1 October 2026
Moving House Rubbish Removal Townsville
Moving house rubbish removal in Townsville: which skip size suits your home, a room-by-room clean-out list and how to time delivery around moving day.
Moving house rubbish removal in Townsville is easier to plan than to leave to the last weekend. Whether you’re leaving a rental at the end of a lease, packing up for a posting or selling the family home, the rubbish you find while packing has to go somewhere other than the removalist truck. A skip on the driveway for the week before you go gives you one place to put it. This guide covers which size to book, what to clear room by room and how to time the delivery around moving day.
Which skip size for your house
Every house is different, so treat this as a starting point. One cubic metre holds about one 6×4 trailer load.
| Situation | Suggested size | General waste (7-day) |
|---|---|---|
| Unit or small rental, light clear-out | 2m³ | $260 ex GST |
| Two or three bedroom home | 3m³ to 4m³ | $280 to $330 ex GST |
| Full house declutter or moving-out clean | 4m³ | $330 ex GST |
| Large family home with garage and shed | 6m³ | $380 ex GST |
| Whole-property clear-out | 8m³ | $420 ex GST |
The 4m³ is our most popular size, and moving-out cleans are one of the jobs it’s designed for. If you’re stuck between two sizes, book the larger one. A second skip costs more than the step up. Our guide to what size skip bin you need has more detail, and you can compare every bin in 3D on the skip bin sizes and prices page.
Watch the weight on anything dense. The 4m³ has a 700 kg limit, which old furniture and boxes rarely reach, but a pile of pavers or a garden bed’s worth of soil can.
Green waste or general waste
Most moving clean-outs need a general waste skip. It takes mixed household rubbish on a 7-day hire, so broken furniture, boxes, old linen and garage junk can all go in together.
If you also need to tidy the yard before handover, consider a separate green waste skip. It’s cheaper ($110 to $230 ex GST depending on size) and comes with a 4-day hire, but it can only hold clean garden material such as lawn clippings, prunings and palm fronds. Household rubbish in a green skip turns the whole load into general waste. Garden waste can go into a general skip if you would rather book one bin and not sort anything.
Room-by-room clean-out list
Work through the house in this order and the skip fills from the bottom up with the heaviest, bulkiest items first.
Garage and shed
- Broken outdoor furniture, old bikes and toys
- Timber offcuts, old shelving and leftover building materials
- Empty pots and garden gear you won’t take with you
Living areas
- Worn-out lounges, coffee tables and bookcases that aren’t worth moving
- Old rugs and broken lamps
- Boxes of magazines, old cords and packaging
Bedrooms
- Broken bed frames and flat-pack furniture that won’t survive another move
- Old pillows, worn linen and clothes too damaged to donate
- Mattresses can go in, but they attract a charge on top of the hire, so mention them when you book
Kitchen and laundry
- Chipped crockery, old pans and broken small appliances
- Pantry clear-out packaging
- Old plastic tubs and storage containers
Yard
- Garden waste, if you haven’t booked a separate green skip
- Old shade sails, broken fencing panels and pallet furniture
Keep paint tins, chemicals, gas bottles, batteries and anything else on the banned list out of the bin. Our guide to what you can’t put in a skip bin in Townsville lists where each of those items should go instead.
Timing the skip delivery around moving day
A general waste skip comes with a 7-day hire, which is enough to plan around a move. A timeline that works for most households:
- Book the skip for about a week before moving day. That gives you the full hire period for the sorting and clearing that happens while you pack.
- Clear the garage, shed and spare rooms first. These hold the most rubbish and the least of what you’ll use before you go.
- Load the skip before the removalists arrive. The truck and the movers need clear access, and you don’t want to be loading rubbish around them.
- Leave space for the last day. Packing the kitchen and bathroom always turns up more. Keep some room in the bin.
- Have the skip collected before you hand back the keys. Call us when it’s full so the driveway is clear for your final inspection.
We deliver Monday to Saturday, 7 am to 5 pm, and same-day delivery is often available if your plans move. Fill to the rim only, because an overfilled bin can’t be legally transported.
Moving house rubbish removal Townsville: placing and booking
Pick a spot on the driveway that won’t block the removalist truck. A 4m³ skip is 3.0 m long and 1.8 m wide, so measure the space and allow room for our truck to reverse in. If the driveway is tight, mention it when you book and our smaller trucks can place the bin close to where you need it.
Payment is on delivery, by card with the driver or over the phone. We deliver across Townsville and the surrounding suburbs, out to Ingham and Ayr, with extra charges on those outlying runs.
To sort out moving house rubbish removal in Townsville, book online or call the Green Ant Skips team on 0439 413 125 and tell us your moving date.
