Tuscany sits among Meridian's newer master-planned neighborhoods, built mostly from the 1990s through the 2020s, with HOA rules that shaped a lot of what ended up in the yard to begin with. That means the shed off to the side of a three-car garage is a lot more likely to be a factory kit or a newer wood-frame build than something cobbled together decades ago. Removing it isn't just a hauling job from start to finish, either.

Meridian requires a demolition permit for shed teardown, the same as it does for garages and mobile homes, and that permit runs through Building Services on Broadway. Skip that step and you can end up doing the paperwork after the fact, which is the harder way around.

What actually comes out of a Tuscany shed

Because most of the neighborhood went up within the last few decades, you're less likely to find rotted-through framing and more likely to find a shed that's structurally fine but just in the way — swapped out for a bigger one, or cleared to make room for a pool or an addition. Inside, expect the usual mix: lawn equipment, bikes, leftover paint and stain, old fertilizer or pesticide containers, and whatever scrap metal piled up over the years.

Sorting before the truck leaves the property is what keeps a job from turning into a slow one. Clean wood goes one way, treated or painted wood goes another, and metal goes a third — mixing them just means someone has to pick it apart later.

Clean, untreated wood framing — can be diverted instead of landfilled
Scrap metal (hinges, brackets, siding, old equipment) — recyclable
Treated or painted lumber — can't go in wood diversion, has to go as trash
Paint cans, solvents, pesticides — hazardous, can't ride along with a regular load
Concrete footings or pads — handled separately from the wood and metal
Shingles or roofing material — sorted out before the rest gets hauled

Where it ends up in Ada County

Ada County runs its landfill, Hidden Hollow, up in the north Boise foothills off Seamans Gulch Road, but most Tuscany jobs are a shorter drive to the Meridian Transfer Station on West Franklin Road. Both take the same basic materials — trash, construction and demolition debris, yard waste, clean wood, concrete, scrap metal and e-waste — and both charge extra for tires and for appliances that still hold Freon.

What they won't take matters just as much. Hazardous waste doesn't go in with construction debris, waste from outside Ada County isn't accepted, and an untitled camper, trailer or boat gets turned away at the gate. The transfer station does take large metal pieces and cardboard without a fee, which is worth knowing if a shed teardown leaves you with sheet metal siding or a stack of flattened boxes.

That's the real reason sorting happens on-site instead of at the dump. A load that's mixed trash, metal, wood and tires gets picked apart or turned back; a load that's already separated moves through fast.

City programs vs. hiring it out

Meridian offers residents free bulky-item pickup through its curbside contract with Republic Services, but that program is built for furniture and appliances, not construction debris — a shed, a torn-apart wall section, or a stack of lumber doesn't qualify, and neither do hot tubs, tires or boats. The city's seasonal cleanup events, like Trash or Treasure in spring and Recycle the Fall in autumn, are aimed at household junk and yard waste rather than structural teardown.

Where the city program earns its keep is a dead couch or an old refrigerator at the curb. Where it doesn't is a shed that needs a permit pulled, materials sorted, and each one delivered to the right facility. If you're planning to park a dumpster in the street or right-of-way to do it yourself, ACHD requires its own permit for that, since it owns Meridian's public streets — one more piece of paperwork to track down before the work even starts.

A shed removal in Tuscany almost always comes down to the same short list: pull the permit, sort what comes out, and get each material to the right place in the county. Boise Shed Removal handles that whole list, demo and haul-away included — call for a free estimate if you'd rather hand it off than work through it yourself.

Shed Removal in Tuscany