Chicago estates hide their true size: the bungalow's floor plan says two bedrooms, but the full basement and walk-up attic say fifty years of continuous occupancy. Pricing stays simple anyway — flat per truck, $241 to $732, every additional truck at the same rate — no hourly meter running while the family decides, donation receipts for the estate file, bookable by an executor in another state.
Room-by-room photos — flat per-truck quote in seconds
Upload Photos & Get Quote →| Volume | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Quarter truck (one dense room) | $241 |
| Half truck | $431 |
| Full truck — 16 cu yd | $732 |
| Each additional truck | Same flat rate — no escalation |
Loading from every floor — including the basement stairs and the attic ladder — donation sorting, and disposal included. Specialty heavyweights price flat alongside: upright piano $290, pool table $603. No hourly billing, ever: estates are exactly where hourly pricing punishes grief.
The most common estate surprise in this city: the house is three houses deep. Main floor, full basement, walk-up attic — and an estate that occupied all three for decades. The family walks the main floor and guesses two truckloads; the basement (its own institution here) and attic double it. Assume both are full until photographed otherwise — it's why our quote asks for the basement and attic shots up front, and why the number doesn't move on clear day.
Estates run on documentation: itemized receipts per truck, donation receipts on request, per-room photos when it's done — the package an executor drops into the estate file from three states away. The holding-cost math is the quiet argument for speed: every month the house waits, taxes, insurance and utilities bill an empty building. A clear that finishes in days, not seasons, pays part of its own invoice.
Free, no signup — photos in (basement and attic too), flat per-truck quote out
Upload Photos & Get Quote →Flat by volume, no hourly meter: quarter truck $241, half $431, full 16-cubic-yard truck $732, with every additional truck at the same flat rate. The Chicago-specific warning: a bungalow or two-flat estate runs deeper than its floor plan suggests, because the basement and attic are usually full — a '2-bedroom' estate is commonly three to four truckloads once both are opened. Photo-based quotes price the real volume before anyone commits.
The bungalow belt was built with two bonus floors — a full basement and a walk-up attic — and fifty years of continuous occupancy fills both. The main floor the family sees is often a third of the actual contents. Budget (and schedule) with the basement and attic assumed full until proven otherwise; it's the single most common estate-quote surprise we prevent with photos.
Yes — fully remote: photos from whoever has access (realtor, neighbor, family), flat per-truck quote back, booking and payment from anywhere, itemized receipt and per-room photos when the house is empty. Donation-grade items route to donation with receipts available for the estate's records.
Yes — the sequence that protects value: documents and valuables first (check every drawer, book and coat pocket; basements hide strongboxes), keepsakes second, the estate sale third (sale companies want the house full), and the clear last. We take what remains after those passes; we don't appraise or make keep/sell calls — those decisions belong to the family and happen before we arrive.