Metro Vancouver
Residential and commercial removal in Burnaby.
Homes, strata, and commercial spaces from Brentwood to Metrotown, with the same NorthPeak standard.
Send photos, get a clear range back — usually within hours, with no obligation.
What junk removal services do you offer in Burnaby?
Burnaby splits cleanly into three kinds of job: high-rise strata, townhouse complexes, and commercial bays along the major corridors. The service lines follow.
- Furniture removal — move-out loads from Metrotown and Brentwood towers, almost always through a booked freight elevator.
- Garage cleanouts — townhouse garages, which are narrower than detached ones and usually hold more than they look like they do.
- Junk removal — mixed household loads, storage lockers and basement clears.
- Commercial cleanouts — retail and office units along Kingsway, Canada Way and the Still Creek corridor.
- Construction debris — kitchen, bath and flooring renovation material, quoted by weight where it is dense.
- Estate cleanouts — whole-property clearing, staged across days with documentation for the estate file.
The services hub lists them all.
How much does junk removal cost in Burnaby?
The same volume pricing as the rest of Metro Vancouver: roughly $89–119 for a single item, roughly $269–319 for a half truck, roughly $449–549 for a full truck of household material, with dense renovation waste quoted by weight on top. In strata buildings the variable that actually moves a Burnaby quote is not distance — it is carry length. A unit at the far end of a floor with a long corridor to the elevator costs more crew time than a townhouse with the garage at the curb, and photos capture that in advance.
Every load fraction and what changes it is in our junk removal cost guide. If the job is a garage, the garage cleanout cost guide prices that one specifically.
Which Burnaby neighbourhoods do you serve?
All of them. Metrotown and Brentwood are dense high-rise strata, where the work is scheduled around elevator bookings and dock windows rather than around traffic. Burnaby Heights is older detached housing with lane access and basements. Deer Lake and Buckingham Heights mean larger lots and longer carries. Highgate and Edmonds are a mix of towers and townhouse complexes. Big Bend and the Still Creek corridor are commercial and industrial, where the constraint is usually the bay rather than the building. Capitol Hill and Montecito bring sloped streets and driveways worth checking before the truck arrives.
We also serve Vancouver, North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
How do strata rules affect a Burnaby move-out?
More than anything else about the job. Most Burnaby strata buildings require the freight elevator to be booked — often days ahead and frequently with a deposit held by the council — and will not allow a removal crew up without it. Many require a certificate of insurance on file first. Loading docks are commonly allocated in fixed windows, and several buildings prohibit moves entirely on Sundays or statutory holidays.
The constraint people forget is height. Underground parkade clearance in Burnaby towers is frequently under two metres, which means the truck stays at the loading dock or on the street and the carry runs from there. It changes the crew time, so it belongs in the quote — tell us the building and we check it before the date rather than finding out at the ramp.
How fast can you pick up junk in Burnaby?
Same week reliably. Burnaby is scheduled by corridor alongside our Vancouver routes, so the truck is already on that side of the region on the day rather than making a dedicated trip. Morning windows are standard and confirmed by text the day before. Strata bookings are the one thing that can set the pace instead of us: if the building's next available elevator slot is Thursday, Thursday is the job.
What happens to what we remove?
Reuse and recycle first, landfill last. Usable furniture, housewares, tools and clothing are routed to charities and thrift partners where condition allows. Metal, wood, cardboard and electronics go to their own recycling streams. The remainder goes to a transfer facility, weighed and billed by the tonne, with that fee already inside the quoted range. Hazardous material — paint, solvents, fuel, propane — needs a dedicated depot and cannot go in the truck; send a photo and we will tell you which one takes it.
Frequently asked questions
Do you offer free estimates in Burnaby?+
Yes, free and with no obligation. Send your postal code, a short description and photos through the estimate form and a clear range comes back, usually within hours. We confirm that range on arrival before any work starts, and the number you approve is the number you pay.
Do you handle strata elevator bookings?+
Yes. Tell us the building and we arrange the freight elevator reservation, the loading dock window and any certificate of insurance the strata council requires, before the date. Many Burnaby buildings need days of notice and hold a deposit, so booking early matters more here than almost anywhere.
Will your truck fit in our underground parkade?+
Often not, and that is normal rather than a problem. Parkade clearance in Burnaby towers is frequently under two metres, so the truck stays at the loading dock or on the street and the crew carries from there. We check the building in advance so the extra carry is in the quote.
Are you licensed and insured?+
Yes. NorthPeak is a fully insured local crew, and we provide proof of insurance whenever a strata council, building manager or property manager requires it before a job. Ask when you book and the certificate is on file before the crew arrives rather than sorted out at the door.
Do you charge more for Burnaby than for North Vancouver?+
No. Pricing is identical across every area we serve — same volume bands, same weight rules for dense material, no distance surcharge. What moves a Burnaby quote is carry length and building access, which photos capture in advance, not the postcode on the address.
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