Estate Stories: Real Transformations
Behind every house is a life. Our clients’ stories show not just what we cleared—but what we preserved.40,000 Pounds in 40 Years
A widow downsizing to a smaller home needed help cataloging decades of collections. We removed waste, cataloged saleable items, coordinated family keepsakes, and held a successful sale—then cleaned and vacated in just 3 weeks. Every family has a story—and a house full of memories. We’ve helped clients clear 40,000+ pounds of “stuff” collected over decades, from hobby supplies to magazines and glassware—handling it with care and respect. Share your story40,000 pounds in 40 years!
Not everyone has a houseful of priceless antiques, but everyone has stuff. Baby boomers have collected the most stuff and then some. With 80 million baby boomers being orphaned by their parents, they are inheriting – like it or not more stuff.
Recently, we emptied an estate for a widow downsizing to elderly housing. Her home contained over 40,000 pounds of stuff collected over 40 years. Past hobbies included gun smithing, Look and Life magazine collections, glassware, lumber, blocks, and a wide assortment of simply too much to move.
Where do you start?
First – a floor plan of the new apartment and sizing the basics for furniture – what will fit and what is needed. We determined selling 3 sofas and buying a new one to fit a better lifestyle fit in the new apartment. We then moved the rest and set up the new pad!
Once we picked out what needed to be kept, we got to work on cataloging and valuing the rest. We started by eliminating 10,000 pounds of hazardous waste, broken glass, lumber, paint and gas. Proper disposal giving us room to sort and spend time on the sale-able items.
We collected all the family mementos, photographs and personal and packed along for family distribution.
Our sale took place and house was cleaned out in 3 weeks total.
Everyone was happy, grateful and relieved from the family burden.