I started Gold Coast Junk Removal in May 2026, when I was 17 years old. The first job was my parents' old couch, hauled out of the back of my pickup truck. No fleet, no employees, no big plan — just a truck and a couch that needed to go.
Before this, I was working grounds maintenance at a golf course. It was steady work, but it wasn't mine. I wanted to build something of my own, something I had full control over — and I wanted to start now instead of waiting for the "right time." There's never a right time. You just start.
I picked junk removal because I saw an industry that had gotten impersonal. Big companies with call centers, dispatchers, and rotating crews who don't know the area and don't have a reason to care about the job beyond getting it done. I wanted to build something different — a business where the person you text is the person who shows up, and the work reflects that.
That's the whole idea behind Gold Coast Junk Removal. You text a photo, I give you a real answer, and in most cases the job gets handled the same day. No call center, no guessing who's showing up at your house.
I built this business from nothing but a truck bed and a willingness to do the work. Every job since has been about doing it right — showing up on time, treating your property like it's mine, and not disappearing after the money changes hands. Fairfield County is a place where word travels fast and reputation is everything, and I built this business knowing that from day one.
This is still early. I'm running a real business, not a summer project — and I plan on this being the company people in this county call first for years, not months. If you've got junk that needs to go, you're not just hiring a truck. You're hiring someone who's building something real, one job at a time.