An overdue review: The short version is... Jill and the GET IT DONE team were fantastic!
The house that my wife's mother had been living in for the past 60 + years needed to be emptied. We had just moved Nancy's mom to a care home near us. The house was in Oakland. We lived in the Los Angeles area. I took a leave of absence from my job to make some trips to the Oakland house, and the task of emptying the house so it could be sold looked impossible. At the suggestion of a neighbor, I contacted Jill. Jill came to the house, surveyed it, and said "Don't worry. Leave everything and I will take care of it." She said that I could simply go through and remove keepsakes, papers, and other items that I wanted and leave the rest. She would arrange everything else -- to sell items or give them away (she has contacts and a network of charities) and would arrange disposal of any remainder. Jill's GET IT DONE mission is to keep as much stuff out of landfill as possible and to keep the cost of emptying the house minimal. The sold items would offset the cost of her team's labor and any required hauling. Mind you, this was not a house of lavish furnishings; and the closets and drawers were crammed with "stuff." Just removing the pictures, mementos and papers was itself a chore. But then we turned the rest over to Jill, and she did exactly what she promised. She even met with our realtor to fine-tune what should be removed and what should be kept or set aside. We scheduled a week for her to do her magic and at the end... the house was empty, ready for the realtor to do his thing. The cost to us was MUCH less than if we would have had to pay a hauler if we had not found Jill and GET IT DONE. My wife and I are very grateful. Jill, I apologize for taking so long to get this review submitted but rest assured, Nancy and I really appreciated your work. Thank you! To anyone reading this who needs a home to be emptied without just filling up a landfill, you will be very happy to engage Jill and her team. Sincerely, Michael B. of Culver Steet, Oakland, CA. read more