Number 1 Junk Removal

Number 1 Junk Removal is a small Ashland, Massachusetts junk-removal outfit that homeowners across MetroWest call when something big has to leave the house today — a couch, a wood stove, half a garage, the contents of a condo. Reviewers overwhelmingly deal with Ivan directly, and many name him rather than the company. The volume is unusual for an operation this size: Google publishes a 5.0 average across 128 ratings, and its Thumbtack profile shows 5.0 from three. What the written accounts describe, again and again, is speed. A 2026 customer had a sloped, wooded dumping ground cleared the same day it was quoted. A 2025 reviewer in Marlborough got next-day pickup for what a bagster service would not take. A 2024 customer called at 8am, was ready at 11am, and had half a garage of mattresses and dressers gone that morning. A 2025 review describes a couch carried out single-handed within an hour of the call. Price comes up as often as speed. Reviewers repeatedly describe the quote as lower than expected and cheaper than other companies they called, and several mention a free on-site look before the number is given. The conduct notes are specific rather than generic. A 2025 customer wrote that he took his shoes off before entering the house without being asked. A 2024 reviewer cleaning out a family homestead said that when the truck filled up and there was more left, the crew came back to finish the job. Another customer with weekly trash pickup describes him as on time every week and says the site is left clean and organised. A good share of the reviews are written in Portuguese, and the business is clearly used by both households and small commercial customers — a museum clean-up, construction debris, ongoing weekly accounts. This is a one-to-two-person operation, not a fleet, so the practical things to settle up front are scheduling for a large job, what happens if the truck fills before the work is done, and whether the items you need gone are ones they take. For a single heavy item, a cleanout, or construction debris on short notice in the Framingham-Ashland-Natick area, the record here is consistent and recent.