Bears Moving Co. hauls junk in Norcross — 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 Norcross loads include garage and basement cleanouts, old appliances, mattresses, and box springs, playsets, swing sets, sheds, and hot tubs taken apart on site, and whole-house and estate cleanouts before a sale. The usual Norcross call is a garage that has been postponed for years, a backyard structure that has to come apart before it loads, or an estate emptied ahead of a listing.
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 Norcross 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.
The carry is rarely the hard part in Norcross — the truck backs up the driveway and the garage door becomes the loading bay. The time goes to the attic pull-down, the crawlspace, and the corner of the basement nobody has opened.
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. Items are split three ways on the truck: donated, recycled as metal or appliance scrap, or disposed of if nothing else fits. You see the number before we load, and it does not move unless the pile does.
A Norcross garage or basement cleanout usually runs a half to a full truckload, and volume plus a few heavy or fee-carrying items decide the number.
We move regularly through the historic Norcross core off South Peachtree Street, the bungalows around Thrasher Park and Lillian Webb Park, the apartments and corporate housing along Jimmy Carter Boulevard and Indian Trail, and the Holcomb Bridge corridor toward the Peachtree Corners border.
Our crews know which downtown Norcross streets allow truck staging during weekend events, where I-85 backs up at the Jimmy Carter exit during shift change, and which Indian Trail apartment complexes require a leasing-office key card for after-hours access.
About 30 min northeast of Atlanta via I-85. The carry is rarely the hard part in Norcross — the truck backs up the driveway and the garage door becomes the loading bay. The time goes to the attic pull-down, the crawlspace, and the corner of the basement nobody has opened.
The Norcross areas we get junk removal calls from most: Historic Norcross, Berkeley Lake border, Peachtree Corners border, and Jimmy Carter corridor.
Historic Norcross is the trickiest part of the city to move into or out of: brick streets along Holcomb Bridge and Buford Highway slow hand-truck travel, the downtown lofts (1900 Holcomb Bridge area, the Norcross Station district) have street-only loading with no dedicated dock, and the surrounding 1950s bungalows have narrow porches and original hardwoods.
We send a 20-foot truck instead of a 26-footer for downtown bookings and bring extra floor runners. The Jimmy Carter Boulevard corridor and the apartment complexes along Indian Trail operate as high-volume turnover with short loading windows — we time-block end-of-month Saturdays specifically for that corridor.
Items are split three ways on the truck: donated, recycled as metal or appliance scrap, or disposed of if nothing else fits. 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. A Norcross garage or basement cleanout usually runs a half to a full truckload, and volume plus a few heavy or fee-carrying items decide the number.
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Yes. Garage, basement, attic, estate, and rental-turnover cleanouts in Norcross, 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. A Norcross garage or basement cleanout usually runs a half to a full truckload, and volume plus a few heavy or fee-carrying items decide the number.
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 Norcross 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.
Items are split three ways on the truck: donated, recycled as metal or appliance scrap, or disposed of if nothing else fits. 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.