A lot of homeowners assume that calling a junk removal company means they need to do some prep work before the crew arrives. Maybe the old couch needs to make it out to the driveway. Maybe the basement needs to be emptied first, or all those boxes in the attic need to somehow make their way downstairs. And if there’s furniture upstairs, you might be wondering how exactly you’re supposed to get it down two flights of stairs without throwing your back out in the process.
Fortunately, that’s not how full-service junk removal works.
If the items are inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs, in the garage, out in the shed, tucked away in the attic, or sitting in the basement, the crew can go to them. You don’t need to spend your weekend moving everything to the curb just so someone else can haul it away.
That’s the whole idea behind full-service junk removal.
You show us what needs to go, and we handle the physical part.



That’s okay.
Attics have a funny way of becoming the place where everything goes when nobody knows what else to do with it. Christmas decorations get stored up there, along with old baby clothes, boxes from a move that happened 15 years ago, and that one piece of furniture that was definitely going to get repaired someday. There are usually a few things nobody remembers owning, and somehow, no matter how large the attic is, there are always about 47 extension cords.
When it’s finally time to clean it out, the last thing you need is to spend the weekend carrying everything down a ladder or staircase yourself.
A full-service junk removal crew can access the attic, remove the unwanted items, carry them out of the house, load them into the truck, and haul them away. You don’t have to turn your driveway into a staging area, and you don’t have to spend your Saturday making trip after trip from the attic to the front door.
If the junk is still in the attic when we arrive, that’s fine.
Basements are another common place where junk tends to accumulate over the years. Furniture, appliances, storage bins, old electronics, tools, exercise equipment, toys, and all those things that were too useful to throw away but not useful enough to actually use tend to find their way down there.
Then one day, you decide it’s time to clean it out.
That’s when you realize the real problem isn’t deciding what stays and what goes. It’s figuring out how you’re going to get everything out.
A basement cleanout can quickly turn into a much bigger project when you realize that every piece of furniture, every storage bin, and every appliance has to make its way upstairs before it can even leave the house. That’s exactly the type of physical work full-service junk removal is designed to handle.
Whether you have a walkout basement with easy access to the outside or a basement at the bottom of a staircase, the crew can access the space and remove the items from where they are.
You don’t have to carry 20 storage bins upstairs one at a time. You don’t have to wrestle an old treadmill around the corner. And you definitely don’t have to figure out how to get that enormous sectional through the basement doorway.
That’s our job.
Yep, that works too.
Bedrooms, bonus rooms, offices, playrooms, second-floor storage areas, and just about anywhere else inside the house can be part of a full-service removal.
That old mattress doesn’t need to be waiting downstairs when we arrive. Neither does the oversized dresser, the desk, or the exercise equipment that somehow made it to the second floor and now seems significantly heavier than it did when you bought it.
And then there are the couches.
You know the ones.
They looked great in the showroom. They fit perfectly in the living room. Then, several years later, it’s time for them to leave and suddenly it seems like the couch was designed specifically to never leave the house.
Our crews are used to maneuvering bulky items through hallways, doorways, stairways, and other tight spaces. We’ll handle the lifting and carrying so you don’t have to spend an afternoon trying to figure out how to get a six-foot couch around a three-foot corner.


Of course, we can handle that too.
Junk removal isn’t limited to what’s inside your house. Garages, sheds, patios, backyards, side yards, driveways, and curbside areas are all fair game. We’re fully insured to go wherever the junk is!
Sometimes the easiest job is the one where everything is already sitting outside and ready to go. Other times, the junk is somewhere behind the shed underneath six years’ worth of things that were all going to be dealt with “eventually.”
Either way, we’ll go to it.
This is especially helpful for homeowners who have accumulated larger items outside over time. Maybe there’s an old grill sitting on the patio, a broken playset in the backyard, a pile of yard debris next to the shed, or a collection of unwanted furniture taking up half the garage.
You don’t necessarily need to move all of it to the driveway first. We’ll meet the junk where it is.
Some items do require a little more planning than others.
Pianos, safes, oversized furniture, large appliances, exercise equipment, and other extremely heavy or awkward items may require additional crew members or special handling. That’s why it’s always helpful to mention unusually heavy or oversized items when you’re scheduling your removal.
That gives the team a chance to come prepared with the right people and equipment rather than discovering the 600-pound surprise after they arrive.
Because while we love a good surprise, a 600-pound surprise is not one of them.
At Up Up and Away, we’re fully insured to perform junk removal throughout the property.
That means you don’t need to have everything conveniently staged at the curb before we arrive. If the junk is in the attic, we’ll go to the attic. If it’s in the basement, we’ll go to the basement. If it’s upstairs, we’ll go upstairs. If it’s sitting outside behind the shed, that’s where we’ll start.
The location of the junk doesn’t have to become your problem before the removal company arrives.
For homeowners, the biggest benefit of full-service junk removal is pretty simple: you don’t have to do the heavy lifting.
When you schedule a full-service removal, all you have to do is point. We figure out the logistics of removing it, we handle proper and responsible disposal and POOF – gone!
In other words, you don’t have to become the junk removal company before the junk removal company arrives.
You identify what needs to go, show the crew where it is, and let them handle the rest.
The goal is to get your space back – not to give you a second job.
Moving a couple of boxes isn’t a big deal. Moving an entire basement is a completely different story.
Once you start carrying furniture down stairs, maneuvering mattresses through doorways, lifting appliances, dragging boxes, and making repeated trips back and forth to the truck, what sounded like a simple Saturday project can turn into an exhausting weekend.
And there’s really no prize for doing it yourself.
If you have the time and want to tackle it, that’s great. But if you’d rather spend your weekend doing literally anything else, that’s what we’re here for.
That’s the value of hiring junk removal professionals!




Up Up and Away provides full-service residential junk removal throughout Metro Atlanta and beyond. Whether you’re cleaning out one room, finally tackling that basement you’ve been avoiding, getting ready for a move, or simply tired of looking at the same pile of stuff you’ve been meaning to get rid of for years, our crews can handle the lifting, loading, hauling, and cleanup.
Attic & basement cleanouts: years of accumulated belongings don’t need to make their way downstairs first. If the items are in the attic or basement, we’ll access the space and handle the removal from there.
Whole-home cleanouts: moving, downsizing, estate cleanouts, and major decluttering projects can quickly involve an entire house. Our crews can work room by room and remove unwanted items as we go.
Furniture & appliance removal: couches, mattresses, appliances, exercise equipment, dressers, desks, and other bulky items can be removed directly from inside the home. You don’t have to figure out how to get them to the driveway first.
Curbside pickup: have a few smaller items already sitting outside, or want to save a few bucks? Curbside pickup is a simple option when you don’t need a full-service removal. We offer a discount for pickups with easily accessible items.
Dumpster rentals: if you prefer to do the labor yourself, we also offer dumpster rentals for homeowners working on cleanouts, renovations, moves, and other projects. We’ll bring the dumpster to you, and you can handle the loading on your own schedule.
With 1,700+ five-star reviews and two consecutive Best of Cobb wins, Up Up and Away has built its reputation around making junk removal easier – not making homeowners do half the job before the crew arrives.
So if you’re standing in your basement looking at a mountain of stuff, staring at an attic that hasn’t been touched since 2009, or wondering how on earth you’re going to get that couch down the stairs, take a breath.
You don’t have to move it first.
The junk can stay where it is. We’ll come to it.
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