Junk Removal in Montreal
A full house of furniture quoted by the truckload runs $800 to $1,200 with the big franchises, and most people paying it are on a deadline they did not choose: a notary closing, a lease ending, a parent's home that has to be empty by the end of the month. That deadline is what the truckload pricing is really charging for. AKA Moving is a Montreal moving and transport company based in Lachine, and we do junk removal with our own trucks and our own crews, at movers' rates instead of franchise rates. Furniture, appliances, renovation debris and e-waste, sorted, donated and recycled. Call (514) 915-3967 and we will tell you the number before we come.
AKA Moving charges about $125 an hour for a junk pickup, plus a small disposal fee that pays for sorting your items and getting rid of them the eco-friendly way. For a known load, like a few appliances or a single room, we can also give a flat rate. Because we are movers, not a franchise, it is usually well below what a company like 1-800-GOT-JUNK would charge.
💰 How much junk removal costs in Montreal
One honest quote, no franchise markup. We keep it simple:
The small disposal fee is the part that pays to sort, donate and recycle your items responsibly, instead of just dumping them. Tell us what you have and we will give you the exact number before we come.
🛋️ What we take
If it can be lifted and hauled, we will likely take it. The usual jobs:
Furniture and appliances
Sofas, beds, dressers, fridges, stoves, washers and dryers, single items or a whole home.
Renovation and construction debris
Old cabinets, flooring, drywall and fixtures from a reno, cleared and hauled.
E-waste and electronics
Computers, monitors and office electronics, recycled the right way.
Data centre and office decommission
We clear and remove server and data-centre equipment, with secure, responsible disposal.
We also handle full-home and estate cleanouts. We do not take hazardous waste like paint, chemicals or propane, just ask and we will point you to the right drop-off.
🏚️ Estate cleanouts and full home cleanouts
An estate cleanout is the hardest version of this job, and it is rarely about the junk. It is a house that has to be empty by a date, full of a lifetime of belongings, and nobody in the family wants to be the one deciding what goes in the truck.
We work the room in three piles instead of one. Keep goes aside for the family. Donate goes to a charity that will take it. Only the rest gets loaded. You do not have to be there for all of it, and you do not have to sort it before we arrive. That is the part people expect to be charged extra for, and it is simply how we run the job.
- Full home and apartment cleanouts, basement to garage
- Estate and succession cleanouts on a notary or closing deadline
- Downsizing a parent into a residence, with the keep pile delivered where it needs to go
- Landlord and tenant turnover cleanouts between leases
- Hoarding situations, handled without commentary
Because we are movers first, the keep pile does not need a second company. We can move it the same day we clear the rest. See our estate cleanout service for how we handle the whole job.
🛏️ Getting rid of one big item
Not every job is a whole house. A single mattress, a dead fridge or a sofa that will not fit down the stairwell is a real problem when you do not own a truck, and it is the kind of job the franchises price badly.
Mattress disposal in Montreal
Mattresses cannot go in regular collection and most écocentres restrict them. We take them and route them to mattress recycling, where the foam, springs and fabric get separated.
Appliance removal
Fridges, freezers, stoves, washers and dryers. Units with refrigerant have to be handled properly, and we do that rather than leaving it at the curb.
Sofas and awkward furniture
The sectional that came in before the walls went up. We are movers, so getting it out is the part we are actually trained for.
Do you need a bin instead?
If you are gutting a kitchen over three weekends, a dumpster rental is the better tool. If you want it gone today without a permit on your street, we are.
vs 1-800-GOT-JUNK
The big junk franchises charge by the truckload at franchise rates. We do the same work with the same kind of truck and crew, for less.
The big franchise
- Priced by the truckload at franchise rates
- A junk-only crew with franchise overhead
- Cannot fold it into your move
- Disposal varies by operator
AKA Moving
- Movers' rates, usually well below a franchise
- Experienced, insured moving crew
- Combine it with your move for the best price
- We sort, donate and recycle every load
Typical estimates. The franchises price by how much fills their truck. AKA is $125 an hour plus a small disposal fee, so your real number depends on the job, and adding it to a move is cheaper still.
♻️ Where your junk actually goes
Sorted, donated, recycled, then disposed
We do not just drive your belongings to the dump. Every load is sorted: anything usable goes to donation, recyclables go to recycling, and only what is truly left over is disposed of responsibly at the écocentre. That small disposal fee on your quote is what funds doing it the eco-friendly way.
📍 Where we pick up
We run out of Lachine, so the whole island and both shores are a normal day for us. No travel surcharge inside this zone.
- Montreal: Lachine, LaSalle, Verdun, Plateau, NDG, Côte-des-Neiges, Villeray, Rosemont, Ahuntsic, Saint-Laurent
- West Island: Dorval, Pointe-Claire, Kirkland, Beaconsfield, Pierrefonds, Dollard-des-Ormeaux
- Junk removal in Laval and the North Shore
- South Shore: Brossard, Longueuil, Saint-Lambert, Candiac
📦 Junk removal with your move
Most people use our junk removal as part of a move. While we are emptying your old place, we take the broken dresser, the dead fridge and the pile in the basement in the same trip, with the same crew. Nothing to schedule twice, and it is the cheapest way to do it. One crew, one invoice, one date to keep track of. We handle the complexity. See our residential moving and commercial moving services.
Know the number before the truck shows up
Tell us what you have and we quote it flat, disposal fee included. No truckload guessing, no surprise at the end of the job.
Call (514) 915-3967
Junk removal across Greater Montreal
Frequently asked questions
AKA charges about $125 an hour plus a small disposal fee that covers sorting, donation and recycling. For a known load like a few appliances or one room we can give a flat rate. As movers rather than a franchise, we usually come in well under a company like 1-800-GOT-JUNK.
The cheapest option is to add the junk to a move you are already booking, so we clear it in the same trip with the same crew. If you can haul it yourself, the city écocentres and the free bulky-item (encombrants) pickup are options too. When you need it gone fast and done for you, AKA is the affordable done-for-you choice.
The City of Montreal offers free bulky-item collection on a schedule and free écocentre drop-off for residents, but you do the lifting and hauling, and there are limits on what and how much. AKA is a paid service, but we come same or next day, do all the lifting, and sort, donate and recycle for you.
Yes. We do same day and next day junk removal across the Greater Montreal area, subject to crew availability. Call early in the day for the best chance of a same-day pickup.
We take furniture, appliances, renovation and construction debris, e-waste and electronics, and full office and data-centre decommissions. We do not take hazardous waste such as paint, solvents, chemicals or propane, but we will point you to the right drop-off.
Always. Every load is sorted. Usable items go to donation, recyclables go to recycling, and only what is left is disposed of responsibly at the écocentre. The small disposal fee on your quote pays for doing it the eco-friendly way.
An estate cleanout is priced on the crew and truck time it takes, from $125 an hour, plus the disposal fee for what actually gets thrown out. A typical full home runs a day with a two or three person crew. We walk it with you first and give you the number before we start, because nobody settling an estate wants an open-ended bill.
No. On estate and full home cleanouts we sort as we work, into keep, donate and dispose. You tell us what matters and we set it aside. Families often cannot face doing that alone, and doing it for you is part of the job rather than an extra.
Yes. Mattresses are not accepted in regular collection and most écocentres restrict them, which is why they sit in alleys. We take mattresses and box springs and send them to mattress recycling, where the foam, springs and fabric get separated.
Yes. We run out of Lachine and cover the full island, the West Island, Laval and the North Shore, and the South Shore including Brossard and Longueuil, with no travel surcharge inside that zone.
If you are demolishing a kitchen over several weekends and want a bin sitting there, a dumpster rental makes sense, though you may need a permit for street placement. If you want it gone in one visit with nobody doing the lifting but us, junk removal is cheaper and faster.