Junk removal in Hyannis and across Cape Cod

The usual Cape Cod list: old furniture, worn-out appliances, the contents of a garage or basement, renovation debris and the leftovers of an estate cleanout. Furniture removal is the most common request, from a single sofa to a full room.

If you are not sure whether something can go, say so in your request. Some materials, like hazardous waste, are restricted at the transfer station and are handled differently from ordinary household items.

No. Junk removal is its own service, not only an add-on to a move. Plenty of jobs are just a clear-out: a downsized home, a landlord turnover, a project that left a pile behind.

If you are also moving, the two fit together. Sorting out what leaves the house before the truck arrives keeps you from paying to move things you did not want. See our local moves on Cape Cod if you need both.

We do not post a price list, because the right number depends on how much there is, what it is, and how hard it is to reach. Stairs, distance from the truck and heavy items all change the work.

Send the details through the quote form and Andrei follows up with you. You will know the price before the crew starts, not after.

Sorting comes first. What can be donated or returned is kept out of the waste stream, and what cannot goes to the transfer station. A family who had Andrei clear out a parent's home after a death said he even returned a cable box for them, which is the kind of detail that a hauling-only service tends to skip.

Decide what is going and what is staying, and tell the crew which items are which. Group the pile in one spot if you can, and tell us about stairs, narrow doorways or long carries, because they change how the crew plans the job. Take out anything you would regret losing: papers, keepsakes, small valuables.

For a whole-house or garage job, walk through once with the quote request open and list the big items. A short list of what is there is more useful to Andrei than a guess at volume.

Hyannis, Centerville, Barnstable, Osterville, Marstons Mills, Cotuit, Mashpee, Falmouth, Sandwich, Yarmouth, Dennis, Harwich, Brewster, Chatham and Orleans, plus Plymouth and the South Shore. If your town is not on the list, ask.

Most haulers turn down hazardous household products such as paint and chemicals, propane tanks and tires, and many decline very heavy items like hot tubs and pianos. Part of this is Massachusetts law: whole tires are on the state's waste ban list, and oil-based paint and similar products belong at a household hazardous waste collection, not in a truck or a trash bag.

The rules are the same for you whether you haul it yourself or hire help. Our guide to what Massachusetts bans from the trash lists the banned materials and where the hazardous ones go on Cape Cod. Before the job, tell us what is in the pile, especially anything on that list, and ask what can go on the truck.

Sorting helps. Set aside what can be donated, what is metal or electronics, and what is hazardous before the truck arrives. The job goes faster and fewer items end up in a disposal load.