How to get your rubbish ready for junk removal?
In this article I will try to provide my clients with some helpful tips on what to do before we send one of our junk removal trucks to pick up their unwanted garbage. Following these tips will save our clients time and money.
Call on time
It is a good idea to give us a call few days before the date you want us to come by. This will insure that we can get you on our schedule. There will be more options for time slots during the day. The earlier you call us, the more options we will be able to provide you at what time we can at your house. Also, if you have lots of garbage and you need us to do few loads, calling us too late might not give us enough time to do it all in one day.
Get all the junk ready
Part of the disposal rates that we have, include the labour cost. The more time we have to spend at your house, the higher the labour cost is for hauling rubbish out of your property. We had few clients who were not ready with what they wanted to throw away and what was to be kept. On those situations clients were paying extra for us standing around and waiting for decisions to be made. Therefore, it is a good idea to get everything out and decide in advance what is valuable and what is to be hauled to the dump. While we are on the topic of labour cost, it makes a significant difference where you garbage is in relation to the curb. You can save on labour cost by having everything ready at the curb. The garage or the driveway will work as well. When we quote prices to our clients we consider all these details.
Getting big furniture out of your house
If you can’t get heavy junk out of your house, we will take care of it. However, we will need you to remove all obstacles. We don’t mind doing it for you for heavy objects but anything that takes too much time, we will have to add this as an extra charge. It happen very rarely but there were couple of cases when we almost had to rearrange the whole house in order to get all the rubbish out. Again, we don’t mind dealing with these situations but they end up costing our clients extra money. With the exception of one time, those clients wished that they knew that in advance because they would have done it themselves.
While we are hauling junk out of your property look around and see if you can spot something you have missed. Often we get calls from clients to come back and pick up something small that they have forgotten to take out. In those cases, this last item can be expensive since it takes the same amount of driving time and dumping of one item or many items. Little bit of planning will save you money and time.
Mixing different types of junk together
We live in a city where junk removal companies have to follow strict recycling rules. For example all the metal, cardboard, drywall and green waste has to be separated from the rest of the garbage. Our company does all the sorting on the spot but this will add to the time we spend on each job. By separating all those items, you will be able to enjoy savings. Drywall does not need to be bagged since it is recycled and needs to be taken out of the bags later. However, putting small items into bags will significantly lower your cost. I hope this guide will offer you enough information so you will feel ready to call us when you need your junk hauled away to the North Shore Transfer Station.