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Whole-Home Cleanout in Westport, CT

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

Cleanout services by Grizzly Junk Pros

By the time somebody in Westport calls us about a whole property, the sorting has usually already happened in their head. They know what's coming with them and what isn't. What they don't have is a way to move four or five truckloads of "isn't" out of a building in the days they have left. That's the job — volume against a deadline, with the owner right there making the calls.

  • 20,000+

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    463 reviews

  • Family-owned

    since 2014 (12 years)

  • Licensed & insured

    in Connecticut & New York

Clearing a whole property in Westport

Westport whole-home jobs are four to six loads, and the finished basement plus full attic combination is where most of it hides. Compo Beach, Compo South, Saugatuck Shores and Beachside Avenue add shore-adjacent properties where the approach sometimes decides whether a container fits. Greens Farms, Coleytown, Old Hill and Long Lots have room for both truck and can. Downtown Westport and Saugatuck run tighter with less staging room and closer neighbours. Marine equipment turns up more here than inland and some of it carries fuel, which changes what can go on the truck.

We work across Downtown Westport, Saugatuck, Compo Beach and Compo South, in a town of about 28,000.

We have 600 job records in Westport 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 Westport

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

Westport’s posted disposal point is Westport Transfer Station & Recycling Center — proof of residency required ('Westport residents are required to show proof of residency to use the Transfer Station or to obtain a WP sticker'; new residents may use a mortgage statement, deed, lease, or utility bill). The Town of Westport has no municipal trash or recycling pickup. Phone 203-341-1120. source at 300 Sherwood Island Connector, Westport, CT source, open Monday - Friday, 7am - 2:30pm, & Saturday, 7am - Noon. Closed Sundays, New Years Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. source. No station permit program is published source.

Permits run through the Westport building department at 515 Post Road East, on the second floor of the Fire Department Headquarters, Westport, CT (hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; Building Official: Peter Howard) source, 203-341-5025 source (department page).

A demolition permit is required for structure teardowns here source. The town publishes its demolition requirements — including any review or delay process for older structures — on its own page.

For furniture-scale material, the town runs Transfer Station disposal, tiered fees (no curbside bulk program — Westport has no municipal pickup): LEVEL 1 no cost to residents up to a maximum of 6 30-gallon trash bags or equivalency per trip; LEVEL 2 for loads exceeding the 6-bag limit — '$75 minimum per load: for any van, pick-up truck or small utility trailer' and '$145 per ton: for any vehicle who exceeds the sides of a pick-up truck'; LEVEL 3 recycling fees — $5.00 per tire (off rim), $15 per appliance; 'CURRENTLY, ONLY DUMP PERMITS ARE ACCEPTED AS PAYMENT' — dump permits purchased at Westport Town Hall, DPW office, Room 210, M-F 8:30am-4:30pm, 203-341-1120 source (program info).

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 Westport customers

  • A
    Information was accurate, they were efficient and did good work. The website was easy to work with, the customer service person was proactive which I liked, they came on time and they did the work the way I wanted it done.

    Patricia G. · Westport, CT

    HomeAdvisor / AngiFeb 2024

  • A
    A+ Service. Helpful service. Quick response. Excellent customer service. THANK YOU!

    Jen E. · Westport, CT

    HomeAdvisor / AngiJul 2023

  • A
    Great communication and prompt service… Contacted Junk Pros and they got back to me right away… was able to get a dumpster delivered quickly. email communication was prompt and pick-up was right on schedule. I would highly recommend these guys… -James

    James M. · Westport, CT

    HomeAdvisor / AngiMay 2023

Whole-home questions, Westport

How many days does a whole-home cleanout in Westport 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 Westport?

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.