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How Junk Removal Works

Booking takes a couple of minutes, the estimate is free, and the crew does all the lifting. Here's exactly what happens, from your first call to a cleared-out space.

  • Book online, by phone or by text
  • Free onsite estimate and one firm price
  • We carry it out from anywhere and sweep up
  • Same-day or next-day, Monday through Saturday

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JUNK Relief crew loading a truck during a Chicago junk removal
  • 2,100+Five-Star Google Reviews
  • Since 2004Licensed & Insured
  • Mon–SatSame / Next-Day
  • EcoRecycle-First Disposal

You've got enough on your list. Working with us is as simple as picking up the phone or booking online, and we take it from there.

Five Steps to a Clear Space

  1. 1

    Book a time

    Book online, call or text us at (312) 800-1940. Tell us what's going and where it is, and we'll find a time that works, often the same day or the next. Our office answers calls and texts seven days a week.

  2. 2

    We text when we're on the way

    Your crew texts you during your arrival window, so just keep your phone handy.

  3. 3

    Free estimate, one firm price

    The crew looks at everything and gives you one firm price before anything moves. If it works for you, they start right away. If not, there's no charge.

  4. 4

    We do all the lifting

    Just point. The crew carries everything out from wherever it is, takes care with your walls, floors and doorways, and takes things apart when they won't fit through the door.

  5. 5

    Swept up and done

    Before they leave, the crew sweeps up. You pay when you're happy with the job, by cash, check or card, and we email your receipt.

Do I Need to Be Home?

Not always. For vacant homes, rentals between tenants, estates and commercial jobs, we can work with a door code, a lockbox or a building manager, take payment over the phone, and text you before-and-after photos when we're done. When it's a room in the home you live in, most people like to be there, and the crew is happy to work around you.

Where Your Junk Goes

We don't just drive it all to the landfill. Everything we haul gets sorted: metal, cardboard and clean wood go to recycling, appliances and electronics go to a local recycler who handles them responsibly, and a large portion of the household items we collect finds a new home. What's left goes to a licensed transfer station. Our warehouse gives us the room to sort it all properly.

What we can't take: hazardous materials such as liquid paint, solvents, gasoline, chemicals, asbestos, medical waste and loose lithium batteries. Chicago residents can take those to the city's Household Chemicals & Computer Recycling Facility at 1150 N. North Branch St.

What You Can Count On

  • Uniformed, licensed and insured crews
  • Fully equipped trucks
  • Certificates of insurance on request
  • Same-day and next-day service, Monday through Saturday
  • All of Chicago and the suburbs
  • Book online, by phone or by text

Junk Removal FAQs

What do you remove?

Just about anything that isn't hazardous: furniture, appliances, electronics, mattresses, hot tubs, pianos, construction debris and whole-house cleanouts. Our crew once pulled 20,000 tires out of a swamp, so we're hard to surprise. If something is outside what we do, we'll point you to someone who can help.

My building has a lot of stairs or a freight elevator. Is that a problem?

Not at all. Stairs don't scare us, and high-rises are an everyday job. We'll work around your building's elevator and loading dock times, and any extra labor is already part of your firm price before we start.

I live out of state. Can you still handle it?

Yes. We often help families and owners who look after a Chicago-area property from far away. We'll coordinate access with you or a neighbor, building manager or agent, take payment over the phone, and send before-and-after photos when it's done.

Is there a trip charge?

No. There's no trip charge, and the onsite estimate is free.

Which areas do you serve?

All of Chicago and the Chicagoland suburbs. If you're not sure we reach you, call or text and we'll check your zip code.

Do you work with businesses and property managers?

Every day. We work with property managers, real estate agents, condo associations, contractors and businesses of all sizes, and we can invoice your company by email.

Need junk relief? We're here to help.

If you've got junk anywhere in Chicago or the Chicagoland suburbs, we'd be glad to take it off your hands. Book a free onsite estimate online, or call or text us at (312) 800-1940 and we'll get you on the schedule.