Rental cleanouts in Salt Lake City

Rental property cleanouts in Salt Lake City are for landlords and property managers with a unit to turn and a tenant's leftovers in the way. The unit has to be empty before the next showing. The job is simple. Jeremy Saxey of Salt City Junk Haulers clears whatever got left behind so the cleaners and the painter can get in. That's the couch nobody wanted to move, the mattress in the back bedroom, the bags of trash by the door, and the grill on the balcony. Jeremy runs the business himself out of Midvale with his pickup and trailer, which fit down the alley behind a fourplex.

Every day the unit sits full is a day with no rent coming in. Most cleanouts get on the schedule within a few days, and sometimes Jeremy can come the same day. He gives a one-hour arrival window so nobody waits around in an empty apartment. If the manager can't be there, ask about a lockbox when booking. Card payment works too, so the charge lands on the property ledger without a reimbursement form. Text a photo of the unit to (801) 557-1063 and the price comes back by text.

What goes on the truck

• Abandoned couches and sectionals
• Mattresses and box springs
• Fridges and freezers
• Bagged household trash
• Dressers with drawers still full
• Balcony grills and bike frames
• Boxes the movers left
• TVs still on the wall

Text a photo of your pile to (801) 557-1063.

The full list of what goes on the truck, and what doesn't.

What usually gets left in a unit

Tenants who leave in a hurry leave the heavy stuff. A sectional that won't fit down the stairwell the way it came up. A mattress and box spring in each bedroom. A dresser with the drawers still full. Bagged trash stacked in the kitchen, and a fridge that was never cleaned out. Out on the balcony there's usually a grill and a bike frame with no wheels.

Jeremy takes all of it, including whatever's still in the drawers and the closets. Furniture goes down the stairwell whole when it fits and in pieces when it doesn't. The big pieces are covered under furniture removal and the fridge falls under appliance removal, but on a turnover it's all one job and one bill.

How Jeremy works a turnover

Jeremy meets the manager at the door, or uses a lockbox if that was set up when booking. He does a quick walkthrough to confirm the price he texted, then starts loading. If the tenant's leftovers are already bagged and staged by the door or down in the garage, the load goes quicker and the number comes down. If they're still spread through the unit, he clears it room by room. Second- and third-floor units are normal work, and stairs add $25.

In the older fourplexes downtown and around Liberty Wells, the back stair is narrow and the trailer parks in the alley, so everything comes down the back. In the garden-style complexes out in West Valley City and Taylorsville, he stages at the closest curb and keeps the walkway clear for the neighbors. HOA townhomes in South Jordan and Draper sometimes have rules about trailers in guest parking, so it helps to mention that when booking. When he's done, the unit is empty and the cleaning crew can start.

Where the tenant's stuff ends up

A lot of what gets left in a rental is still usable. A clean couch or a working microwave goes to a donation center before it goes anywhere else. The fridge and any other metal get pulled aside for recycling, and flattened moving boxes go with the cardboard. Worn-out mattresses go to the landfill along with the bagged trash.

A TV left on the wall mount rides with the load. Nobody at the property needs to sort anything ahead of time. Jeremy sorts on the trailer.

How Jeremy prices a turnover

The price comes from a photo. Text a shot of each room to (801) 557-1063 and Jeremy texts back one number for the unit, with the add-ons already in it. A two-bedroom walk-up with two mattresses and a fridge has those stacked on the base load, so the number in the text is the number he charges.

The quote costs nothing. Card works when the charge needs to land on the property's books with a receipt, and cash or Venmo work too. Photos of what's there beat a phone description, since a fridge behind a pantry door or a second mattress in a closet changes the number. The pricing guide explains how loads get sized.

What Jeremy won't take from a rental

Some things a tenant leaves behind need a different truck. Paint cans under the sink and half-used chemicals stay put. Salt Lake County's household hazardous waste program takes those, and a maintenance tech can run them over. A hot tub on the patio is a no. Rock, gravel, bricks, or dirt from a planter project that turned into a pile is out too, and so is anything that needs a shovel to load. Broken concrete from a cracked step is sometimes fine in a few chunks, but never a torn-up patio.

A stained mattress is fine, and a fridge that's still full needs a mention in the text so Jeremy can say whether to empty it first. Everything else in a typical turnover, from the sectional down to the bagged trash, goes. The full list covers the rest.

Why managers book a set date

Check the city's bulk-pickup page before counting on it for a turnover. A couch left next to a building's dumpster sits there until somebody hauls it. That's why managers call Jeremy for a set date that lines up with the cleaners.

Narrow stairs or an elevator that has to be booked changes the day, so Jeremy asks about access when the photo comes in.

How the price works

Text a photo of what needs to go to (801) 557-1063. Jeremy looks at how much room it takes on the truck and texts back one number for the whole job. No hourly rate, and the number doesn't change once it's loaded. Jobs start at $100. The only add-ons: mattress or box spring +$40, fridge or freezer +$25, stairs +$25. He tells you before he starts. More on what junk removal costs in Salt Lake City.

Where Jeremy does this

All of the Salt Lake Valley. See every town Jeremy covers for rental property cleanouts.