Restored row houses, the new 14th & U condo buildings, and a strip of bars, restaurants and small retail (20001, 20009). Flat photo-quoted price from $75, same-day when a slot is open, walk-ups carried down with no stair fee and condo COIs filed before we roll.
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Upload a Photo & Get Quote →U Street runs a business strip through the middle of a residential neighborhood, and that produces three completely different jobs on the same four blocks. There are the restored row houses on the side streets, held by families and long-term owners. There are the new condo buildings along 14th and U, with concierge desks, freight elevators and a management company that has a move-out policy in writing. And there is the strip itself — bars, restaurants, coffee shops and small retail, where a lease ending means a dining room, a bar back and a kitchen all have to disappear before the next tenant's build-out starts.
Two things complicate every one of them. The first is the curb: 14th and U are permit-parked and parked solid, with no driveways and loading zones that are rarely free when you want one. The second is the clock. On a corridor where businesses open in the afternoon and close after midnight, the window when a crew can actually load without working around customers is narrow and specific — so we schedule to it rather than pretending it does not exist.
The corridor also carries the Little Ethiopia business district at 9th & U, which we serve with Amharic-speaking crews on request; that story belongs to our Shaw & U Street page, where it is covered properly. (DC sales tax applies at checkout.)
Photograph the piece, the unit or the storefront. An exact flat price comes back in seconds — nothing gets renegotiated when the truck arrives.
Same-day is usually open across 20001 and 20009. Condo needs a COI and a freight-elevator slot? Business needs us before opening? Both get booked in advance.
An insured, vetted crew does every lift — down four flights, through a service corridor, or out a restaurant's back door — and routes what is usable to donation.
Flat and photo-quoted. Named pieces price per item; an apartment, a condo unit or a storefront prices as truck-fill. The stair or elevator carry, the loading and the disposal are already in the number — no stair fee, no high-rise fee, no after-hours fee.
| Item | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Folding chair | $40 |
| Bar-height stool | $50 |
| Dining chair | $60 |
| TV (medium) | $91 |
| Twin mattress | $111 |
| Commercial copier | $131 |
| Queen mattress | $139 |
| Mini fridge | $155 |
| Loveseat | $160 |
| Dresser | $169 |
| Sofa / couch | $170 |
| Refrigerator | $221 |
| Sectional — 3-piece | $249 |
Whole units 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. Clearing a dining room, a bar or a whole apartment? Photograph the group rather than each chair — twenty seats priced as a set lands well under twenty separate line items, and bar millwork, kitchen line equipment and shelving price by volume rather than per piece. We quote per-item and truck-fill side by side and you take whichever is lower. DC sales tax applies at checkout.
For an outside benchmark: HomeGuide's 2026 pricing research puts a 1-800-GOT-JUNK half truck at roughly $400–$600 and a full truck at $700–$1,000, with College HUNKS around $350–$500 for a half load and $600–$800+ for a full one — all volume-priced and confirmed only after an estimator visits. Our ladder tops out at a published $985, committed from photographs.
| Option | Cost | Speed | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| DC DPW bulk trash (311 / dpw.dc.gov) | Free | Scheduled appointment | Row houses only — single-family and ≤3-unit buildings, 7 items per appointment, no renovation debris, and nothing commercial |
| Donate (Goodwill, Salvation Army, Habitat ReStore, A Wider Circle) | Free | Days | Clean, resellable items only; a donation truck will not strip a bar or empty a fourth-floor walk-up |
| Self-haul to a transfer station | Truck rental + tip fee | Half a day or more | You need a truck, somewhere on 14th or U to put it, and the willingness to do every lift twice |
| Franchise hauler (1-800-GOT-JUNK, College HUNKS) | ≈$400–$600 half truck, $700–$1,000 full (HomeGuide 2026) | 1–3 days | Volume-priced after an on-site estimate, and rarely willing to work a 6am pre-opening window |
| JunkRabbit | From $75 · sofa $170 · truck-fill $325–$985 | Same day | None — flat photo price, COI filed, no stair fee, before-open or after-close scheduling |
The corridor's split stock means the honest answer depends entirely on which door you are standing in.
If you are in a row house on a side street: yes, most likely. DC DPW bulk trash, scheduled through 311 or dpw.dc.gov, serves single-family homes and buildings of three units or fewer. It is free, and if your list is short you should use it. The limits are real, though: seven items per appointment, no renovation or construction and demolition debris, a scheduled date rather than a same-day one, and curbside collection — everything still comes down your stairs and out to the street under your own power.
If you are in one of the new 14th & U condo buildings: no. Those are four-plus-unit buildings, and under District rules condos, co-ops and buildings of four or more units are excluded from city bulk pickup and must have bulk items removed by a private, licensed hauler. There is no free program to weigh against a paid one — the comparison people usually make simply does not apply to your address. Building management will generally tell you the same thing, and the residents who find out the hard way are the ones who leave a mattress by the loading dock.
If you are a bar, a restaurant or a shop on the strip: also no, and for a different reason. Commercial waste is an entirely separate stream — the residential bulk program never covered a business at any address, in any building type, at any unit count. A fit-out that is being torn down, a dining room of seating being replaced, a bar back coming out: that has always been private-hauler work. Nothing about it is a loophole or a policy change; it is simply how the residential and commercial streams are drawn.
So on one block you can have a row house booking a free seven-item appointment, a condo owner a hundred feet away who is legally required to hire someone, and a restaurant that never had a municipal option in the first place. We serve all three — and we will tell you straight if you happen to be the one who can use the free program.
A closing restaurant and a condo turnover produce very different loads, and both deserve better than a single trip to a landfill. Donation comes first — usable furniture and household goods are routed 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. Receipts are available on request, which matters if you are closing out a business's books rather than clearing a bedroom.
Metal and bar stainless — prep tables, shelving units, chair frames, a stripped back bar — go to scrap. Electronics, from the point-of-sale screens to the office copier to an old flat panel over the bar, go to the District's e-waste drop-off. Anything holding refrigerant, including a bar cooler or a mini fridge, gets EPA-certified recovery before disposal — a legal requirement rather than an upsell, and it is inside the flat price. Only genuine waste tips at a regional transfer station, and tipping in this metro is expensive enough that diverting is in everyone's interest.
The older walk-ups: no elevator, narrow stairs, a turn at each landing. We carry sofas, mattresses and dressers down from any floor, pull doors off hinges where a piece will not clear, blanket the rails, and split sectionals into sections. No stair fee — the top floor prices the same as the ground floor.
The new 14th & U condo buildings: a certificate of insurance naming the management company or association as additional insured, filed 48–72 hours ahead, plus a reserved freight-elevator or loading-dock window. Send the building contact when you book and we file and reserve before dispatch. Nothing goes through the lobby if there is a service route, and there is no high-rise surcharge.
The corridor itself: permit-parked, metered and full, with no driveways anywhere. We work a short on-street window and keep the load moving so nothing is staged on a busy sidewalk. For businesses we schedule before opening or after close, so a dining room is not being emptied around your customers and the sidewalk stays clear during service hours.
"Third-floor walk-up, no elevator. Carried the couch and mattress down and out same-day. No stair fee. Lifesaver."
"Whole apartment in one quote — couch, bed, desk. Gone in an afternoon. Way easier than the alley."
"Booked in the morning, gone by afternoon. No stair fee, fair flat price. Will use again."
How much does it cost on U Street?
Flat, photo-quoted: sofa $170, loveseat $160, 3-piece sectional $249, queen mattress $139, twin $111, dresser $169, medium TV $91, refrigerator $221, mini fridge $155, dining chairs $60, bar stools $50, folding chairs $40, commercial copier $131. Whole units and storefronts run the truck-fill ladder, $325 at 2/8 up to $985 full. $75 order minimum, carry and disposal included. DC sales tax applies at checkout.
Will DC bulk trash take it?
Row houses of three units or fewer, yes — 311 or dpw.dc.gov, seven items per appointment, no renovation debris, scheduled and curbside. The new 14th & U condo buildings are four-plus units and excluded, and must use a private licensed hauler. A bar or restaurant was never covered by the residential program at all.
Can you clear a bar or restaurant?
Yes — seating per piece, millwork and line equipment by volume, scheduled before opening or after close so service is not interrupted.
Is there a stair fee?
No. Down from a top-floor walk-up or up from a row-house basement, the carry is inside the flat photo price.
Do you file condo COIs?
Yes — 48–72 hours ahead, naming management or the association as additional insured, with the freight elevator or dock reserved. No high-rise surcharge.
Can you come same-day?
Usually across 20001 and 20009 if photos arrive in the morning, with no same-day premium. A COI lead time or a business's service hours can move the window.
Where will you park?
A planned short on-street window on a corridor that is parked solid, with the load kept moving and nothing staged on the sidewalk.
Flat and photo-quoted. Single pieces: sofa $170, loveseat $160, 3-piece sectional $249, queen mattress $139, twin mattress $111, dresser $169, medium TV $91, refrigerator $221, mini fridge $155, dining chair $60, bar-height stool $50, folding chair $40, commercial copier $131. A whole apartment, condo or 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 carry, loading and disposal are included. DC sales tax applies at checkout.
Partly. 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 does not accept renovation or construction and demolition debris. The restored row houses on the side streets generally qualify. The newer condo buildings along 14th and U do not — they are four-plus-unit buildings, and District rules exclude condos, co-ops and buildings of four or more units from city bulk pickup and require a private, licensed hauler instead. Commercial properties are a separate stream altogether and were never covered by the residential program.
Yes, and corridor turnover is one of our steadiest U Street jobs. Seating prices per piece — dining chairs $60, bar-height stools $50, folding chairs $40 — with a back-office commercial copier at $131, 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 early morning or after close so the dining room and the sidewalk stay clear during service.
No. The older buildings on and around the corridor have no elevator, and we carry furniture and mattresses down from any floor at no extra charge. The stair carry is part of the flat price quoted from your photo, and it works the same going up when something has to come out of a row-house basement.
Yes. Those buildings generally require a certificate of insurance filed 48 to 72 hours ahead naming the management company or association as additional insured, plus a reserved freight-elevator or loading-dock window. Send us the building contact when you book and we file the COI and reserve the window before the crew is dispatched. There is no high-rise surcharge — a sofa out of a 12th-floor unit is the same $170 as a sofa out of a basement.
Usually across 20001 and 20009 if photos arrive in the morning, with no same-day premium. Two things can move the date: a condo building whose COI needs 48 to 72 hours of notice, and a business that can only be cleared outside service hours. Both are scheduling questions rather than price questions.
We plan the approach before we arrive. The corridor is permit-parked and parked solid, with no driveways and loading zones that are usually occupied, so the crew works a short on-street window and keeps the load moving instead of staging furniture on a busy sidewalk. For businesses we work around delivery windows and opening hours. Tell us the block and the nearest usable loading zone when you book.
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, which matters when a business is closing out its books. Metal and bar stainless go to scrap, televisions and office electronics go to the District's e-waste drop-off, and anything holding refrigerant such as a mini fridge or a bar cooler gets EPA-certified refrigerant recovery before disposal.