I moved in to my boyfriend's small studio apt (like 500sq ft) and we realized we did not have enough room. I have very little stuff in the apt and he has way too much stuff, ranging from all his skiing and snowboarding gear to his high school frisbee from grad night, plus we have a dog. This was a very stressful situation. It was really nice to have a person like Kristian to come in to our space and help us communicate, prioritize, organize, buy some small furniture and utilize the space to the maximum. We categorized the space by use and need, then put items in piles and then we finally made a home for each item. In the end result we can now have people stop by and not be totally embarrassed by our tiny space. We have defiantly improved our quality of life. Rent in SF has gone up in the last few months and we can no longer afford to move into a larger place at the moment. Without the help of Clutter Free Organizing Services I am not sure we would have survived for this long! Now if we could both work on forcing ourselves to be neater. :) read more

I have used Clutter in the past- and the service was efficient and fast. My review today is on their house man aspect. I had a flat tire today and one of the screws was comprised and I couldn't take the tire off. A Clutter track was driving by and stopped to help me. In a Covid -19 era, this time as such a nice gesture. We kept distance and had masks and gloves. Thank you mR. Shermak ( not sure about spelling) for your help today! read more

About 5 years ago I hired Andy for a slightly unusual organizing job that was really needed. He was hired to help me sort out my financial records, What I was most impressed with was the determination and efficiency with which he approached the project. He took a little time to find out exactly what I wanted, then took charge of the project, asking questions when needed and then working independently. He then completed the project in a much shorter time than I had imagined. He worked until the project was really complete; not just mostly done. I hired Andy again a couple of years ago to organize my garage. He again asked just enough questions to find out what I wanted then completely changed the look and feel of my garage, complete with lables and the recycling of much of my unwanted stuff. Andy's work has always exceeded my expectations. He was also very pleasant to work with. I would highly recommend him to anyone. read more

Andy helped me clean and organize my two large murphy-bed sized closets that had accumulated 3 years worth of clutter. The difference was amazing. He has a wonderful detached (yet not at all cold) and professional manner, which helped me to stay focused on the project, especially when I felt distracted and overwhelmed. I have used his services numerous times for different rooms, and will definitely hire him again. I can now say that my life is less cluttered, thanks to Andy. If I could afford, it, I would hire him every couple of months for a tune-up. Oh, his podcasts are brilliant! I actually feel happy, yes, happy while cleaning to them! **Most inspiring** read more

I've known Kris for years, but I have to admit, I was surprised by how much his organizing skills have helped me. I am honestly a poster child for disorganization and have been my whole life, especially in my personal space and with respect to my overflowing closets and dressers. I have never found a system that worked in the long-term. A few months ago Kris made the impossible happen. We took my closet and clothes trunk and using containers I already had, found a place for all of my clothes, and to my great surprise I can still see the floor of my closet to this day and I know where everything can be found! It is honestly magical to me. Since then we have also organized my kitchen, and that system remains in working order as well, we are in the process of an organized filing system to combat my chronic piles of mail and other paper work. I will be organized beyond my dreams before I know it! What surprises me is that organizing seems to be governed by the simplest principles and yet without the help of a professional organizer of Kris's caliber I would still remain hopelessly unorganized. read more

This company is amazing! Andy helped me organize, de-clutter, donate, recycle, and index my entire house. I know where everything is now. My belongings have a meaningful place and I can pull up a word doc that Andy created, to know where items are stored. Just like that! Andy is prompt, super smart, efficient, friendly, and super excited to help you organize. As the clutter in my home is gone, so is the clutter in my mind. Now, I can actually spend my precious energy on life's little enjoyments instead of a perpetual to-do list in my mind that drove me nuts. Why didn't I do this years ago? Thanks Andy. You are awesome. I will definitely hire you again. read more

Clutter Free Organizing Services were extremely helpful in helping us with organizing our garage and giving away all the extra stuff. Andy made it extremely easy to put aside things we did not need and organize the things we wanted to keep. I thought it would take days to organize everything in the garage, but surprisingly it only took one day! It was very helpful to have a third party help in prioritizing and opening up the space! I would definitely work with Clutter Free Organizing Services in the future! I strongly recommend them! read more

Andy has helped me organize two areas in my home. One was a linen closet, and most recently, my attic. Andy's practical yet gentle approach helped me to get my mind prepared for letting stuff go, even before we started the jobs of clearing and organizing. Most recently, my attic project was something I was procrastinating. That's 25 years of accumulated stuff! I have a pretty large attic, so it was easy just to throw stuff up there that I didn't want to throw away. Andy gave me a few tips on how to prepare before he came to do the job. Once he was here, we planned our strategy, removing things I knew had to go, making space to move stuff around and build new shelving so what I did keep was well stored and organized and labeled. Now I know where everything is, and I can get to it easily!! Andy is a real pro at this, and his podcasts are extremely helpful too. For me, I know it helps a lot to have someone there to keep me focused and to get the job done efficiently and also with heart. He knows so many ways to get rid of stuff without adding to our landfills. Andy is my hero, and I hope he can be yours too! It feels so incredible to have what was once an impossible clutter of stuff and junk, to well stored, and organized treasures in my attic. read more

What a fabulous service. This was life changing! I had a messy garage, stacked with boxes and bins and lots of old stuff, and I was too creeped out by spiders and some old rat poop from prior "infiltrators" that I could not approach cleaning it up. Andy to the rescue! His website said "No job too dirty" so I contacted him to see if he could help me. After asking a number of questions (and reviewing the wealth of info on his website), I decided to hire him. When he came to my home, my garage was not as shocking to him as it was to me. Yay! It was not an easy task, and it took several 3 to 4 hour sessions of us working together over the course of a few weeks, but wow. He also helped me put together two bulky item pickups from the county's service. And every time he came he took a carload of stuff to dispense with: Sometimes it was donations, or recycling, hazardous waste, etc. It's a huge relief. And now everything in the garage makes sense--related things are together and labeled, there's plenty of room for me to park my car, and I'm now compulsive about keeping it neat and organized. I highly recommend Andy and Clutter Free Organizing Services! read more

Our second bedroom was a place of catastrophe before we worked with Kris. The task of bringing order to a room that doubles as a storage area/ office/ garage seemed daunting until Kris arrived. He epitomized professionalism, entering the space, taking a thorough survey of what we had to work with and immediately forming a plan of attack. He proposed multiple creative solutions for the furniture configurations in our tiny closet and the room itself, maximizing our limited space. He also offered a range of suggestions for shelving units and storage products to fit our needs His experience with other clients was evident when he made suggestions for things we wouldn't have thought of otherwise. By the time we were done working, the room was full of neatly labeled bins, tall shelves, and more floor space. If you have an area that needs an overhaul, Kris can work some magic with your space. We highly recommend Clutter Free Organizing Services. read more

This was one of the best uses of my time and money in 2009. If you have clutter and you want someone who will see you through it and get you organized in a short time, call Clutter Free Organizing Services. After working with Andy, I believe that these folks can do just about anything related to clearing up junk and organizing the busiest and most cluttered life, home or office. I started out by checking out the web sites of organizing services in the Bay Area. Theirs was the most useful site, providing me with all sorts of information about where to safely dispose of all sorts of household and office items that I did not just want to put in the garbage. I think it is probably the most resourceful organizing website out there. I called a few of these professional organizers to get some preliminary information on their services and for a price and availability quotation. Andy was the first to call back and Clutter Free got my work. He listened to my intentions around the clean up project during our first call - a free 1-hour consultation. We worked together over the course of about two weeks to organize my home office. Before meeting Andy, I thought this was a monumental task. After the first few days of work together, not only did my office look entirely different, it transformed from the room I avoided or where I dumped stuff that I would deal with later to a room where I enjoyed sitting and tending to my work or just hanging out. The de-cluttering experience allowed me to migrate my work back from my dining room table which had become the new permanent home of my desktop computer, a printer, and piles of paper and business documents. I also realized in this clean up process that I was holding on to stuff that was not just about the stuff itself, but instead, was about old relationships and issues from the past that I simply needed to let go. It was a surprisingly revealing and liberating transformation and I regained a usable office space and could find all of my salient documents and information in a flash. I appreciated that Andy understood this aspect of the process as it unfolded - though I would not have known this had I not raised it with him myself. I very much appreciated that he respected my privacy and upheld confidentiality. Everything that I absolutely needed to keep now had a place to go - obviating the need for creating those awful vertical files (think junk piles) on every surface in my office. Andy was prompt and the rates were reasonable. He arranged for my sensitive documents to be shredded, he took away for use elsewhere, all those things like extra rubber bands, pens, cds, old floppy disks, broken computers, random paper clips, and also sorts of other stuff. I donated items of value (electronics, etc.) and he brought back for me, lists of what was donated on which I could write in an estimated value and the confirmation letters needed for tax purposes (charitable donations). I could not be more satisfied with Andy's service and I would use Clutter Free's organizing services again without hesitation. read more

Kris at Clutter Free saved us from our mess. We are a small business, selling softgoods like T-shirts, hoodies, etc., that is run out of the garage and taken on the road to events. Since this is a part time gig with limited space, it was turning into a mess. When we would bring products to events, we couldn't readily find sizes and colors and my products were getting jumbled. Kris same over one evening and got us organized, separating all products by sizes, colors, styles, etc. He suggested types of containers ahead of time and now the products in the garage are in neat, labeled containers, stackable and condensed. With all our products organized, we sold more at our last event than several other combined. Our volunteer crew could easily find the products customers were looking for, without us having to explain what was where. SF DIRTLAB highly recommends Clutter Free services! read more

I've haven't hired him personally but I find the podcasts on his website to be excellent. I listen to them while I clean, Andy-thanks for being so generous with your insight. read more

I was downsizing from a family of 5 to a family of 2. Overwhelmed with the accumulation of 10 years of family life, I called Andy to help. First he got me on his website to listen to the podcasts discussing 'stuff', the psychology around 'stuff', and strategies for dealing with and releasing old 'stuff'. It got me thinking and started before he even got here. Then we took time to look at my needs and goals, strategied how to organize my spaces, then got to work. 6 hours later, several rooms were transformed into very clear, and organized working spaces. True to his word, many boxes of things left the house with Andy, off to be recycled & re-used, my trash cans were full and I had so much more space available and posessions reclaimed and sorted in useful way. It's now 2 weeks later. I've continued to clear away more and more layers of outgrown, no longer needed projects and accumulations. I'm finding my home to be a much more peaceful and creative space now that things are current, and have a place. I plan to have him come again to help me finish the process of downsizing. Andy is a GREAT resource to bring into your space to creat order out of chaos, open up the creative flow, and make room for new life to emerge. Thank you Andy! read more