after both parents had been living in a nursing home for some time, we realised there was no way our family members could clear the nearly 70 years of junk and hoarding before the end of the short settlement period. Time was critical. We did not have it on our side.
The task was massive. We had to deal with all of: house contents; rubbish in the garden including assorted building materials, stacks of tiles (mostly buried or hidden under dead vegetation) and hundreds of plant pots; the contents of a partly-collapsed metal shed; an unlit garage extension with an unknown collection of materials and chemicals of uncertain risk; and a very large dirty and damp garage with a hole in the roof and partly-collapsing shelving that was full of 70 years’ of mostly unknown, dirty, damp and potentially dangerous contents. (We later found equipment at the back of the garage no-one had seen for over 40 years.) The job was daunting, dirty and (potentially, for non-professionals) dangerous.
In searching for a rubbish removal company, I was very concerned that we could be, to put it bluntly, financially ‘ripped off’ by an unscrupulous service provider. With time of the essence, both in my selecting our rubbish removalist and to actually get the huge job done, there existed the opportunity for the quote to be way overpriced. And indeed, once the job had started there could be the opportunity for the rubbish people to suddenly find a reason to ‘vary’ the price (up, of course) or, to refuse to remove some non-hazardous materials.
Then I found Goodbye Junk. I liked what I read on their website. But more significantly, when I called them, I was immediately impressed with their professionalism, their organisation, their flexibility and resource-capacity to work-in with my time availability. And (critically) they advised me, upfront, how the pricing was based on truckload volumes (and not the time taken to do the job). I therefore also did not need to get an onsite in-person quote, also saving me time.
To complete the job eventually required four visits by the onsite Goodbye Junk teams, each visit being for most of the day, with nearly 4 truckloads removed, and a minimum of 2 people working at any time, but sometimes a second team of two would arrive to help for a few hours until their next job.
I could not have been happier with Goodbye Junk!
The upfront communications with the call centre client-service personnel were professional and clear, and the pricing was, in my opinion, both clear and fair.
The ongoing Goodbye Junk call centre communications were both frequent and timely, and they also checked after each visit to make sure I was happy with the work done, as did the on-site workers.
The on-site junk removals team, the guys doing all the hard work on-site, worked diligently and continuously and, very importantly for me, without complaint - notwithstanding how dirty the materials to be removed or how unpleasant the location. Whatever I asked them to do, nothing was too much trouble for them. Indeed, they would sometimes suggest they take junk materials I had not expected them to take. And, they were always very friendly, polite and respectful. What a great team of workers!
The trucks were always diligently loaded to utilise the space in the truck, being filled almost to the top, and covered. Recyclable materials were separated, a good sustainability / environmental solution (I hope they made a few dollars too).
And where a load did not fill the truck, I was not charged the full truck rate.
I was able to pay electronically on the completion of each load, very convenient.
In summary::
My experience with Goodbye Junk was outstanding, exceeding my expectations.
I would certainly use Goodbye Junk again - but hoping it will only ever be for much smaller jobs, and never again have such a huge and dirty and risky mess! I would not even givr consideration to using other junk removalists.
I could not rate Goodbye Junk any higher.
I strongly recommend using Goodbye Junk for a great experience on every level.
I have no connection with Goodbye Junk other than as a recent client.