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Is there free junk removal in Albuquerque? Not for everything: the City's Large Item Pick-Up is free at the curb for residential Solid Waste customers (call 311), charities pick up everyday furniture in good shape, and true junk goes to a paid hauler — a smaller load once the good half is gone. The catch with me: it's a request, not a booking; vintage and quality furniture yes (photo first), but no ordinary or particleboard furniture, mattresses or trash; not tax-deductible.

Every one of these starts the same way: a date on the calendar — the movers, the closing, the listing photos, the lease-out, the unit’s next bill — and a house, garage or unit full of things that have to be out of the way by then. Pick your situation, or just text me photos and the date: I’ll tell you what I can take free, whether I can make your date, and exactly who takes the rest.

Pick your situation

• Selling the house, or any hard date — a listing, a closing, a lease-out, movers on the calendar
• Moving or relocating — out of town, out of state, or just across Albuquerque, with a truck date coming fast
• Military PCS from Kirtland — weight limits, a report date, and a garage that has to be empty
• Downsizing, or clearing a parent's house — decades of belongings and not enough weekends
• After a death in the family — clearing a loved one's home with care, at your pace
• After the estate sale or yard sale — what didn't sell still has to go somewhere
• Whole-house or estate cleanout — the full job, honestly triaged
• Storage unit — stop paying rent on things you don't want
• Business, office or print shop closing — equipment, steel desks, flat files, presses and type cabinets before the lease ends
• A retiring printer, architect or draftsman — presses and type, flat files and drafting tables
• Garage, shed or workshop — where the value hides
• Remodel, repipe or old-house renovation — the copper, wire, brass and dead water heater left over, and the old doors, hardware and fixtures that are already out

Doing it yourself first? Read how to clear out a parent's house, room by room or the week-by-week moving plan.

Need it out by a date?

Movers on the 18th, a closing on the 3rd, a lease that ends Friday, a storage unit that’s due, an estate sale that’s over and a house that has to be empty: that’s when I’m most useful. Text me photos of what’s in the way and the date. I come get the good stuff — tools, electronics, vintage and quality furniture, old lighting and hardware, gear, appliances, scrap metal — and tell you who takes the rest, so the paid part of the job gets smaller.

The honest part: I’m one person and pickups run by request around my routes, so I don’t promise dates. Tell me yours in the first text and I’ll say straight whether I can make it, take part of it, or point you to a crew that can. The earlier the photos, the better the odds; for a box or two, drop-off by appointment is the surer route. Selling the house? Ask your agent before anything attached leaves — the purchase contract decides what conveys (work backward from the listing date).

Text me the photos and the date →

Who picks up for free in Albuquerque? The honest map

Details, addresses and every other drop-off are in where to donate anything in Albuquerque.

Things like these have already gone to buyers through me — a few, in my own eBay listing photos:

Sell it, donate it, or have it picked up? The one-minute rule

• High value and you have the time: sell it yourself and keep the money — where to sell in Albuquerque.
• Worth selling, but not by you: consignment, an estate sale company or an auction house — who sells what for you.
• Low value or bulky: a charity pickup, or the City's Large Item Pick-Up at the curb.
• The resale-worthy share and no time: text me a photo; I pick it up free, by request.
• Broken electronics: free pickup, working or not — e-waste pickup.

How a clear-out works with me

1. Send photos — wide shots of every room, garage, and closet. Don't sort first — but open the closets: good boots, coats and labels are worth a photo (quality clothing & shoes). I read every request personally.
2. I reply honestly: what I can take free (the resale-worthy share), what a charity or the city will take, and what needs a paid hauler. You get a plan, not just a truck.
3. Pickup by request, around my routes. I'm one person with a trailer and a forklift; I'll tell you what's realistic for your date rather than overpromise. Drop-off by text is the surest option for smaller loads.
4. Afterward, a Reclaim Receipt: a note telling you where the things actually went.

Why this beats a junk hauler for the good half

A hauler charges by the truckload and crushes everything the same. I'm a reseller: the tools, electronics, gear, collectibles, vintage furniture, small appliances, and scrap metal in that house are what my business runs on, so that share rides free — and it ends up with someone who wanted it instead of in a landfill. For the true junk, I'll tell you exactly who to call. Most people spend one afternoon instead of six.

Text me a photo → Or use the request form