Nightly Trash Valet for Apartment Communities
Doorstep collection five or seven nights a week, scoped to your community — every door, every service night, zero misses. Residents wake up to a clear breezeway and your office opens to a property that is already handled.
What nightly trash valet includes
- Doorstep collection five or seven nights a week, on the schedule your community sets
- Every door on every service night — no skipped buildings, no skipped floors
- Recycling collected separately on designated nights and staged at the correct receptacles
- Bulk and overflow flagged to your office rather than left in a breezeway
- Compactor and dumpster area kept clear and policed
- Missed-door reporting, so you hear it from us before you hear it from a resident
Why property managers move to valet trash
Valet trash is one of the few amenities that residents notice every single day and that shows up directly in renewal conversations. It also does quiet work on your operating numbers: fewer breezeway complaints, fewer work orders, less pest pressure around the compactor, and a property that photographs well when ownership visits.
Most communities in this market charge the service back to residents as part of a monthly amenity fee, which is why valet trash frequently runs at or near break-even for the property while measurably improving the resident experience. We will walk through how that math works for your door count when we scope the contract.
Consistency is the whole product
Every valet trash company sells the same list of tasks. What separates them is whether the crew shows up on night 200 the way they did on night one. Rain, holidays, short staffing — that is when communities get let down and property managers start shopping again.
Argos assigns the same crew to the same community, so the people walking your breezeways know which building has the tricky stairwell and which resident sets out boxes on Thursdays. When you call, you reach someone local who knows your property by name — not a national call center queue.
One vendor instead of five
Nightly trash valet pairs with common-area cleaning as our Tier 1 anchor contract, and turnover cleans, handyman work and pressure washing attach to the same agreement as you need them. That is one contract, one invoice, one point of contact — instead of refereeing between the trash company and the cleaners when something falls between them.
Pricing and billing
Trash valet is billed as a flat monthly rate, scoped to your door count and service nights. One predictable line item, no per-pickup surprises. We walk the property with you first, then deliver a scoped proposal within 48 hours; most contracts start within two weeks of signature.
Areas we serve
Argos works across Northern Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland from our base in Sterling, VA — including:
- Sterling
- Ashburn
- Herndon
- Reston
- Leesburg
- Chantilly
- Centreville
- Fairfax
- Vienna
- McLean
- Tysons
- Falls Church
- Arlington
- Alexandria
- Springfield
- Manassas
- Woodbridge
- Washington DC
- Bethesda
- Rockville
- Silver Spring
- Gaithersburg
Not sure whether you are in range? Call 703 829 0646 and we will tell you straight.
Get a free walkthrough and a scoped proposal
Tell us about your property. A member of our local team — not a call center — responds within 24 hours, and you get real numbers within 48.
Get a Free Quote Call 703 829 0646Frequently asked
How much does nightly trash valet cost per door?
It is a flat monthly rate scoped to your door count and how many nights a week you want service. We walk the property and send real numbers within 48 hours. Many communities recover the cost through a resident amenity fee — we will show you how that works for your unit mix.
Do you collect five nights a week or seven?
Whichever your community wants. Five nights (typically Sunday through Thursday) is the most common; seven-night service is available where residents expect it.
Do you handle recycling as well as trash?
Yes. Where your community offers recycling, we collect recyclables separately on your designated nights and stage them at the correct receptacles — no mixing, and no contamination flags from your hauler.
What happens if a door gets missed?
We report it to your office rather than waiting for a resident to. Consistency is what we are actually selling, so a missed door is a problem we surface, not one we hope you do not notice.
Are your crew members background-checked?
Yes. Every crew member is background-checked and covered under our insurance before they set foot on your property, and crews are assigned to the same communities so residents see familiar faces.