The sofa that will not make the stairs, the mattress from the spare room, the refrigerator in the garage that quit: furniture removal and appliance removal are the everyday work in Greensboro. A two-person crew and one truck: the piece comes out from wherever it is sitting and leaves the same day if the schedule has room.
Fridges and freezers have the refrigerant recovered as the rules require, anything still working is offered for donation, metal goes to the recycler, and the number is set before the first item is picked up.
What a furniture and appliance removal job involves
- Send a picture or describe the piece; a fixed price comes back
- Two people carry it out with the floors and door frames covered
- On the truck and off to donation, recycling or the landfill, same day when it fits
- Pay by card at the door, or later once you get a picture of the empty room
What's included
- Carried out from an upstairs room, a basement or the far end of the yard
- Disassembly of bed frames and sectionals when needed
- Donation drop for usable pieces, recycling for metal
- Refrigerant recovery on fridges, freezers and AC units
- Disposal fees inside the number, no dump ticket later
What needs a heads-up first
- Items inside a locked unit with nobody to open it
- Pianos on the same-day schedule (booked a day ahead)
- Mattresses that are soaked or infested (bagged first, then fine)
Furniture pickup from Fisher Park to Adams Farm
May and August around UNCG and A&T fill the stairwells with sofas and mattresses; the old houses of Fisher Park and Irving Park produce the heavy pieces, the pianos and the basement freezers. Narrow stairs, front porches and tight hallways come with nearly every job here.
The housing stock decides the job. A 1920s two-story in Sunset Hills has a narrow staircase with a turn at the landing, and a sofa that went up before the banister was rebuilt may need to come out a window or in pieces. A ranch in Starmount is a straight carry to the truck. A third-floor walkup near campus is a long carry with no elevator. The photo you send tells the crew which of these it is, and the quote is built on that rather than on a guess made in the driveway.
Working appliances and clean furniture are offered to donation partners in the Triad first, refrigerators and freezers have the refrigerant recovered before the metal is recycled, and mattresses go to the disposal facility. The city's bulk-item program will collect some of this by appointment on its own schedule; if the date is too far out or the item is upstairs, the crew fills the gap with appliance removal anywhere in Greensboro, usually within a day or two.
Furniture and Appliance Removal pricing in Greensboro
A single piece runs $99 to $175: a mattress and box spring toward the low end, a refrigerator or a sectional toward the high end, and a piano $250 to $500 because it takes three people and straps. Two or three pieces together usually land in the quarter-truck range, $225 to $325, which is cheaper per item than booking each one alone. Stairs, a basement freezer, or a piece that has to be taken apart on the landing add labor time, and that is the only thing that moves a furniture quote once the photo is in.
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Related: Bulk Trash Pickup in Greensboro: What the City Takes and What It Won't, Junk removal in High Point, Junk removal in Summerfield. Official page: City of Greensboro.
Furniture and Appliance Removal questions, answered
What is the minimum charge for junk removal in Greensboro?
The minimum is $99 to $175 for one item. That covers two people, the carry out from wherever it sits, the truck, and the disposal or donation drop. It applies to a single mattress, chair, appliance or a small pile that fits in a corner of the truck. Where you land in the range depends on the item's weight and where it is: a washer in the garage is the low end, a sleeper sofa on the third floor is the high end.
What do I get for the $99 single-item price?
$99 is the bottom of the single-item range, so it buys one light item on a weekday with easy access: a chair on the porch, a mattress in the garage, a dryer by the door. The two-person crew, the loading, the hauling and the disposal fee are all inside that number. It moves up toward $175 when the item is heavy, upstairs, needs disassembly, or has to go the same day.
Can you take a refrigerator that still has refrigerant in it?
Yes. Refrigerators, freezers, window units and dehumidifiers are hauled with the refrigerant still in them and recovered at the recycler the legal way; you do not need to have it drained first. That is one reason the fridge row sits at $125 to $200 rather than the low end. If the unit works, say so, because a working refrigerator is often accepted by a donation partner and the price can drop.
Where do old mattresses go when you haul them?
Mattresses go to the disposal facility, while working furniture and appliances are offered to donation partners first. A mattress and box spring sits at the low end of the $99 to $175 single-piece range, carried down from any floor.
Can you remove an old stove or range?
Yes. Electric ranges are unplugged and carried out with the floors covered; a gas range needs the gas shut off and the line disconnected before the crew arrives. Working ones are offered to a donation partner and the rest go to metal recycling.