Junk Removal University of Denver
Junk Removal near the
University of Denver
The blocks around the University of Denver — the residence halls on campus, and the rentals and apartment buildings threading through University and Observatory Park (80210). Come spring, this pocket turns over all at once: DU housing empties, leases end, and the same few things get left behind every year — a mattress, a futon, a mini-fridge, a desk nobody wants to carry down three flights. That's our lane. We carry it out for you, route what's usable to donation, and quote one flat price from your photos, with no Colorado sales tax on it. Same-day when we have the window — and worth booking ahead for June.
Mark the date: halls empty by 9 a.m. Friday, June 12, 2026
If you're a DU student or a parent, the number that matters is 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 12, 2026 — the hard deadline for residence halls to be vacated at the end of spring quarter. Closing meetings run May 12–19, and once the deadline passes, improper-checkout fees start piling on. The problem is never the suitcase; it's the stuff that doesn't fit in the car — the dorm mattress topper and cheap frame, the mini-fridge, the futon a roommate abandoned, the milk-crate shelving. Getting it out of the building on time, when everyone on the floor is trying to do the same thing, is exactly the crunch we're built for.
Because it lands on one date, our advice is simple: book ahead. Same-day is often possible, but move week is the busiest stretch of our year in this ZIP, so a window reserved a few days early is the safe play. Send photos of the room the week before, pick a slot, and we clear it before the fee clock starts. Everything is priced flat before the truck rolls, and because Colorado doesn't tax the service — no sales tax, no refuse tax — the number we quote is the number a parent pays from wherever they're booking it.
What we clear around DU
- Residence-hall move-outs — the mattress, frame, mini-fridge, and abandoned furniture out before the June 12 deadline, carried down the stairs so there's nothing to flag at checkout.
- Off-campus apartment & rental cleanouts — lease-end and roommate-turnover hauls across University and Observatory Park; a whole unit in one flat price.
- Mattresses & futons — twin to queen, box springs, and the futon nobody claimed, wrapped and routed to recycling or donation.
- Mini-fridges & small appliances — dorm fridges, microwaves, and window AC units the city won't take at the curb.
- Cheap furniture — desks, dressers, bookshelves, papasan chairs, and the couch that came with the place, hauled out and mostly donated.
Student furniture is cheap, but it's not free to get rid of
Here's the trap of a DU-area move-out: the furniture cost almost nothing, so it feels like it should cost nothing to make disappear — but a mattress, a mini-fridge, and a broken futon are precisely the things you can't just leave. Denver won't take a mattress at the regular curb, mini-fridges are excluded from the city's bulk program, and hauling any of it three floors down to a dumpster that's already overflowing on move-out day is nobody's idea of a good afternoon. We take the whole pile at once — carried out of the room, off the floor, and out of the building — so the deposit stays intact and the checkout is clean. A twin mattress runs $82, a queen $103, a mini-fridge $115, a futon $111, and a hand-me-down sofa $126; when it's a full apartment we price it as a truck-fill instead, which lands cheaper than counting items one by one.
Most of it doesn't have to be trash
A lot of what students clear out in June still has years left in it — a sturdy desk, a working mini-fridge, a bookshelf, a lamp, a barely-used futon. We sort it the right way instead of dumping it: usable pieces route to ARC Thrift Stores, Goodwill of Colorado, and Habitat for Humanity ReStore, mattresses go to a recycler where they're resellable or broken down for materials, and any TV, monitor, or laptop goes to an e-cycler because Colorado bans electronics from the landfill. It's the same instinct DU pushes on campus — divert first, landfill last — and it means a graduating student's leftovers often furnish the next family's apartment instead of ending up in a hole in Aurora.
DU move-out pricing
Flat rates, photo-quoted before anyone shows up. Single items are priced individually; a whole room or apartment prices as truck-fill. Disposal is included.
| Item / Volume | Price |
|---|---|
| Twin mattress | $82 |
| Queen mattress | $103 |
| Box spring | $92 |
| Futon | $111 |
| Mini-fridge | $115 |
| Desk (standard) | $83 |
| Sofa / couch | $126 |
| Dorm room or apartment — truck-fill (1/4) | $241 |
| Truck-fill (1/2) | $431 |
| Whole apartment — truck-fill (full) | $732 |
$75 minimum. Disposal included; usable pieces donated. No Colorado sales tax on the service — the flat quote is all-in.
See our full DU student move-out guide → — the June 12 timeline, what to book when, and how the donation routing works.
Why the city's Large Item Pickup can't save your move-out
Denver's free Large Item Pickup exists, but it's useless on a move-out deadline. It only comes around once every nine weeks — you can't summon it for June 12 — it takes at most five large items (plus ten bags), it's curbside only, and it flatly excludes appliances and electronics, so your mini-fridge and your TV aren't its problem at all. It's also for single-family homes with a real curb, not a residence hall or an apartment building's shared dumpster. On the one morning you actually have to be empty, none of that helps — which is the entire reason we exist: a scheduled window, everything carried out of the room, appliances and e-waste included, one flat price.
What DU-area customers say
"Booked them a week before the June deadline from out of state — my son's dorm had a mattress, a mini-fridge, and a futon his roommate ditched. They cleared it the morning before checkout, flat price, no tax surprise. One less thing to fly out for."
"Lease ended on our place near Observatory Park and none of the four of us had a truck. They took the whole apartment — couch, desks, two mattresses — as one truck-fill and donated most of it. Way cheaper than I expected."
"Graduated and had a whole apartment of stuff I couldn't sell in time. They carried it all down, gave me a donation receipt for the good pieces, and I got my deposit back clean. Painless."
Frequently asked questions
Can you come same-day during DU move-out week?
Usually — but move week is our busiest stretch around the University of Denver, so the sure thing is to book ahead. Residence halls have to be empty by 9:00 a.m. Friday, June 12, 2026, and everyone is trying to clear out at once. Send photos and lock a window a few days early and we'll be there before the improper-checkout clock starts.
Will you take a mattress and the furniture together?
Yes — that's the standard DU move-out haul. A twin mattress is $82, a full $94, a queen $103, and a box spring $92; a futon is $111, a desk $83, a dresser $126, and a mini-fridge $115. Once it's a whole apartment's worth we price it as a truck-fill, which is almost always cheaper than adding it up piece by piece. $75 minimum, disposal included.
Do you cover DU-area apartments and rentals, not just the dorms?
Yes. The residence halls are one piece of it, but most of what we clear around the University of Denver is the off-campus rentals and apartment buildings in 80210 — Observatory Park, University, and the blocks toward Old South Pearl. Lease-end move-outs, roommate turnovers, and end-of-year cleanouts are all the same flat photo-quoted job.
Where does everything go — can it be donated?
Whatever a student leaves behind that still has life stays out of the landfill. Sound futons, desks, mini-fridges, and lamps route to ARC Thrift Stores, Goodwill of Colorado, and Habitat for Humanity ReStore, and any TVs or electronics go to an e-cycler because Colorado bans them from the landfill.
Is there sales tax added to the quote?
No. Colorado doesn't tax the junk-removal service and there's no refuse tax on top, so the flat photo-quote is exactly what you pay — which matters when a parent is booking this from another state and doesn't want a surprise line item.
How is this different from the Platt Park bungalow cleanouts?
Same ZIP, different job. Platt Park's steady work is the family bungalow basement and garage; the University-area work is the student move-out — mattresses, cheap furniture, and mini-fridges cleared out of dorms and rentals, concentrated hard around the June deadline. If you're clearing a basement rather than a dorm room, the Platt Park page is the better fit.
Ready to Clear It Out in University of Denver?
Send a photo of what is going and get one flat price back — carry-out, hauling and disposal in it. Same-day is often open in University of Denver.
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