The two timelines
The deadline job: a closing date, a lease end, a buyer's walkthrough. It compresses cleanly — quote from photos, big crew, two to four truckloads over consecutive days, done inside a week. The grief-paced job: no external clock, and the right speed is the family's. Staged visits fit this one — the garage this month, the bedrooms when everyone is ready — at the same flat rates, with no penalty for taking the time. Say which clock you are on when you book; it changes the plan, never the price.
What it costs
| Scope | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Single room cleared | $241–$431 (quarter to half truck) |
| Full truckload (16 cu yd) | $732 |
| Typical full house | 2–4 truckloads, quoted per load |
| Upright piano | $364 |
| Hot tub / spa | $390 |
| Sofa / couch (single item) | $126 |
Volume drives the number — not square footage, not hours, not the emotional weight of the work. Each truckload is approved by you before it is loaded, so a staged job never runs ahead of the family, and the minimum job is $75 with every disposal fee inside. No sales tax applies to the service in Colorado.
Go through it first — we mean it
Advice that delays our own booking: go through the house before anyone clears it. Documents live in strange drawers, photographs hide in basement boxes, and the things nobody knew existed only surface once. Clearing too fast is the single mistake this job punishes permanently, and no refund fixes it. When the whole house at once is too much, stage it — and when even that is too much this month, the house can wait. It is not going anywhere, and neither are our prices.
Set-asides: instructed, never inferred
The working rule on every estate crew: nothing personal gets loaded on a guess. You define what stays — painter's tape on keep items, a designated keep room, a written list, photos texted the night before. Anything that looks personal and unlisted (papers, albums, small boxes) gets set aside and flagged, not hauled. The crew asks; it does not assume. That discipline is most of what separates an estate cleanout from a regular one.
We haul — we do not value
Stated plainly because it matters: we are not appraisers, and we will not pretend to know what grandmother's desk is worth. If the estate may hold value, run the passes in order — family keeps → appraiser or estate-sale company → donation → us for the remainder. Every stage after the first can compress when a closing looms, but skipping the second on a house full of old furniture is how money quietly leaves the estate. Once those passes are done, the remainder is exactly what we are built for.
Clearing from out of state
Half the estates in this town are handled from Texas, California, or the East Coast — the kids left, the house stayed. The remote workflow is standard: access via a local contact, realtor, or lockbox; photo quoting so you approve every number from your kitchen table; set-asides photographed and shipped or held per instruction; before-and-after photos of each cleared room; and an itemized receipt for the estate file. Whole houses in Briargate and Security-Widefield have been cleared without the executor boarding a plane.
Where the belongings go
Sorted, not dumped — and in this town the sorting works unusually well: usable furniture meets real demand from military families furnishing on PCS timelines, metal and appliances go to recyclers, electronics enter Colorado's mandated e-waste stream, and the true remainder goes to licensed disposal. The full routing guide covers each stream; the receipt notes what went where, which many executors want on file.
Two worked examples
The compressed closing: a three-bedroom in Village Seven, buyer waiting — family pass done, estate-sale pass done, remainder measured at three truckloads: three truckloads at $732 each, cleared over two days, broom-swept, photos to the executor in Dallas each evening.
The staged goodbye: a Broadmoor house worked over a season — garage first ($431 half truck), guest rooms in month two ($241), the main rooms when the family was ready ($732). Same rates as the compressed version; the calendar belonged to the family.
How booking works
Photos of the rooms — yours or a local contact's — via the quote page, or call (719) 247-5775 and talk it through with a person. Each load is quoted flat and approved before it is touched; payment is a secure card link; and the crew treats the house like what it is — someone's whole life, being handled by strangers who know that.
The bottom line
Two clocks, one price sheet: rooms $241–$431, truckloads $732, most houses two to four loads, set-asides by instruction, valuables appraised before we arrive, the whole thing runnable from another time zone. Get the first number whenever the family is ready — the house, and the price, will wait.
Frequently asked questions
How much does an estate cleanout cost in Colorado Springs?
It prices by the volume that leaves, not the square footage: a single cleared room typically runs a quarter to half of our 16-cubic-yard truck ($241 to $431), and a full house usually takes two to four full truckloads at $732 each — quoted per load, so you approve each stage. Heavy singles have their own lines: upright piano $364, hot tub $390. Crew, careful carry-out, hauling, and disposal are all inside the numbers; the minimum job is $75.
do you decide what gets kept or thrown away
Never — set-asides run on instruction, not inference. Before the crew touches anything, you tell us what stays: tagged items, a keep room, a written list, photos, whatever is easiest. The crew works around instructions exactly and asks rather than assumes when something looks personal — documents, photos, jewelry boxes get set aside and flagged, not loaded. We are movers of the unwanted, not judges of what mattered.
should we go through everything before booking
Yes — and we say this knowing it delays our own booking. Go through the house first, at whatever pace the family can manage: documents, photographs, the things nobody knew were there. Clearing too fast is the one mistake this job punishes permanently. When going through everything at once is too much, staged visits exist for exactly that — clear the garage this month, the bedrooms when the family is ready.
Can you clear an estate if I live out of state?
Routinely — a large share of Springs estates are handled by children who moved away years ago. The workflow: a local key contact (realtor, neighbor, attorney) or lockbox code for access; photo-based quoting so you approve each number from wherever you are; photographed set-asides shipped or held per your instruction; before-and-after photos of every cleared room; and an itemized receipt for the estate file. Whole houses have been cleared without the executor boarding a plane.
what happens to the belongings
Sorted, not dumped: usable furniture and housewares go to donation partners — strong demand in a military town where arriving families furnish quickly — metal and appliances to recyclers, electronics into Colorado's mandated e-waste stream, and the true remainder to licensed disposal. The receipt notes the routing, which many executors want for the file.
Should anything be sold before the cleanout?
If the estate holds genuinely valuable pieces, have them appraised or consigned before we arrive — we haul, we do not value, and we would rather say that plainly than have a family wonder later. The practical order: family keeps, appraiser or estate-sale company takes its pass, donation picks its pieces, and we clear what remains. Every stage after the first can be compressed if the clock demands it.
Send photos and get the first flat number on the quote page, or call (719) 247-5775.