Moss Bay waterfront, Juanita, and Totem Lake (98033, 98034, 98028) — downtown condos with service elevators and COI rules, plus family homes with basements and garages full of decades of storage. We carry it out of the unit or up from the basement. Flat photo price from a $95 minimum, sofa $170, truck-fill $325–$985.
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Same-day is usually open across Moss Bay, Juanita and Totem Lake. Downtown condo? Tell us the building and we file the COI and reserve the service elevator.
Out of the unit or up the basement stairs, sorted for donation and E-Cycle at the truck, and the space left swept. You stage nothing.
Flat and photo-quoted. One or two pieces price per item; a garage, a basement, or a condo being turned over prices as truck-fill — how much of the truck your load actually takes. The carry, the drive, and the King County tip fee are already in the number.
| Item / volume | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Sofa / couch | $170 |
| Sectional — 3-piece | $249 |
| Queen mattress | $139 |
| Refrigerator | $221 |
| Washer | $179 |
| Dryer | $172 |
| Truck-fill — 1/4 | $325 |
| Truck-fill — 1/2 | $580 |
| Truck-fill — 3/4 | $790 |
| Truck-fill — full | $985 |
$95 minimum. Loading, the stair or elevator carry, and disposal are included. Clearing the washer, the dryer, and the shelving beside them in one visit is usually cheaper as a truck-fill than as three item prices — send one wide photo and we'll quote it the cheaper way. Washington does not charge retail sales tax on this service; the 3.6% state refuse tax applies to disposal and is shown in your total.
For outside context: cost trackers Homeyou and Yelp Costs put a typical Seattle-area junk removal job at roughly $253–$325. That's a fair band to hold us to — the difference is that ours is quoted from a photo before a truck leaves, and it includes carrying the load out of a third-floor unit or up from a basement rather than expecting it at the curb.
| Option | Cost | Speed | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle's $30-per-item bulky pickup | — | — | Not available: Kirkland is King County, not the City of Seattle |
| Self-haul to Houghton station (in Kirkland) | $40.25 min per load (≤320 lb), $243.38/ton, +$25 unsecured load | Same day, per trip | Cheap per trip, but 320 lb is about one appliance — a garage is many trips, and you load every one |
| Donate it yourself | Free | Days | Only clean, resellable pieces, and you deliver them to the ReStore or Goodwill |
| Traditional full-service hauler | ~$253–$325 typical job | 1–3 days | Priced by truck volume and usually confirmed only once a crew is standing in your driveway |
| JunkRabbit | From $95 · truck-fill $325–$985 | Same day | None — flat photo price, out of the unit or basement, COI and elevator handled |
Not the way people expect after reading about Seattle. Nearly every "Seattle bulky pickup" article describes Seattle Public Utilities' $30-per-item special-items program, which is a City of Seattle service for SPU garbage customers. Kirkland is King County, on the far side of Lake Washington, and that program is not on offer here. There's no Kirkland equivalent that will come to your door and take a sectional, a treadmill, and a dead dryer for a handful of $30 charges.
What does govern disposal here is the King County Solid Waste Division, and the useful local fact is that the Houghton transfer station is in Kirkland itself, off 68th Ave NE — for most addresses in town, a ten-minute drive rather than a trip around the lake. The 2026 published county rates are a $40.25 minimum per load up to 320 pounds, $243.38 per ton above that, and a $25 unsecured-load fee if your load isn't tarped. Special items are charged separately: mattresses and box springs $30 each, limit six per day, and refrigerant appliances $30 per unit with EPA-certified freon recovery — which is the part a homeowner can't legally do themselves before hauling a fridge over.
So the honest comparison in Kirkland isn't "city pickup versus us," it's "Houghton versus us." If you own a pickup, have help, and are moving one washer, Houghton wins and we'll say so. The moment it becomes a full garage, a sectional that won't fit in a Subaru, a third-floor condo, or a load that needs several 320-pound trips, the math flips: 320 pounds is roughly one appliance and a few boxes, and the fee is per load, not per pound. And in the newer downtown and waterfront buildings there's a further wall — condo associations restrict curbside staging, so you can't even park the sectional at the curb while you arrange a truck. We load from the unit and go once.
Kirkland loads skew newer than most — a lot of what leaves these homes is five years old, not fifty — so donation goes first. Evergreen Goodwill, the Salvation Army (1-800-SA-TRUCK), and Habitat for Humanity ReStore all take resellable furniture and household goods on the Eastside, and ReStore in particular takes the cabinetry, doors, and fixtures a remodel produces. We can request a receipt on your behalf.
Televisions, monitors, laptops, and computers go to WA E-Cycle, the manufacturer-funded program that recycles them free statewide — they're banned from the garbage anyway, and a hauler who quietly tips them is doing it wrong. Appliance and frame metal goes to scrap. Only the genuine remainder reaches a King County station at $243.38 a ton, and every pound diverted before that gate is a pound that never carries the 3.6% refuse tax either.
Kirkland is really three access problems wearing one ZIP-code family. Downtown and Moss Bay waterfront condos — especially the newer buildings — run on building rules: a Certificate of Insurance naming management before a vendor touches the service elevator, a reserved elevator window, front-desk check-in, and an association that forbids staging anything at the curb or in shared areas. We file the COI, book the window, pad the elevator, and split a 3-piece sectional where it needs splitting to clear the doors.
The townhomes around downtown and Totem Lake stack three floors with the bedrooms on top and a tandem garage below, which means a queen mattress and box spring come down two flights and out through a garage door. And the single-family stock in Juanita, Houghton, Finn Hill and Kingsgate has what the rest of the West Coast doesn't: real basements, plus detached garages, holding decades of damp Puget Sound storage. All three carry the same promise — no stair, elevator, or long-carry surcharge. The flat price you were quoted from the photo is the price we invoice.
"Basement full of decades of stuff, carried up and out. Swept clean, flat price from a photo. Didn't lift a thing."
"Discreet estate clear on the waterfront — careful with the good furniture, donated the rest. Realtor-ready."
"Old couch and a fridge gone same-day. Photo, flat quote, easy. Highly recommend."
How much does it cost in Kirkland?
From a $95 minimum. Sofa $170, 3-piece sectional $249, queen mattress $139, refrigerator $221, washer $179, dryer $172. Basement, garage, condo and whole-home clears as truck-fill: 1/4 $325, 1/2 $580, 3/4 $790, full $985. Loading, carry, and disposal included.
Isn't there a $30-per-item city pickup?
In Seattle, yes — not here. Kirkland is King County. County disposal in 2026 is $40.25 minimum per load (≤320 lb), $243.38/ton, plus $25 for an unsecured load.
Should I just drive it to Houghton myself?
For one small, light, easily-carried load — honestly, maybe. Houghton station is right here in Kirkland. For a garage, a sectional, several trips, or anything above a third-floor landing, one flat-priced visit wins. Note mattresses are $30 each there and refrigerant appliances $30 with certified freon recovery.
Do you handle my condo building's COI and elevator?
Yes — we file the Certificate of Insurance naming management and reserve the service-elevator window, and we never stage anything in a lobby, hallway, or shared drive.
Do you carry it up from the basement?
Every time, with no stair or carry surcharge — same for a third-floor townhome bedroom or a detached garage down a long driveway.
Where does it all go?
Donation first (Evergreen Goodwill, Salvation Army 1-800-SA-TRUCK, Habitat ReStore), free WA E-Cycle for TVs and computers, metal to scrap, remainder to a King County station.
Cheaper than a traditional hauler?
More certain, which usually means cheaper. Homeyou and Yelp Costs peg a typical Seattle-area job at $253–$325, quoted on site; ours is quoted from a photo before we roll.
Is there sales tax?
Not on the service. Washington doesn't apply its ~10.35% retail sales tax here — there's a 3.6% state refuse tax on the disposal portion, shown in your total.
Flat and photo-quoted from a $95 minimum. Single pieces: sofa $170, 3-piece sectional $249, queen mattress $139, refrigerator $221, washer $179, dryer $172. Basement, garage, condo and whole-home clears price as truck-fill — 1/4 truck $325, 1/2 $580, 3/4 $790, full $985. Loading, the stair or elevator carry, and disposal are included. Washington does not charge retail sales tax on the service; a 3.6% state refuse tax applies to disposal and is shown in your total.
No. That is a City of Seattle program for Seattle Public Utilities customers, and Kirkland is King County. Disposal here runs through the King County Solid Waste Division: 2026 published rates are a $40.25 minimum per load up to 320 pounds, $243.38 per ton beyond that, and a $25 unsecured-load fee. The Houghton transfer station is in Kirkland itself, off 68th Ave NE.
You can, and for one small trip it is the cheapest option on the board — Houghton is minutes from most Kirkland addresses. What it costs you is a truck, a tarp so you avoid the $25 unsecured-load fee, someone to help carry a sofa down two flights, and repeat trips, since 320 pounds is roughly one appliance and a few boxes. Mattresses and box springs are $30 each there, limit six a day, and refrigerant appliances are $30 per unit with EPA-certified freon recovery.
Yes. The newer waterfront and downtown buildings want a Certificate of Insurance naming building management before a vendor touches the service elevator, and the elevator itself has to be reserved for a window. We file the COI and book the window. Waterfront condo associations also restrict curbside staging, so we load from the unit — nothing gets left in a lobby, a hallway, or a shared drive.
Yes, and there is no stair or carry surcharge. Kirkland's single-family stock has basements and garages full of decades of storage, and the townhomes stack three floors with the bedrooms on top. We work from wherever the item is — you do not stage anything.
Usable pieces are routed to donation first — Evergreen Goodwill, the Salvation Army (1-800-SA-TRUCK), and Habitat for Humanity ReStore all take resellable furniture and building goods on the Eastside, and we can request a receipt. Televisions, monitors, and computers go to WA E-Cycle, which recycles them free statewide. Appliance and frame metal goes to scrap. Only the remainder is disposed.
It is fixed before anyone arrives, which usually works out cheaper on a mixed load. Third-party cost trackers Homeyou and Yelp Costs put a typical Seattle-area junk removal job at roughly $253 to $325. Volume-priced haulers confirm the number on site after they see the pile; ours comes back from a photo, and it already includes the carry and the King County tip fee.
Usually yes, across Moss Bay, Juanita, Totem Lake, Houghton, Finn Hill and Kingsgate. Kirkland sits on our Eastside route and the Houghton station is local, so short-notice and weekend windows are commonly open — which is what a lease-end or a closing date generally needs.