How Long Does it Take to Clean Out a Property

When we purchase property from individual owners there is a good chance that most of the items will remain in the house. For whatever reason, people do not like to take a lot of stuff with them & accumulate a bunch of junk over the 5,10,15 years that they have lived in the house. So how do we mitigate this? Well, we have to offer a bit lower to account for the trash removal process & dumpsters needed. 

The average cost for us to get a 30 yard dumpster is about $450 when it is completely full. Depending upon the size of the items left behind a 30 yard dumpster can be completely full in 1 days worth of work. So how do we determine how many dumpsters a property will need? 

A general rule of thumb is for a light trash out of a 1000 sq ft house and some of a garage you will fill 1 30 yard dumpster. Then you will most likely want to order another 20-yard dumpster for your contractors to use during the remodeling process. A 20 yard dumpster should be sufficient for any scrap material leftover or misc. items being removed from the house. 

Depending upon who your dumpster provider is you will want to see how they charge you. If it is a flat cost this next section doesn't matter - but we pay by weight. So when we consider throwing carpeting or other absorbent objects in there we need to make sure no rain is in the forecast. If a full house of carpeting gets soaking wet it'll add $60-75 worth of cost to each dumpster. Over the course of 30-40 houses are year with multiple dumpsters per house that can add up! 

My recommendation would be to talk with the dumpster provider you use & see what they recommend for the amount of stuff if the property. If you have extra room, start cleaning out your personal residence & get rid of the clutter!