Virtual vs Real Skip Bin Hire in Australia - Know What You Are Choosing

What to Look For When Choosing a Skip Hire Company

Unless you personally know the Skip Hire company, have been referred to them, have used them before or checked their facebook page for reviews, you really can’t tell. Anyone can start a skip company, advertise and you could be enticed to call. Unless you compare companies it could be a gamble in terms of prices and service but more importantly what actually happens to your waste – recycled or land filled?

Virtual Skip Bin Hire Companies vs Physical Bin Hire Companies 

It has been an increasing trend in Australia in particular of more and more virtual skip bin hire companies or more likely websites, which offer customers almost like a comparison  platform to find their bin.  Some of these virtual companies are very good, with their own dedicated customer service centre, emails and phone numbers, while others will be very generic websites, which simply pull data from a database and will identify the skip bin at the geographic area where consumer is looking for.
If you are only hiring a bin once in your life and might not need any customer service or follow up or build a relationship with your bin supplier then perhaps generic or virtual bin hire website will work for you.  However, if you are interested in building a relationship with your Skip Bin Hire Supplier, so that they will look after your waste management needs, speak to you on a phone, carefully note down all your requirements as to the time of the bin delivery, placement instructions, site contact details, any variations to your bin hire order or any other issues such as bin change over - then you can't beat dealing with the real physical bin hire company that will provide a full service.

What Happens to Your Waste?

Skip companies are not actually regulated to a great extent but the best ones such as Need A Skip Now operate their own waste transfer stations ensuring proper recycling processes.  Hence when dealing with the physical Skip Bin Hire Company, one of the fundamental questions to ask is: 

"what happens to my waste after its picked up from my home / building site / commercial site?"

You can only ask questions about your waste treatment from a physical skip bin hire company.  If you book via generic price comparison website - these questions will not be answered, nor will you likely have any information about your potential bin provider or his reliability therefore. 

Council Permits for Bins on a Road

One of the tell tales between good and qustionable companies is how they treat the issue of Council Permits.  Professional Skip Bin Hire Companies will ALWAYS apply for a permit if the bin is going on a road or a nature strip and this issue will not even be up for a discussion.  Some questionable operators out there might either: not get a permit at all or charge customer for a permit but actually never apply for it.
Council Permits for Bins on a Road are absolutely critical for compliance with Local Laws in Australia, in addition - should anything untoward happen like someone colliding with your bin overnight or any other issues - if you don't have a permit - the fines and penalties will significantly outweigh the cost of the permit.

We recommend to always pay a Due Diligence when selecting your Skip Bin Hire Supplier and we hope that you find our tips above very useful.  Should you wish to add anything to the above - we welcome your comments below this article. 

Skip Bin Hire Melbourne Open During Christmas and New Year

Are you looking forward to your summer break with your family and at the same time looking to finish all your household projects and prepare for 2019?  

Most of the household projects, whether it's a clean up of your home, moving houses, clearing up a garage or finishing that landscaping or gardening project - will involve getting rid of rubbish or waste, generated as a result of your project.

One of the challenges during Christmas / New Year is to find a Skip Bin Hire company, which is actually Open for Business and operating during the Festive Season.

The great news are - if you are in Melbourne - the guys from Need A Skip Now is exactly the company that never shuts their doors during this exciting and festive season.  The reason being is a constant demand from its loyal and new customers, who are really looking forward to making their holidays productive and need to be associated with a Bin Company, which is on stand by and ready to deliver and pickup bins to enable the projects to go on in December and January months.

Not only Need A Skip Now team is fully operational, but they also offer complete telephone and live chat support Monday to Saturday.  To get an assistance with choosing the right bin size and waste type for your Project - give this bin company a call on 1300 605 624 or get an instant all inclusive skip bin quote online and book your bin via secure website.

We wish you all the best with your 2018 / 2019 summer projects around your house and don't hesitate to post your questions in the comments below.  Happy New Year folks!

Rubbish and Waste - What To Do When Moving Your House

Moving House In January and Need to Get Rid of all the Rubbish Before Your Big Move?

January is traditionally the busiest time of the year for Australian Families to move their home.  There seem to be more instances of our fellow Melbournians moving homes in January then in any other month of the year.

One of the reasons that happens is because many people take holidays from work in January, to spend some quality time with their kids and that allows them the time to pack and prepare for the big move.

Another reason for people to try and complete the moving and settling into a new home in January is so that by the start of the new school year - the families can settle in the new home, unpack, get their kids uniforms ready and find their lunch boxes, so that the kids and parents can start a new school year in somewhat organised fashion and try to avoid the chaos of moving and unpacking.

One of the biggest challenges during organising a move of the house is clearing the clutter and deciding what to take and what not to take into the new home.  This challenge also can be looked at as an opportunity to "lighten your load" and a chance to review your items and de-clutter, so that your move is lighter and you will start your life in the new home with only the things you need and not the things that you might potentially need in the future, but most likely not.

One of the tedious places to sort for most families is the clutter in the garage.  Particularly if you are used to use your garage for storage of various items, which you were not ready to throw out, yet have no immediate or foreseeable use for.  As a general rule and drawing from the personal experience of moving various houses with the 3 kids in tow, if you haven't used the items in the last 12 months, most likely you will not be using them in the future.  This generally applies to clothing, please keep in mind that in the 12 months you've gone through all the seasons and if you haven't required that clothing in the whole year, chances are - you will not be missing them in the future either.

Another area to consider is your childrens' toys.  In particular 1000's pieces of Leggo, which your kids might never attempt to put together again.  It is a good idea to engage your kids and go through the toy box together and honestly decide what is age appropriate and whether you need to be spending an extra hourly rate on the removalists to load the items into the truck and then off-load on another end if these items will never be used again.

Perhaps try considering a garage sale or Facebook Market Place to off-load items of furniture, toys, unnecessary stuff, which serves no more purpose and just creates clutter.

If you are not into garage sales or have pure rubbish, which is of no value to anyone else, the situation will call for the Hire of a Skip Bin, which will also allow you to not double handle the items and everything that will not be adding value in your new house - can be straight away chucked into the bin and leave only the useful items in your house, which you'll be ready to pack with confidence.

Last piece of advise - "if in doubt - throw out" and save yourself packing and unpacking time by leaving the rubbish and junk behind and only taking memories and useful stuff into the new home!