Storage Unit Cleanout in Temecula — We Empty It, Haul It, and Hand Back the Keys

Wild West prices by the volume the contents fill in the trailer, with labor, fuel, and disposal included. A quarter load (about 3 cubic yards) is $195, a half load $350, a three-quarter load $495, and a full 12-cubic-yard trailer $595. Most 5x5 and 5x10 units land in the quarter-to-half range, a packed 10x10 in the half-to-full range, and 10x20 and larger units often take a full trailer or two. Stairs without an elevator, appliances, and mattresses carry set surcharges that go on the written estimate before we load.

Yes, and for most units that's how we do it. Open the door, step back far enough to get the whole unit in the frame, and text the photo to (951) 837-8072 with the unit size and the floor it's on. We reply with a written price in the bracket the unit falls in. If the unit is unusually deep or packed to the ceiling we may ask for a second photo from inside. The number is confirmed on site before we start, and it only changes if you add to what we're taking.

The quarter-load minimum is $195. That covers the drive to the facility, the two-person crew, the carry, and disposal. A 5x5 with boxes and a couple of small pieces typically fits inside it. If you have one item — a single couch or a single mattress — the minimum still applies, so it's worth having us take anything else you're done with in the same trip.

Not if there's an elevator. Most multi-story facilities in Temecula and Murrieta have a freight elevator, and we use it with our own carts at no extra charge. A walk-up unit with no elevator carries the standard stair charge: $150 on loads up to a half truck and $300 on larger loads. Tell us the floor and the access when you send the photo and it goes on the written estimate either way, so there's no surprise on the day.

Often, yes. We keep same-day and next-day slots open most weeks, and a morning call has the best odds. The constraint is usually the facility, not us: we need to be inside their gate hours, and some managers want the office open while a unit is being emptied. If you've got a deadline from the facility — an auction clear-out window or a lien notice — say so when you call and we'll work it.

No. Plenty of our storage jobs run with the customer in another city. We need three things: the gate code, the unit number, and the lock off or a key. Most facilities also want you to add Wild West to your authorized-access list, which is a quick call to the office. Give us a clear keep list — or better, pull the keepers to your car before the day — because anything not on that list leaves. We text you a photo of the empty, swept unit when we're done.

Most units are two to four hours on site. A drive-up 5x10 can be under an hour. A packed 10x20 on the second floor of an interior building, or a unit that fills two trailers, runs most of a day. Nearly all of it is the carry from the unit to the trailer, which is why drive-up units go so much faster than interior ones. We give you a realistic window when we quote it.

Household hazardous waste: paint, stain, solvents, propane and gas canisters, fuel, pool and garden chemicals, car batteries, motor oil, fluorescent tubes. Also firearms, ammunition, and medical waste including sharps and prescription drugs. Riverside County runs free household hazardous waste drop-off sites and events for the chemicals, and auto-parts stores take batteries and oil. Everything else — furniture, appliances, electronics, mattresses, boxes, tools, fixtures — rides with us.

Yes. Storage units are where old TVs go to wait, and we pull them constantly. Flat screens, plasmas, old tube sets, monitors, desktop towers, printers, and stereo equipment all go in the same load. They can't legally go in a landfill in California, so we route them to a CalRecycle-approved processor. There's no extra charge for electronics; they're priced by the space they take up like everything else.

Yes, including the ones that have been unplugged for years and smell like it. Appliances with refrigerant — fridges, freezers, window AC units — carry a $30 surcharge that covers the legally required refrigerant recovery. Washers, dryers, and microwaves have no surcharge. If the fridge has been closed up with food in it, tape the doors shut before we arrive and warn us on the call; it changes how we carry it.

Usable furniture and household goods are set aside for donation partners. Metal, cardboard, mattresses, and e-waste are separated for recycling. What's left goes to the county landfill. We sort at the trailer, not in the unit, so you don't have to do any of it, and the price is the same regardless of where an item ends up. Our donation and recycling page lists where things go.

Yes. Families settling an estate and businesses with overflow storage often have two or three units at the same facility. We clear them back to back on one visit and invoice per unit so the costs stay separate. Each unit is priced on its own volume, and the combined trip is usually faster than three separate bookings because the crew and trailer are already on site.

We do. When a lien sale falls through, a buyer walks away from the leftovers, or a tenant abandons a unit, the facility is left with a space it can't rent. We clear those units the same way we clear a customer's, on a per-unit price, and we can be put on a call list for recurring work. Call (951) 837-8072 and ask for Weston.

We're a junk removal company, not movers, and our trailer isn't set up to transport items you're keeping. The way it usually works: you pull the keepers to your own vehicle, or stage them at the front of the unit, and we take everything else. If the keep pile is big enough to need a moving truck, book the movers first and us second — the unit will be much easier to finish once the keepers are gone.

Every time. Most facilities require the unit swept clean before they'll close the account or refund a deposit, and some managers inspect. We sweep down to the concrete, bag the debris, and take a photo of the empty unit for you. If you're not on site, the photo comes by text as soon as we're done.

Yes, at the same pricing and on the same schedule as Temecula. We also cover facilities in Wildomar, Lake Elsinore, Canyon Lake, Winchester, French Valley, Hemet, Fallbrook, Rainbow, and De Luz. Nearly every self-storage property in southwest Riverside County sits along I-15 or I-215, which is the route we run daily.