Junk Removal and Cleanouts in Detroit, MI

Detroit is a city of brick bungalows, two-family flats, and neighborhoods that stretch from the east side to Outer Drive and beyond — and a lot of those houses have been holding stuff for generations. TrashMouth is an insured crew based in Southfield, right at the city line, and we've completed more than 1,000 jobs across Metro Detroit.

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We do three kinds of work in Detroit: junk removal, full cleanouts, and dumpster rental with labor.

Junk removal covers single items and small piles — a couch on the porch, a dead refrigerator, storm debris in the yard. Cleanouts cover whole properties: a family house that needs to be emptied, a flat between tenants, a foreclosure that has to be cleared before anything else can happen. And when a renovation is producing debris faster than a truck run makes sense, we bring the dumpster and, if you want, the crew that loads it.

Landlords and investors: this is our bread and butter

Detroit has one of the busiest rental and investment markets in the region, and turnover cleanouts are the most common call we get from the city — a tenant leaves a flat full of furniture, a just-purchased duplex needs to be emptied before rehab starts, a property manager needs the same crew for the third house this month. Here's our full guide to how rental cleanouts work for landlords. One unit or a portfolio's worth, it's the same phone number and the same insured crew.

From one flat to a whole building

Our biggest completed job was a 6,000 square foot former hospital — over 300 cubic yards hauled out of one property. So a two-family flat off Gratiot, a bungalow near Outer Drive, or a commercial space that needs to be emptied to the walls all sit comfortably inside what we already do. Boarded-up basement packed to the ceiling? That's a Tuesday.

What rides in the truck

Couches, mattresses, and whole rooms of furniture. Refrigerators, stoves, washers, water heaters. Yard debris, fence sections, garage backlogs, basement floods' aftermath, and the mixed piles a cleanout always produces. Renovation debris too — plaster, lath, cabinets, flooring — the stuff Detroit's older housing gives up by the ton when it gets updated. The only refusals are hazardous materials with regulated disposal: paint, chemicals, asbestos, fuel. We'll tell you exactly where those need to go, then load everything else.

Straight answers on cost

Three things set the price: how much truck space the load fills, what it weighs, and how hard it is to get out — a third-floor walk-down takes longer than a curb pile. Nobody can price a cleanout honestly without hearing about it first, so call 248-210-6723, describe the property, and you'll get a real number instead of a teaser rate that doubles later.

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Inherited and long-empty properties

A steady share of Detroit calls involve a house nobody has lived in for a while — inherited from a relative, held by a family out of state, or coming back into use after sitting. Those jobs have their own shape. Nobody is certain what is inside, the utilities may be off, and the person arranging it often cannot be there.

We work those remotely all the time. Give us the address and access arrangement, and we will tell you what we find rather than making decisions for you. Photographs before and after are standard on this kind of job, because the person paying is frequently a few states away.

Two practical notes. Utilities being off changes the day — no lighting in a basement means we bring our own. And a property that has been standing empty is more likely to hold the things we cannot take: old paint and solvents in the basement, fuel in the garage, and asbestos in plaster, pipe wrap or floor tile in anything pre-1980. We stop and tell you rather than moving it.

FAQ

Do you actually come into Detroit, or just the suburbs? We're based in Southfield at the city border and work in Detroit regularly. Call 248-210-6723 with your address and we'll confirm timing.

Can you clear a rental unit between tenants? Yes — turnover cleanouts are one of our most common Detroit jobs. Describe the unit and what's left in it, and we'll handle the rest.

I just bought a property that's completely full. Where do I start? Start with a phone call. Tell us the property type and how packed it is, and we'll walk you through how a full cleanout works, from first load to swept floors.

What won't you haul? Paint, fuel, chemicals, and asbestos-containing material all have their own regulated disposal routes and stay off the truck. Tell us what you have found and we will point you to the right one; the rest of the load goes in the same visit.

Do you work with property managers on repeat jobs? Yes. Several of our regular calls are managers who need the same reliable crew across multiple properties. Call and tell us about your portfolio.

Call or text 248-210-6723 or send us the details and tell us about your Detroit property. Junk removal, a full cleanout, or a dumpster with labor — we'll match the crew to the job and get it done.

Bordering areas we cover: Dearborn, Grosse Pointe, and Southfield. Full map here.