3 m³ skip bin
- L × W × H
- 2.4 × 1.5 × 0.9 m
- Wheelie bins
- ≈ 12
- Box trailers
- ≈ 3
Shed and garage clear-outs, or one small bathroom.
Units, shop fit-outs and lease changeovers: in Broadbeach the drop spot decides the job, so start there.
In Broadbeach the size of the bin is the second question. The first is where it will stand. Separate houses barely register here; the 2021 Census counted a handful across the whole suburb. Almost every address is a unit, and front yards are scarce.
Expect one of three spots: the building’s loading dock, a visitor park, or a space down in the basement. None of them is yours to pick alone; building management or the body corporate signs off. Covered entries and basements often have a low ceiling, so measure the height before offering one up, and check there is floor room for the truck to lower the bin.
Broadbeach is small and dense. The Star Gold Coast sits within its boundaries, as does the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. So is Oasis Shopping Centre on Victoria Avenue, which occupies the old site of Lennon’s Broadbeach Hotel, a mid-1950s building.
Roughly half the homes are rented. That brings tenant changeovers, furniture swaps and investor refreshes between leases. Owners who live in their units tend to redo kitchens and bathrooms, which is mixed builders’ waste. Shops near Oasis add fit-out and strip-out loads.
Furniture is bulky but light, so size it by volume, not weight. A 3 m³ has a 2.4 m by 1.5 m footprint, takes about 12 wheelie bins and suits one bathroom or a tight bay. A 4 m³ takes about 16: a kitchen, or a whole unit emptied between tenants. Gutting a whole apartment, or fitting out a shop, can take a 6 m³ or a 9 m³ where the building has room.
Inside the property line, no permit. Put it kerbside, whether that is Surf Parade, Old Burleigh Road or elsewhere, or up on a footpath or verge, and the City of Gold Coast needs to issue a permit first. Lodging it is your call and your responsibility. Tiger Skips does not lodge permits for customers.
Shed and garage clear-outs, or one small bathroom.
Kitchen and bathroom strip-outs. The biggest bin that takes soil.
Whole-room renovations and big clear-outs. The top size for concrete.
Thirty-six hours minimum. An order lodged by 12 noon makes the next day possible for Broadbeach 4218. Your AM or PM pick steers the driver’s run without fixing an hour, so warn the building manager to expect the truck sometime in that half of the day.
Only if the truck fits. Measure the clearance at the entry and make sure there is room for the bin to be set down. Too low? Raise the dock or a visitor park with management as the fallback.
Usually a 4 m³, which holds about 16 wheelie bins. Furniture fills space well before it adds weight, so choose by volume. A single bathroom fits a 3 m³; renovating a whole apartment may take a 6 m³.
Then it goes kerbside, which needs council sign-off. The City of Gold Coast issues that permit to you, and it stays your responsibility. Tiger Skips cannot lodge it for you, so get it approved before choosing a delivery date.
The postcode is already in. Choose the waste and a date.