The Ravens Ridge truck and equipment trailer parked on a field in South River, with spruce and pine behind

Professional Property Cleanouts

Junk removal in the Almaguin Highlands

Ravens Ridge Junk Removal is a locally owned junk removal and property cleanout service based in South River, Ontario. Owner Tim Rouble arrives with a truck and trailer, everything gets loaded for you, and it is hauled away, so nobody in your house lifts a thing.

Text a photo for a price Call 249-506-6447

A clear quote from a photo, before anyone drives out
You do not need to sort anything first
Evening and weekend pickups, confirmed by Tim

Locally based
Fully insured
We recycle where possible

Tim Rouble, owner of Ravens Ridge Junk Removal, in a plaid work shirt on his property, with an old tractor and a wooden shed behind him — Tim Rouble, owner of Ravens Ridge Junk Removal.

Who shows up: Tim Rouble

Ravens Ridge Junk Removal is owned and run by Tim Rouble of South River. Tim gives you the price, confirms your pickup time himself, and is the person who pulls into your driveway.

Tim has more than 35 years of experience in commercial and residential construction, and ran a cabinet and millwork manufacturing and installation business for 22 years. He knows how buildings go together, which is useful when a shed has to come apart.

His family has been in this area a long time. Tim's great-grandmother was born at Eagle Lake in 1894, a homesteader. The business is named after Tim's property, which locals call Ravens Ridge.

What Ravens Ridge picks up

If it goes on a truck and trailer, it can most likely go. Here are the common ones.

Furniture
Mattresses and beds
Appliances
Construction debris
Yard and landscape debris
Scrap metal
Sheds and fences
Household garbage

Not on the list? Put it in the photo and Tim will tell you before you book. See what Ravens Ridge does not take.

Single item pickup prices

One heavy thing that will not fit in the car. Here is where the price starts.

Couch or loveseatFrom $115
Mattress and box springFrom $135
Fridge or freezerFrom $145
Washer and dryer setFrom $145
Sofa and mattress comboFrom $215

Minimum load, up to a quarter of the trailerFrom $255

Every job is different, so these are starting prices for the item at the curb or the door. Travel is quoted as its own line, so say which town you are in. Text a photo to 249-506-6447 and Tim sends you the price before anyone drives out.

How the quote works

Small items that a photo shows clearly get a firm price. For anything bigger, your photos give a detailed quote, and the final price is confirmed on site before anything is loaded. Pricing is by how much there is and what makes it harder to move, never by the hour. Travel is shown as its own line on the quote, so you see it before you book.

These change the price, so put them in your message or your photos:

Upper floors, basements and stairs
A long carry, for example 200 feet from the parking spot to the door
Heavy material, such as concrete, soil, shingles or wet lumber
The photos must show everything. A pile that is deeper than it looks is priced as what it is

If there is more on site than the photos showed, the extra is priced before it is loaded. If you would rather not go ahead, Ravens Ridge leaves and you owe nothing.

How junk removal works with Ravens Ridge

Here is what happens, in order.

Text a photo

Take a photo of what needs to go and text it to 249-506-6447. The garage as it is, the pile behind the shed, the one old couch. A few words about where you are helps.
Get a quote

Tim looks at the photo and sends you a quote before anyone drives out, with travel as its own line. Small items get a firm price. Bigger jobs are confirmed on site before anything is loaded, and you can still say no.
Tim confirms the day

Pickups run evenings and weekends. Tim confirms the day and time with you himself. You get a text the day before, and another when he is on the way.
Point, and it gets loaded

You do not carry anything. Point at what goes, and it gets loaded from where it sits. The area gets swept before the truck and trailer leave.

What Ravens Ridge Junk Removal hauls away

Ravens Ridge Junk Removal takes on homes, cottages, garages and business properties across the Almaguin Highlands. A full garage after twenty-some years is ordinary. It is what a truck and trailer are for.

Residential junk removal

The heavy things that will not fit in the car for a dump run. Old furniture, mattresses, and the pile that has been in the garage, basement or shed "for now".

Property cleanouts

Garages, basements, sheds, barns and whole properties. Useful before a sale, after a move, or when a family home has to be emptied. Tim works through it with care, at your pace.

Garage cleanouts

A garage that no longer fits the car. You mark the tools and gear that stay, and the rest goes out to the trailer, including whatever is up in the loft.

Basement and attic cleanouts

The level of the house where things go to be forgotten. Every item is carried up the basement stairs or down from the attic, and the route out is part of the quote.

Commercial junk removal

Shops, offices, rental units and job sites. Old fixtures, shelving, leftover materials and whatever the last tenant left behind.

Minor demolition

Small structures that have had their day, such as sheds and fences. Ravens Ridge takes them down and hauls the debris away.

Estate cleanouts

What is left once the family has chosen and the estate sale is over. Tim reviews photos first, the family decides what goes, and the house is cleared for listing or handing back.

Hoarding and downsizing cleanouts

Heavily filled homes, and moves to a smaller place. The work is private and unhurried, it can be done one room at a time, and nothing leaves the house unless you have said it can.

Illegal dumping cleanup

A pile someone else left at your lane end, on a vacant lot or beside a cottage road. Photos are reviewed first, then it is loaded, hauled away and the spot is raked clear.

What Ravens Ridge does not take

Biohazard
Paint
Gas
Oil
Asbestos

Not sure about something? Put it in the photo. Tim reviews every photo first and tells you before you book.

What is still good gets a second look

Some of what is in the garage is still good, and that is often why it is still there. Ravens Ridge Junk Removal salvages reusable items and recycles materials where possible, so letting go of it is not the same as wasting it.

Tim has salvaged building materials for years, including windows, slate and full kitchens. If there is something in the pile worth keeping, he will notice it and set it aside.

Reclaimed lumber stacked on a trailer beside a full woodshed in South River — Reclaimed lumber on the trailer, South River.

Old green and brown wooden shutters leaning against a barn wall, saved for reuse — Salvaged shutters in the barn.

Morning fog lifting over a hay field and an old grey barn near South River, Ontario — Morning fog near South River.

Where Ravens Ridge Junk Removal works

Ravens Ridge Junk Removal is based in South River, on Highway 11, in the middle of the Almaguin Highlands. You are not calling a company from the city and hoping it will drive out this far.

Almaguin Highlands

Surrounding areas

If your town is not on the list, text a photo and ask. Travel is quoted as its own line, so you see it before you book.

Questions people ask before they book

How much does junk removal cost in the Almaguin Highlands?

Ravens Ridge Junk Removal quotes every job from a photo, before anyone drives out. Text a photo of what needs to go to 249-506-6447. Tim looks at how much there is, what it is, and how hard it is to get out, then sends you a quote with travel shown as its own line. Small items get a firm price. Bigger jobs are confirmed on site before anything is loaded.

Do I need to sort or move anything before the pickup?

No. Ravens Ridge Junk Removal loads everything for you. You do not need to sort it, bag it, or carry it to the driveway. Point at what goes, and it gets loaded from where it sits, whether that is the garage, the basement, the shed or the yard.

What will Ravens Ridge not take?

Ravens Ridge Junk Removal does not take biohazard, paint, gas, oil or asbestos. Tim reviews your photos before he gives a price, so you know before booking whether everything in the pile can go.

When can Ravens Ridge pick up?

Ravens Ridge Junk Removal books pickups on evenings and weekends. Tim confirms every day and time himself, so there is no automated booking and no guessing. You get a text the day before, and another when he is on the way.

Is the price from the photo final?

For small items that a photo shows clearly, yes. For bigger jobs the photos give a detailed quote, and the final price is confirmed on site before anything is loaded. If there is more than the photos showed, he prices the extra first. If you decide not to go ahead at that point, Ravens Ridge leaves and there is no charge. Travel is shown as its own line on every quote.

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