Household trash that is legal and non-hazardous: furniture, bags, boxes, broken items, and mixed piles. Paint, chemicals, and batteries are not accepted.

Do I need to be home for curbside junk removal?

No. Stage items at a drive-up location such as the driveway, residential garage, or alley. We load the truck.

How fast can you come?

Same-day is often available in San Diego. Text a photo for a quote and a window.

Is the price I get the price I pay?

Yes. Transparent upfront pricing. The quote you accept is the amount you pay.

Junk removal in San Diego | Fred's Junk Removal

Same-day curbside junk removal in Pacific Beach, San Diego. Fred's crew loads a console table and a cardboard box into the dump truck.

Pacific Beach pickup

Curbside table and box removal in Pacific Beach

A console table and a cardboard box were already at the curb in Pacific Beach. The customer texted for a same-day junk removal. The truck was already out on jobs, so Fred squeezed this one in.

Fred's crew made easy work of loading the table and the box into the junk truck. Nobody had to come inside, and the curb was neat and clean when they left. If you need a same-day pickup, text a photo. Fred usually answers in about 5 minutes and will tell you if there is room on today's truck.

Same-day junk removal · Curbside junk removal · Pacific Beach

Mixed household junk piled at a San Diego curb for Fred's Junk Removal pickup

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Fred’s Junk Removal is built for mixed household junk — bags, boxes, broken furniture, and the leftover pile after a move. We have completed more than 50,000 jobs in 21 years, so a messy driveway or a packed hallway is a normal Tuesday.

San Diego’s most reviewed junk hauler. Locally owned and veteran owned. We quote from photos, load our own dump truck, and recycle or donate before anything hits a landfill. National call centers do not walk your sidewalk. We do.

We take great care to protect your floors, door jambs, and driveways on full-service jobs. We do not block neighbors and we sweep the load-out path before we leave.

Fee rules

Pricing is posted before the truck rolls. No hidden travel charge, no “fuel surcharge” at the curb. Please have the job ready so the quote holds.

The quote you accept from photos is the amount you pay. We do not add surprise fees on the day of the job.
Curbside is the better rate when items sit at a drive-up spot: driveway, residential garage, or alley. We load. You do not need to be home.
Full-service means you point and we carry it from inside, the second floor, or the backyard. That labor is in the full-service price.
Dump fees, recycling, and the haul are included.
Ensure there is a cleared pathway for items to be removed.
Ensure bagged materials do not contain paint, liquids, fuels, chemicals, or other hazardous materials.

Full-service household trash

Real inside jobs: we bag the pile, carry it through the house, and walk it down the stairs. That labor is the full-service rate.

Bagging household trash
Full-service carry inside
Down the stairs
Out the gate

Dump vs. recycle

A dump run puts the whole pile in a landfill. We do not work that way. Usable furniture goes to donation partners when condition allows. Metal, appliances, and e-waste go to scrap and certified recycling. Mattresses and box springs enter California mattress recycling whenever the plant will take them. Only the leftover mixed trash goes through a licensed transfer station.

Mixed junk is sorted on the truck: metal to scrap, usable goods to donation partners, e-waste to certified recyclers, and only the remainder to transfer. Keeping volume out of San Diego landfills is part of every load, not an add-on.

Save big!Fred’s Junk RemovalSave 30% or morewith curbside pricingExample: Queen mattress curbside removal is $69 compared to $130 for indoor removal, which is a 46% savings.

Bigger trucks, less bucks

Got a pile? Fill the truck.

Don’t guess at a dumpster. Pay only for the space you use — $69 for a small pile up to $599 for a packed dump bed.

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5/5 from neighbors

“Texted photos of a mixed pile, got a firm price, and they were gone in under an hour. 5/5.”
Rita M. · North Park

“They took everything I pointed at and left the driveway cleaner than they found it.”
Owen K. · Clairemont

“Honest quote, no extra fees at the truck. This is how junk removal should work.”
Priya S. · La Mesa

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Junk removal FAQ

What counts as junk?: Household trash that is legal and non-hazardous: furniture, bags, boxes, broken items, and mixed piles. Paint, chemicals, and batteries are not accepted.
Do I need to be home for curbside junk removal?: No. Stage items at a drive-up location such as the driveway, residential garage, or alley. We load the truck.
How fast can you come?: Same-day is often available in San Diego. Text a photo for a quote and a window.
Is the price I get the price I pay?: Yes. Transparent upfront pricing. The quote you accept is the amount you pay.

How mixed junk removal works in San Diego

Most household jobs are mixed. Bags next to a broken chair. A dresser that will not fit in the Civic. Boxes from a move that never got unpacked. Fred’s treats that pile as one load: we quote from photos, we load our own dump truck, and we leave the driveway swept. Twenty-one years and more than 50,000 jobs in San Diego County is not a marketing line — it is how the crew already knows a North Park alley from a Chula Vista cul-de-sac.

Curbside is the better value when you can stage. Place items at a drive-up spot such as the driveway, the residential garage, or the alley. We load the truck. You do not need to be home. Full-service is the other option: you point, and we carry it from inside, the second floor, or the backyard. Both include labor, haul, and disposal in the price you accept. There is no travel surcharge at the curb and no “extra man” fee after we arrive.

Fee rules stay simple. The quote from photos is the amount you pay. Single items and small loads under 200 lbs start at $69 curbside. Larger mixed piles are priced by how much of the dump bed they fill — that is what the Junk Removal Cost Calculator is for. We will not take paint, fuels, chemicals, or loose batteries. If a photo shows something we cannot haul, we say so before we roll, not after the bed is half full.

Dump versus recycle is the other half of a honest junk job. A dump-only operator throws the whole pile into a landfill. We sort on the truck. Usable furniture goes to donation partners when condition allows. Scrap metal is pulled. E-waste goes to certified processors. Only the leftover mixed trash goes through a licensed transfer station. That is slower than a canyon dump and cheaper for the county in the long run, which is why we do it on every mixed load, not as an add-on.

Same-day windows are often open when the truck is already on your side of town. Morning texts get the best shot. If the pile is one couch, use the price list. If it is a garage stall of mixed junk, use the calculator and pick a truck-load tier. Either way you get a posted price, a two-person crew, and a sweep when we leave. Locally owned. Veteran owned. That is junk removal in San Diego without the call-center script.