Household rubbish and single-item pickups in Davidson
A dead fridge on its own is worth a booking. So is one mattress, the old lounge once the new one is in, or a TV the council cleanup won't collect. We carry it from where it is, down the stairs or up from under the house, and the price is fixed and agreed before we lift it.
What we pick up
One piece or a mixed load from around the house. If your item isn't here, ask.
Whitegoods
- Fridges and chest freezers
- Washing machines and dryers
- Dishwashers, ovens and cooktops
- Microwaves and small appliances
Beds and bedrooms
- Mattresses and bed bases
- Bedheads, bunks and trundles
- Wardrobes and chests of drawers
- Cots and change tables
Living and dining
- Lounges, sofa beds and recliners
- Dining tables and chairs
- Bookcases, desks and TV units
- Mirrors and glass-top tables
TVs and electronics
- TVs, flat or the old deep kind
- Computers, monitors and laptops
- Printers, stereos and speakers
- The drawer of old cables and chargers
Outdoors
- Outdoor settings and umbrellas
- Trampolines, cubby houses and swing sets
- Barbecues, with the gas bottle off
- Old bikes and electric mowers
Bags and boxes
- What comes out of a cupboard clean-out
- Clothes, toys and books nobody wants
- Delivery cardboard and packaging
- Broken pieces too small for the council pile
What the council cleanup won't take
Northern Beaches Council's bulky goods collection can be booked twice in 12 months, with up to 3 cubic metres collected each time, and everything has to be on the nature strip the night before. It covers a lot, but not everything.
| The item | Council bulky goods | A pickup from us |
|---|---|---|
| TV, computer, monitor or printer | No. TVs, computers and computer peripherals are on the council's excluded list. | Yes, sorted from the rest of the load as e-waste. |
| A three-seater loungeOften longer than 1.8 metres | No, if it's over 1.8 metres long. | Yes, whatever the length. |
| Mirror or glass-top table | No. Sheet glass, mirrors and glass tables are excluded. | Yes. We carry the glass flat and keep it apart from the rest of the load. |
| Anything two people can't lift safely | No, over 40 kilograms, unless it's a whitegood. | Yes. Tell us what it is so we come ready for it. |
| A piano | No. | Ask us. It depends on the piano and the stairs. |
| A few bags and boxes | No. Not household garbage, empty cardboard, or anything smaller than a toaster. | Yes, on the same trip as everything else. |
| Fridge, washer or dryer | Yes, with the doors taken off, in its own pile. | Yes, doors on, from wherever it stands. |
| Mattress and bed base | Yes. | Yes, straight from the bedroom. |
| Where it waits | On the nature strip, from the night before. | Where it is now, inside the house or under it. |
When the council collection is the better choice
If it's a mattress, a bed base or a couple of chairs, you have a collection left this year, and you can get them to the nature strip, book the council. It's a good service for that.
Book us for what it leaves behind, for the item stuck at the bottom of the house, or when the collection you have left is months away and the old fridge is in the way now.
Stairs, split levels and under-house rooms
Most of our single-item carrying involves stairs. A mattress comes down the half-flight from the bedrooms, a fridge comes out of the rumpus room under the house, and a lounge goes up the outside steps to a drive that slopes the wrong way.
The carry is counted before we give you a price. Tell us where the item is and what's between it and the street, and there's nothing extra to find on the day.
It's also the part people get hurt doing themselves. A fridge taken down split-level stairs by two people who haven't done it before is how walls get gouged, treads crack and backs go.
- Up a half-flight
- Bedroom furniture comes down with the banister and the wall corners watched on every turn.
- Under the house
- Out through the garage or up the outside steps, whichever is shorter and safer.
- A steep drive
- We carry to where the truck can stand level, even if that's the street.
- Down the side path
- Tell us about gates, steps and how narrow it gets.
How a pickup works
Tell us what's going
Use the form below. Name the item and where it is in the house; a line is enough.
We agree one price
We ring you back, ask about the item and the carry, and give you a fixed price. If it's easier to see it, we come and look first.
We carry it out
It goes on the truck, and the floor where it stood gets swept.
It's sorted at the other end
Whitegoods and metal go for recycling, TVs and computers are dropped where e-waste is taken, and the rest goes to a licensed facility.
Before we come
- Empty the fridge or freezer and switch it off the day before, so it can drain
- Disconnect the washing machine and let the water run out of the hoses
- Strip the bed, and empty any drawers you can
- Take the gas bottle off the barbecue
- Leave a car's length of the drive clear if you can
- Keep the dog inside while we carry
How a single item is priced
A single item is priced as its own job. You get one fixed figure before we touch it, and the stairs taking longer than you expected doesn't change it.
If you have a few things, put them all on the one visit and we price them together.
- What it is
- A fridge or a TV has its own recycling route and costs more to handle than a chair.
- How many
- Everything on one visit is priced as one job.
- Where it sits
- Stairs, the under-house level and a long carry to where the truck can stand are all counted.
- On the day
- Remembered the old bike? We price it before it goes on.
Questions about single items
Will you come for just one item?
Yes. One fridge or one mattress is a booking, priced for what it is and where it sits in the house.
Does it need to be out on the kerb?
No. It can stay where it is. We take it from the bedroom, the rumpus room or under the house, and nothing sits on the nature strip waiting for us.
Will the council cleanup take our old TV or computer?
No. Northern Beaches Council's bulky goods collection leaves out TVs, computers and computer peripherals. We take them in the same pickup as anything else, and they go where e-waste is accepted.
The new fridge arrives next week. Can you take the old one?
Tell us the delivery day and we'll try to book the pickup around it, so you're not living with two fridges. Empty the old one and switch it off the day before so it can drain.
Do you take gas bottles, paint or batteries?
No. Take the gas bottle off the barbecue and we'll take the barbecue. A NSW Community Recycling Centre accepts gas bottles, paint and household batteries.
The mattress is stained and the lounge is falling apart. Is that a problem?
Not to us. Condition doesn't matter. Tell us if something has been out in the rain, because wet makes it a lot heavier.
When it's more than a few items
- Garage, shed and green waste removalAn under-house garage used as storage for decades, the shed, and prunings from the back of the block.Service
- Renovation rubbish removalRooms emptied before the trades, and what they pull out taken as it comes.Service
- Deceased estate and house clearanceA parent's house emptied room by room, when the family is ready.Estates
Your list
Tap what's going. It goes into your enquiry below.
Tell us about the job
A few lines is plenty. We ring you back, come and look at it, and agree one fixed price before anything is lifted.
No hourly rate, no tip fees on top. The price covers loading, sweeping up and taking it to a licensed facility. If the job changes on the day, we agree the change before we carry on.