West Campus
Apartment Cleanout in
West Campus
The whole unit, emptied before the walkthrough — bed, futon, desk, fridge, bags and the roommate's abandoned pile — at a flat $241 for most studios and one-bedrooms, carried down the walk-up stairs, deposit-safe. Staffed for the July 31 lease cliff, bookable from a parent's phone anywhere.
How the unit clear works
1 · One photo of the unit
Stand in the doorway, shoot the room — that sizes the clear. The flat price comes back in seconds to whoever's phone is booking.
2 · Book against the walkthrough
Same-day usually holds; during the July cliff a day's notice locks the window between packed-up and keys-back.
3 · An hour later, it's empty
Carried down whatever the stairs, donation sorted at the truck, receipt to the group chat — and the walkthrough finds bare floors.
How much does an apartment cleanout cost in West Campus?
Flat truck-fill for the unit, published pieces for the partial — split it however the lease is split.
| Volume / piece | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Studio / 1BR clear — quarter truck | $241 |
| Bigger unit — three-eighths truck | $338 |
| Large shared unit — half truck | $431 |
| Twin mattress | $82 |
| Queen mattress | $103 |
| Futon | $111 |
| Sofa | $126 |
| Desk | $83 |
| Bookshelf | $72 |
| Mini fridge | $115 |
| TV (medium) | $68 |
| Bagged load — 10 bags | $132 |
| Box lot | $31 |
$100 minimum; carry-down from any floor and disposal included, no stair fee. The $241 unit clear splits to roughly $74 each in a four-bed share — cheaper than one bill-back for one abandoned mattress.
The comparison that matters is the deposit: buildings bill left-behind furniture back at their hauler's rate plus admin, and the walkthrough is when they find it. A receipted clear beats the deduction every time.
5 ways to empty the unit
| Option | Cost | Speed | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leave it — let the building deal | The deposit | Zero effort | The bill-back routinely exceeds the whole unit clear, taken from money you were getting back |
| The bin corral | "Free" | Instant | Furniture is banned by contract — photographed and billed to the unit |
| City bulk pickup | Free | — | Student buildings are on private hauling — never eligible |
| MoveOutATX stations | Free | During its dates | Clean, carryable goods only — you carry, no mattresses, no whole units |
| JunkRabbit | $241 flat | ~1 hour, same-day | None — carried down, receipted, donation-routed |
Why the unit clear is West Campus's product
The neighborhood's whole economy runs on the lease cycle: thousands of units, one dominant end date, and a walkthrough between every tenant and their deposit. The buildings — on private hauling, outside the city's bulk program entirely — enforce clean handovers with bill-backs; the city's MoveOutATX stations absorb what students can carry; and everything heavier needs a crew that works by the unit, on the clock, at a price a group chat can split.
So that's what we built: the one-photo quote, the one-hour clear, the one receipt — repeated across the belt from Rio Grande walk-ups to Guadalupe towers, all July long, and week-in week-out the rest of the year as sublets, graduations and roommate reshuffles keep the units turning.
Leasing offices run the same machine at scale: left-behind clears between tenants, unit blocks scheduled through the August turn, one invoice.
What a unit clear includes
- Everything out — furniture, bedding, kitchenware, the closet floor, the bags of maybe-trash.
- The roommate's pile — the departed tenant's leftovers, gone before they cost the group.
- Any stairs — third-floor walk-ups carry the same price as ground floors.
- Tower logistics — the newer Guadalupe high-rises' service elevators, booked when the building requires it.
- Donation sorting — at the truck, into the same streams MoveOutATX champions, receipts kept.
- The sweep — bare floors for the walkthrough photo.
Where it all goes
A cleared unit is mostly reusable: furniture, futons, desks and fridges route to Goodwill Central Texas and the Austin Furniture Bank — receipts to whoever paid — while metal frames go to recovery, electronics to e-waste, and worn mattresses to proper disposal. Nothing ends up at the corral with the unit number attached.
The West Campus specifics we plan around
The cliff is the calendar — the last week of July books like the holidays, so we pre-stage crews and run evening slots deep into the turn. The buildings split two ways: old chopped-up houses with exterior stairs (carried, no fee) and the newer towers with elevator rules (booked, handled). The group chat is the customer — quotes forward cleanly, prices split evenly, and receipts land where the money came from, parents included. And leasing offices are partners: the same crews that clear tenant units turn the left-behinds between leases, scheduled in blocks before the new-lease wave lands.
Why the belt books JunkRabbit
- One flat number per unit — $241 covers most of the neighborhood's floor plans.
- An hour per clear — booked between the packing and the keys.
- Deposit-safe — the receipt beats the bill-back, every time.
- No stair fee — the walk-up is the job.
- Remote booking — parents and property managers alike.
- Donation-first — the belt's furniture furnishes Austin homes next.
What West Campus customers say
"Fast, considerate, and thorough"
"Bart's communication was great. He came ready with a large well-equipped truck and moved my furniture in less than 15 minutes. Thank you!"
"Arturo was amazing! Excellent service. I took a photo of all my cardboard boxes from moving, got a quote, and they came to pick them up that same day. Arturo was fast and friendly! Will definitely be using this service again."
Unit-clear questions, answered
How much does an apartment cleanout cost in West Campus?
$241 quarter truck for most studios/1BRs, $338 three-eighths, $431 half; pieces from $31 (boxes) to $132 (10 bags). $100 minimum, carry-down included.
How fast is a clear?
About an hour once we're in the door; same-day slots usually hold, even in late July with a day's notice.
Can we split the cost?
However the group decides — the flat price makes the math easy.
What about the roommate who left stuff?
Cleared with everything else — cheaper than the bill-back their pile would trigger.
Why not the bins or the city program?
The corral bans furniture (deposit bill-backs), and city bulk pickup never covered private-hauled student buildings.
Do you do leasing-office turns?
Weekly — left-behind clears between tenants, unit blocks through August, one invoice.
Frequently asked questions
Can you clear the whole apartment before the walkthrough?
That's the product — a quarter-truck unit clear runs about an hour once we're in the door, and same-day slots usually hold even in late July. Book a day ahead during the lease cliff and your window is guaranteed before the key handover.
A roommate left their stuff — do we have to pay for it?
The classic West Campus dilemma: the departed roommate's mattress and boxes become everyone's deposit problem at the walkthrough. Clearing them costs less than the building's bill-back — and the group can split the flat price however the group chat decides.
Why not just use the building dumpster?
Student buildings are on private hauling with corral contracts that ban furniture — violations are photographed and billed back against deposits. Austin's city bulk program doesn't serve these buildings at all. A receipted pickup is the deposit-safe path.
Do you work with leasing offices?
Between-tenant turns are weekly work — left-behinds cleared unit by unit on one invoice, apartments ready for the next lease, with the August turn scheduled in blocks.
What happens to the furniture?
Sound pieces route to donation — Goodwill Central Texas and the Austin Furniture Bank, the same streams the city's MoveOutATX program feeds — with metal to recovery and worn mattresses to proper disposal.
Ready to Get It Gone?
Send a photo and get one flat price back in seconds — carry-out, hauling and disposal are all in it.
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