A city still sorting out bulky pickup after Measure B, free mattress recycling at Miramar if you can haul it, and the biggest military-move calendar on the West Coast — San Diego's guides, all here.
Six alternatives, what each is actually good at, and which one fits your job. Flat-price pickup starts at a $75 minimum and $126 for a sofa.
Five categories get left at the curb every week in this county. Here is why, and what each actually costs to handle: $103 a mattress, $164 a fridge.
A small window unit is $87, a large one $109, a portable $85 and an outdoor condenser $115. Refrigerant recovery is part of that price, not an extra.
Most San Diego apartment cleanouts land between $241 and $587 depending on how much is left. Stairs, walk-ups and alley-only access are included in that.
Whole beach blocks change hands on the same handful of dates. A stripped unit is a $241 quarter truck; a furnished one is a $431 half. Alley access and…
A standard metal or platform frame is $68. Solid or upholstered runs $126 for twin through queen and $152 for a king. Disassembly included.
The price is the same on a July Saturday and a February Tuesday: $126 a sofa, $431 a half truck. Only the calendar gets tight, and here it gets tight in a…
Only if your provider scheduled a collection and you are inside the window. Any other day, that sofa is abandoned property - and the mail inside it has your…
There is no stair charge. A sofa carried up forty steps from a canyon-lot living room is the same $126 as one wheeled off a Clairemont driveway.
Free is a real option if you have two weeks and a friend with a truck. If you have a deadline, the number is $126 for a sofa and $75 for the smallest visit.
Most San Diego estate cleanouts land between $431 and $732 per truckload, and many take two loads. Here is how to size it before you call anyone.
A half-empty garage is a $241 quarter truck. A forty-year two-car garage is a $732 full load. In a city with no basements, it is usually the second one.
Priced by the load, not by the story: $431 a half truck, $732 a full one, and most homes take two to five. No estimate visit, no judgement.
A hot tub is $390, including cutting it down and carrying the pieces out through a side yard barely wider than your shoulders.
A sofa is $126 flat, carried out from wherever it sits. Here is every other route first, and what each one actually costs you in a city with no basements…
A queen is $103 picked up from your bedroom, box spring $92, or $143 for the set. California will not let a mattress go out with the trash, so here are the…
A standard refrigerator is $164 and a side-by-side is $183, out of the kitchen and disposed of properly. Refrigerant recovery is included, not an add-on.
You cannot put a TV in the trash in California. Pickup is $62, $68 or $73 by size - and the old tube set in the garage is priced the same way.
A refrigerator is $164, a washer $133, a dryer $128. Refrigerant handling is included in that - it is not a surcharge, because there are no surcharges.
Deposit up front, price on arrival, cash only, no written quote. Four red flags, and the numbers a straight answer looks like.
Yes. Leaving a sofa in an alley or on a canyon rim is illegal dumping, and the paperwork follows the address. Legal removal starts at $75, $126 for a sofa.
The whole list, on one page, before you talk to anyone. $75 minimum, $126 a sofa, $431 a half truck. No stair charges, no disposal fees, no surcharges.
A bin is cheap until you price the permit, the driveway protection and your own back. A half-truck clearout with the lifting included is $431.
The difference is not the truck. It is when you learn the price. Ours is published: $126 a sofa, $431 a half-truck, $75 minimum, stairs included.
Every vacant day costs rent. A stripped unit is a $241 quarter truck, a furnished one a $431 half - booked before you have seen what is inside.
A mattress is not regular trash in California. Here is how the rules actually work here, and what the legal shortcut costs: $103 for a queen, $143 for a set.
Drop-off through California's program can cost nothing if you can haul it dry. Pickup is $103 for a queen, $143 for a set, and it happens on your date.
Movers take what you are keeping. This is the other half - priced, and timed around a San Diego walkthrough that happens the same week as everyone else's.
In an HOA community the rule is simple - nothing sits outside overnight. One visit, straight into the truck, priced before you book: $431 a half load.
A patio table is $89 and each chair is $30. A table and four chairs is $89 + $30 + $30 + $30 + $30 = $209, carried out of the back yard.
Debris is priced by weight as much as by volume. Construction debris is $120, concrete and masonry $219 per quarter truck, and 20 bags is $259.
A 5x5 is usually a $241 quarter truck. A 10x10 is usually $587. Emptied in one visit, inside the facility's access hours, so the next month never starts.
A $99 headline is an entry point, not a price. The real floor here is a $75 minimum, and real loads are priced per item - $126 a sofa, $103 a queen mattress.
A TV cannot go in your trash in California. Pickup is $62, $68 or $73 depending on size, carried out from wherever it is mounted.
Renting a truck looks like the cheap option until you add the second person, the gate fee and the afternoon. A half-truck load done for you is $431 flat.
Not a range, not a starting-at. The actual numbers people in this county pay, by job type, with the arithmetic shown.
Five options, ranked by how long they actually take. If the answer is this week, it is $126 for a sofa, $119 for a loveseat, $75 minimum.
Donation first, then recycling streams that California legally requires, then landfill for what is left. Here is the honest order, and why it is already in…
A refrigerator is $164 picked up from the kitchen, a washer $133, a dryer $128. Here is every route in San Diego, including the ones that are free but slow.
The cheap quote is cheap because something has been left out. Usually it is the insurance, and in a city of canyon stairs and HOA gates that is the…
Flat rates from $75, no sales tax on the service — the 2026 list.
The People's Ordinance / Measure B gap, explained.
Free to flat $126, every route compared.
Free Miramar recycling vs a flat $111 same-day pickup.
Flat photo price vs the on-site estimate.
Flat from $241, same/next-day, disposal included — for orders season.
Mattress from $111, whole-rental clears from $241 — book for mid-May.