Ashmore skip bins, sized for the driveway
Much of Ashmore went up in the 1970s, and a lot of those houses are now ready for new kitchens, new floors or a serious sort-out. Choose a bin, see which date the 36-hour lead time unlocks, and keep it for a fortnight.
Earliest date you can book
36 hours from booking
We need 36 hours' notice. Book before midday, Queensland time, and tomorrow is the earliest date you can pick.
Ashmore at a glance
Ashmore is the suburb wedged between Southport and Nerang. Along the top runs Southport–Nerang Road, home of the Ashmore City shopping centre; down the south-west side, the Nerang River. Most of it was built after the Ashmore Village estate opened up in the 1970s, and Currumburra Road got Ashmore State School in 1978. Census 2021: about two-thirds of dwellings were separate houses, and more than one in three had four bedrooms or more.
Measuring up a freestanding house
With so many stand-alone homes, the bin normally lands on your own driveway. Tape-measure the spot and check it against the footprints listed on the sizes page. Townhouses make up roughly a fifth of local homes, usually on a common drive, so the body corporate needs to sign off before you book. Firms in the light-industrial pocket near Hinde Street can park the skip inside their own lot and avoid council altogether.
Original 1970s kitchens and big family homes
Houses from the 1970s and 1980s reach an age where bathrooms, kitchens and flooring come out together, which is classic skip work. Owners leaving a four-bedroom family home after many years tend to want one large bin for the whole clear-out rather than several small ones.
Yard makeovers: soil and prunings
Landscaping brings soil and green waste into the job. Soil travels only in a 3m³ or 4m³ bin. Prunings need a Green Waste bin kept free of anything else, or a contamination fee is charged. Concrete and clean rubble have a 6m³ ceiling.
When Ashmore needs a council permit
Driveway or front yard: nothing to apply for. Kerbside, verge or footpath: that's public land, so a City of Gold Coast permit has to be in place first. You lodge it and you carry the responsibility, because ASAP Skip doesn't apply on anyone's behalf. If the driveway is short, dropping a size so the bin fits inside the boundary is usually easier than the paperwork.
Matching a bin to the job
One bathroom or a single room: 3m³ (twelve wheelie bins) or 4m³ (sixteen). Kitchen plus living areas, or emptying a four-bedroom house: the 6m³ (twenty-four) or the 9m³ (thirty-six). Soil stops at 4m³ however big the dig, so a large landscaping job may need two bins, organised by phone on 1800 462 674.
Ashmore prices for the three everyday sizes
The big number is the green waste price; general waste is underneath. GST, drop-off, collection and 14 days of hire are all in the figure.
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3m³ skip bin
A shed, a garage shelf-out or one small bathroom.
12 wheelie bins · 3 trailer loadsAbout 2.4 × 1.5 × 0.9 m
from $340general $535 · GST incl.
Book a 3m³ bin -
4m³ skip binMOST POPULAR
The size most people pick: a kitchen or bathroom strip-out, or a dirt job (dirt tops out at 4m³).
16 wheelie bins · 4 trailer loadsAbout 3.0 × 1.5 × 1.0 m
from $380general $590 · GST incl.
Book a 4m³ bin -
6m³ skip bin
Two or three rooms at once, or the contents of a family home.
24 wheelie bins · 6 trailer loadsAbout 3.6 × 1.5 × 1.2 m
from $460general $830 · GST incl.
Book a 6m³ bin
Ashmore questions
I'm booking on a Tuesday morning. When could the bin reach Ashmore?
Bookings need a 36-hour run-up. Order by 12 noon Queensland time on Tuesday and Wednesday is the first date offered. You also tick AM or PM, which steers the run but isn't a fixed slot.
Our townhouse drive is shared. What should we sort first?
Written approval from the body corporate, since the drive is common property. If it says no, a street spot is the fallback, with a council permit that you lodge.
How big a bin for a downsizing clear-out?
Most four-bedroom homes fill a 6m³ or 9m³ when everything goes at once. Furniture and household goods suit a General Household bin; keep garden prunings for a separate Green Waste bin.
Can I wheel a barrow straight in?
Yes, if you add the $30 walk-in door at checkout. Only the 3m³, 4m³ and 6m³ bins take it; the 9m³ and 15m³ don't.
Got an Ashmore sort-out planned?
Price it, take the first date that suits, and keep the bin for 14 days.