Clutter and Junk WILL Scare Potential Buyers AWAY!

Selling a home is a big undertaking and can often result in a lot of stress. You want to get the best price for your home even while you’re still living in it. You’ve fixed it up and touched up the walls, but with your home full of your belongings it can seem crowded, or worse, look less appealing. This is where Junk-B-Gone steps in and saves the day! We offer a wide array of services including decluttering, junk removal, and donation pickups. We understand not ALL the items within your home are trash. This is where our donation pickup services come in handy! For a small fee, we donate the items and leave you with a clutter free home while you can feel good about giving back to the community. From lining up contractors estimates, to getting the work done, selling has it’s stressful moments, but give Junk-B-Gone a call and we can help kick that junk goodbye!

You want to make your home look more spacious and also have more curb appeal. Both of these objectives come from having your home free of clutter. That comes about through getting rid of all your junk. Even if your home is NOT filled with junk, as mentioned before we can also donate these items to a family in need and you can write off the donation on your taxes! It is a win-win scenario! YOU win by helping a family in need and decluttering your home prior to the sale. The family receiving the items win because they now have items that they only dreamt of having.

Give Junk-B-Gone a CALL for ESTATE Clean Out Services in The Northern Virginia Area

If you’ve been living in your home for a while, you’ve likely accumulated a lot of junk along the way. When something broke down it was often easiest to store it in the attic or the basement rather than throwing it away. Now that your home is being listed to SELL on the market, you don’t want the junk or clutter in your home chase potential buyers away, so give Junk-B-Gone a call for any estate clean out service you may need!

Where to Begin

First off, start by sorting through ALL items within the home. You can refer back to our other blog posts on how to categorize the items and declutter. Anything that is broken or no longer used such as kid’s toys, books, paint, and more should be placed in the donation or junk category. Things like household furniture that is being used and can be moved to your new home will be placed in the “stay/keep”

Don’t forget to clear out the yard. A swing set can be a selling point for families looking for home, but not if it’s broken down. Have that hauled away as well as that shed that is broken down and unusable. Clear up the yard of leaves, broken branches, and broken down lawnmower. Or even a hot tub that has not been hot in years! Think about that shed that looks like it is ready to fall at any point. Luckily Junk-B-Gone offers an array of junk removal and demolition services to tackle any task at hand and kick that junk goodbye!

When going through your unused items don’t forget to look for clothing that doesn’t fit or isn’t in style anymore. By doing this, your home will roomier, meaning less to pack up when the house is sold. You do not have to feel bad about letting go of your items and having the clothes for examples trashed because Junk-B-Gone also offers a donation pickup service which you can read more about. We also have a blog post about donating and giving back to your community here! We donate everything and anything that we can and make giving back the the community a MUST and our first priority! One advantage to using a junk removal company like Junk-B-Gone is that they often sort through the items being hauled to find anything that can be donated to local charities. They’ll also recycle as much as they can so that only the unusable items go to the junk yard.

The Do’s and Do Not’s of Estate Clean Outs

1. Start by keeping any important financial documents

If it hasn’t already been done, you will want to locate any will, trusts and related documents. This might include such things as burial trusts, life insurance policies and related documents, real estate deeds and titles. Family members should obtain recent bank statements, any stock certificates, 401(k) records, tax returns and receipts.

2. Keep photos and other memorabilia

While these items are really of little or no value to people outside of the family, they are irreplaceable for family members and Junk-B-Gone and it’s team members get that. They are trained to sort through your items and categorize them. Preserving these easily misplaced and lost treasures is important for the grandchildren and others.

3.Consider donating

By donating your items to a family or someone in need, not only can you write the donation off on your taxes, but you can also help someone less fortunate! If you are confused about local charities, you can check out our Supported Charities Here!

4.Be sure to look through ALL items thoroughly

Many people tend to put things in unlikely places, or forget that something valuable has been left in a coat pocket or the back of a desk drawer. While it’s unlikely that there will be money under a mattress, it can be easy to miss important or valuable items that were stored in unusual locations. Take the time to look through everything thoroughly. For example, the pockets in clothing, drawers, high shelves, every container, etc. Even consider hiring a company like Junk-B-Gone Junk Removal Services in Northern Virginia!

TA-DA! ALL DONE!

Now that your home is clutter free and spacious you do NOT have to worry or stress any longer. A buyer will come in and see your home for what it is “BEAUTIFUL” and make an offer! You can now kick back and relax while Junk-B-Gone keeps kicking that junk goodbye!