I am beyond satisfied. First off, communication. Carolyn was response, and outgoing, and…read moreimmediately requested photos and details so she was prepared when she arrived. She literally dove right into the work, and was organizing within minutes of arrival. I hired her specifically for my disaster of a kitchen, and between that and the livingroom it took about 6 hours. She did not take a break, she did not waste time. She was 100% efficient. My kitchen and livingroom including wine and liquor racks have been transformed. I can find EVERYTHING. Everything has a place to go back to. I will certainly engage with her services in the future and will be recommending her to my friends.

Carolyn did a great job helping me clean out my bursting closet. She patiently helped me sort…read morethrough all of my clothes and shoes. She is judgment-free and took so much emotional weight off of me. Before she came over, I couldn't even walk in my closet, and I had clothes all over my bedroom, too. She ended up taking away 22 bags of unwanted items and took care of donating them for me. She has followed up with suggestions for storage, packing, and organizing. I will absolutely hire her to come back to help me finish the closet organization project. Even though we are only halfway through, the current state of my closet is a massive improvement!

Tabitha was awesome. We talked about the project before she came over, she listened to what I was…read morehoping for and when she came over she kept my preferences in mind rather than making me fit into some set system. She worked with what I had on hand and didn't push for me to buy any nee organizational items. Tabitha quickly got my room and closest sorted, organized and put away. It was a great experience.

Tabatha is amazing. A true delight to work with, both professional and personable. She worked so…read morehard and helped me get far more sorting, packing, and hauling done than I ever thought possible in one day. Who would have thought I'd actually ENJOY tackling my garage and the piles that had slowly grown over the 20 years I've lived in my house! I hardly ever post reviews, but wow, wow, WOW!

Tl;dr: Nicoll is AMAZING and clearly knows what she's doing when it comes to professionally…read moreorganizing your home! Read on below if you want more details about the whole process. So...here's the thing about me. I love stuff. I love having a variety of stuff. I love having colorful pens, cute bags, books...you name it, and I probably started collecting some of it at some point. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with wanting to have and own those things. But what I did notice was that the sheer amount of that stuff was really starting to stress me out. Things didn't have a place. My closet and dresser and drawers were stuffed to the brim. I found it difficult to enjoy these fun things I owned because they were mixed in with other things I didn't enjoy or use anymore. I found that I was hanging onto so many items for years "just in case," and the case would never arrive. I'd tried for years with things like the minimalist challenge and reading self help books to try and get rid of things, but I couldn't seem to make a dent. That's where Nicoll came in. My partner helped me find Nicoll on Yelp and connected the two of us together. We had an introductory phone call where she asked me some questions, and I shared my frustrations with getting rid of things and really needing help with it. We ended up making an appointment for a week later where she showed up with her toolkit and bag of bags for donations. We did a little walk around and I shared areas of stress for me and what I wanted out of the space, which was to know where everything was and to know what I owned. After the intro assessment we dove right in. In the next few hours we: ⁃ Took EVERYTHING out of my closet and purged SO much of it. We went piece by piece and she helped ask clarifying questions (when did I last wear it? Do I like it?) and could usually pick up on if I actually liked something. I noticed patterns of how I reacted when I loved something vs when I wasn't sure or was sort of convincing myself. This is an exercise I tried doing before on my own, but when there's someone standing there, who you paid to help you, who's not attached to your stuff....let me tell you, it changes the game. I found myself deciding to donate (and sometimes sell) what must have been at least a third of my closet (clothes, hats, bags, electronics, etc). ⁃ She busted out her label maker and helped organize and label shelves in categories that made sense. Now I know where everything is! ⁃ She packed up all the items I decided to donate into bags and packed them into her car. It ended up being about 15 bags of things which was absolutely wild to me. Nicoll taking these bags out of my house was a game changer, because there have been many times I've decided to donate items that just end up sitting there in bags for months! I noticed that night going to bed that my room felt emptier, in a really good way. It felt calmer, cleaner, and like I could breathe a bit easier. Some people might read this and think that they shouldn't have to hire someone to help them organize. I know for myself that I hit a wall when it came to organizing on my own, and I needed to ask for help. I'm so glad I did, because it changed my life and my relationship with "stuff." I'm confident that Nicoll will be able to help you if you need it, and I cannot recommend her enough!

AMAZING use of time and money. Ten stars. I worked with Nicoll for one full day ~6 hours on my two…read morebedroom apartment due to my fiancé moving in. She helped me get straight to work purging, organized my awkward old-house spaces, and packed up all my donations and e-waste when she left leaving the house feeling so free. Highly recommend! Wish I would have done this sooner, and will hire again for maintenance.

From our first meeting I knew I chose well. Nancy was not only knowledgeable but one of the most…read morefun people to work with. And only blink, and she had that task done and had moved onto another. I could not have been able to clear out my house for sale without her. Nancy will always have my most sincere gratitude.

Nancy at Balance helped me with a mid COVID-19 shelter in place move out of an apartment that I'd…read morelived in for 15 years! Let me start by saying that Nancy is an absolute pleasure to work with and her steady professionalism really helped set my mind at ease. I'm not the easiest person to work with but Nancy effortlessly tailored her working style to fit my personality and provided me with a level of flexibility that helped me make smart choices. I was also still working full time with all the stress that comes with it and didn't have a lot of time to figure all of this out myself but Nancy swooped in and helped me plan every aspect of the move. From minimizing and purging my clutter so that I would only move what I loved and needed, to brokering the deals with the moving company and shredding services, to actually being there rolling up her sleeves to help me with the unpacking and organizing of my new place, Nancy provided full concierge and hands on services for this challenging 2 month project. Go with the pay in advance package deals for the best value! I can honestly say that I LOVE the flow of my new home. The Feng Shui approach that Nancy took when helping me layout out my furniture has me feeling lovely and balanced in every room and all of my closets and storage areas are impeccably organized and uncluttered for optimal functionality. You simply can't go wrong with Nancy and BALANCE Organizing Services.

I don't normally leave Yelp reviews, but I couldn't avoid it on this one. Working with Deb changed…read moremy entire orientation to my home. I approached Deb because I wanted a sense of organization and calm in my (toddler-ravaged) house, but had no idea where to start and needed some accountability and guidance. Deb encouraged me endlessly and we took it room-by-room - purging, organizing, and implementing workable systems. Deb is so dynamic to work with. Her process felt completely customized to me and my needs and she is just brilliant. She manages to break down overwhelming tasks into manageable pieces and the result is apparent. Every session with her seriously felt like a cleanse. I can't recommend working with Deb more highly.

My husband and I really benefited from Deb's expert advice. We had never worked with a professional…read moreorganizer before and were worried beforehand that the investment would not pay off -- however by the time she'd left our apartment she had literally doubled our kitchen counter space... and left us with a plan for making every single room in our apartment more functional. She asked us a lot of questions and focused on what would work for our personal styles. Virtually all of her advice was around working with what we had, not buying expensive new furniture or organizing tools. We really appreciated her lack of judgment, focus on thriftiness/sustainability, and her positive, energizing presence.

I am a personal concierge, and I have had the wonderful opportunity to work alongside Virginia on a…read morefew occassions. I do not offer organizing services as part of my business, so I needed to find someone REALLY good to refer my clients. After all, my reputation is on the line. Thankfully, I found Virginia at Comfortable Structure. She is a natural at this organizing stuff. She's not only knowledgeable and full of organizing tips, she is also an expert at handling all of the other "stuff" that comes up around organizing. She's efficient, organized (duh), and just a fabulous person. The name Comfortable Structure couldn't be more fitting. I obviously recommend her to all of my clients, and I am happy to say I recommend her to all of you as well!

As an interior designer with my own business, I often help other people get organized and set up…read moretheir spaces for maximum productivity. However, when it came to our own office, I needed some help to get a big picture view and take advantage of every inch in our small office. Virginia came highly recommended from another small business owner, and I could immediately tell why. She not only practices the organization that she preaches, but her philosophy of carefully tailoring advice to fit with each client's preferred way of working makes changes doable and long-lasting rather than overwhelming or short-lived. Things were not totally smooth - after her first visit I still had some confusion about our plan for the furniture layout and was not sure the arrangement was going to allow us access to the things we needed. Virginia works fast in an in-person session and I am used to taking time to mull things over and think through all the details and potential chain reactions. However, when I expressed this to her she immediately offered to come back again for no additional fee. The second meeting she was careful to make sure that all my concerns were addressed before she left, and they were. I now have a concrete plan that I can execute over the next few months to get the office prepared for new employees as we grow. That's one huge weight off my shoulders and now I can focus on the 1,000 other things I need to do. Thanks, Virginia!

I hired Jenn to move our office of 15 people. I was able to give her minimal instructions and she…read moreexecuted the move flawlessly. Add to that she had to trouble shoot keys/locks not working at both offices and she handled it all over a single Sunday. If you're in a pinch and need someone to help project manage, Off Your Plate is where it's at.

Main organizer showed no initiative, I had to give her way more direction than hoped for, she…read morebrought no supplies at all for labeling or anything else but asked if I wanted her to go home and get them ( I didn't). Her assistant was pretty useless, repeatedly needed to hear the same instruction. I was asked to review 3 or 4 items before trashing them. When they were ready to go, there was a large black leaf bag ( mine) to go in the garbage, things I had not reviewed. So after they left I decided to go through the bag. About a third of it belonged in recycling and half of what was left were items I can and do use including some things I treasure - an envelope with sterling silver jewelry in it and a book of paintings by an artist friend of mine which he gave me. I had boxes of books to go through to cull for donation. Why would anyone put a perfectly good art book with an inscription in it to me from the author in the trash. I believe the assistant near the end of their 4 hours simply got tired and dumped the box of miscellany in the garbage bag. I tried to write a sensitive, nonjudgmental message to Jenn, the leader, explaining where there was room for improvement and spent a fair amount of time on it trying not to be too critical. What I received in return was a brief ai generated response saying she was sorry not to have met expectations and will try to do better next time. You can find a similar response from customer service after every bad review on the internet almost word for word. That response after such a poor job prompted me warn others off this business. Definitely not worth the $600 for 4 hours. I have since learned that people who charge a bit more actually know what they're doing and are well worth the price.

Labeled & Placed is life changing. I was in a state of constant cleaning and STRESS with two babies…read morein a tiny San Francisco apartment. I swear I cleaned my house ten times a day and it was always a disaster when I turned around. I needed help but had no idea where to start. When I met Lisa Marie, she immediately put me at ease with her warm demeanor (BONUS: she offers discounts for veterans and first responders). I took a chance and reached out. I didn't know if she could help and I had no idea what to expect but IT WAS AWESOME. The words that kept coming to mind while working with Lisa Marie were "thorough" and "magic." How did she do that so fast? I would have never thought of that. She transformed my whole apartment creating a place of calm that I didn't know existed. Now, I walk into my "tiny" apartment and it feels spacious. I spend a couple minutes picking up toys a day and I'm done! Everything has its place so it's so easy. I would recommend this service to anyone that values their time and wants a peaceful environment to raise a family in--you won't regret it!

I Highly recommend Labeled & Placed! Working with Lisa Marie was a pleasure. How she was able to…read morecreate such a calm environment while going through years of paperwork is beyond me. She is great at what she does!