Bears Moving Co. hauls junk in Smyrna — 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 Smyrna 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. Typical Smyrna jobs are garage and basement cleanouts, old appliances and mattresses, a playset or hot tub taken apart in the backyard, and full estate cleanouts before a house goes on the market.
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 Smyrna 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.
Most Smyrna jobs give us a driveway to back into and a garage door to work out of, which keeps the carry short; the work is inside, in a basement or an attic that has not been touched in years.
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. We sort on the truck: donation first, then metal and appliance recycling, then the landfill for what nobody can use. The quote is settled before the first item goes on the truck.
A Smyrna 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 in and out of the West Village, Belmont, and Reed Street townhomes, the Smyrna Market Village condos, the apartment complexes lining Cumberland Boulevard and Cobb Parkway near The Battery, the older bungalows in Williams Park, and the Vinings homes off Paces Ferry and Mount Wilkinson.
Our crews know which Cumberland complexes share a freight elevator across multiple buildings (where timing slips by 30+ minutes if you're not first in the slot), which Smyrna townhouse communities have visitor parking too tight for a 26-foot truck (we stage and shuttle), and where on Concord Road the road narrows for utility work in 2025–2026.
About 20 min northwest of Atlanta. Most Smyrna jobs give us a driveway to back into and a garage door to work out of, which keeps the carry short; the work is inside, in a basement or an attic that has not been touched in years. The Smyrna areas we get junk removal calls from most: Vinings, Smyrna Market Village, Williams Park, and Cumberland.
Smyrna is dominated by 3-story townhomes — they're the city's defining housing type and the single biggest variable in any Smyrna move quote. Communities around Smyrna Market Village (West Village, Belmont, Reed Street) and along Atlanta Road are stacked townhomes with 30+ stair counts from truck to top floor, often with a tight 90-degree turn at the second-floor landing where queen mattresses and large couches need careful angling.
The Cumberland-area apartment complexes (Avana Cumberland, MAA Cumberland Crossing, The Edition at Riverview Landing) are mid-rise garden-style with elevators and almost always require a COI. The older single-family homes off Concord Road and around Williams Park are 1950s ranches with one-story layouts and detached garages — easy access, fast crews. We size every Smyrna quote to the housing type, not square footage.
We sort on the truck: donation first, then metal and appliance recycling, then the landfill for what nobody can use. 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 Smyrna 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 Smyrna, 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 Smyrna 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 Smyrna 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.
We sort on the truck: donation first, then metal and appliance recycling, then the landfill for what nobody can use. 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.