In Madison, Ridgeland, Flowood and Brandon the garage is where the move ended: boxes never opened, the old bedroom set, the treadmill. You and the crew spend twenty minutes at the door deciding what stays, and the rest goes straight on the truck. A typical two-car garage is done by noon, and the car sleeps inside that evening.
A storage unit is the garage job moved down the highway. Meet the crew at the gate or leave the code, the unit is emptied and swept for the manager, and next month's bill never comes.
What a garage, carport and storage unit cleanouts job involves
- A number from a photo, or one flat price for the whole space
- Quick sort: keep, donate, haul
- Loaded and hauled the same visit
- Space swept
What's included
- Twenty-minute sort at the door: keep, donate, haul
- Loading and hauling the same visit
- Floor swept and the space photographed
- Donation run for usable furniture and tools
- Storage unit emptied and reported to the manager on request
What stays behind unless arranged
- Paint, solvents, fuel and propane tanks (set aside for county drop-off)
- Vehicles, boats and trailers
- Shelving unbolted from the walls (ask, and it is quoted as part of the job)
Garage cleanouts across Madison and Rankin counties
The subdivisions along Highway 51 in Madison and Ridgeland and along Lakeland Drive in Flowood are ten years old or newer (garage cleanouts in Flowood, Brandon and Pearl are the most booked job on that side of the river), and the garage in those houses is where the move-in stopped. Unopened boxes, the spare bedroom set, a treadmill, the kids' outgrown bikes: none of it is trash exactly, which is why it is still there. A cleanout is twenty minutes of sorting at the door with you, then the crew loads what goes and you park inside that evening.
Older parts of Jackson have carports instead of garages, and a carport fills differently: paint cans, a mower that stopped running, patio furniture that rusted through, the lumber from a project that never got finished. The paint and fuel are set aside for the county's drop-off options because the city will not take them at the curb; everything else goes on the truck.
Storage units are the other half of this work. The lots along I-55 and Highway 80 are full of units that were rented for a month during a move and paid for ever since. Meet the crew at the gate or leave the code with the manager, the unit is emptied and swept, and the monthly bill stops. Working furniture and appliances from a unit go to donation, which is often the cheapest way to see the last of them.
Garage, Carport and Storage Unit Cleanouts pricing in Jackson
A garage or a storage unit is priced by how much of the truck the contents fill, not by the hour. A corner of a garage or a small unit is a quarter truck, $225 to $325. A typical two-car garage with the cars long since parked outside is a half truck, $375 to $500. A garage packed to the door, or a large unit, runs three-quarters to a full truck, $525 to $800.
The quote comes from a photo of the space with the door open. What moves it up: heavy items such as a safe, an old engine or bags of concrete, which are priced by weight, and anything that has to be disassembled to come out. What moves it down: a first pass by you to pull out what stays, and donation-quality furniture that comes off the disposal side of the bill.
Full price list and what moves the price →
Related: Bulk Trash Pickup in Jackson: What the City Takes and What It Won't, Junk removal in Clinton, Junk removal in Flowood. Official page: City of Jackson.
Garage, Carport and Storage Unit Cleanouts questions, answered
What does a garage cleanout cost in Jackson?
Most garages are a half truck, $375 to $500, with the sorting, loading, hauling and disposal inside that number. A corner or a carport with a few items is a quarter truck, $225 to $325; a garage you have not walked into for years is closer to a full truck, $625 to $800. Send a photo with the door open and you get a firm figure back.
Do I have to sort the garage before you come?
No, but it helps the price. The crew sorts with you at the door in the first twenty minutes: keep, donate, haul. If you have already pulled out what stays, the loading is faster and the truck fills with less, which is what you are paying for. Heavy items you cannot move are fine to leave where they are.
Can you clear a storage unit if I can't be there?
Yes. Leave the gate code and the unit number, or ask the manager to let the crew in, and the unit is emptied, swept and photographed before you are charged. Anything on a keep list is boxed and left inside or brought to your house in the metro for a small extra. Tell the facility the unit will be empty so the next bill stops.