The short answer
Most Denver bookings land in one of five bands.
- One item. $75 minimum up to $126 for a sofa. A couch, a mattress, a treadmill.
- One room. A quarter truck at $241 up to a half at $431. A guest bedroom, a living room, a home office.
- A garage or a basement. $431 for a half truck, $587 for three-quarters.
- A whole house. $732 for a full truck, sometimes more than one.
- A single heavy thing. $390 for a hot tub, $364 for an upright piano, $603 for a pool table.
Every one of those numbers is published before you book. There is no stair charge, no walk-up fee and no same-day surcharge.
One item: $75 to $130
The most common single-item calls in this metro, in order: a couch that will not go down the bungalow basement stair, a mattress after an upgrade, and a treadmill bought during a winter and never used.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Sofa / Couch | $126 |
| Loveseat | $119 |
| Recliner | $98 |
| Mattress — Queen | $103 |
| Mattress — King / Cal King | $114 |
| Treadmill | $115 |
| Dresser (Standard) | $126 |
| TV (42" to 65") | $68 |
If you are at the bottom of that list, bundle. The $75 minimum means a single $68 television is an inefficient visit — add the monitor and the box of cables while the truck is there.
One room: a $241 quarter truck to a $431 half
Room-scale jobs are where published per-item pricing earns its keep, because you can add them up yourself before anyone calls you back.
- Guest bedroom, Platt Park bungalow. Queen mattress and a standard dresser: $103 + $126 = $229.
- Living room, Lakewood ranch before a listing. Sofa and a recliner: $126 + $98 = $224.
- Home office, Aurora, after the return-to-office. Standard desk and a solid-wood bookcase: $83 + $123 = $206.
- Kitchen appliances, Berkeley, before a remodel. Dishwasher and an electric range: $109 + $134 = $243.
- Basement rec room, Harvey Park. A 65-inch-plus TV and the entertainment center under it: $73 + $96 = $169.
Garages and basements: $431 to $587
These are volume jobs and nobody can itemize them, which is what the truck ladder is for. A half truck is $431, five-eighths is $513, three-quarters is $587.
The Denver shape of this: a detached one-car alley garage behind a Park Hill or Berkeley bungalow is small but completely full, and reliably lands around a half truck. A three-car suburban bay in Highlands Ranch, Centennial or Parker looks tidy because everything is on steel shelving, and reliably lands higher — the skis, the roof box, the camping totes, the takeoff tires and the dead treadmill add up faster than the owner expects.
Basements run similar. A half-finished bungalow basement with thirty years in it is a half to three-quarter truck, plus whatever named appliances are down there.
Whole houses: $732 and up
A full truck is $732. Estate cleanouts, pre-sale clear-outs and move-outs where nothing is being taken to the next place all sit here, and long-held Denver houses with a basement, a crawl space and a detached garage are frequently more than one load.
Heavy singles get named on top. A full house that includes the piano in the front room is $732 + $290 = $1,022. A house with a gun safe bolted to the basement slab adds $260. These are not surprises — they go on the quote before the truck leaves the yard.
Single heavy things
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Hot Tub / Spa | $390 |
| Hot Tub / Spa — 6-8 Person | $501 |
| Upright Piano | $364 |
| Baby Grand Piano | $438 |
| Pool Table | $603 |
| Home Gym / Multi-Station | $241 |
| Safe (Large / Gun Safe) | $260 |
| Riding Mower / Lawn Tractor | $152 |
| Refrigerator (Standard) | $164 |
The two that come up most on the Front Range are the hot tub — cracked after a heater failure during a cold snap — and the home gym that was bought for a winter and now occupies a garage bay that a car needs before the snow.
What moves the total, and what does not
Does move it: how much there is, and which named items are in it. That is the whole model.
Does not move it: which floor it is on. There is no stair charge, so a sofa out of a Capitol Hill third-floor walk-up with a switchback stair is the same $126 as one in an open Centennial garage. Neither does the day of the week, the season, or how short the notice is — no peak rate, no same-day surcharge. Colorado sales tax applies where it applies and is shown before you confirm, never added after.
What genuinely helps your total is bundling. One visit that clears the basement, the garage and the two patio chairs the hail wrecked costs less than three visits, and it is the difference between a job that is finished and a job that is half done.
Frequently asked questions
What does the average Denver household pay for junk removal?
Most single-item jobs are between the $75 minimum and $126 for a sofa. Most one-room jobs are a quarter truck at $241 to a half at $431. Garages and basements are typically $431 for a half truck or $587 for three-quarters, and a whole house is $732 for a full truck.
Is per-item or truck-fraction pricing cheaper?
Whichever is lower for your job — you can compare both before booking. If you can name the pieces, per item is usually cheaper. A sofa and a queen mattress at $126 + $103 = $229 beats a quarter truck at $241. Once the pile is unnameable, the ladder wins.
Do you charge extra for stairs or a walk-up?
No. There is no stair charge and no walk-up fee. Denver's older bungalow basements and pre-war brick walk-ups are the normal case here, not an exception, and the carry-out is already in the item price.
Is there a same-day or weekend surcharge?
No. The price is the same on a Saturday in June as it is on a Tuesday in November. Availability changes with the season — the metro crams moving, renovation and garage clearing into the warm months — but the number does not.
What is the minimum charge?
$75 per visit. That is why bundling matters: adding a $68 television and a $58 monitor to a sofa pickup costs much less than booking them separately.