I was the buyer of a home in December of 2018 that had an estate sale run by Hidden Treasures. I was extremely disappointed in the lack of regard taken on the home itself during the sale. Despite asking seller to make sure floors/traffic areas were covered during sale, nothing but a couple of area rugs were placed on the hardwoods. They were a filthy mess when the estate company finished and they just left it. Also the basement was left a mess. The "clean out" following sale was not complete. Stuff left on the floor, not taken, and the floors and stairs not even lightly swept. Garbage from sale left stacked in the garage, we (the new owners who did not run the sale) had to remove and there was quite a bit of it. A moving or donation truck somehow hit and broke the neighbors mailbox, no apologies or offer to pay for fix. No regard for the lawn on edge of driveway, trucks or vehicles ran over, which caused us some work on the lawn, and the driveway was broken off on some of the edge. That was not anticipated, nor were we or the previous owner compensated. The garage floor was not swept following the sale either and there had been a ton of traffic in/out on wet early winter days. This was a very clean house when we put in our offer prior to the sale. As I say, the Hardwood floors in particular were filthy black, dents, scratches and are taking us hours to restore to clean, let alone what we may need to to repair the scratches and dents. Advice to others is to be judicious with the company to ensure the integrity of the home is taken into consideration prior, during and post sale. No homeowner or potential owner should have to deal with that to the extent we did following the sale. read more
