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Junk removal in Olympia, WA, with the price agreed before anything is loaded.
Caravan Moving LLC hauls junk out of garages, attics, basements and yards across Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater and Tacoma, whether it's one recliner or a whole estate. The price goes in writing before loading. Donations and recycling are pulled out first, and whatever has to be thrown away is billed at cost, with the disposal ticket attached to your invoice. Our junk removal services and junk hauling cover single items through full cleanouts, with usable items offered to local charities first.
Before anything goes on the truck
What you pay, and where it all goes.
Here's how a junk job is priced and sorted.
A written price before loading
Tell us what's going and whether there are stairs between it and the truck. Nothing is loaded until you've agreed the price in writing.
Donation and recycling first
Furniture and household goods in donation-grade condition are donated, and recycling is pulled out, before anything is treated as waste. Anything you're keeping stays where it is.
Disposal at cost
Whatever has to be thrown away is charged at what disposal actually costs. The ticket is attached to your invoice, so you can check the number yourself.
What stays off the truck
Hazardous materials aren't part of a junk pickup, and biohazard remediation is referred out. Paint, solvents and pesticides have their own drop-offs, listed in the questions below.
What junk removal in Olympia covers
It might be a garage that stopped holding a car years ago, or a basement nobody has sorted since the last move. Attics, yard piles and construction debris from a small job are on the list too. One 24-foot box truck with a hydraulic lift gate does the work, with a crew of two to four.
Move-out junk removal fits the same list. Whatever isn't making the move goes as single-item pickups, or as a clear-out if it fills the garage. For the move itself, see movers in Olympia.
- Garage, attic and basement clear-outs
- Yard clear-outs
- Single-item pickups, furniture and appliances
- Refrigerators, treadmills and gun safes, raised level on the lift gate
- Construction debris from small jobs
Estate and foreclosure cleanouts
An estate cleanout starts with the family telling us what to keep. Those things are set aside or moved where they need to go, and the rest is sorted for donation and recycling before any of it is called waste. A foreclosure cleanout goes through the same steps. The full detail is on estate cleanouts.
Realtors clearing an estate before a listing or closing should give us the date as soon as they have it. Landlords turning a rental should see property cleanouts. When the home belongs to someone who isn't ready to let things go, hoarding cleanup runs at their pace, and nothing leaves without their yes.
- What the family keeps, set aside or moved
- Donation and recycling sorted before disposal
- Foreclosure cleanouts
- Estates cleared before a listing or closing
- Carpets afterwards through King Carpet Cleaning, a separate company that bills separately
Where we work
Olympia first, then Lacey, Tumwater and Tacoma.
Every job runs from our base in Rochester, about 20 miles from Olympia. If you'd rather haul a load yourself, here's where it goes in each city.
Olympia
The City of Olympia's Saturday Drop-off Site is permanently closed. For yard debris, the City now points residents to Thurston County's Waste and Recovery Center in Lacey.
Lacey and Tumwater
Lacey sits just east of Olympia, and the county's Waste and Recovery Center is there, on Hogum Bay Road NE, for Thurston County residents and businesses. Tumwater, just south of Olympia, is in Thurston County too. Moving out of Lacey as well? See movers in Lacey.
Tacoma
Junk removal in Tacoma runs from the same Rochester base, about 30 miles past Olympia on I-5. The City of Tacoma's Recovery and Transfer Center on South Mullen Street takes self-hauled garbage, recycling and yard waste. For a move rather than a clear-out, see movers in Tacoma.
Hauling it yourself
Washington law says a load has to be secured so none of it drops or escapes on the road (RCW 46.61.655). At the county's Waste and Recovery Center, loads are uncovered at an un-tarping area before the scales.
Junk removal questions
What people ask before we load.
How much does junk removal cost in Olympia?
We don't publish a price list, because a single recliner and a full basement are different jobs. The price is agreed with you in writing before anything is loaded. Disposal is charged at cost, with the ticket attached to your invoice.
How soon can you do junk removal in Olympia or Lacey?
Usually the same week, sooner in slower months. If there's a closing, a listing or a move-out date behind the job, give it to us on the first call and we'll tell you straight whether we can make it.
Can you take a refrigerator, treadmill or gun safe?
Yes. The hydraulic lift gate raises heavy pieces level with the truck bed instead of up a ramp. When you call, tell us the make and model or the weight, and the stairs and path out to the truck. If it's going to a new home instead, see gun safe and appliance moving.
Will you take old paint or chemicals?
Not as part of a junk pickup. Thurston County residents can take paint, solvents and pesticides to HazoHouse at the county's Waste and Recovery Center in Lacey. The City of Tacoma runs its own household hazardous waste drop-off at the Recovery and Transfer Center on South Mullen Street.
Do I need to sort everything before you come?
No. Sorting out donations and recycling is part of the job, so the pile can stay as it is. Just tell us on the call if something in it is staying.
Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater and Tacoma
Tell us what's going and where it is.
Call with the address and a rough list. The owner answers the phone.