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Junk removal and hauling notes for San Diego County — neighborhoods, ZIP codes, and posted rates.

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May 20, 2026·Mission Beach 92109

Time to Dump the Junk

Time to Dump the Junk — If you searched for this title, you already know. Photograph the pile. Send it. Book the window. Staging overnight keeps the cheap rate. Same-day is often available. $69 starting curbside. We…

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May 18, 2026·Logan Heights 92113

Reclaim Your Square Footage

Reclaim Your Square Footage — You already pay for the square feet. Junk is a tax on them. Reclaim a stall, a spare room, or a side yard — pick one number of square feet and haul what sits on it. Photos of that…

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May 16, 2026·Linda Vista 92111

Stop Storing Your Trash

Stop Storing Your Trash — If it is broken and you bought a replacement, you are storing trash. The garage is not a landfill with a roof. Give it a leave date this week. One item $69 at the driveway. That is cheaper…

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May 13, 2026·La Jolla 92037

The Junk Removal Survival Guide

The Junk Removal Survival Guide — Survive it: photos, posted rate, stage if you can, chemicals out, be home only for full-service. Ignore hourly quotes and alley dumpers. Start at the price list or the calculator.…

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May 11, 2026·Kensington 92116

5 Things to Toss Right Now

5 Things to Toss Right Now — The replaced mattress, the dead microwave, the broken patio chair, the unused treadmill, and the boxes you have not opened since the last move. Those five are the usual San Diego haul.…

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May 9, 2026·Kearny Mesa 92111

Quick Tips for a Junk-Free Home

Quick Tips for a Junk-Free Home — No spare junk room. Mail does not live on counters. Furniture has to earn a wall. Dead appliances leave the week they die. Photograph piles before they become rooms. When a pile…

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May 7, 2026·Imperial Beach 91932

Ditch the Junk, Keep the Space

Ditch the Junk, Keep the Space — Keep the room’s purpose. Ditch what blocks it. A garage that cannot hold a car is junk winning. One stall of haul is a reasonable first job. Stage that stall. Text the photo. You can…

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May 4, 2026·Hillcrest 92103

Your Ultimate Cleanout Playbook

Your Ultimate Cleanout Playbook — Path, sort, stage, photo, book, gone. That is the playbook. Skip “research dumpsters” for a sofa. Skip sorting the keep pile on the truck’s clock. Curbside $69 if it is at a drive-up…

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May 1, 2026·Golden Hill 92102

Trash It or Treasure It?

Trash It or Treasure It? — Treasure: used this month, or would buy again today. Trash/haul: broken, stained, or untouched for a year. Donate sits in the middle only if it leaves this week. Haul the trash pile. Do not…

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April 29, 2026·Encanto 92114

The 10-Minute Declutter Rule

The 10-Minute Declutter Rule — Set a timer for 10 minutes. Fill one bag or stage one piece. Stop. Repeat tomorrow. The rule fails when 10 minutes becomes a whole garage with no haul date. When you have a driveway…

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ZIP codes we haul

Fred's San Diego service area

Only the ZIP codes on this map — full Chula Vista through Eastlake, East County (Santee, La Mesa, Spring Valley, Lemon Grove, La Presa), Carmel Valley, Mira Mesa, Sorrento Valley, Scripps Ranch, San Carlos, Lake Murray, Skyline, Lomita, Tierrasanta, and Paradise Valley, plus the coastal and central neighborhoods we already haul. Same posted rates in every ZIP we serve. Click a ZIP or a neighborhood name.

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