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Whole-Home Cleanout in New Canaan, CT

Multi-load, scheduled around your date. Fairfield County.

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A whole-home cleanout in New Canaan usually happens while you're standing in it. You know what's going to the new place — that list already exists, taped to a box or in your head — and everything else is what we're here for. That makes this a subtraction job rather than a discovery one, and it means the decisions happen at walking pace on the day rather than over weeks.

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  • Family-owned

    since 2014 (12 years)

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    in Connecticut & New York

Clearing a whole property in New Canaan

New Canaan properties clear in five or six loads and the outbuildings are why. A barn on Ponus Ridge, a workshop off Oenoke Ridge, a detached garage behind a Smith Ridge house — each holds a separate accumulation that never appears in a room count. Town Center and the God's Acre blocks are denser and quicker. Talmadge Hill and Silvermine have long wooded approaches where the truck stages further out than anyone would like. We quote the parcel here rather than the floor plan, and we ask what else is on it before committing to a day count.

We work across Town Center, Talmadge Hill, Smith Ridge and Ponus Ridge, in a town of about 20,600.

We have 744 job records in New Canaan since 2019 — dumpster drops, junk removal and cleanouts of every kind, not whole-home jobs specifically.

What the days actually look like

  1. The walkthrough sets the schedule. Truckload count, access, and a day count — that's the deliverable, and it comes before any money changes hands.
  2. Day one is the far end of the house. Basement, attic, back bedrooms. The stuff whose carry path runs through everything else goes first while the path is empty.
  3. Living space last. It's the shortest carry and the part you're most likely to still be using.
  4. Decisions happen live. You're in the building. Anything ambiguous gets a question rather than an assumption, and reversing yourself on a piece of furniture costs nothing.
  5. We stay out of the movers' way. Before or after them, never alongside.

The sequencing is the whole craft here. A whole-home job done in the wrong order takes a day longer for no reason.

The numbers, and the fork in them

Crew: $979 per full truckload, three to six of them for a typical property, partials priced down the ladder.

Container: a 20-yard at $647 (4,000 lbs included, 7 days), or the 30/40-yard tier at $899 for the largest jobs.

Both: the arrangement most whole-home jobs actually use. The can takes bulk, the crew keeps moving, and the truck isn't spending an hour of your job driving to a transfer station.

The fork is decided by the driveway and your timeline, not by which is cheapest on paper — a can you can't fit is not an option, and a can you have nobody to fill is not a saving.

Working around a moving date

Almost every whole-home job has a date attached, and the date is the constraint.

Before or after the movers, never during. Two crews in one stairwell means damage and a dispute about whose. If the schedule is tight we'll usually take the day before, so the movers arrive to a house containing only what's moving.

Closings. If a buyer walks the property before closing, the clear has to be complete, not nearly complete. We build the schedule with a day of slack for exactly that reason.

Buildings with rules. Condos and managed buildings frequently want a certificate of insurance, an elevator reservation and a time window. We handle those directly with management if you'd rather not.

Disposal in New Canaan

Verified from New Canaan’s own municipal pages — every fact links its source.

New Canaan’s posted disposal point is Transfer Station source at 139 Lakeview Avenue, New Canaan, CT source, open Monday - Friday 7:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.; Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. source. It accepts construction and demolition debris source. Station access requires a resident permit source (permit details).

Permits run through the New Canaan building department at Town Hall, Lower Level, 77 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840 source, 203-594-3012 source (department page).

See the full Connecticut Transfer Station Guide →

Street placement? The dumpster-permit answer, statewide. Loading rules? What can’t go in — and the law behind each item.

From New Canaan customers

  • A
    Excellent, friendly service. Crew arrived on time. They were friendly and did the job quickly and at the price quoted on the phone.

    Michael D. · New Canaan, CT

    HomeAdvisor / AngiMar 2021

  • A
    Reliable and fast to get back. I emailed Junk Pros about getting a dumpster and received a phone call within 10 minutes! Delivery was timely and everyone was polite.

    Sally F. · New Canaan, CT

    HomeAdvisor / AngiJan 2021

  • Y
    Justin and his guys are the best. We had to have an old hot tub removed from a screened porch that was sunken into the floor. Mike and his crew had that thing sawed up and removed in less than 2 hours, which saved me a bundle compared to some other quotes that I had received. They will haul just about anything away for you at very competitive pricing. I will definitely recommend these guys to everyone of my friends and use them again.

    Joel P. · New Canaan, CT

    YelpJul 2016

Whole-home questions, New Canaan

How many days does a whole-home cleanout in New Canaan take?
Two to four working days for a typical full property, one for a condo or a small house. The walkthrough turns that range into a schedule — we give you a load count and a day count in writing before you commit, because on this size of job the schedule matters as much as the price.
Can you work around my moving company?
Yes, and we insist on it — before them or after them, never the same day. Two crews in one stairwell is how furniture gets damaged and nobody can say by whom. If your dates are tight, the day before the move is usually the right slot, so the movers only handle what's actually going.
Is a dumpster cheaper than the crew for a whole house?
If you have people and time, yes — a 20-yard at $647 is the cheapest way to empty a house, because you're supplying the labour. Most whole-home jobs we run use both: the can absorbs bulk on the driveway while the crew keeps carrying, which past about four loads beats sending the truck to a transfer station and back repeatedly.
Is there a flat price for a whole house?
No. It's truck space like every other job — a full load is $979 and a typical property is three to six of them, plus partials down the ladder. Anyone quoting a flat whole-house figure before walking it is padding for their own uncertainty and you'd be paying for it.
What if I change my mind about something mid-job?
Expected, and free. You're in the house while we work — that's the normal shape of this job — so the crew asks before anything ambiguous goes on the truck and reversing a decision costs nothing.

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Clearing a whole property in New Canaan?

Call (203) 219-8855, Mon–Fri 8 AM – 4 PM live, AI after-hours and weekends. Walkthrough first — you get a load count and a day count before you commit.