There’s a story to tell.
Estate Sale Services
And I want to tell it.
With the person responsible for the estate, I like to do an informal sit-down and ask some curious questions to get an idea of who the owners of the estate were.
I understand these questions may be sensitive to some and I choose to lead this conversation with compassion, grace, and genuine care and curiosity.
To me, there’s value and power in knowing people’s history and how it can cultivate community. Strangers, neighbors, and friends are going to come and walk through this house and leave with an experience. They aren’t just walking through a shop downtown, they’re walking through someone’s life. Let that sink in.
If a stranger (me) had to piece together who you were with the things you left behind (your estate), what would I find? How would I tell the story of your life? These are the questions I aim to answer if you hire me.
Why should I hire The Collective Estate Sales + Vintage?
Let’s Have an Estate Sale!
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You’ll book a free 30-minute discovery call. On the call, we’ll go over details about your situation, your desired outcome, and what my job entails.
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Next, we’ll schedule a date + time that I come look at the estate, ask follow-up questions, talk about your options moving forward, + go over more details.
3)
A contract is emailed to you outlining the course of action, dates, specific things we went over, etc. and once signed and returned to me, we start!
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I am always available to answer questions at any point. I want this to be as smooth a process as possible for you.
A Client’s 3-Step Process:
You (the client) decide what to keep. Take those items to your new home or set them aside.
Leave what you don’t want. I plan to sell what’s left behind.
My team and I will take care of the rest! We’ll sort, organize, and prep it all for the sale. At the end, you’ll have a clean + empty house.
Common Questions:
It depends on the contents of the estate and I determine what pricing will look like during the organizing and prepping stage.
How do you price things?
A $500 deposit is made at the time of contract signing. This covers any hours and expenses in the event the contract is voided and no sale takes place. If the contract is carried out, the deposit is refunded.
In most cases, my contracts are commission-based on a 60/40 split. The client takes home 60% of the sale proceeds, and I take home 40%. Any fees associated with the organization and completion of the sale are deducted from the client’s 60%.
Do I (the client) pay you to do this?
Your job is to separate all that you’re keeping, that’s it. If you don’t want it, leave it. You don’t need to organize, sort, or try to determine whether or not an item will sell. That’s my job.
The client may need to perform their own “trash sweep” before my services, and that can be determined during our discovery call.
Do I have to get rid of things that aren’t worth selling?
All items chosen by the client to keep must be packed and moved by them.
Do you offer packing and moving services?
As per the contract, the client releases all ownership of items once a contract is signed. Items now become the property of The Collective Estate Sales + Vintage. My team and I do our very best to price items fairly, intending to sell as much as possible and accrue the highest profit we can for you. I cannot guarantee the performance of a sale since many factors go into the success of one. It’s not uncommon for there to be leftover items at the end which I dispose of as I see fit. The home is then lightly cleaned and left empty for the client.