Bears Moving Co. hauls junk in Chamblee — 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 Chamblee loads include basement and attic cleanouts in older homes, single-item pickups like a sofa or a mattress off a walk-up, rental turnover clear-outs between tenants, and post-renovation debris from kitchen and bath remodels. The most common Chamblee calls are basement and attic cleanouts, a single couch or mattress out of a walk-up, and rental turnovers where the last tenant left furniture behind.
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 Chamblee 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.
Older Chamblee homes bring porch steps, narrow basement stairs, and street-only parking, so the carry from the pile to the truck is usually the longest part of the job and the biggest single thing we price around.
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 is donated locally, metal and appliances go to a scrap yard, electronics go to an e-waste recycler, and only what nobody can use is landfilled. You see the number before we load, and it does not move unless the pile does.
Typical Chamblee loads fill a quarter to a half of the truck, with the carry and any fee-carrying item — a mattress, a refrigerator — doing more to the price than the pile size.
We move regularly through Huntley Hills off Chamblee-Dunwoody Road, Sexton Woods, the streets around Peachtree-DeKalb Airport, the lofts and townhomes around the Chamblee MARTA station, and the new Parkside development.
Our crews know which Huntley Hills streets have narrow turn radiuses that exclude a 26-foot truck (we send a 20-footer), that the Peachtree Industrial corridor backs up at shift change for the surrounding warehouses, and which Chamblee Heights duplexes have shared driveways that need owner coordination before move day.
About 20 min north of Atlanta via I-85 or Peachtree Road. Older Chamblee homes bring porch steps, narrow basement stairs, and street-only parking, so the carry from the pile to the truck is usually the longest part of the job and the biggest single thing we price around. The Chamblee areas we get junk removal calls from most: Huntley Hills, Sexton Woods, Keswick Park, and Chamblee Heights.
Chamblee's housing stock is older than most suburbs in the area — Huntley Hills, Sexton Woods, and Keswick Park are dominated by 1,400–2,200 sq ft ranches from the 1950s with original hardwoods, narrow doorways (some sub-30 inch), and detached garages or carports rather than attached garages. Crews bring door-jamb pads on every Chamblee booking and we measure oversized furniture against doorway widths at quote time.
The Peachtree Road corridor and the new builds around the Chamblee MARTA station (Parkside at Chamblee, Whitehall Lofts) operate more like in-town apartments with elevator reservations and COI requirements. We split crew assignments by neighborhood so the right experience shows up.
Usable furniture is donated locally, metal and appliances go to a scrap yard, electronics go to an e-waste recycler, and only what nobody can use is landfilled. 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.
Typical Chamblee loads fill a quarter to a half of the truck, with the carry and any fee-carrying item — a mattress, a refrigerator — doing more to the price than the pile size.
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Yes. Garage, basement, attic, estate, and rental-turnover cleanouts in Chamblee, 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.
Typical Chamblee loads fill a quarter to a half of the truck, with the carry and any fee-carrying item — a mattress, a refrigerator — doing more to the price than the pile size. 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 Chamblee 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 is donated locally, metal and appliances go to a scrap yard, electronics go to an e-waste recycler, and only what nobody can use is landfilled. 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.