One number, one person, and a firm total before the work starts. The same owner-operated service, scheduled around your timeline, across El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Amador counties.
Rental turnovers are the most common commercial call. The tenant leaves, the unit has to be empty by a date, and somebody has to deal with what got left behind. I clear it, sort it, and you get the unit back. Nothing needs moving to the curb first — upstairs units and interior stairs are part of the job, not an extra.
Pre-listing cleanouts and estate clearances. A property shows better empty and the timeline is usually tight. Send photos or walk me through it, get a firm total, and it's gone. Anything still usable goes to Goodwill or a hospice donation program rather than straight to the transfer station — which matters more than you'd think when a family is involved.
Post-project debris — lumber, drywall, tile, brick, concrete. If the wood is in one pile and the concrete is in another, say so: clean single-material loads are far easier to recycle. One thing worth stating plainly, because it comes up on older foothill properties: I cannot take asbestos. That needs a licensed abatement contractor, not a junk truck.
Desks, chairs, filing cabinets, shelving, and the cupboard of dead monitors and towers that every office has. California bans electronic waste from the regular waste stream, so e-waste goes to an approved recycler — not into a dumpster, and not to the transfer station.
Abandoned or expired units, and whole-property clearouts. Tell me how many units and roughly what's in them and you'll have a price before I turn up. If your job isn't on this list, call anyway — the answer is usually yes.
The same way as everything else: by the cubic yard for the space it takes up in the trailer, not per item, with a $165 minimum on any job. Distance factors in, and so does anything unusually heavy — concrete, soil, roofing. Both get quoted up front rather than added afterwards. You get a firm total before anything is loaded, which on commercial work matters more than it does for a homeowner, because you're usually the person who has to sign off on it and explain it to somebody else.
This is the one I won't answer on a web page, because it depends on the job. Certificates of insurance, set schedules, invoicing terms, site access procedures — tell me what your building, your client or your insurer actually requires when you call, and you'll get a straight answer either way. I'd rather lose the job on the phone than on the day.
Twelve cubic yards. A single unit turnover or an office clearout is usually one load; a full property is several, scheduled across a day or across a week depending on what suits you. Either way you get the number of loads and the total before I start, rather than a surprise on the second trip.
Furniture, appliances, electronics and e-waste, yard and green waste, construction debris, general clutter, old equipment and scrap metal. Loads get sorted rather than tipped whole — donation first, then recycling, then the transfer station for whatever is genuinely spent.
Chemicals including paint, solvents, pesticides and motor oil; gasoline and other flammables; asbestos; medical and biohazard waste; explosives; and sealed or pressurised tanks. These need a licensed hazardous waste facility. Flag anything like this when you call so it doesn't hold up the rest of the load on the day.
Me. ATS is owner-operated, so the person who quotes your job is the person who does it, and the number you call is the number that answers. For property work that's usually the point — no dispatcher, no rotating crew, and the same person on site in March who was there in January. Licensed and insured.
A location and either a list or a few photos is enough for a price. If there are requirements on your side, say so on the call and you'll get a straight yes or no.
