Cleanout Services in Salem & the North Shore
We clear whole spaces, not just a couch or a few bags: a garage, a basement nobody has walked into in years, or an entire house.
Cleanouts we do across the North Shore
A cleanout is a bigger job than a couch or a few bags. It's usually a whole garage or basement that nobody has been able to walk into for years, or a parent's house that has to be emptied before it can go on the market. We come to you in Salem or anywhere on the North Shore, walk through the space with you and give you the price before we start. Then Filipe, the crew and I do the lifting and carrying and sweep up before we leave.
I know that a lot of these calls come at a hard time, after a loss in the family, or when a house has filled up over the years and nobody knows where to begin. None of us is going to judge any of it. We're there to do the work. We try to donate anything still usable first, then recycle whatever we can, and the dump only gets what's left. If you'd rather talk it through first, call 978-915-3399 and a real person on our team will pick up.
"Absolutely recommend!!! Excellent communication, very polite, and clear pricing. These guys WANT TO WORK, flexible and patient as our plans kept shifting. My dad has dementia and they were incredibly sensitive to our situation. We really appreciated that!"
"Absolutely awesome experience with Junk Heroes! Professional, friendly, efficient, and incredibly quick. They showed up on time and made the whole junk-removal process painless. Moving out of an apartment is stressful enough, so a crew that takes pride in the work was huge."
"Junk Heroes did an amazing job with our junk removal in Saugus, Massachusetts. They arrived on time, worked fast, and completely cleared out a porch that was packed with junk, boxes, and old items. The before-and-after difference was amazing."
"The Junk Heroes are awesome!!! Excellent communication, showed up on time, and worked quickly. They were super careful while removing a heavy, awkward appliance through an old house and they talked to each other throughout the process to make sure nothing was damaged."
"Absolutely would recommend Henrique and Filipe, so nice and professional and came same day for both a quote and the actual removal!! They were careful to pivot things around our existing furniture and walls so as not to scratch or damage anything. Only good things to say!"
"Did a wonderful job from start to finish. Had 2 hospital beds that needed to be dismantled and hauled away. They took great care in moving the pieces throughout my house and getting them on the truck. Pricing was transparent and fair."
What we handle
Every one of these works the same way on our end. We come out and look at the space with you and give you a price before we start moving anything. If none of these sounds quite like your situation, just call and describe it to us and we'll set up a time to come take a look.
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Garage Cleanout
Most garages we clear out haven't had room for a car in a long time, and the easiest way to sort it is to pull everything onto the driveway with you and put back whatever you decide to keep.
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Basement Cleanout
A basement is usually old furniture and boxes that got damp years ago, and all of it has to come up a narrow set of stairs, which is the part we take care of. You don't need to carry anything.
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Flood & Water Damage Cleanout
After a flood or a burst pipe, we haul out the wet carpet, the soaked furniture and the ruined boxes so the space can start drying.
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Attic Cleanout
It's hot and cramped up in an attic and most of what's there has been forgotten for years. We climb up ourselves, hand everything down the stairs and carry it out to the truck.
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Full Estate Cleanout
When a parent passes, emptying out the house is the last thing anyone wants to think about, and we go at whatever pace you need, with anything the family wants to keep set aside before we start loading.
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Senior Downsizing Cleanout
When a parent is moving somewhere smaller, we clear out what isn't going with them at the pace the family sets, and nothing leaves until you've said so.
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Hoarder Home Cleanout
We have walked into houses that got away from someone before, and nobody on the crew is going to make you feel bad about it. We start at the door and work through it one room at a time.
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Apartment Cleanout
When you move out of an apartment or condo, or need a unit ready for the next tenant, we clear out whatever is left and carry all of it down the stairs or the elevator for you.
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Eviction Cleanout
After a tenant moves out you usually need the unit empty quickly, and we clear out whatever got left behind, furniture, bags and all, then haul it away so you can get the place ready for the next person.
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Property Foreclosure Cleanout
Whatever the last owner couldn't take with them is usually still sitting in a foreclosed house, and we clear every room, the garage and the yard so whoever is handling the property can walk through it empty.
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Storage Unit Cleanout
If you've been paying every month for a unit you haven't opened in years, meet us there with the key. We load everything straight into the truck and you can finally close the unit out.
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Office / Commercial Space Cleanout
The landlord usually wants the space empty when a business closes or moves out, so we take the desks, the filing cabinets and whatever else got left in the back room, at whatever hours work for the building.
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What happens on a cleanout
It starts with a call or a text to 978-915-3399, and a real person on our team picks up, never a call center. You can text photos if that's easier, but for a whole space one of us will usually come out and walk it with you, because the price comes from how much room everything takes up in the truck and that's hard to guess from a picture. You get the number before we start, the visit is free, and if you'd rather wait or think it over there's no obligation and we don't ask for a card.
On the day, the crew and I show up with the truck and start loading. You don't need to drag anything to the curb or box anything up, because that's what we're there for. As we go, we set aside anything that can still be donated, recycle what we can, and only what's left goes to the dump.
Once the last of it is on the truck we sweep up before we leave. You pay after the job is done, by cash, card, check, Venmo, Zelle or Cash App, and it's the price you agreed to in person before we started.
What a cleanout costs
Our minimum is $120, and from there the price is based on volume, meaning how many cubic yards of the truck your stuff fills. Weight and access play into it too, so a basement full of heavy furniture up a flight of stairs will usually come in higher than the same amount of light stuff sitting in a garage next to the driveway, and the minimum can be higher for a job well outside our normal routes.
The price we quote you when we look at the space is the price you pay. That's our price-lock promise, and you don't pay until the work is done. Deposits only come up on large cleanouts, and only after you've accepted the quote. The full breakdown is on our pricing page.
Send us the details through the four-screen quote form and we'll come back with a price.
We do this by the book. We carry $2M in general liability, a $1M umbrella policy and $1M in commercial auto coverage. We are USDOT registered (USDOT 8843043), our drivers hold DOT medical cards, and we hold commercial accounts at the disposal facilities we use, so every load ends up where it is supposed to. Call or text in English or Portuguese.
Who shows up
My brother Filipe and I own The Junk Heroes, and we run it out of Salem with a crew of friends. When you call about a cleanout you get a real person on our team, never a call center, and on the job it's us along with Rey and Luis, who have done a lot of these with us.
We're fully licensed and insured, and customers have left us more than 350 five-star reviews on Google, which means a lot to Filipe and me. We try to treat a single garage with the same care as a whole estate, and I'm glad that so many people have noticed.
Realtor, real estate agent, landlord or property manager? See the pro cleanout program
Worth reading first
If it is a parent's house, I wrote down what order to do it in, what to look for before anything leaves the house and when it is worth bringing in help.
If it is a garage, here is what a garage cleanout costs on the North Shore, which garage items get quoted on their own line and the prep that brings the number down.
Cleanout Services: Questions We Get
Do I need to sort anything before you come?
No. Sorting is part of what you're paying us for. If there are things you want to keep, set them aside or just tell us when we get there and we'll work around them. Everything else we sort ourselves as we load, pulling out whatever can be donated or recycled before the rest goes to the dump.
Can you quote a whole-house cleanout over the phone?
We usually can't, because I'd rather not guess at a whole house over the phone. For a single item like a couch we can give you an estimate by phone and confirm it in person before we start, but for a full space one of us comes out and looks at everything with you and gives you a firm price before we move anything, and the visit is free with no obligation.
Do I have to be there while you work?
You don't have to be there the whole time. A lot of people like to be there at the start to walk through with us and point out what stays. After that some head out and some stay, and we're fine either way. If it's a curbside pickup and everything is already outside, you don't need to be home at all.
How soon can you get to a cleanout?
It depends on the size of the job and what we already have booked, but we're open 24/7 and a real person answers the phone, so you'll get a straight answer about timing on that first call. Smaller cleanouts are often same-day, and the bigger ones we plan out with you so we show up with enough crew and enough room on the truck.
What happens to the mattresses and electronics?
Massachusetts keeps mattresses and old tube (CRT) TVs out of the trash, and we handle that part for you. Mattresses, box springs, TVs and monitors go to a specific recycler and carry a separate fee, and we tell you that number before we start. Anything still in decent shape we try to donate first.
If you're ready, or just want to talk it through
If a space has gotten to the point where you don't know where to start, call or text 978-915-3399. A real person on our team picks up, and we can figure out together what it needs. Sending a few photos first works too, and if it turns out to be more than you're ready to take on right now, that's fine. We'll be here whenever you are. If you're a realtor, real estate agent, landlord or property manager who turns over units regularly, look at our Property Cleanouts program, linked just above. We work to your listing, turnover or probate date, leave the property broom-swept and send before and after photos.
Payment Methods Accepted
- Cash
- Card
- Check
- Venmo
- Zelle
- Cash App
- Free estimates
- No hidden fees
- No deposit on standard jobs
- Priced by volume or weight
Cleanout Services Across the North Shore
- Salem, MA
- Swampscott, MA
- Lynn, MA
- Marblehead, MA
- Beverly, MA
- Peabody, MA
- Danvers, MA
- Nahant, MA
- Lynnfield, MA
- Revere, MA
- Saugus, MA
- Middleton, MA
- North Reading, MA
- Boxford, MA
- Topsfield, MA
- Wenham, MA
- Hamilton, MA
- Essex, MA
- Ipswich, MA
- Gloucester, MA
- Rockport, MA
- Winthrop, MA
- Everett, MA
- Malden, MA
- Melrose, MA
- Wakefield, MA
- Reading, MA
- Stoneham, MA
- Rowley, MA
- Georgetown, MA
- Newburyport, MA
- Newbury, MA
- North Andover, MA
- Andover, MA
- Medford, MA
- Chelsea, MA
- Woburn, MA
- Wilmington, MA
- Burlington, MA
- Winchester, MA
- Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
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