10 articles Tag household junk removal

10 Tips For Organizing, Cleaning, and Whipping Your Apartment into Shape

Getting your first apartment can be a heady and exciting time, especially if you are fresh out of college and finally living on your own sans roommates. But your own apartment can quickly become a bit of disorganized nightmare within a few months. Here are ten tips from a professional organizer who works with a Los Angeles based junk removal service. 1. Organization Starts with A Vacant Apartment When you rent your first apartment you’ve …

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3 Questions to Ask Your Junk Removal Company

Before you hire a junk removal company to clean out a house, apartment, or commercial space you need to make sure that you are getting exactly what you need and at the price you can afford. So there are three simple questions you should ask your junk removal company before you hire them.  1. Are You Licensed and Insured? Every business needs to have a business license. This is a simple bar to pass. If …

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Should I Rent a Dumpster or Hire a Junk Removal Service?

There are plenty of situations where you need to get rid of a lot of trash and junk. For instance if you are a realtor and you just signed on to sell a large home as part of an estate sale. Before you can put that home back on the market you’ll need to clean it up and clean it out. When faced with these types of decisions you have one of two options: rent …

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Things to Do Before You Call a Junk Removal Service

Junk removal is a fast way to get rid of a lot of trash. If you are cleaning out a large space that has been stuffed with junk over the years — a garage for instance — a junk removal service is one of the best ways to do it. But before your junk removal company shows up for an appointment there are a few things you should do first. 1. Bring Everything Downstairs A …

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How to Remove Junk Like a Pro

Junk removal companies have become a fashionable option for people who need to clear out large amounts of junk and trash and accumulated unwanted “stuff”. But the truth is you don’t need to dial 1-800 and you don’t need a junk removal company to clean up your junk. All you need is a bit of planning, a truck, and a free weekend. Step 1. Make a Plan of Attack  Figure out how much junk you …

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5 Steps for Cleaning Out Your Garage in Los Angeles

Since I bought a house in Los Angeles with a lengthy driveway and gate I never used the garage to store my car. I did use my garage for just about everything else. The old laser printer? Garage. Those clothes I didn’t wear anymore? A box in the garage. The paint cans from when I painted my bathroom? Garage. The fencing gear I had left over from college (hey, it is a sport!)? You guessed …

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4 Steps for Cleaning Out an Apartment (or Rental Unit)

If you are a private landlord who rents out an apartment, guest house, or house your job doesn’t stop when a tenant moves out. In fact, the bulk of your work starts when you are between tenants. Not only do you have to screen and find new tenants, you have to clean your rental unit and get it ready to rent. Here’s the basic how tos of how to get a rental unit, apartment, or …

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Free Junk Removal in Pacific Palisades

Everyone, even in the wealthy and upscale neighborhood of Pacific Palisades, wants something for nothing. Free is one of the most used four letter words in the English dictionary. So is there such a thing as free junk removal in Pacific Palisades?  First forget about call a Pacific Palisades’ junk removal company. Junk removal companies make most of their money off of junk removal. So forget about calling a junk removal company. There are easier …

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How Do You Know if You Are a Hoarder?

Hoarding is a huge problem in the United States. Every day there is another story about a hoarder trapped in a house or being kicked out of a house. Hoarding has now also become fodder for reality television. A whole industry of junk removal companies have sprung up largely to deal with the junk hoarders leave behind. But how do you know if you are a hoarder? Here are some warning signs that you may …

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What Kind of Trash Do Hauling Services Remove?

Hauling Services often get mixed up with junk removal services. Quite often a junk removal service offers the same services as a hauling service. Sometimes junk removal services only handle household junk and trash. Sometimes a hauling service will only handle construction debris, concrete and dirt removal.  How do I choose between a hauling service and a junk removal service? The choice between using a hauling service and a junk removal service often comes down …

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