Shingle-era basements
Deep, low and full: old furniture, boxes from three moves ago, a furnace that was replaced years back. Cleared out and swept.
Junk removal in Berkeley.
Brown-shingle houses, deep basements and stair paths instead of driveways.
- 29 miles from the yard
- Alameda County
- 8 neighbourhoods listed
The Berkeley version of the job
Berkeley has some of the oldest housing stock in the Bay Area, and a lot of it is built of brown shingle over a deep basement. A house that is a hundred years old has had a century to accumulate things underneath it, and the basement is usually where they are.
The hills are their own problem. Streets wind, driveways are steep enough to worry a loaded truck, and in some parts of town the only way to a front door is one of the Berkeley paths — a public stairway between two houses. We have carried furniture down those, and it goes faster when we know to expect them.
Then there is the university rhythm. When the semester ends, student rentals in South Berkeley and around the avenues turn over within a week, and the pavements fill up with what did not fit in the car. Landlords call us for that in May and again in August.
What comes out of Berkeley
Four kinds of load, and between them they cover almost everything we are called for here.
Attics and lofts
The other storage space in an old house, usually reached by a pull-down ladder. We take it down piece by piece and leave the stair intact.
Student move-outs
Mattresses, desks, futons and bags left at the kerb when a lease ends. One load clears a whole house-share.
Household goods
Appliances, exercise equipment, broken bikes, garden furniture and the odd thing in the garage nobody can name.
Where in Berkeley we work
Flatland and hillside, from the avenues near the water up to the paths that climb behind the university.
- North Berkeley
- the Berkeley Hills
- Elmwood
- Claremont
- South Berkeley
- West Berkeley
- Thousand Oaks
- Downtown
Not on the list? The list is the parts we get asked for most, not the parts we cover. Ring and we will tell you in one sentence.
How it works
Three steps. None of them are on you.
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You call.
Tell us what you've got and where it is. A couch, a garage, a whole floor. It all counts.
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We show up today.
You get the price before we lift anything. If it works for you, we start right there.
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It's gone.
We load it, sweep up, and leave. You get the space back the same day you called.
Getting it out of the building
Stairs and tight access are the job, not an extra. This is what Berkeley usually throws at us.
Stair paths and steep drives
Some Berkeley addresses are reachable only on foot. Tell us which and we will plan the crew size and the route before the truck leaves Fremont.
Narrow hillside streets
The truck may have to stand further down and the load carried to it. That is judged when we arrive and quoted accordingly.
Old houses, careful work
Original woodwork, narrow doorways and low basement beams are all normal. Nothing is forced through a gap it does not fit.
Fremont to Berkeley
Berkeley is roughly 29 miles from the yard in Fremont — the far end of our patch, and still inside the same-day service we promise. Call early and we will tell you honestly what the traffic will allow.
- 29 miles from the yard
- Alameda County
- Same day service
Questions we get in Berkeley
What people ask us before they book, in this city.
How quickly can you reach Berkeley?
Roughly 35 miles from the yard, up the 880 and across. Same day is realistic when you call in the morning; if we are already committed we will give you the next slot rather than leave you guessing.
Do you clear out student rentals at the end of a lease?
Yes, and May and August are when it happens. A house-share's worth of furniture, mattresses and bags usually goes in a single load, which keeps it to a single price.
My house is on a path with no road access. Can you still do it?
In most cases yes — we carry the load out to wherever the truck can legally stand. Say so when you call, because it changes how many people we send.
Is there a charge for the estimate?
No. The estimate is free and it happens on site, standing next to the pile. You hear the number before anything is lifted, and there is no deposit and no call-out fee.
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