When One Man's Junk Isn't Any Man's Treasure

It’s true that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but everyone needs a junk removal company sometimes. Nobody wants to be surrounded by unsightly trash – at least what they consider garbage. Most of us want to be surrounded by home goods, furnishings and décor that we consider beautiful and that brings us joy.

Circumstances That Require Junk Removal

Whether you’re moving out or had a death in the family, there are times when you need to find companies that pick up junk.

Executor of an Estate
Family member or not, when you’re responsible for liquidating everything an individual owned, it’s a huge undertaking. When it’s someone you’re emotionally close to, there are additional challenges such as your own sentimental attachment to things. It can be hard to part with them!

But if you’re an attorney, or if you were simply named the executor of an estate for someone who chose not to select a family member, it can be a headache.

Your first step is to identify family members of the deceased, which will enable you to begin weeding out some of his or her excess belongings. Ideally, you call the heirs to the home or property in question to divide the valuables fairly. After refining the process of squaring assets of the estate, the items are chosen and removed. Then you decide whether or not to hold an estate sale or call in a nonprofit organization that is willing to provide a pickup service. 

After you hold an estate sale, a junk pickup company can be called to haul away those items that are not chosen by dependents, descendants or clearance sale shoppers.

A Caregiver or Dependent
When you’re the son or daughter of a person recently deceased or if your parents need to downsize, you once again may need to solicit the services of companies that pickup junk. It’s, at times, a financial necessity – grandma and grandpa can’t afford to maintain the two-story house on a half-acre with a swimming pool. It can be expensive to even just cover utility bills, and if they end up with a fixed income it may be more than they can bear.

But what do you do when the person was a collector – or worse, a hoarder? What’s difficult about assisting a person who has to downsize is their attachment to their treasures. The first thing you need to do is sit down with him or her and reflect on which valuables are most important to keep. Then you can further sort belongings by identifying pieces that will be handed down to family members or other individuals.

Companies That Pick Up Junk

There are different types of services in various places, and for greater Los Angeles junk removal there are hard-working staff members at a new company which does that. Trash Kings Junk Removal and Haul Away is meeting the needs of Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valley residents who need help with junk removal in their area.

“I am a co-owner of Trash Kings Junk Removal and Haul Away. A passion for the environment has led me into the path of junk removal and trash pick-up,” said co-owner Jon. “Hoping to expand the business into a clean fuel burning company that can take the trash that is picked up and use it for fuel instead of it being buried underground. We love what we do!”

They provide a variety of different services to suit their clients’ needs, ranging from small item pick up to what they call “trash outs.” Trash Kings also provides demolition services for situations when there’s an entire building or home that needs to be leveled. Sometimes the edifice itself is the junk removal you’re looking for. Trash Kings includes dump fees and labor costs.

The company expresses its main features with its tagline “Let us take a dump for you! Call the rest and then call the best.”

Trash Kings services include:
• Junk removal
• Trash clean up
• Demolition
• Storage clean out
• Concrete removal
• Appliance disposal
• Concrete
• Paving

Trash Kings was established in 2018. It was the founders’ passion for environmental awareness, plus their interest in waste management that has led them to make sure trash and recyclable materials are disposed of properly and taken to the correct facilities.

Customers have responded by posting Yelp reviews about the new company. One recommendation came from a Santa Clarita resident: “I'm not a hoarder but I definitely had too many items in my apartment two days before moving out, and I needed every little bit of help to get rid of all the items I didn't need anymore. I looked around Google and ended up calling them! I was able to contact someone named Jon and he set up a time that afternoon for people to come help me move out all the unnecessary junk I had in my apartment!”

When You Need a Junk Removal Company for Your Car

Professional organizers, estate attorneys and everyday Americans simply cleaning out the garage will often turn to junk removal companies at some point. But you don’t have to.

You can make a car donation through Cars2Charities and have a really easy way to get rid of a vehicle you don’t need. With one phone call to 855-520-2100 or an online donation, we arrange a quick, easy pickup time to fit with your schedule.

You gain some order while benefiting a nonprofit group – plus you get a tax write-off. Any 501(c)(3) can get proceeds from the sale of your car.

If you typically take carloads of clothing and other household items to the Salvation Army, you can also donate a car to the organization or make a car donation to Goodwill. But if there’s a cause you care about, simply tell us you’d like proceeds to benefit animals or contribute to your local PTA.

We have processed car donations to cancer survivors and foundations such as Alzheimer’s Los Angeles. You can help families of children battling disease with a car donation to the Ronald McDonald House or let us know a nonprofit group you already support.

You have plenty of unwanted “stuff” that you can give to a junk pickup company. But when it’s a vehicle, you want to make it count and maximize the value of the vehicle so it does the most good. Imagine the amount of support you can give your club or Girl Scout troop.

And it’s not just practical for a car, truck or SUV owner. We process vehicles of all kinds. For families who love to take their Pace Arrow to the woods, or someone who’s retiring their Airstream, they can call us to make an RV donation through Cars2Charities.

Bikers can get in on the plan too. A motorcycle donation to charity is something you and your whole club can become a part of when it’s time for an upgrade, or when you’re just bored with your ride.

If you don’t want to pay for storage fees anymore, you can call us to donate a boat to charity or make a golf cart donation.

Los Angeles Junk Removal by City Services

For trash that can’t be reused, check with your city leaders or contact your waste company. Especially when it comes to large furnishings such as broken chairs or rusted patio furniture, you can’t fit them in trash cans, so you have to come up with special means such as a junk removal company.

But first, see how many bulky pickup items you are allotted per year by your local waste company. It varies for each city government or contracted trash business. Some will pick up large items a certain number of times per year at no charge.

For instance, Santa Clarita junk removal is free for residents four times a year, but you can only set three items on the curb each time, for a total of 12 per year. You also need to make a reservation in advance, even giving a detailed description by phone of the items you need picked up.

E-waste is another problem these days. Most cities hold an e-waste opportunity a couple of times a year when you can bring old printers, computer towers, cell phones, etc. If unwanted large items or electronic items are unable to be donated for reuse, City of Santa Clarita junk removal is available to residents so they can dispose of them for free.

Santa Clarita junk removal of bulky items includes:
• Furniture
• Appliances
• Electronics
• Tree branches
• Scrap wood
• Sod
• Tires

Some items not accepted in Santa Clarita junk removal by city sources include:
• Household hazardous waste (paint, oil, batteries, etc.)
• Construction debris (concrete, bricks, cement, etc.)
• Spas
• Pianos
• Camper shells
• Cars

If you’re a renter, not the homeowner, you may need to take slightly different steps. Contact your property manager if you need to schedule a pick up and it’s best if you give them at least 48 hours before your regular collection day.

There is a growing trend toward downsizing, streamlining and cleaning up our homes and properties. Whether you're a Marie Kondo fan or not (host of "Tidying Up" on Netflix), Americans are always in a state of cleaning and maintenance. It may start small, but eventually you end up needing a junk pickup company, like Trash Kings if you're looking for Los Angeles junk removal. Because you can't just haul a broken water heater to your nearest thrift store.