An eviction cleanout is the last step of a rough process. The tenant is gone, the unit is full of their stuff, and you need it empty so you can fix it up and rent it again. Here's how landlords in Broward and Palm Beach Counties can handle it without making a costly mistake.
Step 1: Follow the legal eviction process
This part matters most. Florida has rules about evictions and about what you can do with a tenant's belongings. We're a junk removal company, not lawyers, so we won't tell you what the law says. What we will tell you is this: don't touch a tenant's stuff until the legal eviction process is done.
- Talk to your attorney before you remove anything.
- Check with the sheriff's office about how possession of the unit gets handed back to you.
- Keep records of the unit's condition and your paperwork.
Once your attorney or the sheriff's office says you're clear, that's when you call us.
Step 2: Walk the unit and decide what stays
Before the cleanout, walk through and note anything that belongs to you. Think appliances, blinds, ceiling fans or furniture that came with the rental. Tell us what stays and we'll leave it. Everything else goes in the trailer.
While we work, we set aside documents, photos, jewelry or cash we find. We hand those to you so you can deal with them the right way.
Step 3: Book the eviction cleanout
You don't need to be there. A lot of landlords and property managers leave a key in a lockbox and give us the code. We give you a written quote on site, clear the unit, sweep up and lock up when we're done. You pay after it's loaded, by cash, card or digital payment.
Hoarder units and sharps
Some evictions leave behind a real mess. We take hoarder-condition units, and we take needles and sharps. That's a big part of our hoarding cleanout work. One thing to know: we don't sanitize or do biohazard cleaning. If the unit needs that, plan for a separate cleaning company after we leave.
What we can't take
Paint, solvents, chemicals, propane tanks that aren't empty and medical waste can't go in our trailer. For those, check your county's household hazardous waste drop-off.
What the condition of the unit does to the price
We price by how much of our 6 x 12 ft dump trailer the stuff fills. A unit with a couch, a bed and some bags is a much smaller job than one packed to the ceiling. Things that can change the price:
- Amount. More stuff means more of the trailer. You can see the load sizes on our pricing section.
- Weight. Heavy items like armoires and solid wood entertainment centers are priced on their own.
- Access. Stairs, long carries and tight hallways add labor.
- Condition. Hoarder-level units take more sorting and more careful loading.
Usable furniture and clothes get donated when we can. Metal and electronics get recycled when possible, and so do mattresses.
Step 4: Turn the unit over
Once it's empty, the rest is on your turnover list:
- Change the locks.
- Book cleaning, and any sanitizing if needed.
- Handle repairs, paint and pest control.
- Take move-in condition notes for the next tenant.
Property managers with multiple units
If you manage a few doors, or a few hundred, we can clear more than one unit in a trip. Same-day or next-day pickups are common, and most jobs are done in one day, even with a dump run. If you turn units over all the time, ask about recurring pickups. Weekly, every two weeks or monthly service for property managers usually gets a discounted rate. See our scheduled commercial pickup page for how that works.
Related service: Eviction & Foreclosure Cleanouts