Junk Removal in Pocket-Greenhaven

Pocket-Greenhaven sits about five miles south of downtown Sacramento, bounded by Interstate 5 on the east and a horseshoe bend of the Sacramento River on the other three sides. Portuguese farming families worked this land for generations; in 1958 developers bought more than 700 acres for a planned community called “Greenhaven ’70,” groundbreaking began in 1961, and in 1962 it was named Best Planned Community of the Year by the National Association of Home Builders.

Pocket-Greenhaven is inside Sacramento city limits, so residents get the City’s free household junk pickups. We handle the rest: downsizing clear-outs, garages, items inside the home and anything that can’t wait for an appointment.

Source: Wikipedia: Pocket-Greenhaven, Sacramento

Source: Census Reporter: ZIP 95831 (ACS 2024 5-year)

With a median age close to 42, many Pocket-Greenhaven households are established families and retirees who prefer a regular cleaning schedule to doing it all themselves. Every two weeks suits most homes.

Our truck is divided into fractions, and you pay for the space your items take, not by the hour. A single armchair is a minimum load; a sofa or mattress is about a quarter truck; a one-car garage is often three-quarters to a full truck.

City of Sacramento residential customers get two free household junk pickup appointments per year, available February through October (appointments stop in mid-October for leaf season). Appliances and e-waste are booked separately, also free, twice a year, year-round. Book through 311 or Sac311.org; piles can be no larger than 4 × 4 × 9 feet and go out no earlier than 24 hours before the appointment.

Not picked up: concrete, brick, dirt, rock, sod, auto parts, tires on rims, and contractor or commercial waste.

Source: City of Sacramento: Household Junk Pickup

Free curbside programs are a good deal if you can carry everything to the curb, wait for an appointment and stay under the size limit. Hire us when you need it gone today, when items are inside the home or upstairs, when the load is bigger than the curbside limit, or when you’ve used up your free pickups.

We sort every load. Usable furniture and household goods are donated where possible, metals and appliances go to recyclers, mattresses go through California’s mattress recycling program, and only what’s left goes to a licensed transfer station.

Paint, chemicals, motor oil, fuel, batteries and fluorescent bulbs are household hazardous waste. We can’t haul them, but Sacramento County’s North Area Recovery Station (4450 Roseville Road) runs a free household hazardous waste drop-off. Check the county’s current hours before you go.

We’re the Sacramento junk removal company that also cleans. Landlords, realtors and families clearing a home can book the haul-out and a move-out clean together, from $400 for the clean, with one crew and one invoice.

Much of our work in Pocket-Greenhaven is helping people at the moments a home changes hands: tenants moving out, owners getting a rental ready for the next tenant, sellers preparing for listing photos, and new owners or renters moving in. We clean houses, apartments, condos and offices: empty or furnished.

One company for the clean-out and the clean means one appointment, one crew and one invoice. Move-out cleaning starts at $400; junk removal at $75.

Pocket-Greenhaven is a Sacramento neighborhood about five miles south of downtown, wrapped by a bend of the Sacramento River and bounded by Interstate 5. It began as the planned community “Greenhaven ’70” in the early 1960s and grew again in the 1980s and early 1990s with custom homes, gated communities, condos and apartments.

Because it is inside Sacramento city limits, residents use the City of Sacramento’s trash and bulky-item services.

We serve every part of Pocket-Greenhaven, including Greenhaven, the Pocket, Little Pocket, Lake Greenhaven area, Riverside Boulevard, Garcia Bend area.

1. 1You text a photo or book a time. We reply with a price range based on how much truck space the load looks like it needs.
2. 2We call or text when the crew is on the way, inside the arrival window you picked.
3. 3The crew looks at everything in person and gives a firm price before anything is lifted. If it’s less than the range, you pay less; if you decide not to go ahead, there’s no charge.
4. 4We carry everything out (from bedrooms, upstairs, the garage, the backyard or a storage unit) and protect doorways and floors along the way.
5. 5We sweep or rake the spot where the items were, then sort the load: donation, recycling, and only what’s left goes to a licensed transfer station.

Most single-item and small-load pickups take under an hour on site. A full garage or a whole-home cleanout usually takes a few hours to a full day, depending on how much sorting you want done on the spot.