Do you remember that commercial from Staples a few years back of the father pushing the cart singing, It’s that most wonderful time of the year….?  For many parents having the children at home all summer, whether they are kids or college students, is like having mini wrecking machines that create mess, bring in extra dogs, cats, lizards, and junk at a rate nearly impossible to compete with when it comes to cleaning.  While everyone loves their children, very few love the mess they can sometimes leave.  When August nears and the first day of school approaches parents get serious about cleaning the house.

Having a junk hauler come in and remove unwanted items is like seeing the cavalry approach when you’re down to your last few men.  It is help when you feel hopeless.  It’s chocolate after a breakup.  It’s ice cream when you have been dieting for weeks.  It’s—well, you get the picture.  Junk removal and junk hauling services do what you don’t want to do: clean out and clean up.

Our approach is to help you remove those items that you don’t need any more so that you can use the space for other things.  Older children leaving for college don’t need to come home to those 4 foot animals that they won at a carnival or their old Hello Kitty bedroom sets.  It also helps school-aged children to have a clean, clutter less space in which to study, think, and work.

Junk removal is a fresh start.  It’s a clean slate.  While we’re taking care of the big stuff, you can do your part to reduce the smaller items like broken toys or crayons.  Get rid of clothing they can’t wear anymore.  Throw out beat up shoes and ripped jeans.  Any DVD or Blue Ray case missing its content can go.  Boxes without games and game pieces are trash.  This is the time for you to wipe the slate clean and start over with a cleared and pristine (or as pristine as we can make it) space.  You can even do some serious remodeling if you are sending off a twenty-year-old for their last year of college.

Our junk hauling services are a way for you to get on top of the process and really get your life back on track.  Cluttered space is a cluttered mind.

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Call OC Junk Hauling today at 949-424-9265 and we can help you with all your junk removal and junk hauling needs.

Couches, Couches Everywhere and Not a Spot to Sit

Couches are one of the larger items we move.  With large ticket items like hot tubs we’ve found that many of our clients postpone having it moved because they think the cost will be too high, but with couches people will hold onto those for years thinking they can use it in another room, or could buy a slipcover and/or reupholster it.  We’ve been to places with 3-4 excess couches in basements, guest rooms, and family rooms because people hesitate before throwing away something they think is expensive.  When you’ve paid a lot for something and it’s not falling apart you tend to want to repurpose it.  Unfortunately, most of us underestimate free time or desire to use that free time to something like that, and the couches just get shuffled around from room to room until they end up in the garage becoming unusable.

No one needs couches hanging around that no one is going to sit on, and if you feel guilty about throwing out something that cost you a couple hundred dollars give us a call at 949-424-9265 and we can help you. We really care about the environment and your stuff and will try our best to give your couch a home. Almost 80% of our junk pickups are donated or recycled so you can rest easy knowing that your couch is not going to end up in a landfill.

Read more on how we take care of your unwanted stuff

No one likes clutter and couches take up a lot of space.  That spot you are using can fit any number of items (including a new couch).  When you remove furniture from the home you are not only freeing up space but also giving that spot a face-lift.  You can change the look and feel of a room. Plus, when you use our services and we can donate your stuff, you are also doing some good.

Our family OC junk hauling service takes your old furniture and moves it from the home, and many times to a place where it can be used by someone who really needs it.

As a family run Orange County junk hauling company we see a lot of repeat business and we hear a lot of complaints from clients who have worked with other junk haulers in the past.  Anytime you let someone into your home, whether it is junk hauling or painting, you are establishing a level of high trust.  Most of the time, it works out.  People are basically good.  Sometimes, however, it does not and people find their floors and walls scraped as items are moved from the house, and worse—they see their pets let out as people remove items from the back yard or through the back door.

Here are five tips on choosing the right junk hauling company in Orange County:

1. Check ratings. That’s probably the quickest route and with Yelp, Google+, and other review sites there’s no excuse not to.  Anyone with a rating over 4 stars should be on your short list for consideration.
2. Get personal referrals. Rating sites can be extremely useful, but in the days of Fiverr, people can also get paid to write awesome reviews.  Your friends, on the other hand, are going to give you the straight scoop.
3. Find out the length of time in business. Anyone who has been in a junk hauling business for over five years is doing something right.
4. Check with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). The BBB accepts and investigates complaints so that you don’t have to.  If there is a junk hauler out there doing folks naughty they will most-likely also have a complaint on file with the BBB.
5. BUY LOCAL. Okay, okay so this may be a personal preference, but going with a local business over a national chain keeps the income in your area where it does some real good.  Whether junk hauling or eating out, going local is the way to go.

As a family-run junk hauling company here in Orange County we know who is doing it right and who’s not.  We like to think we’re the best in the area because of the type of care and attention we put into every job, but we also know there are some other great businesses out there who can do you right.  We live in this community and we want what’s best for all of our neighbors.  We try to keep our prices low enough that we are affordable, especially when we add so much value, but at the same time we just want you to be happy with whatever service you choose.