Issaquah Highlands, Klahanie and the older town core in the valley (98027, 98029) at the foot of Cougar and Tiger Mountain. A garage or daylight basement clears for a flat $325–$985 by truck-fill; a sofa is $170, a treadmill $155, a trampoline $156, and the minimum is $95. We load from the home — nothing ever sits at your curb.
Snap a photo — flat price back in seconds
Upload a Photo & Get Quote →Issaquah splits into two housing stories, and both fill up the same way. Up on the plateau, Issaquah Highlands and Klahanie are newer master-planned single-family homes and townhomes — three-car garages, daylight basements, bonus rooms, fenced yards with a play structure in them. Down in the valley, the older town core holds smaller mid-century and cottage stock with detached garages and sheds. In between are families and tech commuters who mostly bought for the schools and the trailheads, and who have been quietly filling the garage since the day they moved in.
So the classic Issaquah job isn't a single couch. It's the garage you can't park in, the storage room off the daylight basement, the patio set that's gone green, and the swing set and trampoline the kids outgrew four years ago — all of it cleared in one visit for one flat number, quoted from a photo before we arrive. We carry it out of the garage, up from the basement or out of the back yard and load it straight into the truck.
Open the garage door and photograph the whole thing, or shoot the one treadmill. A flat price comes back in seconds — no estimator visit, no hourly meter.
Same-day is often open across the plateau and the valley. Mention the HOA, a gated entrance or a visitor-parking rule and we'll plan the truck around it.
Crew carries it out of the garage, basement or yard, dismantles the play structure if there is one, sweeps, and sorts the load for donation, metal, wood and E-Cycle.
Whole spaces price by truck-fill — how much of the truck your things actually occupy — and single pieces price flat. The carry, the dismantling and the disposal are already inside both numbers.
| Job / item | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Truck-fill — 2/8 (quarter) | $325 |
| Truck-fill — 3/8 | $455 |
| Truck-fill — 4/8 (half) | $580 |
| Truck-fill — 5/8 | $690 |
| Truck-fill — 6/8 | $790 |
| Truck-fill — 7/8 | $890 |
| Truck-fill — 8/8 (full truck) | $985 |
| Sofa / couch | $170 |
| Sectional — 3-piece | $249 |
| Queen mattress | $139 |
| Refrigerator | $221 |
| Treadmill | $155 |
| Home gym | $192 |
| Trampoline | $156 |
| Swing set / play structure | $192 |
| Patio table | $120 |
$95 minimum on any job. Loading, carry, dismantling and disposal included. A two- or three-car garage typically lands between 4/8 ($580) and 8/8 ($985) depending on how much of it is furniture; a basement storage room is often 2/8–4/8 ($325–$580); a yard clear with the trampoline and the swing set usually prices better as the flat per-item numbers above. A small WA refuse tax may apply on the disposal portion.
For outside context, Homeyou and Yelp Costs put the average Seattle-area junk-removal job at roughly $253–$325. See the full Seattle price guide →
| Option | Cost | Speed | The catch on the plateau |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle's $30-per-item bulky pickup | — | — | Doesn't apply. That is an SPU program inside Seattle city limits; Issaquah is King County and has no equivalent curbside bulky appointment |
| Self-haul to King County Factoria (Bellevue) | $40.25 min/load ≤320 lb · $243.38/ton · +$25 unsecured load · mattress $30 each (6/day) · fridge/freezer/AC $30 each | Same day, if you drive | Multiple trips for a garage, a truck you may not own, and everything loaded and unloaded by you |
| Donation pickup (Goodwill, ReStore, Salvation Army) | Free | Days to weeks | Resellable items only, on their schedule, collected from the ground floor — not from a basement or a dismantled swing set |
| Rent a dumpster | Container + haul + placement | Days on the driveway | Sits in front of the house against most HOA rules, and you still fill it by hand |
| JunkRabbit | $325–$985 truck-fill · $95 min | Often same day | None — flat photo price, loaded from the home, nothing staged at the curb |
Disposal figures are King County Solid Waste Division 2026 published rates. Ours are flat, photo-quoted, and include the labor.
This is where Issaquah differs from every Seattle neighborhood, and it catches people who moved out from the city. Seattle Public Utilities' $30-per-item special-items pickup does not apply here. It's a City of Seattle program, it stops at the city limits, and Issaquah sits well outside them — out on the plateau you're in King County, served by the King County Solid Waste Division. There is no county-wide equivalent of that curbside bulky appointment. If you were counting on "the city will take it for thirty bucks," that option was never on the table.
What you actually have is self-haul at county rates. King County Solid Waste's 2026 published schedule is $40.25 minimum per load (up to 320 lb) and $243.38 per ton for garbage, with a $25 unsecured-load fee if your load isn't properly covered and strapped. Yard waste and clean wood are much cheaper — roughly an $18 minimum and about $115 per ton — which is a real reason to keep the fence panels and branches separate from everything else. There are also per-item fees that surprise people: mattresses and box springs are $30 each, capped at six per day, and refrigerant appliances — refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners — are $30 per unit because they require EPA-certified freon recovery before anything can be crushed. The nearest station to Issaquah is Factoria, in Bellevue.
Then there's the part that has nothing to do with fees. Master-planned HOA rules on the plateau restrict curbside staging — the Highlands and Klahanie associations care what sits in a driveway or at a curb and for how long, and a mattress leaning against the mailbox for three days is how you get a letter. Any plan that involves dragging things to the street and leaving them there is a bad plan in these neighborhoods. That's why our whole model is the opposite: we load from the home. The crew comes into the garage, down to the basement or out to the back yard, carries everything, and puts it straight in the truck. Nothing is ever staged at the curb, and nothing waits for a collection day.
Sorting matters more out here than most people expect, because the county's own price list rewards it: garbage is $243.38 a ton while yard waste and clean wood run about $115, and donated or E-Cycled material costs nothing at all. We split the load on the tailgate rather than pushing everything across one scale.
Access on the plateau is generous compared with the city — three-car garages, wide driveways, no freight elevator, no dock window — but it has its own quirks. Highlands driveways can be steep and short, which changes where a truck can safely sit; some streets have restricted visitor parking; some communities want a vendor checked in at a gate. Tell us any of that in the photo message and it's handled before the crew rolls.
Inside the house, the plateau's signature is the daylight basement — a real lower floor with a storage room off it, reached by a full flight of stairs. That's a carry job, and it's already in the flat price: no stair fee. In the valley's older town-core homes, the equivalent is a detached garage or a shed at the back of the lot, which is a distance job rather than a stair job. Also priced in.
The rule that shapes everything, though, is the association's. In master-planned communities the answer to "can I just put it at the curb until Saturday" is usually no. So we don't. We load from the home, in one visit, and drive away with it — which means the HOA never has an opinion about your garage clean-out, because there was never anything on the street to notice.
"Basement and garage cleared — carried up and out, swept clean. Flat truck-fill price from a photo. Didn't lift a thing."
"Old couch and a treadmill up from the basement. Fair flat quote, same-day. Highly recommend."
"Cleared the house before listing — donation-routed, broom-clean. Professional crew."
How much does it cost in Issaquah?
Truck-fill for spaces: $325 (2/8), $455, $580 (half), $690, $790, $890, $985 (full). Flat per piece otherwise — sofa $170, 3-piece sectional $249, queen mattress $139, fridge $221, treadmill $155, home gym $192, trampoline $156, swing set $192, patio table $120. $95 minimum, loading and disposal included.
Does Seattle's $30-per-item pickup apply here?
No — that's an SPU program inside Seattle city limits. Issaquah is King County, and there's no equivalent curbside bulky appointment.
What does the transfer station charge?
King County 2026: $40.25 minimum per load up to 320 lb, $243.38/ton garbage, yard waste and clean wood ~$18 minimum and ~$115/ton, plus a $25 unsecured-load fee. Mattresses and box springs $30 each (6/day); fridges, freezers and ACs $30 each for EPA-certified freon recovery. Nearest station: Factoria, Bellevue.
Our HOA won't allow curb staging — is that a problem?
No, it's the reason we exist here. We load from the home; nothing is ever staged at the curb or left in the driveway.
Can you take down the swing set and trampoline?
Yes — dismantled in the yard and hauled. Trampoline $156, swing set $192, steel frames to scrap recycling.
Do you carry it up from the daylight basement?
Yes, and there's no stair fee. Detached garages and sheds at the back of a valley lot are covered the same way.
What happens to the load?
Donation first (Goodwill, ReStore, Salvation Army — receipt on request), yard waste and clean wood separated, metal to scrap, refrigerant appliances through certified recovery, TVs and monitors to WA E-Cycle free.
Is there sales tax on it?
Not the ~10.35% retail rate. A 3.6% state Refuse/Solid Waste Collection Tax (RCW 82.18) applies to the disposal portion and may appear on your receipt.
No. That program belongs to Seattle Public Utilities and stops at the Seattle city limits. Issaquah sits in King County, served by the King County Solid Waste Division, and there is no equivalent $30-per-item curbside bulky appointment out here. Your realistic options are self-haul to a county transfer station or a full-service hauler.
King County Solid Waste's 2026 rates are $40.25 minimum per load up to 320 lb and $243.38 per ton for garbage, with yard waste and clean wood far cheaper at roughly an $18 minimum and about $115 per ton, plus a $25 unsecured-load fee if the load is not properly covered. Mattresses and box springs are $30 each with a limit of six per day, and refrigerant appliances such as refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners are $30 per unit because they require EPA-certified freon recovery. The nearest station to Issaquah is Factoria in Bellevue.
That is exactly why we load from the home. In the master-planned Highlands and Klahanie communities, associations restrict what can be staged at the curb or in a driveway and for how long, so a plan that depends on leaving a couch out front is a plan that earns a notice. Our crew comes to the garage, the basement or the back yard, carries everything out, and loads it directly into the truck. You never stage anything at the curb.
Yes, and it is one of the most common calls on the plateau — the kids outgrow it years before anyone gets around to dealing with it. A trampoline is $156 and a swing set $192, dismantled in the yard and carried out. Steel frames go to scrap metal recycling rather than the landfill.
Yes. Issaquah has constant tech relocation churn in both directions, and a move rarely ends cleanly — there is always a garage corner, a basement storage room and a patio set that is not worth shipping. We clear all of it in one visit, priced by truck-fill from a photo, so the house is ready for the listing photographer or the new owner.
Usable furniture and household goods are routed to donation first — Evergreen Goodwill, the Salvation Army at 1-800-SA-TRUCK and Habitat for Humanity ReStore — with a receipt on request. Yard waste and clean wood are separated because they tip at roughly $115 a ton against $243.38 for garbage, metal goes to scrap, refrigerators go through EPA-certified refrigerant recovery, and TVs, monitors and computers go to WA E-Cycle free because they are banned from Washington garbage.
Not the roughly 10.35 percent retail rate — it does not apply to this service. Washington instead charges a 3.6 percent state Refuse/Solid Waste Collection Tax (RCW 82.18) on the disposal portion, which may appear as a small line on your receipt.