What to have ready
What has to go sits above everything else: a sofa, an old mattress with the box spring, a replaced refrigerator or washer, or a garage of boxes and bikes. A rough count of the heavy pieces is enough on an opening call.
Where the pieces sit matters too. The room they are in, the floor they are on, and the way through the house to the driveway all shape the carry out. A back bedroom at the end of a hall, a basement with a tight staircase, or a garage behind a short wall from the street: those details point at how long the path runs.
Mention the driveway and the garage door too: the spot a truck can stop in, the gate at the sidewalk if there is one, and the width of the garage door opening.
Steps and stairs are worth a line too. The number of steps between the room and the curb, the turn at a landing on a staircase, a pull-down attic ladder for a cleanout up top, and the narrowest doorway on the path all shape the carry.
Flag anything that must stay in place: a framed photograph on a shelf, a child's artwork taped where it lives, or a pet in a bedroom with the door closed.