Number 1 Junk Removal

Number 1 Junk Removal is an Ashland, Massachusetts crew run by Ivan — joined in more recent reviews by a second name, Regis — that shows up fast for the kind of job most people put off calling anyone about. Google shows 128 ratings, every one of them 5★, and the Better Business Bureau grade is A+. The volume here is real: 107 reviews dating back to 2022, and the specifics repeat a pattern rather than reading like filler. Recent reviews describe a condo clean-out, a difficult sloped-woods junk cleanup where Ivan walked the site first to confirm scope, and same-day turnarounds. In a January 2026 review, a customer described hauling a large wood stove out of a basement, and in a late-2025 review a customer said Ivan had become their weekly trash-removal service, calling him reliable and 'always on time.' In a 2025 review, a Marlboro customer said Number 1 took what a WM Bagster dumpster bag wouldn't; other 2025 reviews describe a couch removed solo in about five minutes after a same-day call and old windows pulled from a house being sold on short notice. A 2024 review described a car trunk hauled off within an hour of a phone call. Bigger jobs show up too: in a 2024 review, a customer described the crew clearing a family homestead and coming back a second trip when the first truckload wasn't enough, and in an earlier 2022 review, a customer described them loading a full truck themselves so the homeowner didn't need to rent a dumpster. Thumbtack reviews from 2024 include a museum clean-up job where the crew asked permission before arriving early. Several reviews from 2023 and 2024 are written in Portuguese, praising Ivan's reliability directly — a sign of a loyal following within the area's Portuguese-speaking community. For anything from a single item to a full-house clean-out, the pattern across years and platforms holds steady: quick response, an on-time crew, and a price given upfront before the truck shows up.