Junk Removal in Clermont
Downsizing in Kings Ridge and Summit Greens, estate cleanouts on the hills south of town, and the garage pile the city stops collecting at ten cubic yards. A written price before loading, carried out from inside.
- Price in writing before loading
- Gated 55+ communities covered
- No deposit, pay when done
Free Estimates in Clermont
Clermont is the oldest town in the Orlando area by the age of its residents and one of the newest by the age of its houses. Nearly a quarter of residents, 23.6 percent, are 65 or older, while 75.8 percent of the housing was built in 2000 or later (American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024). That combination means most junk calls here are a downsizing or an estate: a Kings Ridge villa being emptied after a move to assisted living, a Summit Greens garage that has filled with two households' worth of belongings. We get the pickup arranged, the hauler we route agrees the price in writing before loading, and the estimate is free by phone, photo or on site.
The city's own bulk collection is generous up to a point. Clermont picks up three cubic yards of bulk a week as part of the $29.78 monthly sanitation charge, collects three to ten yards for a scale of fees, and will not collect anything over ten cubic yards at all (City of Clermont, Sanitation Services Update, December 2024). An estate is almost always over ten yards. That line, and the fact the city truck takes only from the curb, is where a hauler who carries from inside earns the job.
Clermont bulk pickup: three yards free, ten yards maximum
Clermont's Sanitation Department runs bulk collection weekly on your regular day, and its rules are clearer than most. The December 2024 Sanitation Services Update lists what the $29.78 monthly residential charge includes: one solid waste cart and one recycling cart in 35, 65 or 95-gallon sizes, weekly cart collection, and weekly bulk garbage collection of up to three cubic yards. Bulk items named by the city include gas grills, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, water heaters, mattresses and furniture, all placed out no later than 7am on collection day (clermontfl.gov, Sanitation).
Above three yards the city charges by the pile:
- 3 cubic yards $37.62, 4 yards $50.16, 5 yards $62.70, 6 yards $75.24
- 7 cubic yards $87.78, 8 yards $100.32, 9 yards $112.86, 10 yards $125.40
- Over 10 cubic yards: the city will not collect it, and removal is the property owner's responsibility
A cubic yard, in the city's own description, is a stack about three feet tall, wide and long. Building materials, tires, hazardous waste and motor oil are refused at the curb, contractors must remove their own debris, and limbs over six inches in diameter are left behind. Electronics go out unboxed at the curb on your pickup day.
So a single washer or a mattress belongs at the curb at no charge. A ten-plus yard estate, a garage with building material mixed in, or anything that has to come down a flight of stairs is where the hauler fits. Junk removal covers the mixed load; estate cleanout covers the whole house.
Kings Ridge, Summit Greens and the 55+ cleanout
Two gated 55+ golf communities on the south side of Clermont produce most of the estate and downsizing calls. Kings Ridge is the larger, about 2,088 homes built mainly between 1995 and 2000 (55places directory); Summit Greens is about 800 homes built between 2000 and 2006 (Life in Lake). Both are now old enough that the original owners are moving to assisted living or passing away, and the adult children handling it often live out of state and have a few days in town.
What that job looks like from the hauler's side: a gate call under the resident's name, a villa or single-story home with a two-car garage, a lanai with patio furniture, and a family that is a little embarrassed by how much accumulated in twenty years. The crew that takes the job sorts keep, donate and haul with whoever is there, tapes refrigerator doors, and hands over a donation receipt on request where a charity accepts the furniture. The price is a written range before anything is loaded, so there is no surprise at the door when a relative is already stressed.
Two more pages apply here. Furniture removal for a single room when a parent moves to a smaller unit, and hoarding cleanout where the house has gone past ordinary clutter; the American Psychiatric Association puts hoarding disorder at about 2.6 percent of people and more common over 60, which in a town where nearly a quarter of residents are over 65 is a real share of calls.
Where Clermont junk goes: Log House Road and the Lake County landfill
Clermont sits in Lake County, so loads from here do not go to Orange County's Young Pine Road landfill. The county's Central Landfill is at 13130 County Landfill Road in Tavares (Lake County Solid Waste, 352-343-3776), about 25 miles north of Clermont. Lake County reported construction and demolition disposal at $54.16 per ton and yard trash at $38.80 per ton to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for 2025 (Florida Solid Waste Disposal Fees, 2025).
Closer to home is the Log House Road Transfer Station at 10435 Log House Road, open Wednesday and Saturday, 8am to 5pm (City of Clermont resource directory). It is the city's named drop-off for hazardous waste, and no construction material is accepted there. The county's household hazardous waste mobile unit has also collected paint, batteries, motor oil and pool chemicals at the Log House site for Lake County residents with proof of residency.
That drive is part of why a hauler's price here covers more than the lift. A full truck of furniture from a Kings Ridge estate is an hour round trip to Tavares plus the tip fee before the crew is back. Appliances take a different road again: Florida Statute 403.708(12) bars white goods from landfill burial and EPA Section 608 requires refrigerant recovery by a certified technician before a refrigerator is scrapped, so a hauler pulling a fridge from a Clermont kitchen needs a metal recycler on the route. Ask whoever attends where the load is going.
What Gets Hauled in Clermont
Clermont calls are mostly whole-house or whole-garage work from the 55+ communities, with a steady share of newer-home renovations. The services booked most often here:
- Junk removal for the pile past the city's ten-yard limit
- Estate cleanout in Kings Ridge and Summit Greens
- Hoarding cleanout where a home has gone past clutter
- Furniture removal for a downsizing move
- Garage cleanout for two households' worth of belongings in one garage
A Typical Clermont Pickup
The situation: A daughter flies in from out of state to clear her late father's Kings Ridge villa before the closing in eleven days. Three bedrooms of furniture, a garage with a golf cart charger, a workbench and forty years of tools, a lanai set, and a refrigerator. She has measured the pile at well over the city's ten-yard limit and has no way to get it to the curb herself.
What gets done: She sends photos of each room, gets a written range for a full truck and a possible second load, and books two mornings. The crew that takes the job checks in at the gate, sorts donation furniture into the garage first, tapes the fridge door, shows the fill line after each load, and leaves the half-used paint and the propane tank with directions to the county hazardous waste route.
How it turns out: The villa is empty and swept before the listing agent's final walk-through, the furniture that a charity will take is receipted on request, the refrigerator goes to a metal recycler after refrigerant recovery, and the invoice matches the written range. Nothing was left at the curb for the HOA to see.
What This Costs in Clermont
Clermont prices sit in the national ranges with the Tavares drive as the local factor. Fixr (January 2025) puts the typical junk removal job at $150 to $600, a full truck at $450 to $650 and a minimum load of about 60 cubic feet at $75 to $125. HomeGuide (May 2024) reports $150 to $350 per average load and $200 to $375 for a sectional. Treat every figure as a national range; the written estimate is the number that counts.
What moves the price here: the round trip to the Lake County landfill in Tavares and its $54.16 per ton rate for construction debris, the gate and parking rules in Kings Ridge and Summit Greens, a stair adjustment in the newer two-story homes along Hartwood Marsh Road and the hills south of town, and a refrigerant line for any fridge or freezer. A single mattress from a garage sits at the bottom of the range and is probably a free curb item anyway. A three-bedroom estate is a full truck or two. The city collects up to ten yards for $125.40 at the curb; the hauler's price beyond that buys the carry-out, the sorting, the chosen date and the disposal drive.
Where a Clermont load ends up
An explainer on what happens to a truckload after it leaves the curb.
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What will the City of Clermont pick up for free?
Up to three cubic yards of bulk a week is included in the $29.78 monthly sanitation charge, and the city names gas grills, refrigerators, washers, dryers, water heaters, mattresses and furniture as bulk items, placed out by 7am on your collection day. Three to ten cubic yards cost $37.62 to $125.40 on a scale, and anything over ten cubic yards is refused and becomes the owner's responsibility (City of Clermont, Sanitation Services Update, December 2024). Building materials, tires, hazardous waste and contractor debris are refused at any volume.
Can you clear a whole Kings Ridge or Summit Greens home in a few days?
Yes. Estate cleanouts in the 55+ communities are the most common Clermont booking, and same-day and next-day pickups are available. Send photos of each room, agree a written range, and book the mornings you need. The crew that takes the job checks in at the gate under the resident's name, sorts donation items with the family, and shows the fill line after each load. No deposit, and payment when the job is done.
Where does junk from Clermont end up?
Furniture and construction debris go to the Lake County Central Landfill at 13130 County Landfill Road in Tavares, which the county reported at $54.16 per ton for construction debris in the Florida DEP 2025 fee table. Appliances go to a metal recycler after refrigerant recovery, because Florida law bars white goods from landfill burial. Donated furniture goes to a charity with a receipt available on request. Paint, chemicals and propane stay with you for the Log House Road hazardous waste route; haulers do not take them.
Does the hauler take paint, propane and old pool chemicals?
No. Haulers routed from here leave paint, fuel, pool chemicals, pesticides, fluorescent tubes and propane cylinders, and say so at quote time so there is no argument at the door. The City of Clermont points residents to the Log House Road Transfer Station at 10435 Log House Road, open Wednesday and Saturday 8am to 5pm, for hazardous waste, and Lake County's household hazardous waste mobile unit collects there on announced dates.
Nearby Areas We Serve
The same haulers reach the towns between Clermont and Orlando.