Estate Cleanouts · Inherited Homes · Probate & Trust Properties · Post-Estate-Sale Leftovers · Temecula & Southwest Riverside County
Need an Estate Cleanout in Temecula?
An estate cleanout with Wild West starts at $195, our quarter-load minimum, and a furnished house usually runs one to three full trailer loads at $595 each. Text photos of every room, the garage, and the yard to (951) 837-8072 for a firm price, or have me walk the house with you for free. We set aside what the family is keeping, sort out what can be donated, haul the rest, and hand the house back broom-clean.
Family-owned in Temecula since 2021 · Licensed & insured · 5,000+ loads since 2021 · Donation-first sorting · Broom-clean finish
Wild West Junk Removal · 41713 Niblick Rd, Temecula, CA 92591 · (951) 837-8072 · Mon to Sat: 7AM-7PM · Sun: Closed · Family-owned and operated by Weston Molitor since 2021
Estate Cleanout Cost
How Much Does an Estate Cleanout Cost in Temecula?
An estate cleanout in Temecula costs $195 to $595 per trailer load with us, and most furnished houses take one to three loads. A two-bedroom condo where the family already took what they wanted is often a single $595 load. A three-bedroom house with a full two-car garage usually runs two full loads, $1,190, before any add-ons. Stairs, appliances, and mattresses are the only add-ons, and they're counted in the number before we start.
Quarter Load
3 cubic yards
$195
The minimum: one room, or what's left after an estate sale in a small place
Half Load
6 cubic yards
$350
About three full-size pickup beds.
Three-Quarter Load
9 cubic yards
$495
About four to five full-size pickup beds.
Full Load
12 cubic yards
$595
About five to six full-size pickup beds.
Most Estate Jobs Start Here
Every load includes a two-person crew, the carry from any room, the garage, the shed, and the yard, fuel, disposal, the donation and recycling runs, and a broom sweep when the last piece is out. There's no deposit and no trip charge, and a house that takes three loads is priced load by load on the same ladder, not at some special estate rate.
What Costs Extra on an Estate Cleanout?
- Stairs
- $150 on loads under 7 cubic yards, $300 on loads of 7 cubic yards or more. No stair charge if there's an elevator we can use. Upstairs bedrooms count, so tell us when you text the photos.
- Appliances
- $30 each for a fridge, freezer, or AC unit. That covers the refrigerant recovery those units legally need. The old garage fridge counts too.
- Mattresses
- $15 per mattress, any size. Box springs carry no fee but count toward the load volume.
- Extra loading time
- A full load includes one hour of loading. Past that, $75 per hour per crew member.
A full load is 12 cubic yards in our 12ft × 8ft × 4ft dump trailer, loaded by a two-person crew.
Here's how the number works. Text a photo and you get a load size and a firm price before we roll out. On site we confirm what the photo showed: if it comes in smaller, you pay the smaller price; if the pile grew, we re-quote before anything goes on the trailer. Nothing is added after loading starts. No deposit.
For a whole house, most families would rather I see it in person, and that's fine. I'll walk every room, the garage, and the yard with you or whoever has the keys, and you get the same firm number at the end of the walk. There's no charge for the walkthrough and no pressure to book.
If you're texting photos instead, stand in each doorway and take one wide shot, then open the closets, put the garage door all the way up, and get the side yard and the shed. Tell me which bedrooms are upstairs. Closed closet doors are where most re-quotes on estate jobs come from.
The full ladder and every surcharge are on the junk removal prices page. Prices current as of October 2026.
What We Take
What Will You Clear Out of an Estate?
Everything the family isn't keeping, from the heaviest dresser upstairs to the last box in the hall closet: furniture, beds, appliances, clothes, kitchenware, the garage, the shed, and the yard. The only things that don't ride are household hazardous waste, firearms and ammunition, and medications, which each have their own legal route.
Will You Take All the Furniture?
Yes. Sofas, recliners, bedroom sets, the dining table and hutch, desks, bookshelves, and the patio set. We carry from upstairs bedrooms and down narrow halls, and we take apart what won't fit through a door. Single pieces are covered on our furniture removal page.
Will You Clear the Kitchen and the Closets?
Yes. Dishes, pots, the pantry, linens, coats, shoes, and forty years of holiday decorations. Clothes and housewares in good shape get bagged for donation instead of the landfill.
Will You Take the Appliances?
Yes. The kitchen fridge, the garage fridge, the chest freezer, washers, dryers, ranges, and window AC units. Fridges, freezers, and AC units carry the $30 refrigerant charge. Water heaters and dishwashers are on our appliance removal page.
Will You Empty the Garage and the Shed?
Yes, as part of the same job and the same quote. In most estate homes the garage is the biggest room on the job: workbenches, tools, shelving, tires, and boxes nobody has opened in years. A garage by itself is on our garage cleanout page.
Will You Take the Beds and Mattresses?
Yes, frames, headboards, mattresses, and box springs, at $15 per mattress (no fee on box springs). Mattresses go to a recycler under California's program. One bed on its own is on our mattress removal page.
Will You Clear the Yard and the Patio?
Yes. Dead potted plants, cracked planters, broken patio furniture, old fencing, and the pile behind the side gate, so the house photographs well from the street. Tree work isn't ours; heavy green waste is on our yard waste removal page.
Will You Take Old TVs and Computers?
Yes. TVs, monitors, computers, and printers go out as e-waste, not trash, because California treats screens as covered electronic waste. If there's a computer with family files on it, pull the drive or have someone check it before we load it. More on our electronic waste page.
What Happens to Papers, Photos, and Anything Personal?
It gets set aside, not hauled. Bank statements, tax returns, deeds, titles, mail, photo albums, letters, keys, and anything that looks like jewelry or cash go into a box for the family contact. If we aren't sure, we ask before it goes anywhere.
What About the Piano, the Safe, or the Hot Tub?
We take those too, but they're heavy enough to change the crew and the time, so point them out in the photos. Our piano removal, heavy-item removal, and hot tub removal pages cover how each one is priced.
What Won't Go on the Trailer?
Household hazardous waste can't ride at any price: paint, solvents, motor oil, gasoline, pesticides, pool chemicals, propane tanks, batteries, and fluorescent tubes. Riverside County takes those free from residents through its household hazardous waste program, and our guide to household hazardous waste in Temecula covers where each kind goes. We'll set what we find aside and tell you.
Firearms and ammunition stay out too. In California a firearm from an estate is transferred through a licensed dealer, and the executor should get advice before anyone moves it. Prescription medications go to a pharmacy take-back kiosk, not the trash. If we find either, we leave it where you can see it and call you.
Is the House Broom-Clean When You Leave?
Yes. When the last load is out we sweep every room we emptied, plus the garage floor and the patio, and we check every closet, cabinet, and drawer one more time. That's not a deep clean, and your cleaners will still do the kitchen and the baths. It does mean they walk into open floor instead of a mattress leaning on the wall.
How It Works
How Does an Estate Cleanout Work?
It runs in one order: the family sets aside what it's keeping, we price the house from photos or a walkthrough, and then the crew clears it room by room, sorting donations and recycling as it goes. Most houses are cleared in one to three days once the price is approved, and you get the keys back to a swept, empty house.
How Do You Price the House?
From photos you text, or from a free walkthrough with me. Either way you get a load count and a firm price before anything moves, with every stair, appliance, and mattress charge already in it.
How Do We Keep the Family's Things Safe?
Everything the family is keeping goes into one room before we start, and that room gets a sign on the door. Nothing in it is touched. It's the simplest protection there is against the one mistake you can't undo.
When Does the Crew Start?
Once whoever has authority over the estate says go and the keep pile is set aside. After the price is approved, we can usually start within 24 to 48 hours.
What Happens on Cleanout Day?
The two-person crew works room by room. Anything that looks personal or valuable gets boxed for the family contact, usable furniture and housewares get pulled for donation, and the rest goes on the trailer.
How Long Does a Whole House Take?
A two-bedroom with moderate contents is often a single day. A bigger house with a full garage, a shed, and a yard usually runs two to three. Sorting takes longer than hauling, so a family that wants every drawer reviewed adds time.
What Do You Get at the End?
A swept, empty house, photos of every room on request, and an itemized invoice made out to the estate, so the executor has a clean record of what was paid and what was done.
Can It Be Done if the Family Lives Out of State?
Yes, and a lot of estate jobs work that way. Somebody in Ohio or Texas inherits a house in Temecula and can't take two weeks off to clear it. We work from a lockbox or a key left with a neighbor, do the walkthrough on a video call if you want one, and send photos of each room before and after. Anything we set aside gets boxed and left in the house or shipped at your cost, whichever you tell us.
How Do You Handle an HOA or a Gated Community?
Give us the gate code or tell the guard to expect a Wild West trailer, and put any HOA rules about trailers or work hours in your text. Plenty of the 55-plus and gated communities in Temecula and Murrieta limit how long a trailer can sit on the street, so we stage it where we're allowed and keep the job moving.
What Changes the Price
What Makes One Estate Cleanout Cost More Than Another?
Volume, more than anything. Two houses with the same floor plan can be two loads apart, depending on how much is in the closets, the garage, and the shed. After volume come stairs, then the per-item charges on appliances and mattresses. How much sorting you want done changes the time, not the load price, unless it runs past the hour of loading that comes with a full load.
How Full Is the House?
That's the number-one driver. A house where Mom kept things tidy and the family already took the good furniture might be one load. A house that's been lived in for forty years, with full closets and a spare room nobody went into, can be three. I price the volume I see, not the bedroom count.
Is There a Garage, a Shed, or a Storage Unit?
On estate jobs the garage is usually the biggest room on the property, and a full two-car garage can be a load by itself. Sheds and side yards add up fast too. If the estate also has a storage unit, we can clear it on the same day or the next; our storage unit cleanout page covers what the facility needs from you.
Are the Bedrooms Upstairs?
Stairs add $150 on loads under 7 cubic yards and $300 on loads of 7 cubic yards or more. A full load that comes down from upstairs bedrooms is $895 instead of $595. If the condo building has an elevator we can use, there's no stair charge.
How Many Appliances and Mattresses Are There?
Each fridge, freezer, or AC unit is $30, and each mattress is $15 (box springs carry no fee). They're common in estate homes, so count them before you text. Two queen sets and a garage fridge add $90 to whatever the loads come to.
How Much Sorting Do You Want Us to Do?
A clear-it-all job where the family has already been through everything goes fast. A job where you want every drawer opened, every box checked, and anything questionable shown to you before it goes takes longer. Both get the same load price. On a big house, the second one can run past the included hour of loading, and I'll tell you up front if I think it will.
Is Anything Unusually Heavy?
Pianos, gun safes, pool tables, treadmills, and hot tubs need extra hands and sometimes extra equipment. They're priced on their own pages, and I'd rather know about them from the photos than find them on the day.
What If the House Has Hoarding Conditions?
Then it's a different job, and you should call before anyone tries to clear it. Blocked hallways, pest activity, and spoiled food sometimes don't show until after someone has passed and the family finally gets inside. Those houses go through our hoarder cleanout service, which is set up for safety gear and slower, more careful sorting.
What Should Your Photos Show?
How much floor the stuff covers and how high it's stacked, because height fills a trailer faster than spread does. Then the inside of the closets, the garage with the door up, the shed, the side yards, and anything heavy. If a closet door is shut in the picture, I'll ask you to open it, and that one question saves more surprises than anything else I do.
Estate Sales & Listings
How Do Estate Sales and Realtors Fit In?
The estate sale goes first and the cleanout goes second. A liquidator prices and sells what has resale value, and when the sale is over, everything that didn't sell stays in the house. That leftover pile is bigger than most families expect, and clearing it is our part.
What's Usually Left After an Estate Sale?
Unsold couches and recliners, mattresses, half the kitchen, boxes of books and clothes, garage shelving, and a general scatter in every room. We come in after the liquidator is gone, pull anything that's still worth donating, and haul the rest. On a two-bedroom, the leftovers are often a half load.
If the sale hasn't happened yet, we can clear the obvious junk first, like the broken furniture, the old mattresses, and the garage trash, so the things worth selling are easy to see and the sale goes better.
How Fast Can a Listing Be Ready?
We regularly clear inherited houses for Realtors inside two or three days of the go-ahead, so the cleaners, the stager, and the photographer can follow. Book the cleanout before the photographer, never after. An empty, swept house shows its real size. Our guide to preparing a home for sale lays out the order from the first walk-through to listing photos.
When You Don't Need Us
When Is an Estate Cleanout Crew Not Worth Paying For?
When the family has the time and a pickup, when only a few big pieces are left, or when a free option fits the calendar. City of Temecula residents get two free CR&R bulky-item pickups a year at (800) 755-8112, scheduled ahead, and for a couch and a dresser that beats our $195 minimum. I'll tell you that on the phone.
- A few big pieces left. If the trash account at the house can still book a CR&R bulky pickup, use it. It just won't come on a listing deadline.
- Good furniture nobody wants. Clean, solid pieces may be picked up for free by a charity. Habitat for Humanity runs ReStores that take furniture and appliances, and our where your junk actually goes page lists the charities we use.
- An estate sale company that also clears. Some liquidators offer to empty the house after the sale. Ask what they charge and what they leave behind before you call anyone else.
- The parent is still living. If the move is to assisted living or a smaller place, that's a different job with different decisions. Our senior downsizing page is written for it.
- A family with a free weekend and a pickup. Clear what you can, take the rest to the county's drop-off sites, and call us for whatever's left. Our local disposal guide has the places and the rules.
Where the free routes stop working is time. An inherited house keeps costing money while it sits: the mortgage if there is one, the utilities, the insurance, and the HOA dues. Add those up for a month and divide by 30. On most houses in the valley that daily number makes a week of weekend dump runs the expensive option.
Where It Goes
Where Does a Lifetime of Belongings End Up?
We sort every estate load at the drop, so a lot of it never reaches the landfill. Usable furniture and housewares go to donation, metal and cardboard to recyclers, fridges and AC units to refrigerant recovery, TVs and computers to e-waste, and mattresses to recycling. Only what's left goes to licensed disposal.
Which Charities Get the Furniture?
Habitat for Humanity's Inland Valley ReStore, The Salvation Army, and Goodwill. Estate homes have more good furniture than most jobs, so more of the load gets a second life. Our donation and recycling page names every partner.
What Gets Pulled Out for Recycling?
Metal, cardboard, and green waste come out of the load before the rest goes to the transfer station. Old tools, bed frames, and patio furniture are mostly metal, and they get recycled, not buried.
What Happens to the Old Fridge?
It goes to a facility that recovers the refrigerant before the metal is recycled. Federal rules under EPA's Section 608 program govern that step, which is why there's a $30 line for it.
What Happens to Old TVs and Computers?
They're handled as covered electronic waste under CalRecycle's e-waste program. Screens can't go in a regular bin in California.
Where Do the Mattresses Go?
Into California's mattress recycling network, Bye Bye Mattress, where the steel, foam, and fiber get pulled apart.
What Ends Up at the Landfill?
Broken furniture, stained carpet, worn-out bedding, and household trash nobody can reuse. It goes to an authorized Riverside County facility, and that disposal is already in the load price.
Who Shows Up
Who Shows Up to Clear the House?
A two-person Wild West crew out of Temecula, and on most estate jobs I'm the one who walks the house and gives you the number. It's not a franchise call center, and it's not somebody with a pickup who needs six trips.
Who Is Weston Molitor?
Founder · Wild West Junk Removal · Temecula, CAI started Wild West Junk Removal in Temecula in 2021. We're family-owned, licensed and insured, and we've hauled more than 5,000 loads since then out of 41713 Niblick Rd.
Estate work isn't like clearing a rental. Somebody in the family is usually standing in the kitchen trying to decide about their dad's coffee mugs. The crew's job is to carry the heavy stuff and stay out of the way of that, and to stop and ask when something looks like it might matter.
"On an estate job the fastest crew isn't the best crew. We ask before anything questionable goes on the trailer, and we sweep under what we just carried out."
What Do Families Say About Us?
These are word for word from our Google reviews. The first two are from families clearing a relative's home.
★★★★★
Super professional and super helpful. My grandfather passed and we had so much stuff that needed to be taken, they were so accommodating with my mom and I when we kept adding more stuff for them to take. 100/10 the best and will definitely be using them again. Thanks guys 😁
★★★★★
Wild West Junk Removal did an amazing job at my mother’s house. They were fast, professional, and took care of everything with care. I really appreciated their hard work and how smoothly it all went. Highly recommend them!
★★★★★
Wild West was an absolutely outstanding team! Positive attitudes, kind, and a great work ethic and performance. Everyone on the team greeted themselves right off the bat and had great respect for me and my family. They cleaned up and made sure everything was perfect before they left. I would highly recommend that if you need something gone, they're the ones to call! I know I will be calling them whenever I need some help!
★★★★★
I would strongly recommend Wild West. Weston was a pleasure to work with and the job was completed efficiently.
FAQ
What Else Do Families Ask Before an Estate Cleanout?
The price doesn't change. Estate cleanouts cost the same in Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Wildomar, Winchester, French Valley, Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake, and Hemet, and we also run out to De Luz, Rainbow, and Fallbrook. A $595 full load in Menifee is a $595 full load in Temecula.
No. Plenty of families are out of state. We need the keep room set up, the price approved by whoever has authority, and a way in, like a lockbox or a key with a neighbor. You get photos of every room when we're done.
Yes, as long as one person is the decision-maker. When three relatives give the crew three different answers, the job stops while you sort it out. Name one contact and we'll take direction from them.
It goes to the family contact, not the trailer. Cash, jewelry, keys, documents, photos, and anything else that looks personal get boxed and handed over or left in the keep room, and we tell you what we found.
Yes. Some families clear the garage first and the house after the estate sale, or do one floor at a time. Each visit is priced on the same load ladder, so staging the job doesn't cost a premium; it just means more than one invoice.
Usually the estate. We make the invoice out to the estate or the trust and itemize it, so the executor or trustee has a clean record for the accounting. How the cost is shared among heirs is a question for your attorney.
No. We leave the house broom-clean, and a cleaning company should come in after us for the kitchen, the baths, and the floors. Book them for the day after we finish so they aren't working around a trailer.
No. Vehicles go to a buyer, a dealer, or a tow company, and the title transfer runs through the DMV. We'll clear what's inside them and the junk around them.
Yes. We clear the contents, the shed, and the carport, priced on the same ladder. The home itself is titled through the state's housing department, not the DMV, so moving or selling it is a separate step for the estate.
Yes. Tag what stays with painter's tape or put it on the work list, and the crew works around it. A buyer who wants the patio set or the garage shelving saves you a little volume, too.
Keep Reading
Which Guides and Services Go With an Estate Cleanout?
Guides for families and executors
- GuideWhat Do You Do With a Parent's House After They Die?The first weeks, the paperwork to find, and what not to throw away.
- GuideCan You Clean Out a Parent's House Before Probate Is Done in California?Who has authority, small-estate shortcuts, and the deadlines that matter.
- GuidePreparing a Home for Sale With Junk RemovalThe order from first walk-through to listing photos.
- GuideHow to Help a Parent Who HoardsBefore and after the cleanout, while they're still living there.
- GuideHow to Clean Out a Storage UnitWhen the estate includes a unit nobody mentioned.
- GuideHousehold Hazardous Waste in TemeculaWhere the garage chemicals go, since they can't ride with us.
- GuideWhere to Dump in TemeculaThe local disposal guide for families hauling some of it themselves.
Related Wild West services
- ServiceSenior Downsizing & Move-Out CleanoutsWhen a parent is moving, not after they've passed.
- ServiceHoarder CleanoutsInherited homes with severe clutter or unsafe conditions.
- ServiceGarage CleanoutsWhen the garage is the only thing left.
- ServiceStorage Unit CleanoutsCleared before the next month's rent is due.
- ServiceFurniture RemovalA few pieces after the family has taken what it wants.
- ServicePiano RemovalThe upright nobody plays anymore.
- ServiceForeclosure & REO CleanoutsWhen the lender, not the family, has the house.
Want a Firm Number on the House This Week?
Text photos of every room, the garage, and the yard to (951) 837-8072, or ask for a free walkthrough. You'll get a load count and a firm price before anything moves, and a crew at the house within a day or two of saying yes.
Wild West Junk Removal · 41713 Niblick Rd, Temecula, CA 92591 · (951) 837-8072 · Mon to Sat: 7AM-7PM · Sun: Closed
At a Glance
| Provider | Wild West Junk Removal, family-owned since 2021 |
|---|---|
| Owner | Weston Molitor |
| Address | 41713 Niblick Rd, Temecula, CA 92591 |
| Phone | (951) 837-8072, call or text |
| Hours | Mon to Sat: 7AM-7PM · Sun: Closed |
| Load ladder | $195 quarter · $350 half · $495 three-quarter · $595 full |
| Add-ons | Stairs $150 or $300 · $30 per fridge, freezer, or AC unit · $15 per mattress (no fee on box springs) |
| Quoting | Text photos or a free walkthrough; firm price before we start; no deposit |
| Who approves | Executor or administrator with Letters, successor trustee, or heirs under a small-estate procedure |
| Set aside for the family | Papers, photos, cash, jewelry, keys, and anything personal |
| Not accepted | Household hazardous waste, firearms and ammunition, medications |
| Service area | Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Wildomar, Winchester, French Valley, Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake, Hemet, De Luz, Rainbow, Fallbrook |
Sources & References
- riverside.courts.ca.govRiverside County Superior Court — Decedent's Estates, Wills & Trusts
- selfhelp.courts.ca.govCalifornia Courts Self-Help Guide — Probate
- rcwaste.orgRiverside County Department of Waste Resources — household hazardous waste
- epa.govEPA — Section 608 refrigerant management
- calrecycle.ca.govCalRecycle — covered electronic waste
- byebyemattress.comBye Bye Mattress — California mattress recycling program
- habitat.orgHabitat for Humanity — ReStores
- Wild WestJunk removal prices — the full ladder and surcharges
- Wild WestWhere your junk actually goes — donation and recycling partners
Written by Weston Molitor, owner of Wild West Junk Removal. Last reviewed and updated October 14, 2026 · Prices current as of October 2026.
Prices shown are our standard load ladder ($195 quarter, $350 half, $495 three-quarter, $595 full) plus the listed add-ons, as of October 2026. Nothing on this page is legal or tax advice; questions about probate, trusts, or who may remove property from an estate belong with your attorney.