Should I price by weight or by load?

By load. Customers can picture a garage bay; they cannot picture 900 pounds. Use optional lines for the items that carry real disposal costs.

How do I handle items I cannot take?

List them in the terms: paint, chemicals, hazardous materials. Saying it up front avoids the argument at the curb.

Is a deposit normal for junk removal?

A small one is, and it reduces cancellations. The template collects it by card at signing.

Junk removal estimate template

Junk removal is bought in a hurry and priced by the load, which makes it the perfect fit for a proposal the client can accept from their phone in a minute. This template keeps the base price simple and moves every surcharge into optional lines so the final number never surprises anyone at the curb.

Use this templateFree, unlimited, no card.

The template, as your client sees it

Clear Out Junk Co.

Licensed and insured

Junk removal

Prepared for
Dana Whitfield

By
Mike Reilly

How it works

Two people, one truck, everything gone by the end of the day

Two-person crew, truck, and disposal fees included. We load everything, sweep up, and donate or recycle what we can. Price is by the load; if it fits in less, you pay less.

At a glance

What is included

✓Two-person crew and truck
✓All loading and sweep-up
✓Donation and recycling where we can
✓Disposal fees included

Not included: hazardous materials, paint, and chemicals

Your investment

Pricing

Half truck load About 8 cubic yards, roughly a garage bay	$325.00
Full truck load insteadOptional, not included Add-on if it turns out to be more	$260.00
Mattress or box springOptional, not included	$50.00
Refrigerator or AC unitOptional, not included	$75.00
Same-day pickupOptional, not included	$75.00

Total: $325.00
Deposit on signing: $65.00
Balance on completion: $260.00

Mattresses, tires, and appliances with refrigerant have disposal surcharges listed as optional lines.

Good to know

Questions people ask before saying yes

Do I need to be there?+

Not if you tell us what goes and leave access. Most people point once and head to work.

What can you not take?+

Hazardous waste, paint, chemicals, and anything that needs a permit. We will tell you where those go.

What happens when you sign

Step 1

Sign below

Typed or drawn, takes a minute

Step 2

Pay the deposit

Card on this page, or a check

Step 3

We pick a start date

You hear from us within two business days

Terms

Payment due on completion. Deposit refundable up to 24 hours before the pickup. Hazardous materials, paint, and chemicals are not accepted.

Sample content and prices. Optional items are marked; on a real proposal the client toggles them and the total updates.

What a junk removal estimate should include

The load size in words a homeowner understands: a garage bay, a pickup bed, a full truck. Say what is included: crew, truck, disposal fees, sweep-up. Say what you do with it: donate, recycle, dump. People care, and it is a differentiator that costs nothing.

List the items that carry disposal surcharges, mattresses, refrigerators, tires, as optional lines with prices. The client ticks what they have and the estimate prices itself.

How to price the optional items

Make the base load the only required line and everything else optional and off. The client turns on what applies. Same-day service as an optional line at a premium converts surprisingly often when someone is clearing a house before a closing.

Mistakes that lose junk jobs

Quoting a range. Ranges read as "the higher number." Quote a load price and let the optional lines carry the variance. No photo. Ask for one, or take one on the walkthrough and put it in the proposal's image block so both sides remember what was agreed. A 7-day expiry is plenty; nobody plans junk removal a month out.

Deposit and payment

A small deposit, around 20 percent, holds the slot and cuts no-shows. Payment on completion by card through the same page.

Questions

Should I price by weight or by load?: By load. Customers can picture a garage bay; they cannot picture 900 pounds. Use optional lines for the items that carry real disposal costs.
How do I handle items I cannot take?: List them in the terms: paint, chemicals, hazardous materials. Saying it up front avoids the argument at the curb.
Is a deposit normal for junk removal?: A small one is, and it reduces cancellations. The template collects it by card at signing.

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