Appliance removal prices look simple on the surface, a starting price per appliance, but the total for a real pickup depends on three things: what is going, how many things are going together, and how the pickup is done. Once you can see how those fit together, the price is easy to predict before you open the booking window.
Each appliance has its own starting price
Small, light appliances cost the least to remove: a microwave, a blender or a coffee maker starts at $70. Bigger and heavier ones cost more, because they take more effort to carry and more space to haul. A washing machine or dryer starts at $85, a dishwasher or stove at $95, a refrigerator at $115 and a water heater at $140. Every starting price is on the pricing page.
These are starting prices. Your exact total depends on your ZIP code and the details of the pickup, and you see it in full before you book.
Two appliances cost much less than two pickups
This is the part most people don’t expect. The price of a pickup is made up of two parts:
- An area service fee, charged once per pickup. It covers transport and loading, it varies by location, and it starts at $55.
- Each appliance’s own price, its add-on price. A refrigerator’s is $60, a dishwasher’s $40, a microwave’s $15.
A refrigerator on its own is the fee plus the refrigerator: $115. Add a dishwasher to the same pickup and you pay only the dishwasher’s add-on price on top, because the fee is already covered. The pair starts at $155, rather than paying the service fee twice with two separate pickups.
So if you are replacing more than one appliance, it’s worth getting rid of them together. The pickup calculator adds up a starting total for any list.
Replacing two or three appliances over a few months? If the old ones can wait, saving them for one pickup pays the service fee once instead of every time.
How the pickup is done changes the total a little
- In-home pickup is the starting price: your Loaders carry the appliance out from wherever it sits, upstairs, in a basement or at the back of a garage.
- Curbside pickup saves $5. If the appliance is already outside, you can skip the appointment. A refrigerator picked up at the curb starts at $110.
- Same-day pickup adds $10 when you book before noon, where it’s available. A same-day refrigerator pickup starts at $125.
- Stairs, basements and disassembly can affect the price for awkward jobs. They are factored in when you book, so the total you see is the total you pay.
No surprises on pickup day
Across the LoadUp network, you see your price before you book and pay nothing extra on pickup day: no surprise fees and no last-minute add-ons. Anything that takes extra effort, an unusually heavy item, flights of stairs or a unit that needs taking apart, is factored into the price in the booking window rather than added at the door.
A quick way to estimate
- Take the starting price of the most expensive appliance on your list.
- Add the add-on price of each of the others.
- Take off $5 if it will all be outside, or add $10 for same-day.
That’s the starting total before any volume discount, which is applied automatically when you add more. The booking window then confirms the exact price for your address, before anything is booked.
