In Adams Farm, Lake Jeanette, Summerfield and Oak Ridge the garage is where the move ended: boxes never opened, the old bedroom set, the treadmill. You and the crew spend about twenty minutes deciding what stays, and the rest goes straight on the truck. A typical garage is done before lunch, and the car sleeps inside that evening.
A storage unit is the same kind of job, just at a different gate. Meet the crew there, the unit is emptied and swept the way the manager wants it, and you stop paying rent on it.
What a garage, basement and storage unit cleanouts job involves
- One price for the whole garage or unit, set from your photos
- Quick sort: keep, donate, haul
- Loaded and hauled the same visit
- Space swept
What's included
- Garage, basement, attic and storage unit, same price list
- Boxes, bikes, exercise equipment, old furniture and lumber
- Hazardous items boxed by the door for the county drop-off
- Metal, electronics and cardboard pulled for recycling
- Photo of the empty space for the storage manager or your records
What stays behind
- Paint, chemicals, fuel and batteries (boxed for the county drop-off)
- Vehicles and boat hulls
- Firearms and ammunition
Garage cleanouts across Guilford County
The north side subdivisions along Battleground Avenue and Lawndale Drive, and the newer streets in Summerfield and Oak Ridge, are ten years old or less, and their garages carry the leftovers of the move in. The self-storage lots along Wendover Avenue and Highway 68 are the other half of garage cleanouts in Greensboro.
A garage in Adams Farm or Lake Jeanette is usually a two-car space with one car parked outside, and the job is to get the second car back in. The crew starts at the door and works toward the back wall with you, twenty minutes of decisions and then loading: the bikes nobody rides, the treadmill, the old bedroom set, the boxes from three moves ago. Paint cans, propane and pool chemicals are pulled out and set aside for the county's hazardous-waste drop-off, because no truck in Greensboro can legally take them.
Storage units are the same work with a deadline. When the monthly bill has outlasted the reason for the unit, meet the crew at the gate, decide what comes home, and the rest is loaded and the unit swept for the manager in the same visit. Basements in the older houses of Irving Park and Fisher Park are the slowest version, because everything comes up a narrow stair, and that is priced in from the photo rather than discovered on the day.
Garage, Basement and Storage Unit Cleanouts pricing in Greensboro
A garage corner or a single unit's worth of boxes is a quarter truck, $225 to $325. A garage that has not held a car in years is usually a half truck, $375 to $500, and a two-car garage stacked to the ceiling can reach a full truck at $625 to $800. Basements and attics cost more than a garage of the same size because of the stairs. Send a photo from the door and one from the back, and the quote covers the whole space rather than a per-item count.
Full price list and what moves the price →
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.
Garage, Basement and Storage Unit Cleanouts questions, answered
How much does it cost to clean out a garage in Greensboro?
Most garages land between a quarter and a half truck, $225 to $500, with the labor, the hauling and the disposal fee inside. A garage that has been the household's storage room since the move, floor to ceiling, runs toward a full truck at $625 to $800. The photo quote covers the whole space, so you are not counting items, and a garage that turns out lighter than the photo suggested is charged at the smaller load.
Will you clear a storage unit and sweep it out for the manager?
Yes. Storage facilities ask for the unit to be empty and swept before they stop billing, and the crew does both in one visit. Meet them at the gate or leave the access code and the lock combination with the office, take home what you want first, and the rest is loaded. Most 10 by 10 units are a half-truck load, $375 to $500, and the unit is photographed empty for your records.
What can't go in the truck from a garage?
Paint, solvents, pesticides, pool chemicals, propane tanks, gasoline and car batteries. Those go to the county's household hazardous-waste program, and the crew will box them by the door so they are ready for that trip. Tires can be taken in small numbers with the fee named up front. Everything else in a typical garage, from lawnmowers to lumber to old televisions, is fine.