What city jobs look like
The city is different from the counties. Houses are older, closer together, and the stuff inside them has often been there for decades. A Fan rowhouse cleanout means three floors of stairs, a front door that opens onto the sidewalk, and an alley in the back that may or may not fit a trailer. A Northside bungalow usually has a basement with a low ceiling and a detached garage full of what the last three owners left. Church Hill adds a hill.
We price all of that from a photo. Text us the pile and the address, and the number we send back already accounts for the stairs, the carry, and the parking.
Where your stuff goes
Usable furniture and building materials go to the Habitat ReStore on Roane Street, which is a ten-minute drive from most of Northside and the Fan. Household goods go to Goodwill of Central Virginia. Metal is recycled. What is left goes to the East Richmond Road Convenience Center, the city’s own facility off Route 5 near Fulton. We pay the commercial rate there, so you do not have to think about it.
A city job, with photos
A shed-side debris pile in Northside: a season of yard work, cardboard and scrap lumber stacked against a metal shed. We sorted it on site, recycled the cardboard, and cleared the wall to bare ground. Before and after photos are below.
The same process covers an apartment turnover in the Museum District, a garage in Bellevue, or a full basement in Westover Hills: photo, price, done.
Things to know before you text
- Rental turnovers. If you manage a unit in Scott’s Addition or Manchester, send us the listing photos and a move-out date. We can usually be there the day after the tenant leaves.
- Historic districts. Church Hill, Jackson Ward and the Fan have review rules for exterior work, but junk removal is not exterior work. No permit, no paperwork.
- Curb rules. The city will ticket a bulk pile left at the curb outside your collection week. If you have already dragged it out and the neighbors are complaining, that is a same-day call for us.
