Garage cleanout in Whittier

Garage cleanouts in Whittier and the nearby LA and Orange County cities are a job Louie Villareal, owner of Cast Out Hauling & Junk Removal, takes on himself. The man who quotes your garage is the same one carrying out the boxes. Call or text (562) 781-9101 for a price. A garage cleanout is a different job from picking up one couch. The garage is where things go when they have nowhere else to go, so the pile is mixed. There's furniture waiting on a yard sale that never happened, a dead freezer, boxes from two moves ago, and a shelf of paint cans that can't ride along. Sorting that out is part of the work.

People calling about a garage usually want the parking spot back. Some are getting a house ready to sell. Others are clearing out after a parent moved, or are just tired of walking sideways past the treadmill to reach the dryer. Louie can empty the whole garage or only the part you point at, like the back wall and the rafters. If the overflow already ended up in a rented unit across town, he handles storage unit cleanouts too.

Before you call, look over the old tools, shelving, bikes and boxed garage junk Louie hauls, so you know what will go on the truck and what won't. He's based in Whittier and drives out to the LA and Orange County towns listed on his area page. Louie books around the clock with an hour window for his arrival, which keeps you from losing a whole afternoon watching the driveway.

What goes on the truck

• Old dressers and furniture
• Dead fridges and freezers
• Boxes from the last move
• Bikes and exercise gear
• Shelving and storage bins
• Carpet rolls and scrap lumber
• Broken patio sets

Text or call (562) 781-9101 about yours.

From the full list of what goes on the truck: garage, attic and basement cleanouts.

What ends up in the garage pile

A garage cleanout is mostly the stuff nobody made a call on. Think the old dresser that was going to get refinished and the second fridge that quit. Rolls of carpet, loose lumber, a broken patio set, holiday bins and a stack of moving boxes that never got opened. It's a mixed load, which is what sets it apart from a single item pickup. The job is dozens of small trips from the back corner to the trailer.

Some garages also hold the overflow from the house, like a crib nobody needs anymore or the old TV that got swapped out. Those go on the same load.

Homeowners call before they list a house, because buyers walk the garage too. When a tenant leaves a full garage behind, the landlord is often the one calling. A property manager can book it the same way a homeowner does and tell Louie what stays.

What Louie leaves behind in the garage

Garages are where the hazardous stuff hides, and Louie won't haul it. That covers paint, chemicals, fuel or asbestos. In a garage it's usually the half empty paint cans on the shelf, the pool chemicals, the bug spray under the workbench and the gas can for the old mower. Bags of leftover concrete mix and the potting soil dumped in the corner are off the list too, since concrete and dirt stay behind. The same goes for any pile that would need to be shoveled, like a heap of loose debris swept up off the floor.

If you can, pull those things off to one side before he shows up. That way nothing from the hazardous shelf gets loaded by mistake, and the rest of the garage goes faster. If you're not sure about a can or a bucket, ask him when you call.

How Louie works through a packed garage

Nothing has to be dragged out to the driveway first. He pulls things straight off the rafters and out of the gap behind the washer himself. He works from the door back, so the floor opens up as he goes and you can see what's left.

On most garages it's Louie by himself, and a bigger one may get a small crew helping him. If a landlord or manager is handling a rental, Louie sets the hour window with them and loads only what they've marked to go. Anything you want to keep, say so before the first trip and it stays where it is.

Where the garage stuff goes once it's loaded

Plenty of what comes out of a garage still has use left in it. Patio chairs that just need a wipe down and a bike that needs air in the tires go to a local donation center first. Anything recyclable in the pile gets recycled when possible.

Donation only works for things in shape to use. A treadmill that still runs or a set of shelves with all its pieces can go to the donation center. A patio chair with a snapped leg or a bin of mildewed holiday decorations goes with the trash.

The rest is real trash, like wet cardboard and carpet that sat in a puddle for a winter, and that goes to the landfill. Set aside anything you want donated so Louie sees it.

What a garage cleanout costs

The minimum is $120. Above that, the garage gets a single price, sized by how much truck room your load takes. A garage stacked to the door takes more room than one with a few boxes and a broken freezer, and the number follows that. Once it's loaded, the number doesn't change. The quote is free. Telling him what's up in the rafters when you call helps the number come out right.

The add-on that fits a garage job is the long carry. If the garage sits at the back of a deep lot and the walk to the trailer runs over 50 feet, that's +$50. Louie names it before he starts and never adds it after. Call or text (562) 781-9101 to get the number for your garage.

How the price works

Call or text (562) 781-9101. Louie looks at how much room it takes on the truck and gives you one number for the whole job. The number doesn't change once it's loaded. Jobs start at $120. The only add-ons: upstairs +$25, carry over 50 feet +$50. He tells you before he starts. More on how pricing works.

Where Louie does this

All of the surrounding LA and Orange County cities. See every town Louie covers for garage cleanout.