Office & commercial cleanouts
Desks, cubicles, task chairs, shelving, retail fixtures and the storeroom nobody has opened since the last tenant. Scheduled around your hours, including evenings and weekends.
Usually one of four situations
Commercial junk work is rarely about the junk. It is about a date — a lease ending, a fit-out starting, an inspection, a handover. The pile is just what stands between you and the date.
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End of lease
Everything out and the unit broom-clean before the walkthrough, so the deposit argument never starts.
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Downsizing or hybrid
Half the desks and most of the filing cabinets are now surplus. The awkward part is doing it without shutting the floor for a day.
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Refit or rebrand
Old fixtures, signage, shelving and counters cleared so the fit-out crew starts on an empty floor instead of working around it.
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Property turnover
A tenant left and left things behind. Photographed, cleared, and the space handed back ready to market.
Commercial waste is not household waste, legally
This is the single biggest practical difference between a commercial job and a residential one in this region, and it is worth understanding before you accept anyone’s price:
- The District’s Fort Totten Transfer Station serves DC residents only, with proof of residency, and takes no commercial waste at all
- Anyone collecting or transporting waste in the District has to register annually with the DPW Office of Waste Diversion, on top of any business license
- Fairfax County requires haulers operating in the county to use county disposal facilities rather than shopping around
- Fairfax’s published commercial tipping rate for FY2026 is $90 per ton at the I-95 Landfill Complex and the I-66 Transfer Station
- Montgomery County stopped accepting commercial mattresses in commercial loads without a residential manifest from 1 July 2026
None of that is your problem to solve — it is ours. But it is why a commercial quote is not simply a bigger residential quote, and why a price quoted without asking which side of a state line the building is on is a price that may not survive the day.
Rules and rates checked September 2026 against DC DPW and Fairfax County published guidance; the Fairfax rate applies to fiscal year 2026 and is reviewed annually.
How we work around a business
- Out-of-hours and weekend slots, so trading is not interrupted
- Loading dock and freight elevator bookings respected, not discovered on arrival
- Certificates of insurance handled with building management where required
- Floors and lift lobbies protected on the route out
- Electronics separated rather than thrown in with general waste
- Confidential paper flagged so you can arrange shredding before we take anything
On that last point: we do not shred, and we will not pretend otherwise. If there are records in the filing cabinets, deal with them before the cabinets leave the building.
Tell us the date you are working to
Floor plans, an inventory or a few photos are all fine. Tell us the building, the floor, whether there is a dock, and the deadline — that is enough to price it. Call or text (978) 328-4523 if it is urgent.