Bears Moving Co. hauls junk in Sandy Springs — 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 Sandy Springs loads include condo and apartment cleanouts scheduled through the loading dock, single-item pickups the building's bulk-trash rules will not take, office suite clear-outs of desks, chairs, and files, and appliance and mattress removals that need a freight elevator. In Sandy Springs we mostly clear condos and apartments through the dock, pull appliances and mattresses the building will not accept at the chute, and empty small office suites.
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.
How much of the truck your load fills is the anchor of the quote. 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.
After volume, weight decides the rest. 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 Sandy Springs 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.
Sandy Springs buildings run on reserved freight elevators, dock windows, and a Certificate of Insurance on file, and most of them will not take bulk items at the trash chute — we book the window and handle the paperwork.
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. Furniture in good shape is donated, electronics go to an e-waste recycler, and the rest is weighed in at the transfer station where the dump fee is charged by the ton. The quote is settled before the first item goes on the truck.
A Sandy Springs building job is usually a quarter to a half truckload, and the elevator window plus the length of the hallway carry set the labor side of the quote.
We move in and out of the Roswell Road apartment corridor (Aria, The Westwood, Gables Sandy Springs, MAA Sandy Springs, Estates at Perimeter Center), the homes around Riverside Drive, the gated communities off Spalding (Country Club of the South, Spalding Lake), the Dunwoody Panhandle subdivisions, and the townhomes near Hammond Drive and Perimeter.
Our crews know which Roswell Road complexes share a single freight elevator across a tower (where timing matters most), which Spalding-corridor neighborhoods have HOA-mandated truck-staging zones, and where on Mount Vernon Highway you can stage a 26-foot truck without blocking traffic. We've also done plenty of office moves in the Perimeter business district and around the Concourse towers.
About 25 min north of Atlanta via GA-400. Sandy Springs buildings run on reserved freight elevators, dock windows, and a Certificate of Insurance on file, and most of them will not take bulk items at the trash chute — we book the window and handle the paperwork. The Sandy Springs areas we get junk removal calls from most: Riverside, North Springs, Dunwoody Panhandle, and Spalding Drive corridor.
Sandy Springs splits down the middle: the Roswell Road corridor is dense with garden-style and mid-rise apartment complexes (The Westwood, Aria, Gables Sandy Springs, Estates at Perimeter Center) that require COIs and reserved elevator slots; the rest of the city is large, single-family suburban homes off Mount Vernon, Spalding, Dalrymple, and Riverside, often with side-load garages, basement levels, and 4–5 bedrooms.
The two halves call for very different crews: a 2-mover apartment crew with a 16-foot truck handles most Roswell Road one-bedrooms; a 4-mover crew with a 26-foot truck is standard for a North Springs or Riverside full-house move. GA-400 access is about 25 minutes off-peak but slips to 50+ during 7–9am or 4–6:30pm, so we time-shift Sandy Springs starts to 9am whenever the destination calendar allows.
Furniture in good shape is donated, electronics go to an e-waste recycler, and the rest is weighed in at the transfer station where the dump fee is charged by the ton.
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 Sandy Springs building job is usually a quarter to a half truckload, and the elevator window plus the length of the hallway carry set the labor side of the quote.
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Yes. Garage, basement, attic, estate, and rental-turnover cleanouts in Sandy Springs, 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 Sandy Springs building job is usually a quarter to a half truckload, and the elevator window plus the length of the hallway carry set the labor side of the quote.
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 Sandy Springs 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.
Furniture in good shape is donated, electronics go to an e-waste recycler, and the rest is weighed in at the transfer station where the dump fee is charged by the ton. 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.