Estate and whole-house cleanouts.

On-site walkthrough is the standard for estate work. We don’t quote whole-home estates from photos because the volume, the access, and the family conversation all factor into the right approach. The walkthrough is free, no obligation. The customer points at what’s leaving, identifies anything sentimental that stays, and asks us anything they want to know about the process.

The work itself runs over one or more days depending on scope. We arrive with a full crew, the truck, dollies, packing materials, and respect for the home. Family members are welcome to be on site or not — many estate jobs run with the executor checking in by phone while we work. We send photos of major decisions before we make them, especially around items that might have value the family didn’t flag.

Donation routing happens during the work, not after. Pieces destined for Habitat ReStore or other partners go on the truck separately so they don’t end up at the landfill by mistake. Working appliances route through their own channel. Documentation — what left, what was donated, what was disposed of — goes to the executor at the end of the job.

Estate cleanout pricing scales with volume, access, and time on site. A two-bedroom condo with the family doing most of the sorting beforehand is the lightest version. A four-bedroom home with attic, garage, basement, and outbuildings — and forty years of accumulation — is the heaviest. Multi-day jobs are priced as multi-day jobs.

We quote estate work after the on-site walkthrough. The number reflects the actual scope, not a per-room flat rate. If the scope changes mid-work — the family decides to clear an additional room, the attic turns out to be fuller than it looked — we explain the revised number before we proceed.

Donation routing is included in the estate price. We don’t charge separately to route donation-grade furniture through partners; that’s part of the work, not a line item.