Most southern NH basements we clear come stocked with a similar set: a couch or sectional from a previous house, plastic bins of holiday decorations stacked four deep, old paint cans on a shelf, college-era furniture nobody's sat on in twenty years, and the exercise bike with laundry hanging off it. After the obvious stuff is gone, you start running into the harder calls. What's tucked behind the water heater, whether that old crib is worth saving, what's actually in those file boxes.
Most basements have seen at least a little water at some point, which usually shows up as soft cardboard, furniture with water lines, or old carpet that's seen better decades. Light water damage on furniture and boxes is fine for us to haul. Active mold, standing water, or sewage involvement is a different story, that's a remediation job that has to happen first before any cleanout crew should be working in there.
Basements are where old washers, dryers, water heaters, dehumidifiers, and freezers go to die. Most can be hauled, though refrigerators, freezers, and dehumidifiers need refrigerant handling and may carry an additional fee. If you've got an old oil tank, that's a separate specialty and you'll want a tank-removal company.
The hardest part of basement work isn't the volume, it's the stairs. Narrow turns, low headers, hand-rails that get in the way. Tell us about the stair setup when you book so we can plan the right approach. If something's going to need to come out through a bulkhead instead of the interior stairs, mention that too.
You don't have to do much. If you can't face going down there to organize, leave it alone and the work gets done on site. If you do want to pre-sort, pull anything you're keeping into one corner or up to the main floor. Flag anything you want set aside before it goes (documents, photos, anything sentimental hiding in a box).
Tell us about the stair setup when you book: narrow turns, low headers, hand-rails in the way, anything tight. The more we know before the visit, the better the crew size and approach can be planned around it.
Light water damage on furniture, boxes, and cardboard is generally fine to haul. Active mold, standing water, or sewage involvement is a remediation job that needs to happen first, before any cleanout crew should be working in there.
Yes. Old water heaters, washers, dryers, and dehumidifiers come out of basements regularly. Refrigerators, freezers, and dehumidifiers contain refrigerant and may carry an additional disposal fee.
Oil tanks are a specialty. They need a dedicated tank-removal company that handles the pumping, cutting, and disposal. That isn't something we take on as part of a cleanout.
Not always. If a bulkhead is a better path for furniture or large items, that route can work. Mention it when you book so we can plan the right approach.
All 92 of them. We run basement cleanouts across southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts out of our yard in Fremont, from the Seacoast over to the Merrimack Valley. Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Portsmouth, Hooksett, Epping, Londonderry, and Goffstown are all on the regular route. The service area page lists every town we cover. Give us the street address and we will confirm the run.
It comes down to who does the lifting. Book a basement cleanout and our crew shows up, loads everything, and hauls it in one visit, so you never touch the pile. With a roll-off dumpster we drop the container and you fill it across the week at your own pace, which usually costs less if you have the time and the hands. Tell us what the basement cleanout involves and we will say which way comes out cheaper.
What a basement cleanout costs depends on volume and what is in the load. For dumpster work, the booking system on the pricing page gives you a real number for your address in about a minute, with delivery, pickup, and the weight allowance already inside it. For crew work we quote the basement cleanout from a description or a few photos. Call 603-634-9947 and we will work it out on the phone.
Not sure whether a basement cleanout is what your job needs? One call sorts it, and we will say so if a dumpster is the cheaper route.
Call 603-634-9947Describe what's down there, even roughly. We'll quote the job and plan around the stairs.
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