Emptying a rental unit between tenants: the cleanout with a deadline

August 24, 2026 · 5 min read · Megabac Team

Count in pickup truck loads: a 10 cubic yard dumpster swallows 3 to 4 of them, a 20 cubic yard 6 to 8. A few pieces of furniture left behind is 10 yard territory; a unit left full is the 20 — about the size of a Dodge Caravan. Delivered very quickly, loaded between two leases, freed within 48 hours of delivery: the Libération Express credit can be worth $50, March to October.

A cleanout that knows its end date

Every plex owner knows the scene: the lease ends, the keys come back — and the unit is not empty. A couch too heavy for the moving truck, boxes “they'll come back for”, sometimes the whole apartment, left as is. Meanwhile, the next lease is already signed, and one tenant's move-in follows the other's move-out by a matter of days.

That is what sets this cleanout apart from every other: its end date is not negotiable — the unit has to be empty and clean before the next tenant. The good news: it is a short job, exactly the kind a dumpster serves best — everything goes into the same box, in a day or two, no sorting.

The size counts itself in pickup loads

Walk through the unit and count the pickup truck loads it would take to carry everything out. That number picks the size for you — the room-by-room method is laid out in clearing the garage and basement.

The 10 cubic yard swallows 3 to 4 pickup loads: a few pieces of furniture left behind, the contents of a balcony and a storage space. The 20 cubic yard takes 6 to 8 — the unit left full — and its size is easy to picture: about a Dodge Caravan.

The price follows the size and the material type — the pricing page details what moves it.

What goes in the dumpster — and what stays out

The dumpster for a unit left full is the mixed dry-material one: almost everything a tenant can leave behind travels in it together. Almost.

All of this goes, mixed with no problem

Furniture and clothing. The couch left in the living room, the boxes of clothes, the curtains still on the windows.
Wood, metal, plastic. The wobbly shelving, the leftovers from between-lease touch-ups, drywall included.
The balcony and the storage space. Whatever was sleeping in storage goes out with the rest, no sorting.

What stays out of the dumpster

Tires. No dumpster accepts them, whatever the size.
Chemicals. Paint, solvents, oils, acids, aerosols and propane tanks: refused in every dumpster — set them aside for a specialized drop-off point.
Unsure about an item? Ask before tossing it in — a load that contains a refused material is refused on arrival.

The promotion and the sizes, in detail

The full Libération Express conditions fit on one page. And the size guide answers what the pickup loads did not cover.

Promotion details The size guide

When it is a whole house — or an estate

A plex unit is a few days' job. A whole inherited house is another project entirely: the 40 cubic yard swallows 12 to 16 pickup loads there, and the order of operations matters as much as the size. We wrote a full guide for it: clearing out a house after an estate settlement — papers first, keepsakes second, the dumpster last.

Between the two, only the pace differs — a rental unit empties against the clock, a family home at the family's pace.

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What happens next: we email you very quickly with the recommended size, the exact price and the possible date. Have your two dates in mind — the keys coming back and the next tenant's arrival — and your pickup loads counted: it is the one thing we cannot guess.

The between-two-leases questions

The tenant left everything behind: which dumpster size?

Count the pickup truck loads it would take to carry everything out. 3 to 4 loads: the 10 cubic yard. 6 to 8 — the unit left full: the 20 cubic yard, about the size of a Dodge Caravan. Beyond that, you are into whole-house territory: the 40 cubic yard and its 12 to 16 loads.

Furniture, clothing and leftover paint in the same box?

The furniture and the clothing, yes: the mixed dry-material dumpster takes wood, drywall, metal, furniture and clothing together, no sorting. The paint, no — like solvents, oils, aerosols, propane tanks and tires, it is refused in every dumpster.

The next tenant arrives in a few days: will the dumpster keep up?

It is the ideal dumpster job: every rental includes 7 days, far more than a unit needs. And speed can even pay: with the pickup requested within 48 hours of delivery, the Libération Express credit can be worth $50, March to October.

Will the dumpster fit in a plex driveway?

The 10 and the 20 cubic yard lay down exactly the same rectangle — 14 ft by 8 — and only the height changes, 2.5 ft versus 5. Picking the small box therefore shortens nothing: the real question is the room available, and we settle it over the phone before delivery.

Unit has to be ready for the next lease?

A two-minute call confirms the size, the price and the date. Delivery follows very quickly, PROTEC-O-SOL planks included to protect the driveway.

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