Holding an estate sale can seem like an overwhelming amount of work. Perhaps you think that you need to do it all on your own. Perhaps you don’t know where to begin. If you are planning to hold an estate sale in the greater Los Angeles area, then consider trusting your estate sale event to Heritage Estate Sales. When you let Heritage Estate Sales handle the process for you, you not only save yourself a whole lot of work, you also ensure that your items are accurately priced and effectively marketed. Read on for a brief overview of what to expect when you let Heritage Estate Sales handle your estate sale for you.
When you contact Heritage Estate Sales to conduct your estate sale, you will receive a personalized estate consultation complete with free verbal appraisals. A friendly and qualified member of the Heritage Estate Sales staff will meet with you and tour the estate. Heritage will evaluate the estate and together you will decide upon the best way to proceed. Heritage staff will price your items accordingly. Heritage does not charge you anything up front, but instead receives a percentage of the sales.
Once this initial phase is concluded, a contract will be drawn up, reviewed, and signed. Once the contract is signed, you will entrust the keys to Heritage Estate Sales as well as any security codes that will enable Heritage staff to access the property. Staff will now require free access to the estate because it is at this point that the important preparations take place. To ensure that your sale is a success, Heritage Estate Sales’ qualified staff will clean and stage the home to prepare for your indoor estate sale.
The importance of an artfully staged estate sale cannot be overstated. Your items will be displayed attractively for potential buyers. Items will be placed naturally within the home. During the estate sale, buyers will have the impression that they are touring a particularly attractive model home, one in which the furnishings and other items just happen to be for sale. The sale itself will span two to four days, depending on the size of the estate. To ensure the largest possible audience, the sale will typically be held on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. It will also be well advertised, as Heritage Estate Sales will post ads locally, place your sale information on the website, and send out email notifications to an extensive email recipient list.
Following your successful estate sale, unsold items will be donated to charity. Heritage Estate Sales can also arrange for trash hauling at a very low price, and your floors will be thoroughly swept. You will be left with a clean, empty, uncluttered home in addition to the profits from your successful Heritage-hosted estate sale.