Junk removal in West Miami, for the loads the city's per-item bulk fees make expensive

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What West Miami's own sanitation crew picks up, and what it charges

West Miami runs its own trash service. The city's Sanitation Division collects waste on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, keeps collecting on holidays (Christmas Day included), and picks up recycling every other Monday. Miami-Dade County's solid waste department does not serve the city, so the county's bulky pickup rules you may have read about do not apply here.

The free part of the city's bulk program is small. Each household gets 5 cubic feet of free bulk pickup three times a year, and it covers yard debris only, not furniture. After that, the city charges by the piece. These are the fees as the city's sanitation page quotes them:

• Yard debris past the free pickups: $14 per cubic foot
• Furniture and similar items: $40 per item
• Big appliances, heavy sofas, king or queen mattresses and large BBQs: $50 each
• Bulk goes on the swale the day before your regular pickup day, never earlier
• Rocks, dirt, tile, construction or demolition debris, liquids, batteries, propane tanks and household chemicals stay out of the bin

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When the per-item fee stops making sense

For one chair or a single mattress, the city is the simple answer. Call the Sanitation Division at (305) 266-1122, set it on the swale the day before, and it goes on your regular day.

The math changes with a full room. A bedroom set, a sofa, a recliner and a washer add up piece by piece at $40 and $50 each, and every piece still has to be carried out to the swale by you. Rapid Haul's furniture removal starts at $125 and appliance removal at $100, and Dany's crew carries everything out from wherever it sits. For a garage, a whole house or a move-out, send a photo and compare his one flat price against the city's per-item total before you decide.

There is also no county fallback. Miami-Dade's Neighborhood Trash and Recycling Centers are limited to unincorporated residents and ten listed cities, and West Miami is not one of them. The city's sanitation page does not mention a drop-off site of its own.

or call (754) 249-1015

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Tile, cabinets and remodel debris in West Miami

Remodel waste is where the city's service ends completely. Tile and construction or demolition debris are on the list of things the city will not take, so a bathroom or kitchen tear-out here always needs a hauler.

Permits come from the City of West Miami Building Department at 901 SW 62 Avenue (305-266-4214), not the county. The city's building application lists demolition as a permit category; current demolition requirements are not posted where we could check them, so ask the department what your job needs. Your general contractor or you as the owner pulls the permit. Rapid Haul does not.

What Dany does is the non-structural tear-out and the haul: vanities, cabinets, counters, tile, flooring and drywall. Nothing that holds the house up. Room demo starts at $750. If your crew already tore it out, debris hauling starts at $200 and the pile leaves the same visit.

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An older, compact city between Tamiami Trail and Coral Way

West Miami incorporated on April 7, 1947, as a town of about 700 people. It sits between Tamiami Trail and Coral Way, with the City of Miami (including Flagami) to the north, Coral Gables to the east and unincorporated Coral Terrace to the south and west. The 2020 Census counted 7,233 residents and 3,292 housing units.

That same count put rental vacancy at 16.2%, against 1.0% for homeowners. Rentals turning over means move-out cleanouts: a unit emptied between tenants, with the furniture, appliances and leftover boxes all going at once. For landlords, a single flat price for the whole unit is usually easier than paying the city item by item and waiting for the next pickup day.

or call (754) 249-1015

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How pricing and same-day work from Hollywood

Rapid Haul is based in Hollywood, and Miami-Dade is part of Dany's main service area. Text a photo to (754) 249-1015. Dany answers himself and sends back one flat, all-in price covering labor, loading, hauling and disposal. Same-day pickup is often possible when you call early, Monday to Saturday, 7 AM to 7 PM.

Junk removal is paid after the job is done. Jobs of $1,000 and over, mostly demolition, take a 50% deposit. Starting prices that fit West Miami jobs:

• Furniture removal from $125
• Appliance removal from $100
• Garage cleanouts from $300
• Construction debris hauling from $200
• Room demo from $750
• Full house cleanouts from $1,000