ALE AND D JUNK REMOVAL

173 hires and 232 jobs logged on Thumbtack, and the same two things keep coming back in what customers wrote: they answer fast, and they tell you the price first. ALE AND D Junk Removal is a three-person Brockton crew that clears basements, yards, garages and the leftovers of a move, with a 4.8-star average across 86 Thumbtack ratings and Top Pro badges in 2022 and 2023. The older accounts are specific about how that plays out. A customer writing in May 2022 said the company called back within twenty minutes, came the next day for everything a moving company had left behind, took additional items added on the spot, and cleaned the area afterward. That September another said the job was priced up front and came in far below what a national chain wanted, and credited the crew with saving their back on the heavy pieces. A May 2022 customer had furniture hauled out quickly by the owner and a coworker. In April 2024, a Thumbtack customer with piles in the basement and the yard described clear communication and a job handled promptly. Its Google page averages 5 stars across seven ratings. Pricing is published rather than left vague, which is worth something in this trade. The company's own Thumbtack blurb sets a $120 minimum for a single item locally, with added charges for TVs, mattresses, air conditioners and refrigerators — figure that out before the truck rolls, particularly on a one-item pickup where the minimum is doing the pricing. Two caveats. The written history runs from 2022 through April 2024 with nothing added since, so how the crew is performing now isn't documented. And behind the strong average, the Thumbtack distribution shows about 4% of those 86 ratings sitting at one or two stars — a small tail, but a real one. For a Brockton-area cleanout — yard waste, construction debris, scrap metal, or the awkward pieces over five feet — this is an established option, with Thumbtack listing a background check on owner Aneudis Pena. Confirm the total against the minimum and the surcharge list when you book.