Bears Moving Co. hauls junk in Atlanta — garage, basement, and attic cleanouts, single-item pickups, old appliances and mattresses, post-renovation debris, rental turnovers, and full estate cleanouts. We load it, sweep up, and take it to donation, recycling, or the transfer station.
Pricing is not hourly: we quote from the characteristics of the job — how much of the truck the load fills, what it weighs, what is in it, how hard it is to reach, how far we drive, and what disposal costs — and you get that number on site before anything moves. Licensed GA HHG #9320 and fully insured.
Junk removal is a cleanout service, not a move. We show up with a truck and a crew, you point at what is going, and we do the carrying, loading, and sweeping. Nothing has to be dragged to the curb first and nothing has to be broken down ahead of time — that is our job.
Common Atlanta loads include basement and attic cleanouts in pre-war bungalows, single-item pickups — a sleeper sofa, a mattress, a treadmill, rental and Airbnb turnover clear-outs, and kitchen and bath remodel debris from intown renovations.
The Atlanta calls we get most are clearing a basement that has held forty years of furniture, pulling a single heavy item out of a walk-up, and emptying a rental between tenants on a turnover deadline.
We cannot take hazardous materials: paint and solvents, chemicals, motor oil and fuel, propane tanks, batteries, medical waste, or anything containing asbestos. Everything else — furniture, appliances, mattresses, electronics, yard waste, construction debris — is fair game.
Junk removal is not billed by the hour. Every job is quoted from the characteristics of the load: how much of the truck it fills, what it weighs, what is in it, how hard it is to get out, how far we drive, and what the disposal site charges to take it.
We start with volume, because that is what the truck can carry. We price by how much of the truck your load fills — a quarter, a half, three quarters, or a full truckload — and we quote that on site once we can see the pile, before anything gets loaded. A single-item pickup carries a small minimum because the truck and crew still have to make the trip.
Weight comes next. Dense material like concrete, brick, dirt, roofing shingles, tile, and plaster costs more than the same volume of furniture, because the transfer station charges by the ton rather than by the cubic yard. A half truckload of demolition rubble can weigh more than a full truckload of household goods.
Item type matters where disposal is regulated. Refrigerators, freezers, and window air conditioners carry a refrigerant recovery fee. Mattresses and box springs have their own disposal charge. Electronics and e-waste, tires, and treated construction debris each have handling costs we pass through at cost rather than marking up.
Labor and difficulty are the fourth factor. A pile already stacked in the driveway is the cheapest version of any Atlanta job. Stairs, a long carry from the back of the house, a tight basement turn, or a hot tub, shed, playset, or swing set that has to be dismantled before it will fit through a door all add crew time to the quote.
Intown Atlanta junk removal is mostly a carry problem. The house has a front porch with six steps, a basement with a narrow turn at the bottom, and no driveway, so the truck parks on the street and every item makes the same walk. We scout parking before the crew arrives and use the alley or rear entrance whenever there is one.
Location and travel are folded in as well: the drive to the property and the drive from the property to the right disposal or recycling facility. Tipping fees vary by county, so where the load ends up is part of what it costs to take it.
Finally, disposal and recycling. Usable furniture goes to an intown donation partner, metal and appliances go to a scrapper, electronics go to an e-waste recycler, and only what is genuinely spent rides to the transfer station. You see the number before we load, and it does not move unless the pile does.
Most intown Atlanta jobs land between a quarter and a half truckload. Stairs, the walk to the truck, and a mattress or refrigerant appliance in the pile move the number more than the item count does.
We move in and out of the high-rises along Peachtree Street and West Peachtree (Viewpoint, SkyHouse Midtown, 1010 Midtown, The Atlantic), the lofts off Krog Street and Edgewood, the bungalows around Grant Park and Inman Park, the Beltline-adjacent townhomes from Old Fourth Ward to Reynoldstown, and the larger homes in Ansley Park, Brookwood, and Atkins Park.
Our crews know which Midtown buildings have a 6am–8am loading window and which require weekend appointments only, where to stage on Krog Tunnel without a parking ticket, and which streets in Inman Park don't allow 26-foot trucks. We've moved offices in and out of Tech Square, Colony Square, and Ponce City Market, and we issue COIs for all of them.
Headquartered in Atlanta — same-day availability city-wide. Intown Atlanta junk removal is mostly a carry problem. The house has a front porch with six steps, a basement with a narrow turn at the bottom, and no driveway, so the truck parks on the street and every item makes the same walk. We scout parking before the crew arrives and use the alley or rear entrance whenever there is one.
The Atlanta areas we get junk removal calls from most: Midtown, Old Fourth Ward, West End, Grant Park, Inman Park, and Virginia-Highland.
Atlanta moves split cleanly into three logistics buckets, and the bucket determines the crew size and truck we send. In-town high-rises (Midtown, Downtown, parts of West Midtown) almost always require a reserved freight elevator window, a Certificate of Insurance naming the building 24+ hours in advance, and a pad/cardboard wrap on elevator interiors — we handle all of it as part of the booking.
Pre-war and bungalow neighborhoods like Inman Park, Grant Park, Virginia-Highland, and Old Fourth Ward come with narrow porches, original hardwoods, and street parking that disappears during weekday rush — we time-shift those moves to 9am or 1pm starts to dodge the worst of it.
Single-family neighborhoods on the south and west sides (West End, Adair Park, Capitol View) typically have driveway access but older trim and tight stairwells that need door-jamb pads. Our dispatcher pre-screens every Atlanta booking against the I-75/85 connector, the Downtown Connector, and current GDOT closures so the crew rolls with a working route, not a guess.
Usable furniture goes to an intown donation partner, metal and appliances go to a scrapper, electronics go to an e-waste recycler, and only what is genuinely spent rides to the transfer station.
Sorting is part of the job, not an upsell: anything a donation center will accept goes there, metal and appliances go to a scrapper, electronics go to a certified e-waste recycler, and the landfill is the last stop rather than the first.
If you want proof of where something went — common on estate and office cleanouts — ask when you book and we will send the donation receipt or the scale ticket from the transfer station.
A single-item pickup is its own kind of job: one sofa, one mattress, one refrigerator, one treadmill. Those carry a small minimum because the truck still has to make the trip, and they are usually done in under half an hour once we are on site.
A whole-house or estate cleanout is the other end of the range. Those are priced by total volume across the day, sometimes across more than one trip, and we walk the property with you first so the number is settled before we start. Most intown Atlanta jobs land between a quarter and a half truckload.
Stairs, the walk to the truck, and a mattress or refrigerant appliance in the pile move the number more than the item count does.
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Yes. Garage, basement, attic, estate, and rental-turnover cleanouts in Atlanta, plus single-item pickups and construction debris. We load it, sweep the area, and take it to donation, recycling, or the transfer station.
It is quoted by the job, not by the hour. Truck volume is the main factor — a quarter, half, three-quarter, or full load — with weight, item type, difficulty of removal, travel, and disposal fees layered on. Most intown Atlanta jobs land between a quarter and a half truckload.
Stairs, the walk to the truck, and a mattress or refrigerant appliance in the pile move the number more than the item count does. You get the number on site before we load anything.
Because the cost is driven by what happens after the truck leaves. Landfill tipping fees are charged by the ton, refrigerant appliances and mattresses carry their own disposal fees, and recycling and donation each have their own logistics. Pricing by the load reflects those real costs; pricing by the hour would not.
No. We do the carrying from wherever the items are — basement, attic, backyard, second floor. Curbside piles are cheaper only because they are faster to load, but they are never required.
We cannot take hazardous materials: paint and solvents, chemicals, motor oil and fuel, propane tanks, batteries, medical waste, or anything containing asbestos. Everything else — furniture, appliances, mattresses, electronics, yard waste, construction debris — is fair game.
Yes. Dismantling is common on Atlanta jobs and is quoted as part of the labor and difficulty portion of the price, so you see it in the number up front rather than as a surprise line afterward.
Usable furniture goes to an intown donation partner, metal and appliances go to a scrapper, electronics go to an e-waste recycler, and only what is genuinely spent rides to the transfer station. Ask for a donation receipt or a scale ticket when you book and we will send it after the job.
Yes. Bears Moving Co. is licensed under GA HHG Mover #9320 and carries full cargo and liability insurance on every job, including cleanouts. Building Certificates of Insurance are issued within 24 hours of booking.