Rubbish Removal done properly
Clearing a house, finishing a reno, or just done with the junk pile? We remove and dispose of household rubbish, old furniture, whitegoods, green waste and general clutter across the Eurobodalla. Handy alongside a deep clean, an end of lease, a deceased estate or a pre-sale tidy-up. We load it, take it and dispose of it responsibly, recycling what we can. You point, we clear.
What our rubbish removal actually involves
Rubbish removal with us is the heavy, awkward, time-eating side of clearing a property that most people would rather not do themselves. We take away household junk, old furniture, mattresses, whitegoods like fridges, washing machines and old ovens, and the general clutter that builds up in a garage or a spare room over the years. We do green waste as well, so the branches, clippings, old turf and the pile that has been sitting behind the shed since last summer can go in the same load. If it can be lifted, carried and loaded safely, it's usually something we can shift.
The job is more than just throwing things on a trailer. We do the lifting and the carrying, so you aren't the one dragging a dead fridge down a hallway or hauling a lounge out a tight doorway. We bring the gear and the muscle, load it, and then take it away to be dealt with properly rather than dumped. Where something can be recycled, donated or sorted for the tip's separate streams, we do that instead of sending the whole lot to landfill, because responsible disposal is part of doing the job right and it keeps charges fair.
There are a few things we won't touch, and we're upfront about that so nobody is caught out on the day. We don't take hazardous waste. That means no asbestos or anything that might contain it (old fibro sheeting, certain eaves and fences), no chemicals, no paint tins with liquid still in them, no fuels, oils or solvents, no gas bottles, and no liquid waste. These need licensed handlers and a different kind of disposal, and moving them the wrong way is genuinely dangerous. If you aren't sure whether something on your list counts, just ask when you call and we'll give you a straight answer.
Who a rubbish clear-out suits
A lot of our rubbish jobs come off the back of a big life change. People downsizing out of the family home, sorting through a deceased estate, or getting a place ready to sell all reach a point where there's simply more stuff than they can deal with on their own. We get calls from sons and daughters clearing a parent's house from interstate, from people who have just inherited a property full of decades of belongings, and from owners who want a garage or a backyard back after years of it filling up. If you're standing in a room wondering how it will ever get empty, that's exactly the job we do.
We also do a steady run of work for renters and landlords. When a tenant moves out and leaves furniture, a broken washing machine or a shed full of junk behind, the place can't get its exit clean until that's gone, and the owner is often the one left to sort it. We clear it so the property can be cleaned and re-let. The other regulars are people mid-renovation with a pile of old kitchen cabinets and torn-up carpet, and gardeners or weekend warriors who have cut back the yard and now have a green-waste heap too big for the green bin.
And plenty of it's just ordinary households having a proper clean-out. The kids have grown up and the old bunk beds and the trampoline frame need to go, the spare room has become a dumping ground, or you've finally admitted the broken treadmill isn't coming back to life. There's no job too small to ask about and no judgement about how much has built up. Most homes along this coast have a garage, a shed or a backyard corner that could do with a clear, and getting it gone is usually a lot quicker with two or three people and a trailer than doing trip after trip to the tip yourself.
The local angle, why a clear-out on this coast is its own job
Clearing rubbish in the Eurobodalla isn't quite the same as in a city suburb, and the conditions here shape how a job runs. A lot of the properties are beach houses, holiday places and older cottages with steep blocks, sandy access, narrow side paths and long driveways. Getting a fridge or a lounge out of a place at Maloneys Beach, Denhams Beach or up the hill at Catalina can mean carrying it a fair way before it even reaches the trailer. We know the local streets and the kind of access we're likely to find, so we turn up ready for it rather than discovering the problem halfway through.
The holiday-let and Airbnb side of the coast throws up its own version of this work. Properties from Surfside and Long Beach through to Mossy Point, Broulee and Tomakin turn over constantly, and when an owner refreshes a place between seasons or takes it out of a letting pool, there's often a load of tired furniture, old mattresses and worn outdoor settings that all need to go at once. Salt air is hard on outdoor gear down here, so rusted barbecues, perished cushions and corroded furniture pile up faster than people expect, and clearing it's usually step one before a deep clean or a refresh.
We cover the whole coast for this, from North and South Durras and Nelligen up the Clyde, through Batemans Bay, Batehaven, Surfside, Sunshine Bay, Long Beach and Maloneys Beach, out to Malua Bay, Lilli Pilli, Guerilla Bay, Rosedale, Mogo, Mossy Point and Broulee, and down through Tomakin to Moruya and Moruya Heads. Whether it's a unit near the Clyde River, a place backing onto bushland near Murramarang National Park, an old cottage around Mogo village, or a home over near the Moruya hospital precinct off Vulcan Street, we've very likely cleared one nearby before and we know the run to the local tip and recycling points.
How volume-based pricing works in plain terms
We price rubbish removal on volume, which simply means how much space your load takes up once it's on the trailer, plus what it costs us to dispose of it properly. It isn't a flat fee, because clearing one old fridge is a very different job from emptying a four-bedroom house or a packed double garage. The main things that move the price are how much there's, how heavy it is (a load of soil, tiles or concrete weighs far more than the same space of light household junk and costs more at the tip), how hard it's to get to, and whether any of it needs special handling at the disposal end, like whitegoods or mattresses.
The part we're proud of is that you get a quote before we load anything. We come and look, or we work off photos and a clear description, and we tell you the price up front. You agree to it, then we start. There's no meter running and no nasty number at the end that's double what you expected. If we get into a job and uncover a lot more than was described, say the shed turns out to be twice as full as the photos showed, we stop and talk to you about it before carrying on, rather than just loading it and handing you a bigger bill.
To give you an accurate figure we like a few details when you call. Roughly what the items are (furniture, whitegoods, general junk, green waste), an idea of how much (a single item, a trailer load, a whole garage, a full house), where it's and how easy the access is, and whether there's anything heavy like soil, bricks or tiles in there. A handful of photos helps enormously. Call us on 0479 184 498 with that and we'll give you a clear price, and what we quote is what you pay unless you ask us to take more on the day.
What to expect on the day
Before we arrive it helps if you've had a quick think about what's going and what's staying, because the single most common mix-up on a clear-out is something getting loaded that someone wanted to keep. If you can, put a sticker or a note on anything that isn't going, or just point it out to us when we get there. You don't need to move or pre-sort the rubbish itself, that's the job you're paying us to do, but knowing the boundaries up front keeps everything smooth.
When the team arrives, usually Tyson, Shanice or Lisa depending on the day, we do a quick walk-through with you to confirm the scope and the quote, then we get into it. We do the lifting, carrying and loading, and we're careful through the house, watching doorways, walls and floors so we aren't leaving scuffs and dings behind on our way out, which matters a great deal if the place is about to be sold or handed back to an agent. We're police-checked and fully insured for public liability, so you and the property are covered while we work.
How long it takes depends entirely on the volume and the access. A single fridge or a few bulky items might be in and out inside an hour, while a full house or a heavily packed garage and shed can be a half-day or more. When we're done we do a final look-over with you so you can see the space cleared, and we tidy up after ourselves rather than leaving a trail of dropped bits across the yard. Then the load goes off to be sorted and disposed of properly. We're open seven days, so we can usually work in around your timing, whether that's before a settlement, ahead of an inspection, or just on a weekend that suits you.
Common problems and how we handle them
The trickiest part of most clear-outs is access, not the rubbish itself. Steep driveways, tight side gates, internal stairs, low carports and soft sandy ground all make moving heavy items slower and riskier, and a lot of coastal properties have at least one of these. We deal with it by sending enough people and the right gear, taking items apart where it's sensible (bed frames, flat-pack furniture, shelving) so they fit through doorways without forcing them, and protecting the path out. If a job genuinely can't be done safely, we'll tell you straight rather than risking damage to the house or an injury.
The other regular issue is the stuff we can't legally take. Asbestos or suspected asbestos, paint and chemicals, gas bottles, fuels, oils and liquid waste all need licensed disposal, and we won't load them. If we come across something like that, or you aren't sure about an item, we set it aside and point you to the right path for it, whether that's the council's special waste service, a licensed removalist or the chemical drop-off. Being honest about this protects you, us, and the people handling the waste downstream, and it isn't a corner worth cutting.
Mixed loads are the third one, especially on estate and deceased-estate jobs where good items, genuine rubbish and the occasional valuable or sentimental thing are all tangled together. We slow down on these. We flag anything that looks worth a second thought before it goes on the trailer, separate items that can be donated or recycled from the general rubbish, and give you the call on the in-between things. Nobody wants to find out later that grandad's old toolbox went to the tip, so we'd rather ask the question than guess.
How to prepare and get the most out of the job
You don't need to do much heavy lifting before we come, but a little preparation makes the day faster and the quote more accurate. The most useful thing is to separate the keep from the clear as best you can, even roughly, so we aren't stopping every five minutes to check. If there are rooms or a shed that are entirely going, just tell us that whole space is clear and we'll work through it. If it's more of a pick-and-choose, walking it with us first sorts it out in a couple of minutes.
Have a quick think about anything that might need special handling so it doesn't slow the load down or get refused at the tip. Whitegoods, mattresses and electronics often go to separate streams, and green waste is cleaner and cheaper to dispose of when it's kept apart from general rubbish, so if you can keep the garden pile separate from the household junk, that helps the price. Pull out anything hazardous (paint, chemicals, gas bottles) and keep it aside, because we can't take it and it just clutters the job.
If access is tight, let us know in advance so we bring the right approach, and clear the path out where you can, moving the cars off the driveway and opening up the side gate and the shed before we arrive. For estate, pre-sale and deceased-estate work especially, it pays to do one last walk through the cupboards, drawers and the back of the shed before we load, because that's exactly where the forgotten paperwork, the spare keys and the small valuable things tend to hide. A few minutes there can save a lot of regret.
How rubbish removal pairs with our other work
A clear-out is very often step one rather than the whole job, and it slots straight into the rest of what we do. Before an end of lease clean, the property has to be empty, because we can't properly clean a cupboard with boxes still in it or a carpet with furniture on top. Clearing the leftover junk and green waste first means the exit clean can be done to the REINSW standard and stand up at the final inspection, and if you book both with us it's one team, one point of contact, and one less thing to coordinate while you're moving.
It's the same story with a deep clean or a pre-sale tidy-up. There's no point deep cleaning around a pile of old furniture and clutter, so we clear the space first and then bring it up beautifully for photos, open homes or a fresh start. For deceased estates, where the family is often dealing with a lot more than just the house, we can handle the clear-out and the clean together with the care that situation deserves, so it isn't left as two separate jobs on two separate days for someone already stretched thin.
Because we do all of this ourselves rather than subcontracting bits out, the work joins up cleanly. We can quote the rubbish removal and the cleaning side by side so you see the full picture, sequence them in the right order, and get the property from full and cluttered to empty and clean without you chasing different trades. If you aren't sure what you need, tell us the situation when you call and we'll work out the sensible order and what it will cost.
Why a careful local team gets it right
Capital Coastal Cleaning is Indigenous-owned and locally operated, started right here in Batemans Bay in 2023 by the owner, Tyson. We're a small local team, not a franchise working off a city script, and the people who turn up to clear your place are the same people whose names show up in our reviews, Tyson, Shanice and Lisa. We live and work on this coast, so we treat your property and your stuff the way we'd want ours treated, because in a community this size your name is everything and word gets around fast.
Trust matters more than usual on a rubbish job, because you're letting people into your house, your garage and often your private things to decide what goes and what stays. Our cleaners are police-checked and we carry full public liability insurance, so you and the property owner are covered if anything goes wrong. We're careful carrying heavy items through the house so we aren't leaving damage behind, and we're honest to a fault about what we can and can't take and what it will cost, which is the whole reason we quote before we load.
We've earned a 5.0 rating from 110 Google reviews by doing the unglamorous, back-breaking parts properly and treating people decently while we do it, whether that's a single old fridge in Tomakin or a whole estate clear-out at Moruya. We also dispose of things responsibly, recycling and donating where we can rather than tipping the lot, because it's the right thing to do and it keeps your costs fair. Give us a call on 0479 184 498, tell us roughly what you need gone and where it is, and we'll take the heavy, awkward part off your hands.
What's included
- Household and general rubbish
- Old furniture and whitegoods
- Green and garden waste
- Garage, shed and estate clear-outs
- Responsible disposal and recycling
- Paired with cleans and changeovers
How it works
Show us the pile
A photo or a look tells us the volume.
Fixed quote
Priced on volume, before we load.
We load it
You do not lift a thing.
Disposed right
Taken away and recycled where we can.
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Tell us about the job and Tyson comes back, usually within the hour, 7 days a week.
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Who you're dealing with
Tyson and the local team
Capital Coastal Cleaning is owner-run by Tyson, who started the business here in Batemans Bay in 2023. A small, police-checked local team, the same faces each visit, and our name on every job, from Durras to Moruya.
