What it costs to have your couch taken away
Every price below is flat, includes carrying it down from any floor, and includes disposal. You get the number before we set off, and it does not change when we arrive.
| What you have | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Loveseat | $160 |
| Recliner | $132 |
| Futon | $150 |
| Standard three-seat sofa | $170 |
| Sectional, two pieces | $190 |
| Sleeper sofa | $200 |
| Sectional, three pieces | $249 |
| Oversized sofa | $249 |
| Sectional, four pieces | $249 |
| Armchair | $104 |
| Ottoman | $76 |
The stairs are on us
This is the part Boston customers care about most, and it is simple: your floor costs nothing extra. A third-floor walk-up in Southie is the same $170 as a ground-floor condo in Back Bay. No stair fee, no landing fee, no charge for how far we have to carry it to the truck. Two of us turn up with straps and a plan, and that is included.
Triple-deckers and tight turns are our normal day
Narrow staircases that turn at the landing are what we do here every week. If a piece needs its legs off or a door lifted off its hinges to make the turn, we handle it on the day at no extra cost. You do not need to measure anything, work out a diagonal, or plan a route. Tell us which floor you are on and leave the rest to us.
Sectionals are easier than they look
A sectional comes apart, so each piece turns a corner a one-piece sofa never could. Two pieces is $190, three is $249 and four is $307 — just count the sections when you book so we send the right crew and the right vehicle.
Sleeper sofas: bring it on
A sleeper carries a folding steel frame and a mattress inside, so it is the heaviest thing in this category. It is $200, it comes out on the same flat terms as everything else, and it is a job we do constantly. Mention it when you book and we will make sure there are enough hands.
Condition makes no difference to the price
Torn, stained, sagging, pet-damaged, water-damaged — all the same price as a pristine one. We quote on the room the piece takes up in the truck, not on what it is worth. So there is nothing to clean up, cover or apologise for before we arrive.
Clearing more than the couch
If the sofa is going along with the rest of a room, a share of the truck is usually the better buy: $325 for a quarter, $455 for three-eighths, $580 for a half, up to $985 for a full sixteen-yard load. Tell us roughly what is going and we will tell you which size fits.
Same-day and next-day, no rush fee
Short notice costs nothing extra with us. If the new sofa is arriving Saturday and the old one has to be gone first, or a lease is ending and the flat has to be clear, give us the date and we will work to it.
What is included in every price
| Included | Never charged |
|---|---|
| Carrying it down from any floor | Stair or floor-level fees |
| Taking legs or doors off if needed | Disassembly charges |
| The walk to the truck | Long-carry fees |
| Loading and disposal | Dump or environmental fees |
| Same-day booking | Rush premiums |
Booking takes about a minute
Send a photo or just describe it — "a three-seat sofa from a third-floor walk-up in Dorchester" is plenty. You get a firm price straight back. No site visit, no estimator, no waiting in for a window just to find out the number.
Where we go in Greater Boston
Boston proper and the surrounding neighbourhoods and cities — South Boston, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, the North End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Somerville, Cambridge, Brookline, Quincy and Medford. Same published prices across all of them.
Cheat sheet
One standard sofa
$170, carried down from any floor, disposal included.
A sectional
$190 for two pieces, $249 for three, $307 for four. Count the sections when you book.
A sleeper sofa
$200. Heaviest of the family and a completely routine job for us.
A loveseat, recliner or futon
$160, $132 and $150. All flat, all including the carry.
You are on the third floor of a triple-decker
Costs exactly the same as the ground floor. Stairs are never charged.
The whole room is going
Take a truck share instead — $325 for a quarter up to $985 for a full load.
Ready when you are
One price, agreed up front, with the stairs and the disposal already in it. Send a photo or describe the piece and we will give you the number in about a minute — then carry it out on the day that suits you.
The measurement that actually matters
Not the doorway. The narrowest turn in the stairwell.
Boston's older walk-ups have staircases that turn at a landing, sometimes twice, and a sofa fails at the turn far more often than at a door. What governs is the piece's diagonal depth — back height plus seat depth on the diagonal — against the space available to pivot.
Measure that before you promise the sofa to anyone or plan a route. It's five minutes, and it's the difference between a smooth removal and a piece wedged on a landing at ten at night. North End, Beacon Hill and Charlestown are the hardest versions.
Type 1: The standard three-seat sofa — $170
Weight and bulk: the baseline. Two people, awkward but predictable.
On the stairs: the classic problem child, because it's long and rigid. Legs off buys you inches that frequently matter.
Will anyone take it: no, per the section above.
Cost: $170, carried from any floor. Couch removal service.
Type 2: The loveseat — $160
Weight and bulk: the easiest of the upholstered family. Short enough to turn where a full sofa can't.
On the stairs: genuinely manageable. If you're choosing what to keep in a walk-up, this is the shape that survives moving.
Cost: $160. Note the crossover — a sofa plus a loveseat is $330, which now lands just over the $325 quarter truck — though the truck would also take everything else in the room.
Type 3: The sectional — $190 to $307
Weight and bulk: heaviest overall, lightest per piece. That combination is the whole story.
On the stairs: the easiest large sofa to remove, because it's already designed to come apart. Each section turns a corner a one-piece sofa never would — a real advantage in a triple-decker.
The catch: you pay per section. Two-piece $190, three-piece $249, four-piece $307. Count the pieces before assuming it's priced like a sofa.
Worth knowing: a three-piece sectional plus its ottoman is $325 — still below the $455 three-eighths truck that volume would need, so per-item wins here.
Type 4: The sleeper sofa — $200
Weight and bulk: the hardest piece in this category, and it isn't close. The folding steel frame and mattress inside can roughly double the weight of an equivalent sofa.
On the stairs: genuinely difficult. The mechanism can shift while being carried, which makes the load unpredictable in exactly the moment you don't want surprises — mid-turn on a landing.
The catch: it can't be lightened without dismantling the frame, and the mattress inside isn't removable the way a normal cushion is.
Cost: $200 — more than a standard sofa, and the price that most clearly reflects the actual work.
Type 5: The recliner — $132
Weight and bulk: compact but dense. The mechanism is steel and it's all in the base.
On the stairs: better than it looks — it's the shape of a large armchair rather than a sofa, so it turns. Power recliners add a motor and a transformer, and should be unplugged well before the crew arrives.
Cost: $132.
Type 6: The futon — $150
Weight and bulk: the frame is light; the mattress is the weight.
On the stairs: the easiest of all, because it genuinely separates — mattress off, frame folded, two trips instead of one impossible one.
The catch: the futon mattress falls into the soft-furnishing category with no free route, and whether it's handled under Massachusetts mattress rules can depend on its construction. Ask the specific programme rather than assuming. How the mattress restriction works.
Cost: $150 for the pair.
Type 7: The armchair and ottoman — $104 and $76
Weight and bulk: the manageable end. One strong person can move most armchairs; an ottoman is trivial.
On the stairs: rarely a problem.
The honest note: at $104 and $76, an armchair alone clears the $75 minimum but not by much — if that's all you have, it's worth waiting until there's more to move, or asking a neighbourhood gift network first. Hard-framed chairs are more donatable than upholstered ones.
What flat-pack construction changes
Cutting across all the types above: a sofa assembled from flat-pack parts usually will not survive being taken apart again. Cam-lock fittings and particle board don't tolerate a second disassembly, and the frame loses rigidity permanently.
Two consequences. It can't be broken down to make a stairwell turn the way a solid-frame piece can — so if it came into the apartment assembled, plan for it to leave assembled. And it has no resale or donation value even before the upholstery problem, because a buyer can't move it either.
Solid hardwood frames are the opposite: they come apart, they go back together, and they're the only upholstered pieces with any realistic second life.
When the truck rate takes over
Couches are large enough that the crossover arrives at two pieces rather than three.
Sofa plus loveseat: $330 per item against a $325 quarter truck. The truck wins by five dollars and takes the coffee table too.
Sofa, armchair and ottoman: $350 against the same $325 quarter truck — the truck saves $25.
Three-piece sectional and ottoman: $325, and the volume needs a three-eighths truck at $455 — so here per-item wins by $90.
The pattern: bulky-but-few favours per-item; several separate pieces favours the truck. We calculate both and charge the lower. Seven itemised Boston jobs.
Cheat sheet by type
Standard three-seat sofa
$170. Take the legs off before anyone tries the stairs.
Loveseat
$160. The easiest full-size piece.
Two-piece sectional
$190. Separates — easier than a sofa on a turn.
Three-piece sectional
$249. Still cheaper than the truck tier its volume needs.
Four-piece sectional
$307. Count sections before you assume the price.
Sleeper sofa / pull-out
$200. The hardest piece here. Never a one-person job.
Recliner
$132. Unplug power models first.
Futon
$150. Comes apart; the mattress may fall under separate rules.
Armchair / ottoman
$104 / $76. Below the point where a booking alone makes sense — batch them.
A whole living room
$325 quarter truck once you're past two pieces. Furniture removal.
Timing, briefly
Two Boston-specific notes. Around September 1 the whole metro's capacity is consumed at once, so book several days ahead rather than expecting same-day. And if you're replacing the sofa, ask the retailer about taking the old one on delivery — it's the one route that skips the staircase entirely, and it has to be arranged at purchase rather than afterwards. September 1 · same-day availability.
The golden rule
Measure the turn, not the door — and count the pieces before you count on a price. Almost every couch that ends up stuck on a Boston landing was measured at the doorway and assumed to be a standard sofa. A sectional is several manageable objects and a sleeper is one very unmanageable one, and knowing which you have tells you more about your afternoon than any price list does. Then, since no free route exists for upholstery here, the only real question left is whether the truck rate beats the pieces — and past two pieces it usually does.
Couch removal across Greater Boston
Frequently asked questions
how much does it cost to remove a couch in boston
A standard three-seat sofa is $170, a loveseat $160, a recliner $132, a futon $150 and a sleeper sofa $200. Sectionals go by the number of pieces: $190 for two, $249 for three, $307 for four. Every price is flat, includes carrying it down from any floor, and includes disposal. You get the figure before we set off and it does not change on the day.
do you charge extra to carry a sofa down stairs in boston
No. Your floor level costs nothing extra, so a third-floor walk-up in Southie is the same $170 as a ground-floor condo in Back Bay. There is no landing fee and no charge for how far we carry it to the truck. Narrow triple-decker staircases that turn at the landing are a normal day for us - just tell us which floor you are on when you book.
who will pick up my old couch in boston
We will, usually same-day or next-day, with no premium for short notice. Send a photo or just describe the piece and you get a firm price in about a minute - no site visit and no waiting in for an estimator. If a new sofa is arriving or a lease is ending, give us the date and we will work to it.
Does it cost more if my couch is damaged or stained?
No. Torn, stained, sagging, pet-damaged and water-damaged all cost exactly the same as pristine, because we quote on the room the piece takes up in the truck rather than on what it is worth. There is nothing to clean, cover or apologise for before we arrive.
How much is it to remove a sectional?
It goes by the number of pieces: $190 for a two-piece, $249 for three and $307 for four. Sectionals are straightforward for us because they come apart, so each section turns a corner a one-piece sofa never could. Count the sections when you book so we send the right crew and vehicle.