Skip bins in Ashmore

Ashmore fills the gap between Southport and Nerang. Southport–Nerang Road marks its northern edge, with Ashmore City shopping centre along it, and the Nerang River traces the south-western boundary.

Much of the housing dates from the 1970s and the Ashmore Village estate, and 1978 brought Ashmore State School to Currumburra Road. In the 2021 Census, separate houses made up about two-thirds of dwellings and over a third of homes had at least four bedrooms. Plenty of those family houses are now due for a refit.

Getting the bin in

Detached houses dominate, so most drops here land on a driveway inside the boundary, with no permit involved. Measure first. A 4 m³ needs roughly 3.0 m by 1.5 m of clear space, a 6 m³ about 3.6 m by 1.5 m.

About one dwelling in five is a townhouse on a shared driveway. Clear it with the body corporate before you book. Running a business off Hinde Street, in the light industrial area? Keep the bin on your own lot and council never enters into it.

Sizing a typical Ashmore job

Kitchens, bathrooms and floors in houses from the 1970s and 1980s are the usual work. One room tends to fit a 3 m³ or a 4 m³, and the 4 m³ holds around 16 wheelie bins. Clearing a four-bedroom home before a downsize is a bigger call: a 6 m³, roughly 24 wheelie bins' worth, or a 9 m³ at roughly 36.

Garden makeovers bring two kinds of load. Soil goes in a 4 m³ at most. Prunings need a dedicated Green Waste bin; mix anything else in and a $150 contamination fee applies.

Council permits in Ashmore

Inside your boundary, on the driveway or lawn, there is no council paperwork. Kerbside is different: a bin on the street, the footpath or the verge must be approved by the City of Gold Coast. You lodge that permit application yourself and wear its conditions; Tiger Skips does not lodge permits.