage frame is $126 in twin, full or queen and $152 in king. The hard part in Seattle is almost…
Weekday mornings, and not the last week of September. Here is how Seattle's weather, daylight and lease cycle actually affect a booking — and why the price…
Sometimes, briefly, and only if you have checked your own city's rules first. In Seattle the weather usually decides the outcome before anyone else does — a…
The cheapest route depends on how much you have, whether you own a truck, and how much a wet Saturday is worth to you. Here is the real arithmetic — couch…
A family house that has been lived in for forty years is more than one truck. A full truck is $732, and most Seattle estates run one to three of those plus…
A single-car detached garage is usually a half truck at $431. A two-car that has never held a car runs $587 to $732. The Seattle wrinkle is that half of it…
Priced by volume, not by judgement. A full truck is $732 and most of these jobs are several. Here is how they actually run, and what makes them different in…
A standard hot tub is $390 and a six-to-eight person is $501 — drained, taken apart where it has to be, and carried out through whatever gap your garden…
A standard fridge is $164 to have taken, carried out from wherever it stands. The hard part in Seattle is the doorway, the stair and the slope — not the…
Never the bin. A TV under 42 inches is $62 to collect, 42 to 65 inches is $68 and anything over 65 inches is $73 — or take it to a drop-off site yourself.
The order of operations matters more than the route. Disconnect properly, prep the unit, then move it — a standard fridge is $164 and a laundry pair is $261.
The things that separate a good Seattle hauler from a bad one are mostly about access, insurance and whether the price survives contact with your staircase.…
Yes — dumping is illegal everywhere in this metro, and the distinction that matters is between a permitted set-out and abandoning something. Here is where…
Published prices, set before anyone is dispatched. Couch $126, queen mattress $103, standard fridge $164, quarter truck $241, full truck $732. Minimum visit…
Both will take your sofa. The difference is when you learn the price — before anyone is dispatched, or after a crew has looked at your staircase.
Every day a unit sits full is a day it is not rented. A studio clears at a quarter truck, $241; a one-bedroom at a half truck, $431 — with a receipt for the…
There is no single "Seattle mattress law", because the rule that applies to you depends on which jurisdiction you live in and what kind of building you live…
Recycling a mattress is real, but it is not free and it is not automatic — and in Seattle the weather decides whether your mattress is still recyclable at…
The furniture you are not shipping costs more to keep than to clear. A studio's leftovers are usually a quarter truck at $241; a one-bed is about $431.
Construction debris $120, drywall $37 a sheet or small bundle, a full kitchen cabinet rip-out $293. On narrow Seattle streets, staged removals usually beat…
Priced by the size of the unit: 5×5 $226, 5×10 $397, 10×10 $587, 10×15 $880, 10×20 $1174. Stop paying rent on things you have not looked at in three years.
A headline price only means something if it is the price you actually pay. Ours is published before dispatch: minimum visit $100, couch $126, quarter truck $241.
Electronics never go in the bin here — they have their own channel. TV under 42 inches $62, 42 to 65 inches $68, monitor $58, mixed box of electronics $77.
Renting a truck is a real option and sometimes the right one. But in a city of hills, stairs and one-lane streets, the rental fee is the smallest part of…
Not a range, not an estimate — the actual shapes of jobs in this city and what each one comes to. A single couch is $126. A Wallingford basement is usually…
Seattle tries to rehome furniture before it throws it out, and that instinct is usually right. Here is how to tell which pieces will actually go, and what…
Seattle asks this question more than almost anywhere, and deserves a real answer rather than "we recycle everything". Here is how a load actually gets sorted.
Five different people will take an old appliance off you, and they suit different situations. A standard fridge is $164 to have collected, a washer $133, a…
"Licensed and insured" sounds like boilerplate until somebody drops a fridge on a Craftsman staircase. In a city of steep grades, tight stairwells and…
Sofa $126, truck-fill $241–$732, $100 minimum — the complete list.
SPU's $30 per item vs a flat $100 minimum — the honest math.
From $30 at the curb to a flat $126 carried out.
$30 at the curb, $30 at the dump, or $103 carried down — pick your trade.
Flat $241–$732 vs a permitted roll-off — which fits the job.