Cleanouts & junk removal

Junk? It's gone. Value? It's sold.

Whole houses, basements, garages, and barns cleaned out fast — by the one crew that knows the difference between trash and treasure. The junk goes in the dumpster. The good stuff goes to buyers.

Whole houses · basements · garages · attics · barns · rentals · storage units

High Caliber Estate Sales
$40
Per labor hour — no mystery math
Flat
Rate per dumpster, disposal included
$0
To walk through and quote it
4
Counties we cover in Michigan

Why us

A junk hauler throws everything away. We don't.

Call a junk removal company and everything in the house gets the same treatment: into the truck, off to the landfill. The mid-century dresser, the box of old tools, the coin jar in the closet — all of it, gone, and you paid them to take it.

We sell the contents of homes for a living. So when we clean one out, we're looking at every room with a seller's eye. If it's junk, it's gone today. If it's worth money, we tell you — and it can go to our online marketplace or an estate sale instead of the dumpster.

Junk hauler vs. High Caliber

  • Published rates — you can do the math before you call
  • A trained eye on every room before anything gets tossed
  • Valuables sold to a national online audience, not landfilled
  • Bonded & insured, and we leave it broom-swept

What we clean out

One room or the whole property

If it's full and you need it empty, we can handle it — quickly, and without you lifting a thing.

Whole-house & estate cleanouts

Settling a family home or getting a house ready to list. Every room, top to bottom.

Basements, attics & garages

Decades of "we'll deal with it later," dealt with — usually in a single day.

After the estate sale

When our sale ends, we can clear what's left so the house is truly empty and ready.

Rentals & landlord turnovers

Tenant left a mess? We get the unit empty fast so it can earn again.

Storage units

Stop paying monthly rent on things you don't want. We empty it and sort what's sellable.

Barns & outbuildings

Pole barns and sheds hide the best finds — and the heaviest junk. We handle both.

How it works

Full to empty in four steps

1

Walk-through & quote

We look at the job, tell you how many dumpsters and crew hours it should take, and put it in writing. Free.

2

We flag what's worth selling

Before anything gets tossed, we point out the items with real value and you decide what happens to them.

3

Dumpster drops, crew loads

We schedule the dumpster, do all the lifting and hauling, and swap it out if it fills.

4

Broom-swept and done

The space is empty and swept, the dumpster is gone, and you get one clear invoice.

Transparent pricing

By the dumpster, plus honest labor

Most junk companies won't give you a number until they're standing in your driveway. Ours are right here: a flat rate for each dumpster we fill, plus an hourly rate for the crew doing the work.

What that looks like

Typical jobs, all-in:

Garage or basement
one 20-yard · 2 crew × 3 hrs
about $915
Condo or small house
one 30-yard · 2 crew × 6 hrs
about $1,230
Full 3-bedroom house
two 30-yards · 3 crew × 8 hrs
about $2,460

Two-person crew, two-hour minimum. Rates shown are for Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties; St. Clair County is quoted per job. Mattresses, tires, TVs, and Freon appliances carry a small per-item disposal fee, quoted up front.

Questions

Good to know

How much does a house cleanout cost?

A flat rate per dumpster — $675 for a 20-yard, $750 for a 30-yard, $825 for a 40-yard — plus $40 per labor hour for each crew member. A garage or basement usually lands around $900; a full three-bedroom house is typically $2,000 to $2,500. You'll have a written quote before we start.

How fast can you do it?

Most jobs are quoted within a day or two of your call and finished within the week. Once the dumpster is in the driveway, a typical house takes one to two days.

What if there's something valuable in the house?

That's the difference between us and a junk hauler. We run estate sales and sell online for a living, so we know what's worth money. If we spot it, we tell you, and it can be sold instead of going in the dumpster.

Do I need to be there?

No. Plenty of our clients are out of state settling a family home. We can work from a key or lockbox and send you photos when it's done.

Is there anything you can't take?

Hazardous waste, chemicals, and liquid paint can't go in a dumpster — we'll point you to your county's household hazardous waste drop-off. Mattresses, tires, TVs, and Freon appliances can be taken for a small per-item disposal fee, quoted up front.

Need it empty? Let's get it empty.

Tell us what you've got. We'll walk it, quote it for free, and tell you straight whether it's junk, treasure, or some of each.

Get a free cleanout quote