Junk Removal in Fall River, MA

In Fall River, the city's bulky-item stickers only work for buildings that get city curbside pickup, which the solid waste ordinance limits to six units or fewer, and you still have to get every item to the sidewalk on the right day. Count On Me! does junk removal in Fall River MA from Assonet, just up Route 24. We carry furniture, mattresses and full cleanouts down triple-decker stairs and haul them. Call or text a photo and you get a price before any work begins.

What Fall River homes need

Fall River is a city of three-deckers. About 46% of its homes were built before 1940, 45% of housing units are in duplexes, converted houses and small apartment buildings, and one count put triple-deckers at 4,120 of the city's 17,698 structures. Junk comes down two or three flights of narrow stairs, usually with no elevator. We do the carrying; you point.

About two in three Fall River households rent, so landlords see the same jobs again and again: a tenant leaves a couch, a mattress and a kitchen of trash, or a shared basement fills up. We handle turnovers and set up scheduled pickups for owners with several buildings.

The city climbs: hillsides rise steeply from the Taunton River to more than 200 feet, so streets in the Highlands and Flint Village can be steep and tight. Tell us the street and the floor and we plan the truck spot and the carry before we arrive.

Junk removal services in Fall River

• Furniture RemovalCouches, beds and dressers carried down triple-decker stairs and out to the truck, with no sticker to buy and no curb date to wait for.
• Mattress RemovalMattresses and box springs carried out of any floor and sent for recycling, without booking a sticker pickup.
• Scheduled & Recurring PickupsTenant turnovers and recurring pickups for Fall River landlords, including buildings over six units that the city doesn't collect from.
• Construction & Demolition Debris PickupRenovation debris the city's Department of Community Maintenance won't remove, loaded and sorted the way state rules require.

Fall River bulky items, stickers and what the city won't take

Fall River's bulky-item pickup is only for homes that get city curbside collection, which the city's solid waste ordinance limits to buildings with up to six units; larger buildings need a private hauler. If you qualify, you buy and schedule a sticker online and set the items out on the scheduled day, or drop them at the city's facility on Lewiston Street. Items without a paid sticker can draw a fine.

The city's posted fees: $12 for one to three regular items like a sofa, dresser or washer; $50 for each mattress and $50 for each box spring; $13 for a refrigerator or air conditioner; $10 to $20 for a TV, by size. Carpet has to be cut to 9 by 12 feet, rolled and tied, and swing sets cut into pieces no longer than six feet.

Some things the city won't handle at all: its ordinance says it won't remove debris from building construction and repair, and city crews don't pick up tires. Massachusetts also bans mattresses, textiles, appliances, TVs, metal, tires, clean wood, gypsum wallboard, brick and concrete from the trash, so we sort every load: recycling, donation where we can, proper disposal for the rest.

We don't haul hazardous waste: oil-based paint, solvents, chemicals, gasoline, propane tanks or asbestos. Those go to the city's household hazardous waste drop-off day. Dried-out latex paint can go in your regular trash.

Getting started in Fall River

1. 1

   Call or text a photo

   Send a picture and tell us the street, the floor, and whether there's a back stairway.

2. 2

   Get your price first

   We quote from the photo or a free on-site estimate. Mention mattresses, TVs, fridges and tires; they cost more to dispose of in Massachusetts. Same-day pickup when the schedule has room, otherwise a time that fits a move-out date or a tenant turnover.

3. 3

   We do the lifting

   Top floor to the truck, we carry everything down and load it. Nothing waits on the sidewalk.

4. 4

   Sweep, sort, recycle

   We sweep up, then split the load: recycling, donation where we can, and proper disposal for the rest.

Fall River junk removal questions

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1. fallriverma.gov/departments/public_works/solid_waste/bulky_items.php
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4. mass.gov/guides/massdep-waste-disposal-bans
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