Unpacking Services in Brighton
Unpacking Services in Brighton put your things where you want them, then take the empty boxes and paper with us. You won't have to squeeze a house worth of cardboard into one recycling cart or haul it to Howell.
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Cardboard is the part of unpacking services in Brighton that people forget to plan for. In the city, only recycling that fits in the WM cart gets collected. Genoa Township's contract covers 64 gallons a week, overflow doesn't count as bulk, and the cardboard station at the township hall closed at the end of 2020 after people kept dumping debris there. Brighton Township leaves hauling to each household.
Recycle Livingston in Howell takes flattened corrugated, and it has run cardboard-only Monday hours, but hours were cut in late 2025 and non-members pay a gate fee. Call first. Or skip it: we break down every box, bundle the paper, and remove it all.
Fitting a house into cottage cabinets
Placement takes the most thought in a converted cottage around Lake Chemung or Crooked Lake, since a home that began as a resort cottage can have small rooms and little built-in storage. Your kitchen from the last house may not fit the cabinets here. Stand in the room and direct us, and we'll put things away where you say.
When something doesn't fit, it helps to decide on the spot. Keep daily dishes within reach, and pick one shelf or closet for what you rarely use. We work through the kitchen, bathroom, and closets in turn, so what's left at the end is rooms you can use.
Check the carts before the crew leaves
One small local check saves a headache on the first week. Genoa Township homes get an assigned 96-gallon trash cart and a recycling cart from WM. If the recycling cart isn't there when you arrive, call WM at 810-201-5576. Trash service there is billed on the winter tax bill, so ask at closing how that was handled.
In Brighton Township, find out which hauler serves your street, since that is left to each home or neighborhood. Owners can petition the board for a special district to share one hauler. Either way, our crew takes packing materials with us, so your first pickup holds only what your household made.
Brighton Moving FAQs
Only in limited amounts. In the City of Brighton, bundled cardboard counts as bulk: no bigger than 4 by 4 by 2 feet, under 60 pounds, and each bundle is one item. Each home gets one free item during the month's first full week, and extras cost a fee.
Yes. We remove all packing materials, not just the boxes. That spares you from sorting what each recycling program will and won't take, which varies a lot around here.
Start with the rooms you need that night, usually the kitchen and a bathroom. Tell us your preferences as we go, and you can move things later. Nothing has to be final, it only has to be usable.