After seven years of letting our garage slowly become the place where everything we didn’t know what to do with ended up, we finally decided it was time to take it back.
Our goal was to get the garage organized so we could actually use it the way it was meant to be used–but first, we had a huge problem: we had a lot of stuff to get rid of.
And I mean a lot.
We had old barbecues, bags of cement, a boat, piles of green waste, cardboard boxes, and years of random things that had slowly accumulated over time. It had gotten so bad that we couldn’t even walk through parts of the garage, and we had never parked a single car in there since moving into the house.
As someone who loves creating beautiful, functional spaces in our home, that clutter honestly weighed on me more than I’d like to admit. Every time I opened the garage door, it stressed me out–but figuring out how to deal with everything felt overwhelming.
That’s when we called 1-800-GOT-JUNK?.
The process was unbelievably easy. I just pointed out what needed to go, and they handled everything from there. Within a couple of hours, they hauled away all the items that had been stressing us out for years.
The team we had, Buster and Stephen, were incredibly kind, helpful, and truly went the extra mile. They even broke out a saw to cut down a huge overgrown agave and pruned our pomegranate tree so they could take the green waste with them. It made the whole experience feel easy instead of overwhelming.
What also impressed me was how intentional they were about sorting everything. They separated cardboard for recycling and even sorted out metal and steel, making sure as much as possible could be recycled or donated rather than sent to the landfill.
Another thing I didn’t realize before working with 1-800-GOT-JUNK? is that you can call and have them come the same day. So, if you hit that moment where you’re finally ready to tackle the clutter, you don’t have to wait weeks for an appointment or deal with a huge dumpster sitting at your house for days. They show up, load everything, and it disappears.
And the feeling afterward? Incredible.
It felt like a two-ton weight had been lifted. Our garage finally feels like a usable part of our home again…and yes, we can park a car in it.
If you’ve been putting off clearing out a space that’s been stressing you out, I can honestly say 1-800-GOT-JUNK? made the whole process so much easier than I expected.
Sometimes the hardest part is just getting started. It really is as simple as pointing and watching the junk disappear.
