Mr Junk believes in carefully tending the details. While some companies will simply haul your junk and go, our company was built on the principle that our customers are the heart of the job. Whether it’s removing broken furniture in Marietta or cleaning out a Canton tool shed, we do our job thoroughly and efficiently to make certain you don’t have another cleanup once we’re done.

Yard Waste Removal

When you hire an Atlanta junk removal service, the last thing you want is dirt and debris left behind. “When [your junk has] been sitting out for awhile, leaves collect all around the pile,” says Alex, founder of Mr Junk. “We clean, then rake or sweep to make sure it’s perfect: like it was never there.” Renovation debris, storage unit cleanouts, and junk hauling all leave messes behind, but with Mr Junk you never return home to anything but a pristine home or yard.

Recycling and Donation

With great stuff comes great responsibility, and the Mr Junk team believes in giving back to the community. We recycle or donate any hauled material in good condition. By contributing to those in need and focusing on environmental concerns, we help our customers reclaim their living spaces and pay it forward with the furniture and appliances they no longer need. We safely dispose of renovation debris and yard waste we can’t recycle. And since our number one concern is our customer, we always follow-up to ensure your satisfaction with your new, clean living space.

If you’re removing organic yard waste, cleaning out your storage shed, or removing large items from your home, call Mr Junk for first class service and consideration.

Junk isn’t always relegated to at home storage; sometimes closets and cupboards and attics aren’t enough, and it’s easier to haul your junk away for later consideration. Storage units have a way of collecting the best and the worst of your excess stuff. And deciding to overhaul your storage unit can be daunting. But often the items you keep in storage are out of sight, out of mind. Donating or selling your old junk is a great way to simplify your life.

Why Cleanout Your Storage Unit?

Most home organizer professionals recommend eliminating the need for a storage unit entirely. Aside from the monthly expense, storage units create stress because they’re less practical than home storage and less rewarding than selling your unnecessary possessions. Not only do storage units make organization difficult, they are often more susceptible to humidity, mold, and pests than home storage. Finding a climate-controlled storage unit will skyrocket the cost. Unless you are living in temporary housing, it is probably time to reassess the furniture, appliances, and souvenirs you have stored.

Getting Started

Due to the large amount of dust, mildew, and pest waste that often gathers in storage facilities, wear old clothes and protective gloves when cleaning out your storage unit. Most storage units house keepsakes like photographs, jewelry, and heirlooms. Collect your irreplaceable items—along with yearly holiday decorations—to sort and store in your home. Enlist the help of friends and family to divide the rest of your unit; often your discarded furniture will be just what a loved one needs. Categorize your junk into trash, donate, sell, and loan. Have a truck or van ready to relocate your keepsakes and sellable items, and schedule an appointment to haul away the stuff that was just taking up space.

Whether you’re digging into holiday decoration bins, moving across Atlanta, or you’re just tired of the monthly charge, Mr Junk is here to help you maximize your storage unit cleanout efficiency. Not only do we haul junk at minimum cost, we recycle or donate as much as possible, and contribute a portion of our profits to local charities.

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As the weather cools, it’s time to consider how to prepare your home for the coming season. With winter on the way, house maintenance is imperative. Atlanta’s warm autumn air and crisp breezes make the perfect time of year for home renovation projects. So pencil in your checklist, lay down that tarp, and put your Marietta junk hauler on speed dial, because we have your top 5 home renovations for fall.

1. Landscape: Fall is the time to prepare your lawn for spring. Weed, irrigate, aerate, and overseed this fall to guarantee an aesthetic holiday display and a green spring landscape. Rake your leaves and clear fallen branches throughout autumn to keep your yard healthy during the dormant season.
2. Pathways: Muddy yards and worn pathways quickly become tripping hazards during early winter frosts. Guard against winter as well as heavy autumn rains by installing walkways wherever your yard has heavy foot traffic.
3. Weather-proofing: Cool air slips through the cracks of your doors & windows, creating drafts and increasing your heating bill. Replace worn weather strips on your threshold and hang heavy blinds in the windows to prevent autumn’s chill from seeping through.
4. Replacing Vents & Ducts: Dropping temperatures mean more time spent indoors with your family. Boost the air quality of your home and prevent potential fires by replacing the filters in your ventilation system. Clean the ducts of your dryer or replace vinyl ducts with a sturdier metal variety to prevent clogged air and fire hazards.
5. Roof Repair: You never know what leaves, branches, or ice might coat your roof during the colder months to come. Protect against leaks by replacing loose or damaged shingles, checking the seals, and clearing away leaves or branches that might trap moisture against your roof.

When your fall maintenance is complete, call Mr Junk to haul away your renovation debris as well as unwanted appliances, yard furniture, and home clutter.

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Self-help books, magazines, and online publications are brimming with organization, decluttering, and cleaning techniques to push you to better everyday living. But no matter how motivated you are about junk removal, home projects often become more overwhelming than effective. Whether you have a house in Marietta, an apartment in downtown Atlanta, or a condo somewhere in between, they key to clearing away clutter is in knowing what not to do.

Make a Checklist

Diving straight into decluttering usually leads to wading through junk until you’re drowning in a sea of stuff. Before you begin, make a list of each room and what you want to accomplish. Divide your piles into keep, trash, and donate. Let no item escape the system, and check off each area once you’ve completed cleaning. The best way to stay motivated is to make tangible progress.

Manage Your Time

Starting a project you don’t have time to finish will undermine your closet cleaning, furniture sorting, or junk organization before you begin. Divide your projects into manageable sections, starting with a room, a cabinet, or even a drawer. Once you’ve finished a project, stop for the day. Gather up your donations for Mr Junk to haul away. If left for later, your trash bags of unwanted items may become Clutter: Round 2.

Try Before You Buy

One of the biggest mistakes in cleaning closets and junk drawers is buying organization products before you begin. Hitting up the storage store may seem like a step forward, but new purchases often exhaust your motivation and end up as additional clutter. Instead of buying trays, hangers, and boxes you might not use, create a list as you organize each area of your home. After you sort each room, make a trip to the organization aisle and buy only what you need. You’ll be far more effective in the long run.

Mr Junk recycles or donates most of the junk we haul. Call us for furniture, appliances, and clutter removal.

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Thanks to reality television, awareness of hoarding disorder is on the rise. But while it takes more than a junk closet to make a hoarder, most cases aren’t as extreme as the ones on TV. Hoarding is a behavioral pattern that negatively impacts the health, relationships, and quality of life of those who suffer from it. Recognizing and understanding hoarding is the first step in helping someone overcome it.

What Is Hoarding?

Hoarding is a behavioral pattern that revolves around an accumulation of stuff and an inability to throw things away. Though hoarding usually manifests in older people, the early signs develop as early as adolescence. 2-5% of the population suffers from hoarding, nearly 3% more than the number of people suffering from OCD. Hoarders do not collect to display their items, and often feel a sense of shame over collecting what others may deem “junk” or “trash” and hide their stashes.

Negative Impact of Hoarding

When hoarding starts to infringe on living space, it drastically reduces the residents’ quality of life. But hoarding can have more far reaching fallout. Hoarders often cannot recognize their problem. Throwing away even “junk” can make them anxious or depressed. This leads to isolation and a breakdown of their close personal relationships. Health quickly declines in hoarders because of their accumulation of trash, their inability to clean overfull rooms, and hoarding of harmful items.

Hoarding Help

If you know a hoarder, the right answer isn’t an immediate overhaul. Hoarding is a mental disorder that requires psychological assistance. When your loved one is ready to clean out their garages and junk sheds, overflowing closets, and collections of appliances, start slow. Use positive language instead of condemning the habit and realize that hoarders need continued support or they’ll fall back into old patterns.

If you or a loved one suffers from hoarding disorder, contact an Atlanta help center. Once the healing has begun, call your Atlanta junk removal services to remove old collections, stockpiles of magazines and junk mail, and larger items like furniture and appliances. Reclaiming your life means freedom from the controlling power of clutter.

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Fall creates that sweet spot between summer heat and holiday stress that makes September and October perfect for Atlanta junk removal. And what better way to clean out your garage and declutter your closets than to transform your clutter into cash? Get those folding tables ready and stock up on poster board; we’re giving you 10 helpful tips for a successful garage sale.

1. Start with a Checklist. Lists are not only helpful for making inventories of your yard sale items, they’re also a great way to get started. Use a template garage sale list or create your own for more effective junk removal.
2. Advertise. Set a date and spread the word. Advertising around town, in the newspaper, and on Craig’s List is the first step in a successful garage sale.
3. Organize by Size. Keep larger merchandise separate from smaller ones to minimize disorganization and lost items. The clusters will keep your sale from getting as jumbled as your garage was.
4. Categorize. Make large signs to advertise different areas. Try headings like “toys,” “furniture,” “appliances,” and “linens.” Or organize by use, making a poster for each room of the house.
5. Price Everything. Organize little items into bins, ticket the big stuff, and make signs for bulky merchandise. Forgetting to label your old junk only creates confusion for your customer.
6. Item Information. Selling an item with an unusual price, historical value, or a cool story? Include note cards with relevant information.
7. Consign Expensive Items. Your trash may be someone else’s treasure, but most yard sale buyers aren’t going to purchase big-ticket items. If you’re removing antique or expensive furniture, set it away to sell online or at a local consignment store.
8. Free Pile. Who doesn’t like free stuff? Giving away inexpensive or difficult to sell items will free space in your yard and generate goodwill, making your appliances and furniture easier to sell.
9. Enlist Help. Find friends and family who are willing to help out. Sorting, pricing, and selling are time consuming ventures, and it’s hard to haul old junk when you’re organizing a garage sale alone.
10. Make It Fun. An engaging atmosphere is the key to clearing away old stuff. Have fun with your customers and your helpers to make casting off clutter calming.

For unwanted, unsold items, call Mr Junk Atlanta junk removal services.

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Could you imagine living with less than 100 possessions? How about 55? Minimalism is a growing trend that focuses on stripping away the excess items that may be cramping your lifestyle. Now we can’t quite imagine a total home clean out, but as junk haulers we couldn’t help but be intrigued by these innovators who are taking decluttering to a whole new extreme.

What is Minimalism?

According to the leading minimalist bloggers, the lifestyle is less about throwing out stuff and more about reanalyzing your priorities. Where’s your focus? How do you spend your time and money? By sorting attics, garages, closets, and junk drawers and weeding out the things that are broken or unused, you can narrow your perspective about what possessions are truly important to you. And by considering what things you hold dear, you can reevaluate how much of your time is spent on possessions instead of people.

Applying Minimalism to Your Life

Okay, so you probably aren’t going to call Mr. Junk to remove all your worldly possessions. But whether you live in an apartment in downtown Atlanta or in a home in Marietta, there are a few life-changing takeaways you can apply to your home and family. Start with the clutter. Are you holding onto broken appliances? Furniture that’s become little more than a tripping hazard? Have you found boxes without knowing what’s inside? Chances are removing these accumulated items will only create space in your home. Next sort through collectibles and keepsakes. Do they have sentimental value? Keep them! But if you’re having trouble letting go of something you know is unnecessary, try setting it aside for a few weeks. The distance may allow you to let go of junk that’s only inhibiting your lifestyle.

Minimalism may sound like an extreme response to owning too much, but taking a page from the minimalists’ pamphlet can help you open opportunities in your life and your home. Decide what’s important to you and find the right Mr Junk service to haul away the possessions that are cramping your style.

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Fall in Atlanta may come late, but relocation is in the air. School is starting, which means plenty of job changes, life planning, and decorating dorm rooms. Moving your old stuff uncovers plenty of accumulated junk, so why not give your new décor a space to shine?

When was the last time you cleaned out your attic, sorted your garage, or rooted through all those overflowing storage closets? It may seem simple to shove your junk in a box for later, but moving is enough of a hassle without lugging a lifetime of broken memories with you. Tossing your trash before you relocate saves time and cuts moving costs. A junk removal service is a quick and easy way to clear out your space with no added effort. So instead of holding onto broken appliances, old furniture, and useless items from your junk drawer, sort your stuff before you pack and save yourself a headache in the months ahead.

The Mr Junk team is dedicated to customer service. We strive for dependability and efficiency, clearing out your clutter and taking the pressure off your move. A recent customer in the Atlanta area depended on our junk removal services to prepare her aging mother’s home for sale. We cleared away old furniture and a lifetime of accumulated trinkets, opening the house for potential homeowners and simplifying the selling process. She relocated her elderly mother to a spare room in her own home without having to worry about storing forgotten junk into closets and cupboards.

Decide what works in your new home, and let Mr Junk haul away the bits and pieces left behind.