I like watching the TV series "Hoarders: Buried Alive". Why? Because I'm the one who would come in and clean house! I love throwing stuff away and decluttering. My childhood home was the location of my personal mission, season one, episode one. I figured it'd be easier to rent one of those huge dumpsters rather than hauling small loads to the dump ourselves. Jumped on Yelp, researched and made a decision to go with Waste Pro Hawaii.
EXPERIENCE:
The website wasn't too informative so I called in to a friendly, professional gal. She explained the fees and process accordingly. They offer roll offs in 15, 20 and 30 yard sizes (covered or uncovered), along with tipplers and dumpsters in varying sizes. You're allowed to keep the bin for as long as you like which was the selling point for me and why I chose them over Maui Disposal. While the haul-away fee for Maui Disposal was about $100 less, they force you to haul away the bin every 14 days or pay a fee. Forget that!
We decided on an uncovered 30-yard roll off which ended up being the perfect size in the end. I called in to order it and they were able to deliver on the same day which was perfect as I had to personally hand over a down payment ($450 and change for the dumpster, deliver fee and tax) to the truck driver. The roll was huge and thought no way we'd fill it up but we did. It's shaped like a "U" with a huge swinging door on one end. I was concerned that there were no holes on the bottom for water drainage but even with the significant amount of rain we had it never ponded. We got rid of several cabinets, mattresses, bed frames, entertainment centers, junk and clutter! After about a month we called for the haul away in which they came the next day. A final bill was sent a few days later after our load was weighed. Here's the breakdown of our charges:
$370.00 for the 30-yard roll off
$62.50 delivery charge
$114/ton Maui County landfill fee ($169.86 for 1.49 tons of our waste)
$627.45 grand total
OVERALL:
Well worth the money. Why burden yourself with renting a U-Haul, making multiple trips to the dump with sweat equity and paying by the mileage? read more