Walk-up apartments, row houses with basements, condos, and the 18th Street strip (20009). Flat photo-quoted price from $75, same-day when a slot is open. We carry furniture and mattresses down from any floor and basement contents up and out — no stair fee — and we do the loading-zone dance so nothing waits on the sidewalk.
Send a photo — exact flat price back in seconds
Upload a Photo & Get Quote →Adams Morgan is built out of two kinds of stairs. Going up, it is walk-up apartment buildings — three and four stories, no elevator, a narrow turn at every landing, and a heavily renter population that moves on the lease calendar. Going down, it is row houses with basements, where thirty years of a household's overflow sits at the bottom of a flight that nobody wants to climb twice. Between them sit the condos, and over all of it runs 18th Street, whose bars and restaurants make commercial clear-outs a genuine Adams Morgan job type rather than an afterthought.
Then there is the parking, which residents of this neighborhood do not need explained to them. Permit-parked blocks, no driveways, loading zones that are occupied when you need them, and a strip that gets busier as the evening goes on. That constraint is not a footnote to how a pickup works here — it is the plan. We book a window, keep the load moving, and never leave your sofa parked on the sidewalk while a truck goes looking for somewhere to stop. (DC sales tax applies at checkout.)
Photograph the piece, the apartment, or the basement from the bottom of the stairs. An exact flat price comes back in seconds — no walkthrough, no estimator.
Same-day is usually open across 20009. Tell us the floor and the stair situation; if it is a business on 18th, we come before opening or after close.
An insured, vetted crew carries it down from the fourth floor or up from the basement, blankets the rails on the way, and routes what is usable to donation.
Flat and photo-quoted. Named pieces price per item; an apartment, a basement or a storefront prices as truck-fill. The stair carry in either direction, the loading and the disposal are already inside the number — no stair fee, no floor-count surcharge.
| Item | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Bar-height stool | $50 |
| Dining chair | $60 |
| TV (medium) | $91 |
| Bookshelf | $97 |
| Twin mattress | $111 |
| Box spring | $124 |
| Queen mattress | $139 |
| Futon | $150 |
| Mini fridge | $155 |
| Loveseat | $160 |
| Dresser | $169 |
| Sofa / couch | $170 |
| Refrigerator | $221 |
| Sectional — 3-piece | $249 |
Apartments, basements and storefronts — truck-fill ladder
| Truck fill | Flat price |
|---|---|
| 2/8 of the truck | $325 |
| 3/8 | $455 |
| 4/8 (half truck) | $580 |
| 5/8 | $690 |
| 6/8 | $790 |
| 7/8 | $890 |
| Full truck (8/8) | $985 |
$75 order minimum. A basement or an entire apartment is almost always cheaper on the truck-fill ladder than as a list of items — send photos of the space rather than an inventory and we price the fill level. For a handful of pieces, per-item usually wins. We quote both and you take the lower one. DC sales tax applies at checkout.
As an outside reference point, HomeGuide's 2026 pricing research puts 1-800-GOT-JUNK at roughly a $100–$150 minimum, about $400–$600 for a half truck and $700–$1,000 for a full truck, with College HUNKS starting around $150 — all priced by volume after a crew comes out to look. Our ladder is published and committed from your photos before anyone drives to 18th Street.
| Option | Cost | Speed | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| DC DPW bulk trash (311 / dpw.dc.gov) | Free | Scheduled appointment | Only single-family and ≤3-unit buildings — 7 items per appointment, no renovation debris, nothing commercial, and you get it to the curb yourself |
| Donate (Goodwill, Salvation Army, Habitat ReStore, A Wider Circle) | Free | Days | Clean, resellable items only — and a donation crew is not carrying a sleeper sofa down from the fourth floor |
| Leave it in the alley or by the dumpster | Free, then not | Immediate | It becomes your building's problem and then yours; illegal dumping is enforceable and the item usually stays put |
| Franchise hauler (1-800-GOT-JUNK, College HUNKS) | ≈$100–$150 minimum, $400–$600 half truck (HomeGuide 2026) | 1–3 days | Volume-priced and confirmed on site, so the phone number is an estimate rather than the bill |
| JunkRabbit | From $75 · sofa $170 · truck-fill $325–$985 | Same day | None — flat photo price, carried down or up, no stair fee, donation-routed |
Adams Morgan is unusual in that the free city program misses most of the neighborhood twice over, for two entirely separate reasons.
The residential exclusion. DC DPW bulk trash — scheduled through 311 or dpw.dc.gov — serves single-family homes and buildings of three units or fewer, allows seven items per appointment, does not accept renovation or construction and demolition debris, and collects curbside on a scheduled date. Under District rules, condos, co-ops and buildings of four or more units are excluded from city bulk pickup entirely and must have bulk items removed by a private, licensed hauler. Adams Morgan's housing is overwhelmingly walk-up apartment and condo buildings well past that four-unit line, which means the majority of residents here have no city appointment to book at all — not a slow one, not a capped one, none. Row houses that are still one or two households do qualify, and if that is you and your list is short, use the free program; we would rather say so.
The commercial exclusion. This one catches the strip. A bar, restaurant or shop on 18th Street was never covered by residential bulk pickup in the first place — commercial waste is a separate stream, independent of building size or unit count. A refit that strips out seating and bar millwork, a kitchen being replaced, a concept closing at the end of its lease: all of that has always been private-hauler work by definition, not by exception.
The result is a neighborhood where the "just wait for the city truck" advice is wrong for most of the people reading it. What is left over is our lane: the four-plus-unit walk-up with no municipal option, the seven-item cap that cannot survive a real move-out, the renovation debris DPW refuses at every address in the District, and the basement that would take twenty appointments. Plus the part no municipal program does anywhere — carrying it down four flights for you.
A neighborhood that turns over this fast throws out a lot of perfectly good furniture, so donation is the first route we try. Usable pieces and household goods go to Goodwill of Greater Washington, the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity ReStore and A Wider Circle in Silver Spring, which furnishes homes for families leaving shelters and will issue documentation on request.
Televisions and electronics go to the District's e-waste drop-off rather than travelling with a landfill load. Metal — bed frames, shelving, chair frames, the skeleton of a stripped bar — goes to scrap. Anything holding refrigerant, from a bar cooler to a mini fridge, gets EPA-certified recovery first; that is a legal requirement rather than a line item, and it is inside the flat price. Only what nobody can reuse tips at a regional transfer station, and given what disposal costs in this metro, diverting first is simply the sensible way to run a load.
Going down. Third- and fourth-floor walk-ups with no elevator, narrow turns at the landings, and doorframes that were sized for 1920s furniture. We take doors off hinges where a piece will not clear, blanket the rails and the plaster, split sectionals into their sections, and carry it down. No stair fee — the fourth floor prices exactly like the first.
Going up. Row-house basements are the other half of the work here, and they are harder than they look: low headroom, a tight turn at the top of the stairs, and contents nobody has sorted in years. We carry it all up and out, sweep behind us, and price the space as truck-fill so you are not asked to inventory boxes you have not opened since you moved in.
The street. No driveways, permit parking, and 18th Street getting busier by the hour. We work a short planned on-street window and keep the load moving, so nothing is staged on the sidewalk waiting for a truck. If your building has a managed condo association that wants a certificate of insurance naming it as additional insured, send us the contact and we file it ahead of the job — no surcharge for it.
"Third-floor walk-up — carried the couch and mattress down and out same-day. No stair fee, flat price. Perfect."
"Rowhouse basement cleared, carried up and out. Fair flat quote, same-day. Easy."
"Whole apartment gone in an afternoon. Photo, flat price, easy. Highly recommend."
How much does it cost in Adams Morgan?
Flat, photo-quoted: sofa $170, loveseat $160, futon $150, 3-piece sectional $249, queen mattress $139, twin $111, box spring $124, dresser $169, bookshelf $97, medium TV $91, mini fridge $155, refrigerator $221, dining chairs $60, bar stools $50. Apartments, basements and storefronts run the truck-fill ladder, $325 at 2/8 up to $985 full. $75 order minimum, stair carry and disposal included. DC sales tax applies at checkout.
Will DC bulk trash take it?
Only if you are in a single-family home or a building of three units or fewer — 311 or dpw.dc.gov, seven items per appointment, no renovation debris. Most Adams Morgan walk-up and condo buildings are four-plus units and are excluded, requiring a private licensed hauler. An 18th Street bar or restaurant is commercial and was never covered at all.
Is there a stair fee?
No — down from a fourth-floor walk-up or up from a basement, the carry is inside the flat photo price.
Can you clear a basement priced as one job?
Yes. Send photos from the bottom of the stairs and we quote the truck-fill level, $325 to $985, with everything carried up and the floor swept.
Can you clear a bar or restaurant on 18th?
Yes — seating per piece, millwork and line equipment by volume, scheduled before opening or after close.
Where will you park?
A planned short on-street window on a permit-parked block, with the load kept moving so nothing sits on the sidewalk.
Can you come same-day?
Usually across 20009 if photos arrive in the morning, with no same-day premium. A condo COI lead time or a business's service hours can shift the window.
Flat and photo-quoted. Single pieces: sofa $170, loveseat $160, futon $150, 3-piece sectional $249, queen mattress $139, twin mattress $111, box spring $124, dresser $169, bookshelf $97, medium TV $91, mini fridge $155, refrigerator $221, dining chair $60, bar-height stool $50. A whole apartment, a basement or a storefront prices as truck-fill: 2/8 of the truck $325, 3/8 $455, 4/8 $580, 5/8 $690, 6/8 $790, 7/8 $890, full truck $985. The order minimum is $75, and the stair carry, loading and disposal are included. DC sales tax applies at checkout.
For a minority of addresses here. DC DPW bulk trash, booked through 311 or dpw.dc.gov, serves single-family homes and buildings of three units or fewer, caps each appointment at seven items, and refuses renovation or construction and demolition debris. Adams Morgan is dominated by walk-up apartment and condo buildings of four or more units, and District rules exclude those from city bulk pickup entirely and require a private, licensed hauler. Separately, a bar or restaurant on 18th Street was never covered by the residential program at all, because commercial waste is its own stream. Two different exclusions, one neighborhood.
No. Adams Morgan walk-ups routinely run three and four floors with no elevator and a tight turn at each landing, and the carry down is already inside the flat price quoted from your photo. It works the same in the other direction when a row-house basement has to come up. There is no stair fee and no floor-count surcharge.
Yes. Seating prices per piece — dining chairs $60, bar-height stools $50 — with a mini fridge at $155 and a full refrigerator at $221. Bar millwork, kitchen line equipment, shelving and cooler panels price by volume as truck-fill from photos rather than per piece. We schedule before opening or after close so the strip's sidewalk and your dining room stay clear during service hours.
Yes, and it is one of our regular Adams Morgan jobs. Basements price as truck-fill rather than per item because nobody wants to inventory thirty years of boxes — send photos from the bottom of the stairs and we quote the fill level, from 2/8 of a truck at $325 up to a full truck at $985. Everything is carried up and out, the floor is swept behind us, and usable items are routed to donation.
We plan it before we arrive. Adams Morgan is permit-parked and notoriously tight, with no driveways and loading zones that are usually taken, so the crew works a short on-street window and keeps the load moving rather than staging your furniture on the sidewalk while somebody circles the block. Tell us the block and the nearest usable loading zone when you book and we build the approach around it.
Donation first. Usable furniture and household goods go to Goodwill of Greater Washington, the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity ReStore and A Wider Circle in Silver Spring, with receipts on request. Televisions and other electronics go to the District's e-waste drop-off, metal goes to scrap, and any refrigerant appliance including a mini fridge or a bar cooler gets EPA-certified refrigerant recovery before disposal. Only what is genuinely waste is tipped at a regional transfer station.