Donate it, sell it, put it out for city collection, or have it hauled same-day. Here's what actually works across DC rowhouses, Maryland basements and Virginia high-rises — and when each is worth it.
Send a photo — one flat price, carried out for you
Upload a Photo & Get Quote →Gently-used sofas, dressers and tables can find a second home. Habitat for Humanity ReStores across the DMV and several local charities offer pickups, though most need lead time and won't take stained, broken or hide-a-bed pieces. If you'd rather not schedule around a charity's truck, we donation-route usable furniture ourselves as part of any haul — you don't have to sort out what qualifies.
Facebook Marketplace, Nextdoor and the local "buy nothing" groups move furniture fast in dense neighborhoods like Columbia Heights, Arlington and Silver Spring. The catch is coordinating pickup — and getting a stranger to haul a sofa down a rowhouse staircase is often the part that falls through.
DC's DPW offers scheduled bulk-trash pickup for residents, and Montgomery/Fairfax/Arlington counties have their own bulk programs — useful and low-cost, but you have to get the item to the curb yourself, they cap the number of pieces, and appliances with refrigerant (fridges, AC units) usually need special handling. That curb-carry is the wall most people hit with a basement sofa or a third-floor mattress.
When the piece is heavy, damaged, up a flight of stairs, or you just want it gone today, we carry it out from wherever it sits — basement, walk-up, or high-rise with the COI on file — and price it flat from a photo. Usable pieces get donation-routed; the rest is disposed responsibly.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Sofa / couch | $170 |
| Sectional | $249 |
| Loveseat | $160 |
| Large dining table | $220 |
| Queen mattress | $139 |
$75 minimum. In DC a 6.5% service tax applies; in Maryland and Virginia there's no sales tax on the service. See the full DC cost guide.