The diverse, practical city at the south end of Lake Washington (98055–98059) — the Highlands, Benson, Cascade, and Fairwood. Garages and basements cleared, apartment move-outs and tenant turnovers handled, furniture and appliances hauled. Flat photo price from a $95 minimum, sofa $170, truck-fill $325–$985, often same-day.
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Same-day and weekend windows are usually open across the Highlands, Benson, Cascade and Fairwood. Managing a unit turnover with a hard move-in date? Tell us the deadline.
Out of the apartment, up from the basement, or out of the back of the garage — donations and e-waste separated at the truck, floor swept behind us.
Flat and photo-quoted, and deliberately legible — one or two things price per item, and a garage, basement, or apartment prices as truck-fill, meaning how much of the truck your load actually fills. The carry, the drive, and the dump fee are already inside the number, so the quote you get is the invoice you get.
| Item / volume | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Sofa / couch | $170 |
| 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 garage carry, and disposal are included. Getting rid of the washer, the dryer, and the pile of boxes beside them together is usually cheaper as one truck-fill than as three item prices — send one wide photo and we'll quote whichever way costs you less. 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.
Check us against the market: Homeyou and Yelp Costs put a typical Seattle-area junk removal job at roughly $253–$325, and local operators publish volume tiers in the same band — Junk Seattle lists about $89 for a small load, $149 for a quarter truck, $279 for a half and $449 for a full one. Those are third-party figures. The difference is that ours arrives before a truck is dispatched and covers carrying the load out of the unit rather than expecting it stacked at the curb.
| Option | Cost | Speed | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle's $30-per-item bulky pickup | — | — | Not available: Renton is King County, not the City of Seattle |
| Self-haul to the Renton transfer station | $40.25 min per load (≤320 lb), $243.38/ton, +$25 unsecured load | Same day, per trip | 320 lb is about one appliance — a garage is several priced trips, all loaded by you |
| Sell or give it away online | Free | Days–weeks | Buyers rarely show up to carry a sofa down two flights; it sits in your living room |
| Traditional full-service hauler | ~$253–$325 typical job | 1–3 days | Volume-priced and usually confirmed only once a crew is in your driveway |
| JunkRabbit | From $95 · truck-fill $325–$985 | Same day | None — flat photo price, carried out of the unit, donation and E-Cycle routed |
Not in the way most search results imply. Almost everything written about "Seattle bulky item pickup" is describing Seattle Public Utilities' $30-per-item special-items program — a City of Seattle service for SPU garbage customers. Renton is King County. There's no Renton version that will appear at your door and take a sofa, a mattress, and a broken dryer for a few $30 charges, and it's worth knowing that before you plan a weekend around it.
Disposal here runs through the King County Solid Waste Division, and the genuinely useful local fact is that the Renton transfer station is in town — you don't have to drive to Bellevue or Tukwila to reach a gate. The 2026 published 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 the load isn't tarped. Special items carry their own charges: mattresses and box springs $30 each, limit six per day; refrigerant appliances — fridges, freezers, AC units — $30 per unit, requiring EPA-certified freon recovery; and non-refrigerant appliances accepted residential-only and only if completely empty.
So the real Renton comparison isn't the city versus us — it's the transfer station versus us, and we'll be straight about it. If you own a pickup, have a friend, and are moving one light load, drive it over; you'll spend about $40 and an hour. The moment it's a full garage, a basement, an apartment being emptied, or an appliance that legally needs certified refrigerant recovery, the picture changes: the minimum is per load, not per pound, 320 pounds runs out fast, and every trip is loaded and unloaded by you. Add the complexes — most Renton apartment buildings don't allow furniture staged by the dumpster or at the curb — and the one-visit, flat-priced version stops being a luxury and starts being the practical option.
A lot of what leaves a Renton home isn't junk — it's a working dresser, a sofa that just doesn't fit the new place, a kid's bike two sizes small. So the load is sorted before it moves: donation first, to Evergreen Goodwill, the Salvation Army (1-800-SA-TRUCK), Habitat for Humanity ReStore, and St. Vincent de Paul, all of which take resellable furniture and household goods and can issue a receipt on request.
Televisions, monitors, laptops and computers go to WA E-Cycle — the manufacturer-funded statewide program that recycles them free, which is where they belong since they're banned from the garbage anyway. Appliance and frame metal goes to scrap. Only what's genuinely finished reaches the transfer 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. That's not just goodwill — it's the reason a sorting hauler can hold a fair flat price in a market where dumping everything mixed is expensive.
Renton splits neatly into two kinds of job. The single-family side — the Highlands, Benson, Cascade, Fairwood, Kennydale, Talbot — is homes with garages and, unlike most of the West Coast, real basements. That means the hard part isn't the truck, it's the carry: up a set of basement stairs, out through a side door, or from the back corner of a garage past everything you're keeping. We take that on, and there's no stair, carry, or long-driveway surcharge.
The other side is apartment complexes, where the constraints are the building's, not the county's. Most complexes here prohibit staging furniture beside the dumpster or at the curb, some require a leasing-office check-in, and move-out deadlines are unforgiving. We load from inside the unit, use the stairs or elevator as the building requires, leave nothing in a breezeway, and sweep behind — the same visit works for a tenant clearing out and for a small landlord flipping the unit two days later.
Renton is also more working-class and more linguistically diverse than the rest of the Eastside, with Spanish and Vietnamese widely spoken. Tell us your preferred language when you reach out and we'll do our best to match you — and either way the quote needs no translation: a photo goes out, one number in dollars comes back, with nothing hidden underneath it.
"Basement and garage cleared same-day, carried up and out. Flat truck-fill price. Fair and easy."
"I manage rentals here — they turn over units fast, haul whatever's left, sweep clean. Reliable."
"Old fridge and a couch gone in an afternoon. Photo, flat quote, easy. Will use again."
How much does it cost in Renton?
From a $95 minimum. Sofa $170, queen mattress $139, refrigerator $221, washer $179, dryer $172. Garage, basement, apartment 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 in Renton. Renton 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 the Renton transfer station?
For one light load you can carry alone, yes — the station is right in town and you'll spend about $40. For a garage, a basement, or several trips, one flat-priced visit wins. Note mattresses are $30 each, refrigerant appliances $30 with certified freon recovery, and non-refrigerant appliances are residential-only and must be empty.
Do you do tenant turnovers?
Yes — it's one of our most common Renton jobs. Whatever's left behind is loaded from inside the unit, the space swept, one flat invoice, often same-day.
Do you carry it up from the basement?
Always, with no stair or carry surcharge — same for a second-floor apartment or the back of a detached garage.
Where does everything go?
Donation first (Evergreen Goodwill, Salvation Army 1-800-SA-TRUCK, Habitat ReStore, St. Vincent de Paul), free WA E-Cycle for TVs and computers, metal to scrap, remainder to the transfer station.
Cheaper than a traditional hauler?
More predictable, which usually means cheaper. Homeyou and Yelp Costs peg a typical Seattle-area job at $253–$325 and local tiers run $89–$449 by volume, generally confirmed on site. Ours is quoted from a photo before we roll.
Is there sales tax on this?
Not on the service — Washington doesn't apply its ~10.35% retail sales tax here. A 3.6% state refuse tax applies to the disposal portion and appears in your total.
Flat and photo-quoted from a $95 minimum. Single pieces: sofa $170, queen mattress $139, refrigerator $221, washer $179, dryer $172. Garage, basement, apartment and whole-home clears price as truck-fill — 1/4 truck $325, 1/2 $580, 3/4 $790, full $985. Loading, the carry out, 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 program belongs to Seattle Public Utilities and serves City of Seattle garbage customers only. Renton is King County. Disposal here runs on the King County Solid Waste Division's 2026 rates: a $40.25 minimum per load up to 320 pounds, $243.38 per ton beyond that, and a $25 unsecured-load fee. Conveniently, the Renton transfer station is in town.
For one small load you can lift alone, that is genuinely the cheapest route and the station is close by. Past that the math turns: the $40.25 minimum covers only 320 pounds, which is about one appliance and a few boxes, so a garage becomes several priced trips. You also need a tarp to avoid the $25 unsecured-load fee. Mattresses and box springs are $30 each, limit six per day. Refrigerant appliances such as fridges, freezers and AC units are $30 per unit and require EPA-certified freon recovery, and non-refrigerant appliances are accepted residential-only and must be completely empty.
Constantly — it is one of the most common Renton jobs we run. Small landlords and property managers use us to flip a unit between leases: whatever the last tenant left is loaded out of the unit, the space swept, and the invoice arrives as one flat number that is easy to pass through. Most Renton apartment complexes forbid staging furniture by the dumpster or at the curb, so we carry it from inside the unit rather than asking anyone to drag it out.
Yes, and there is no stair, carry, or long-driveway surcharge. Renton's single-family stock has basements and attached or detached garages full of decades of storage, and we work from wherever the item sits — you do not stage anything.
Donation first, because a lot of what leaves a Renton home is still perfectly usable — Evergreen Goodwill, the Salvation Army (1-800-SA-TRUCK), Habitat for Humanity ReStore, and St. Vincent de Paul all take resellable furniture and household goods, and we can request a receipt. Televisions, monitors, laptops and computers go to WA E-Cycle, which recycles them free statewide. Appliance metal is scrapped. Only the remainder is disposed.
It is fixed before anyone drives out, which on a mixed load usually means cheaper and always means predictable. Third-party cost trackers Homeyou and Yelp Costs put a typical Seattle-area job at roughly $253 to $325, and local haulers publish volume tiers in the same range — Junk Seattle lists about $89 for a small load, $149 for a quarter truck, $279 for a half and $449 for a full one. Those quotes are generally confirmed on site; ours comes back from a photo and includes the carry-out and the King County tip fee.
Tell us your preferred language when you reach out — Spanish and Vietnamese are both widely spoken in Renton and we will do our best to match you with someone who can help. The quote itself needs no translation either: you send a photo, we send back one number in dollars, with no fine print underneath it.