Junk Removal Services for Vancouver,BC

Call (604) 910-7549 or Email: mond@junkpickup.ca

Vancouver Junk Removal is a business dedicated to providing the most reliable waste management services for residential and business clients in British Columbia. Our junk removal prices and professionalism are on the most competitive level.  The company emphasizes on recycling and efficiency which allows us to have service fees 50% lower than most 1-800-JUNK competitors.

Junk Removal Prices

Call us to book your appointment and ask any questions regarding your unwanted rubbish. If you have a single item to get rid of, then you only pay a set rate for that item.  As soon as you have more than one or two items, the deal gets much better. At that point the pricing is based on how much volume your junk takes inside our truck. For example if you have few couches, you will not be charged the individual fee for each couch. Instead, the bill will be based on how much volume the couches take inside the truck.  For more information follow this link for our full list of rates.

What we take

In general our company takes most of the household rubbish, appliances, construction scrap material and green waste.  There are some exceptions such as drywall with other material stuck to it, plaster, big rocks, large quantities of dirt and soil.  Click for full list of items we take.

How big is the truck?

Our truck is  12 cubic yards. This is a box measuring 12 feet long, 8 feet wide and 5 feet high. If you have to compare it to a large pickup truck, the large box can hold as much junk as 3-4 pickup trucks can.

We provide services for Vancouver, Burnaby, West Vancouver, and North Vancouver.

For most people junk removal is something they rather not deal with. However, this does not come from the fact that they just don’t want to handle rubbish. What they fear is dealing with the hauling companies. There is a very good reason for that. Hauling junk seems complicated and most companies have not done a good job making the process for their potential clients easy. There isn’t enough information regarding issue in the Vancouver Area. On top of that, only few companies avoid taking advantage for this luck of information. You can usually tell that by looking at the dumping fees. Some vendors would charge you as little as $250 per load for junk removal in Vancouver and others as high as $700 per visit. Some of these $700  charges are ridiculous! Some of the lower end claim $250 per load but they don’t tell you that these fee do ot include the disposal fees. In most cases the additional disposal fees will be over $200 per load.This was the reason I started my junk removal company. I saw an opportunity to help people and make money at the same time. Other rubbish removal companies just saw an opportunity to make money. However, as the economy is cutting the money supply, these garbage removal companies will go out of business.

JUNK REMOVAL FEES

For full list of disposal fees, please follow this link. In general a full load of a 12 cubic yard is around $300.  Half a load will be $150. 1/3 will be $1120 and 1/4 will be $100. Disposal fees are influenced by the garbage weight, type and how much labor is involved in getting it on the vehicle. The rates quoted above are fees based on rubbish located at the curb or close to the curb.Before your rubbish is loaded you will be given a very good idea of how much you have to pay. We do not play dirty games and we have no hidden fees. When you call us, we will ask you a few questions that will help us determine if your junk fits into our regular pricing system. If the opposite proves to be the case, we will provide you with a new estimation based on the information you provide us with. Some example of such cases are when your trash is wet, far from the driveway, in a basement with lots of stairs, or mixed with prohibited materials..

Are there any hidden or extra charges?

We don’t have hidden fees! In general other Rubbish Removal companies in Vancouver will quote you one cost and then once they load your waste, they will tell you at the end that there is an additional disposal charge that they have to pay at the landfill. Often these hidden charges double or triple the total cost that a client has been quoted. Our business does not support such practices. If we have to increase our charges, we would tell you before we haul away your stuff. Why do we have to charge a bit more than the listed prices? The charges that we have listed are based on normal weight, type and location of your waste. In some cases, clients have left their garbage outside on the rain for days. That could double the weight of their rubbish and as a consequence, we have to pay double the charges at the landfill. However, do not be alarmed. We are not saying you will have to pay double the listed rate. For example if you have a full  load of wood material, your bill should be around $300. If you leave the wood outside for years and it gets really heavy from the rain, then we may have to increase the rate to around $350-$400. It really depends on how much water gets into the wood. Another way to increase the service charges  is to have your stuff too far from the point where we can park our vehicle. In general 10  feet is acceptable. However, if you have your junk at the back of your house and we can park only at the front, this will probably add few more hours labor. The more  items you have, the more trips have to be made. However, if you have few big items that need to be taken from the back of your house to the front, it is not a big deal. In such cases, most of the time, we do not add more to the advertised rates since it is few trips that have to be made. Another way to get your hauling cost increased is if you have a garbage that is hard to separate from prohibited material or materials that must be separated before they are taken to the landfill. For example if you have dry wall and other construction material in a pile of dirt, we have to fish them out before we can dispose of it. No business will accept dirt/soil mixed with other material.

What are the steps I need to take to get my rubbish hauled away?

Gives us a call or emails us. Make sure you have a good information regarding your rubbish. We may ask you such questions as:

• How much waste do you have? How many cubic yards of stuff do you have?
•  If you cannot tell how many cubic yards there is, can it fit into a regular size pickup?
• What kind of garbage do you have?
• How far is the trash in relation to where our team can park?
• Is it heavy or light stuff?
• Are there any stairs that need to be taken to get to it?
• Is it wet and heavier than usual?
• Can our vehicle fit into your driveway?
• If you are in an apartment building, what is a good place to park?

Think of any information that might be useful to us. We will be able to give you a better estimation for your hauling rates over the phone or email. Once this is settled, we will need your contact information and address. Then we will find a date and hour that is convenient for you.

How can I get the best deal?

There are many steps you can take in order to avoid paying more for waste disposal than you should. In most cases you can save on labor. Here are few steps you should take if you want lower your costs.

• Take the items as close to the place where we are going to park. Garbage will be loaded at the back of the truck so try putting it there.
• Flatten and separated cardboard from the rest of the items.
• Please do not throw all the waste  into one big pile. Trying to pull things from the bottom of a big pile adds a lot to labor cost.
• Get small items into garbage bags. Throwing one or two small items from the pile onto the truck is much slower than throwing one bag that can have many small items in it.
• Most of this work you don’t have to do yourself if you have contractors doing renovations in your house. It is not unreasonable to ask them no to throw everything into one pile. Often we arrive on a property where contractors have created a pile of dirt, drywall,wood, stones, coffee cups and all kids of waste. No landfill would accept such mixture. We have to fish everything out of such pile and that will costs you more.
• Try getting contractors also to make the piles very close to where we would park. Come up with some kind of a reason you don’t want the rubbish too close to your house. Tell them you have a BBQ party on the weekend and you don’t want your guests looking at it.

Another way to save money is to cover your waste when it rains. Why pay us to haul away water? If it has already gotten wet, leave it on the sun for few days to dry. Then calls us. That will save you money.

If you have insolation material, keep in mind that the North Shore Transfer Station requires us to have it double bagged. Make sure you place it in double bags or in a single strong bag and tight it up so insolation does not stick out.

What if I have less than full truck load? Do I pay full price?

We don’t think it would be fair to make you pay full price for less than a full load. If our service charge for a  full load is $300 then we would charge you $150 for a half load. A large portion of the disposal fee is based on weight. Half the load, half the weight.

What if I find other Rubbish Removal business in Vancouver that has lower rates than yours?

My advice is to go with the vendor that gives you the best prices for the best services. However, before you do that, examine them well. There are few tricks that you have to watch out for. The so called  dumping fees. Some vendors in Vancouver would quote you over the phone for example $150 per load. This is almost half of what we charge, so naturally you might want to go with them. When they arrive and are done loading, they will present you with a bill for $150 plus another $250 dumping fees. But no all companies do that. Some operating in Vancouver have genuine low service charges. There is one more check you need to do with those inexpensive  vendors and you should be fine. See how you are treated over the phone and how quickly they return your calls or email. I say that because some of these small companies are just a guy with a pickup  who is hauling garbage part time and he doesn’t put much attention into it. Call and see how he talks to you and pay attention to manners. If you don’t feel comfortable letting this guy into your house, you probably won’t be happy with his services. If you leave a voicemail and he doesn’t return your call within few hours, red flag. I say that because I had so many of new clients calling me because one of those cheap services guy didn’t even show up.  So find a balance between a price and size of a company. Avoid the extremes.

How about those 1800 Companies? Why wouldn’t I want to deal with them?

They were the reason I got into this business. I realized that I could charge 70% less and still make good living and help people at the same time. Yes, their vehicles look very nice, they are very professional in person and on the phone. However, no good service is worth such high cost. The first red flag with these  companies is that they would not quote you a fee over the phone. Look at their websites and you will not see such information listed. I personally find this very offending. Rubbish Disposal is complicated enough to begin with and clients do not need to be in the dark in regards to cost? One of those junk disposal company will charge you $109 just to show up. Then they will start adding fees on top. That same company charges $700 per load and in some cases $250 for a couch removal. I did a job for a client who got quoted those fees and he basically kicked them out of his property.

Why don’t I just rent a BIN?

1. BINS require city permit
2. BIN companies only advertise rental fees. Dumping fees are charged after the bin is picked up. That can tripple the original cost.
3. Neighbours drop their junk into your bin in the middle of the night.
4. Clients have to load it themselves.
5. If a clients places a prohibited material, they are responisble for the fines the bin company has to pay. In some cases with asbestos, they can reach $5,000.

When I started this business I didn’t know if I had to compete with the companies that were renting bins. One of my clients called me for an estimation for a property he was renovating in west vancouver. He was going to need me haul away a full load few times each month. He told me about the bins he could rent and how come I charge $400 per load for a construction material, when other vendors can rent him a bin for $300/month. They would come and empty the bin 3 times each month. On top of that the bin is about 1.5 time bigger than my load. No brainer right? He should just rent the bin. Well, not really. I told him to ask them if that $300 included the dumping fees. I just know these 1800 bin companies tactics so I didn’t know the numbers but I knew he was going to be shocked. He called me back and told me that they quoted him over $1100 per load on top of the $300/m rent. So lets assume he doesn’t generate that much construction waste from the renovation. So for argument sake lets say he fills the bin with rubbish 2 times and he needs that bin rented for only one month. The total cost will be about $2500.  Also there are other problems with bins. It will be always infront of your property. You have to apply for a CITY PERMIT to have it there! I also hear that at night peple will try to dump their trash in your bin. So, before you decide to rent bins, do the math and find the best deal. Call and ask important questions and get solid numbers.

Why don’t I just rent a pick up truck and do it myself?

1. Renting a suitable vehicle is not $19.95 as being advertised by some companies. With gas, taxes and insurance it comes to $90/day.
2. Long line ups at the landfill.
3. Confusing and ever changing rules at the landfill.
4. You have to clean the rental vehicle before returning it.
5. Nails all over the landfill. Not good for your tires.
6. It is very dirty and smelly at the landfill.
7. If you drop a prohibited waste inside the landfill, you will get a stiff fine.

Can you do waste disposal yourself? In most cases you can do it yourself. However, you have to ask your self if it is worth it. If you have your own suitable transport you can load the trash and drive it to the dump center. But, before you make that decision, hear me out. Lets take a case I run into today. I was at the landfill and next to me I saw a man with one of those pickup truck that you can rent for $19.95. I knew it wasn’t that cheap so I asked the man who was driving it how much he paid to rent it. He told me around $90 when you add the taxes and the insurance. He had a particular rubbish that I knew he would not be allowed to drop because it wasn’t double bagged. So he was going to leave with most of his junk and still pay his minimum fee. So lets do the math for his  load. He paid around $90 for the rental. I am assuming he didn’t drive it too much so he had to put only $10 for gas. He paid $20 minimum charge on the dump station and then he had to leave, go home and then put the remaining waste into double bags. Then he had to line up again and pay again $20 minimum fee. So this person probably spent around $130 and close to 2-3 hours loading the rubbish, waiting in line, uploading it by hand, then going home to get the rest of the rubbish in bags and again waiting in line and paying again. The same job would have cost him under $120 if he contacted our company.

On top of that he would have avoided doing any physical work, having to spent 3 hours in lines and working on his rubbish. There are few other reasons you might want to avoid being in that place. It is really dirty and smelly. The floor is always covered in some kind of a mixture of water and who know what else that smells like nothing you have ever smelled before. In the past I used to do rubbish removal with my pick up truck that I used for other activities and for that reason I had to hose the tires at the end of the day. The smell was so bad I couldn’t take it anywhere without people asking me about the smell. Also when you are there , you really need to watch your tires. I get a flat tire every week and I consider myself lucky because there are so many nails in this place that I am suprised I am not going to the tire place every day.Some people might say that this is an extreme example. Not really. When I started my business, it took me more than 3 months before I stop paying for mistakes when dealing with the landfill. Mistakes that had to do with not knowing the details of all type of waste and the regularions associated with Vancouver. There are so many rules in this industry that unless you are a full time in this business, you will end up having to go home with some of the rubbish or have to drive it all the way to delta. I hope you see this as an advice and not a marketing strategy on my behalf.

Getting rid of your rubbish in your building dumpster?

Once in a while we get hired by condo managers to get rid of trash that was left by tenants. Most buildings will not allow junk besides garbage to be disposed in their bins. The condo fines are pretty high and most of the time tenants are recorded on surveillance cameras doing it. What usually happens is the manager calls us and we come to take it away. Then we bill the building manager and the bill is sent to the tenants. Often there is a fine on top of the disposal fees. Therefore we advices you not to do that. In this age of technology every condo has cameras and on top of that there is always that neighbor that sees everything that is going on in the building.