Estate cleanout in Johnstown

An estate cleanout empties a household after someone has passed away or moved into care. Liberty Junk Removal takes these jobs in Johnstown and around Northern Colorado, for the family or for whoever is settling the estate, when the house has to be cleared before it's sold or handed back. Every room goes, closets and kitchen cabinets included, along with whatever has been stacked in the garage for years.

You decide what stays in the family. Pull out the photo albums, the jewelry box and any papers the estate needs before the truck comes. Going through a loved one's things takes as long as it takes, and the heavy lifting doesn't need to be part of it. If a buyer asked to keep the dining table or the washer and dryer, say so, and those stay in place while the rest of the house goes.

The house and the family aren't always in the same town. If you're settling things from out of state, anyone who can get inside, like a neighbor or the listing agent, can take the photos and text them over. Liberty Junk Removal works out of Johnstown, in Weld County, and clears estate houses in Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Longmont, Milliken, Severance and the rest of the towns on the service list.

What goes on the truck

• Beds, dressers and nightstands
• Couches, recliners and dining sets
• Fridges, washers and dryers
• Boxes, clothes and linens
• TVs and old electronics
• Workbenches, tools and garage shelving
• The old piano
• Scrap metal and patio furniture

These are the usual pieces on this kind of job, not the whole list.

From the full list of what goes on the truck: home cleanouts.

What does an estate cleanout include?

Nearly everything the family isn't keeping. That covers the bed frames and dressers, the recliner by the window, the dining set and the hutch with the dishes still inside. The clothes in the closets go too, along with the fridge, the washer and the workbench in the garage. Then there are the basement boxes nobody has opened in years. It all matches the household goods a home cleanout takes, with every room in the house counted at once.

A basement cleanout or a couch pickup deals with one corner of a home. An estate often has a date hanging over it, like a closing or the last day of a lease. It's also the job for a property manager when a tenant has passed away and the unit still holds everything they owned. If the rooms are packed so tight you can't walk through them, it's closer to a hoarder cleanout.

Do things from an estate cleanout get donated?

Yes, and donation comes first. Lamps, linens, dishes and furniture in good shape go to Habitat for Humanity and thrift stores, so the china cabinet can end up in another family's dining room. Old bed rails and a rusted patio set count as scrap metal, which gets recycled. The TV and the computer from the den go out as e-waste. Only what's truly worn out, the stuff nobody could use, goes to the landfill.

The drop-offs are part of the job. If you only want the good furniture gone and plan to handle the rest yourself, furniture donation pickup is the smaller job to ask about.

How much does an estate cleanout cost?

An estate cleanout has a $125 minimum. Beyond that, what sets the price is how much room the household fills on the truck, so a one-bedroom condo costs less than a family home with a full basement. Loading, hauling and disposal are all inside that price, dump fees included, and none of them is billed on its own. The quote comes from photos of the house or from an in-person look.

A whole house is hard to judge from one picture, so send several. Text a photo to (970) 634-6969 from each room with the closet doors open, then add the basement, the garage, the attic and the shed.

Does the family have to carry anything out for an estate cleanout?

No. Liberty Junk Removal goes up to the spare bedroom for the dresser and down to the basement for the shelves of canning jars, and you can stay out of the way. Nothing has to be lined up in the driveway or set at the curb ahead of time. For a family that has already spent weeks going through the house, that's one less weekend spent dragging furniture down the stairs.

The day of the cleanout comes with a one-hour arrival window and an ETA, which makes it easier to line up a drive in from out of town or a walk-through with the realtor.

What can't be hauled away in an estate cleanout?

The trailer can't take gas, diesel or any medical or biohazard waste. Paint is fine. Empty cans are best, and full ones cost extra. In a house being settled, the hard items tend to turn up in the same few spots. There are half-used paint cans on the garage shelf and cleaners under the kitchen sink, and sometimes a gas can for the mower in the shed. Cleaners and pool chemicals carry an extra fee and need a question first. After a long illness, a bedroom or bathroom may still hold used needles or other medical waste.

Point out the fuel and the medical items when you send the photos, and they get left off the quote. The garage shelving that held the paint is fine to haul, and so is the bed in the room where the needles were found.

How the price works

Text a photo of what needs to go to (970) 634-6969. Liberty Junk Removal looks at how much room it takes on the truck and texts back a quote for the whole job. The quote holds unless the job turns out bigger than the photo showed. No hourly rate. Jobs start at $125. Read the junk removal cost guide.

Where Liberty Junk Removal does this

All of the Northern Colorado area. See every town Liberty Junk Removal covers for estate cleanout.