Applewood sits between Golden and Wheat Ridge, and my office on West Colfax is about 10 minutes away. I'm Darius. I quote the job, I do the lifting, and I haul it off. Text a photo of the garage, the basement or the pile out back and you get a price by text.
Applewood is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, bordered by Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and West Pleasant View. There is no Applewood city hall, and a lot of Applewood mail says Golden 80401 on it, because the Golden post office serves the area. That's the same ZIP my office is in.
No city also means no city bulky-item day to wait for. So when a couch dies or the garage finally has to be dealt with, you have three real options: ask your trash hauler whether it will take a bulky piece, load it up and drive it to a transfer station yourself, or text me a photo. If it's one item and your hauler will take it, that may be the cheapest route. If it's a garage, a basement or a yard's worth, that's what I'm for.
Paint and household chemicals never go in my trailer, and I don't take dirt or sod. The FAQ below says where the paint and chemicals can go instead.
Before the houses, this was apple and cherry orchard country. The building started in the 1950s: Applewood Mesa opened in 1956 with 600 half-acre home sites, and Applewood Knolls went up in filings from 1959 to 1976, 765 homes in all. That's why so much of Applewood is mid-century houses on lots that feel huge next to newer Denver subdivisions.
Big lots and long ownership fill up in a particular way. The garage stops holding a car. The side yard collects old fence boards, a patio set nobody sits in and the branches from the last windstorm. Inside, the spare room and the basement, if there is one, hold decades of "we might need that."
It just means the job often starts at the back of the lot, not the front door. When a carry from the far corner is more than 100 feet from where I can park the rig, it's $40, and I tell you that when I quote, not after.
All of it. These are the parts of Applewood people usually mean when they text me.
The big subdivision built in filings from 1959 to 1976. Long-owned homes here mean garage cleanouts and, when a house is getting ready to sell, whole-house estate cleanouts.
The half-acre lots between I-70, South Table Mountain and the golf course. Longer carries, more yard debris and brush, and remodel debris when a mid-century house gets updated.
The streets around Applewood Golf Course, a public course that dates to 1961. Garage and furniture pickups here are some of the quickest runs I do from Golden.
Around the Applewood Village shopping center, where Applewood runs up against the Wheat Ridge line. Single items, a couch or a mattress set, often fit into the same day.
Emptied top to bottom and swept, so the car fits again. A full 1-car garage is usually 6 to 8 yards. More on garage cleanouts in Applewood.
A parent's house, cleared room by room at the family's pace. Set aside what stays and I load the rest. See estate cleanout service.
Branches, old fencing, landscape timbers and bagged leaves off a big lot, priced by the load. Details on yard waste removal.
Boxes, old exercise gear, a guest bed nobody sleeps in. Everything comes up by hand, and stairs are $25 a flight.
One couch, a sectional, a mattress set or a dining room's worth. A single couch or a mattress set is usually the $149 minimum.
Updating a mid-century kitchen or bath? Old cabinets, carpet that's already pulled up, drywall and tile. Heavy material like tile is $25 a yard more.
Big Applewood backyards have room for a spa, and eventually for a dead one. Hot tub removal starts at $349, and a typical 4-person tub comes to $524 to $624 depending on access. It's easiest if you drain it and unplug it or shut it off at the breaker first. For a simple plug-in tub I can drain and unplug it for an added cost; a hardwired tub needs an electrician first. I cut it into sections on site and haul it out in one trip.
I haven't written up an Applewood job yet, so I won't pretend otherwise. Here's the nearest real one, and two reviews from customers who hired me for the same kinds of work. None of them are from Applewood.
The customer let me in at the gate. The unit was packed with furniture and boxes, and it was empty and swept in about an hour. That job was $349 under my old flat pricing. Today it would be priced by the yard, like everything else.
How storage unit cleanouts workBest junk removal in Denver, the young man who runs it is very smart and hard working. He cleaned out my garage spotless for a reasonable price. 10/10 would recommend!
Denver junk solutions did a great job removing my hot tub. They were able to schedule me quickly and were transparent about cost upfront.
Reviews are copied word for word from Google. Read them all on the reviews page.
$149 for the first 2 cubic yards, then $75 a yard. No travel fee, no fuel fee, no dump fee. Stairs, long carries and heavy material are the only extras, and you approve the price on site before I start.
Up to 2 cubic yards: one couch, a mattress and box spring, or a few small items
6 to 8 yards, emptied and swept
Commonly 10 to 20 yards, two trips if needed
Example jobs, priced by the yard and confirmed on site. Stairs are $25 a flight, a carry over 100 feet is $40, and concrete, tile, brick or roofing is $25 a yard more. Every extra is written down before I start. The full yard table is on the pricing page, and the junk removal cost guide explains what moves the number.
The office is at 18475 W Colfax Ave in Golden, and most of Applewood is about 10 minutes from it with clear roads. I live in 80401 too. That short drive is why I can often fit an Applewood pickup into the same day when you text before noon, and why there's no travel fee.
I'm there Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm, and Sunday by appointment. I always give you an arrival window.
Most loads go to an STS transfer station, North in Denver or South in Englewood, whichever is on the route. Good-condition items sometimes go to Goodwill or the Salvation Army, and big loads of scrap metal get recycled.
Ask where your load went and you get a straight answer.
Same truck, same pricing on the other side of the line. West toward the office, see the Golden neighborhoods I cover. To the north and east, see junk removal in Wheat Ridge. To the south, see junk removal in Lakewood. To the east, past Wheat Ridge, see junk removal in Denver. Everywhere else I go is on the service areas page.
Text a photo of what's going. I'll text back a price, and if the schedule is open, I'll be there in about 10 minutes' drive.
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