Junk Removal Nokomis & Hiawatha
Junk Removal in
Nokomis & Hiawatha
The South Minneapolis lakeside family belt around Lake Nokomis and Minnehaha Creek — 1920s bungalows and mid-century homes with full basements and detached garages, held by the same families for decades. The work is the lakeside basement and garage truck-fill, generational downsizing, and the old fridge or washer haul with the freon handled right. One flat, photo-quoted price with Minnesota sales tax already in it, donation-routed to Bridging, same-week.
Lakeside bungalows, full basements, packed garages
Nokomis, Hiawatha, Standish and Ericsson (55417) wrap around Lake Nokomis and Minnehaha Creek — a settled, family South Minneapolis belt of 1920s bungalows and post-war mid-century homes, almost all with a full basement and a detached garage off the alley. People stay put here, so the basements and garages fill up over the years: the boxes, the old bedroom sets, the lawn and lake gear, the workbench, and the appliances that got replaced but never left — the second fridge in the basement, the chest freezer, the washer and dryer that finally gave out.
Clearing all of that in one visit is the everyday Nokomis job. We truck-fill the basement and the garage, carry it up the stairs and across the yard ourselves, and hand you a single flat number that already covers the labor, the disposal, the drive and Minnesota sales tax — same honest price whether it's a quarter-load or a packed full truck.
Old fridge, freezer or AC? The freon is handled
Appliance hauls are a big part of the work in this neighborhood, and the ones with a compressor — refrigerators, chest and upright freezers, window and portable AC units — carry a wrinkle: the refrigerant has to be recovered and documented before the unit can be disposed of. We do that as part of the flat price. There's no separate freon fee on your bill. For comparison, if you hauled the unit to the Hennepin County drop-off yourself, you'd pay $30 per unit for freon recovery on top of loading and driving it there — the whole reason a wrestled-out-of-the-basement fridge is squarely our lane, not the city's. We take the appliance up the stairs, off your hands, and disposed of the right way.
What we clear in Nokomis & Hiawatha
- Basement truck-fills — the whole lakeside basement carried up the stairs: boxes, old furniture, tools, lake and yard gear.
- Detached garage cleanouts — the alley garage emptied, often on the same visit as the basement.
- Appliance & fridge hauls — refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, AC units — freon recovered and documented.
- Generational downsizing — a decades-held home worked basement to garage, donation-routed with a receipt.
- Exercise gear & single pieces — a treadmill or home gym up from the basement, an old couch or mattress, flat-priced.
Nokomis pricing
Flat rates, photo-quoted before we roll. The basement stairs, the freon recovery, the disposal and Minnesota sales tax are all in it.
| Item / Volume | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Refrigerator | $164 |
| Chest or upright freezer | $196–$149 |
| Washer or dryer | $128–$133 |
| Basement / garage truck-fill (1/4) | $241 |
| Truck-fill (1/2) | $431 |
| Truck-fill (3/4) | $587 |
| Big basement + garage (truck-fill full) | $732 |
$75 minimum. Freon recovery, basement carry-up, disposal and MN sales tax included — the photo quote is the final number.
We donate first, then dump
Usable furniture and household goods go to Bridging — the Twin Cities furniture bank — along with Goodwill and the Salvation Army, and TVs, monitors and other e-waste (which Minnesota law bans from the trash) are diverted to the county's electronics program rather than dumped. It keeps good pieces in the neighborhood, keeps banned e-waste out of the landfill, and on a downsizing clear it comes with a donation receipt.
What Nokomis customers say
"Old basement fridge, a chest freezer and a dead washer — all down the stairs in a bungalow by the lake. They wrestled every one up and out, handled the freon, and it was one flat price from a photo. No surprise fees."
"Cleared my parents' home near Minnehaha Creek — full basement, the garage, decades of stuff. Respectful, quick, and they donated the good furniture to Bridging with a receipt. One number, scheduled that week."
"Just needed the garage emptied and an old treadmill out of the basement before winter. Flat quote from a photo, no stair fee, done same week. Easy."
Nokomis questions, answered
Do you haul an old fridge or freezer and handle the freon?
Yes — refrigerator $164, freezer $146–$201, freon recovered and documented, no separate freon fee.
Can you clear the whole basement and detached garage, carried up the stairs?
Yes — both in one visit, up the stairs, no surcharge; it's in the flat price.
Do you do generational downsizing?
Yes — the whole home, basement to garage, donation-routed with a receipt, one flat number.
How much for a basement or garage truck-fill?
A quarter $241, a half $431, three-quarters $587, a full truck $732 — appliances flat (refrigerator $164, washer/dryer $128–$133).
Where does the usable stuff and e-waste go?
Furniture to Bridging, Goodwill and the Salvation Army; TVs and electronics to the county e-waste program, not the landfill.
How soon, and is Minnesota sales tax extra?
Same-week is normal, often sooner — and no, the roughly 9.025% tax is already inside your flat quote.
Ready to Clear It Out in Nokomis & Hiawatha?
Send a photo of what is going and get one flat price back — carry-out, hauling and disposal in it. Same-day is often open in Nokomis & Hiawatha.
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