Junk removal in New York

New York covers four markets with almost nothing in common. In the city, buildings run the job — a certificate of insurance and a reserved service elevator before a single item moves, and a window that does not stretch. Long Island is family houses: forty years of one home cleared in a few days, usually for relatives who live somewhere else. Buffalo and Syracuse are older housing stock and landlord turnaround, where a vacant week costs more than the clear-out does.

Upstate, snow decides access for a third of the year and we plan the load around the driveway rather than the calendar. Statewide, mattresses and electronics have their own disposal routes and cannot ride in a general load — which is worth knowing before you put either on the kerb.