What is Trash Valet?
Valet trash service is a door-to-door trash service for multi-family properties including apartment communities, condominiums, student housing and senior living communities. Valet trash pick-up offers a no-risk revenue source that increases the net operating income of the community. Apartment valet trash service provides the community with the #1 voted amenity that 100% of residents will enjoy from day one. It’s a turnkey operation that keeps the property clean and beautiful.
How does it work?
Door-to-Door valet trash service is convenient and easy to implement. The service provides doorstep waste collection five nights a week. Residents put their tied trash bags in the provided trash container and set it outside their doors between 6pm and 8pm. Valets collect the bags and take them to the dumpster starting at 8pm. The empty trash containers are brought back into their unit by 9am the next morning. Simple and pain-free.
What are the benefits?
Doorstep collection is an amenity that every resident uses numerous times a week. The benefits include:
Doorstep pick-up is a service all residents take advantage of, unlike a weight room or pool at their community
No trash is left out in the community during leasing hours
Trash is collected shortly after it is set outside – this is helpful to prevent odors, trash leakage, or stains on walkways and breezeways
Dumpsters and compactor areas are cleaned nightly by fully insured and uniformed trash valets
What is the Step-by-Step Process for Trash Collection?
Professional, clean-cut uniformed service valets will pick up the trash from outside each residents’ door.
Trash bags are collected in a shoulder harnessed, anti-drip collection container
Trash bags are then taken to the on-site dumpster/compactor and thrown away
Areas around the dumpsters are swept clean of loose trash
What are the Benefits for an Apartment Community?
When an apartment community partners with a valet trash service, there are immediate bottom-line results. Trash valet is a service that adds value to the asset and the benefits are numerous for the apartment community.
Risk-free monthly ancillary revenue
Can easily be added to current monthly rental fees or billed separately by unit
Improves curb appeal during leasing hours by keeping the property clean, sanitary and organized
It will differentiate the property from competitors
Provides leasing agents with a unique selling tool
Crime deterrent – the visibility of the uniformed trash service valets reflective uniform helps deter crime when staff is not on site
Trash valet service reduces the maintenance team's workload, letting them focus on essential upkeep duties. It keeps the community cleaner and more sanitary, benefiting both staff and residents.