5 stars - Highly Recommend! We had a wonderful experience…read moreworking with Chris from Orion's Attic for the estate liquidation of my elderly aunt's home. From the beginning, he was professional, compassionate, and incredibly organized. He kept us updated throughout the entire process, sharing photos of his progress and maintaining excellent communication every step of the way.

I was lucky enough to find Orion's Attic on ChaGPT. Chris went above and beyond my expectations…read more An elderly relative of mine with health issues lives alone and when I went to visit, I was devastated to see how cluttered and disorganized his home was. No one should live like that. Chris and his crew stepped in and cleared out all rooms, taking many items for donation and other items to be trashed. They cleared out his kitchen which had so many canned/boxed food items that were expired. Chris even moved items so they weren't a tripping hazard, he pointed out fire hazards too. He did all of this with compassion and understanding, even recommending a company to help with ongoing cleaning/care to avoid my relative's place returning to its unlivable state. He even provided tax documents for donated items. I live out of state and couldn't be there, and Chris communicated with me throughout the process, sending me videos as he progressed. I even got quotes from competitors who weren't as compassionate or affordable. I highly recommend Orion's Attic!! Chris is amazing!!

They've listened to my needs. They've acknowledged what I'm going through and they provided…read moreopportunities to assist me.

I reached out to Call 2 Sister to help my mother clear out her parents' home after a heartbreaking…read moresituation. Anabelle and her team showed incredible understanding and compassion, handling all items with care and keeping open communication throughout the entire process. Her gentle energy was comforting, calming, and supportive. They made a very difficult situation much easier to manage, especially as my parents live elsewhere and I took on most of the communication to help the process go smoothly. They were quick, efficient, and showed the utmost respect. I wholeheartedly recommend this company to help lighten the load during such a overwhelming time for those who have lost someone. They did the legwork, and I will be forever grateful for their kindness and assistance.

I've been to a couple of their estate sales and they're very well organized and well priced. If I…read moreever have to "clean house" in the future, I'll be sure to use them.

We have bought thousands of dollars of merchandise (lots of furniture) over the years from HTG…read moreEstate Liquidators. The owners, as well as the staff, have been incredibly friendly and kind to us. The items are priced fairly and on occasion they will be willing to work with you (depends on the item and the day). We usually go the first day to buy our must haves and then come back on the last day for deeper discounts. I realize its a difficult job, however, everyone on the staff have been so kind to us. They always say thank you for your business when we leave. Because they are all so positive, we come back week after week. Not all estate sales companies are like this, so we appreciate them, too. I know other regular estate sale shoppers attend their sales consistently due to their professionalism. Thank you to the team for making estate sales enjoyable and affordable.

I went to one of their estate sales today all the way north and no body acknowledged me when I…read morewalked into the home. No biggie they all looked busy since it was the last day in the last two hours of the estate sale. I had to ask for help the two times I had questions and only the young girl answered me. Definitely not the rude male that was taking payment in the living room. I found an item (bread machine) in the kitchen for $20 (1/2 off since it was the last day so technically $10) and put it down in the holding area. Then looked in the basement. Among the rubble of frames, some broken and some not, that was being discarded I found three framed 1992 pictures of flowers on a pink background. I thought they matched and they looked cute. So I grabbed them. I took them upstairs and went to pay. Someone had just paid and I put my heavy items in front of the rude male. It looked like he already had an attitude. But I stated I was ready to pay. The frames had no price but the bread machine did. So this rude male made up a number of $40, and at half that would be $20. I was dumbfounded since the big bread machine was $20 so why would three measly frames be $20. It was not mathing. So I asked why is it that much if they weren't displayed but were on the floor among the broken pieces. In turn he said. They're all different prices. Mind you it didn't even have a price. So he just made up a number out of thin air. I tried to reason with him and ask for a lower price. But because, according to him, I didn't say please, I was not haggling and therefore the price was firm. Keep in mind it was the last day in the last hour and they needed to sell items. So he then yelled and slammed his hand on the bread machine and yelled at me to take it or leave it. I replied to not yell at me. He then started berating me and egging me on trying to stay at $40. He came down to $15 total and I said. Fine. That works. So at 50% off that's $7.50. He said no. That's at the half price. I was again dumbfounded. And embarrassed that I was yelled at in front of the entire room of other customers. Not only did the rude male yell at me but then the other employees took the items and put them elsewhere and he yelled at me to leave and he wouldn't sell me anything. All because I stood up for myself after he slammed his hand on the bread machine and yelled at me and I called him out for the rude behavior. He even tried arguing with me and egging me on with a back to back arguing match. Does he not like women? Does he not like people of color? Does he not like to work at the company? I'm not sure who the owner is but yelling at your customers is not the way to handle anything no matter how flustered an employee gets. If they cannot control their emotions they should not be working for the customer.

Gary and Howard Roman cleared out my Mother's house; it was a very full house and they organize…read morewell, explaining each step offering help with everything. Their help made what would have been a nightmare, not too bad at all! Thanks!

These guys are the best We were left with a terrible mess…read morewhen we put dad in a nursing home. Dad was living with a hoarder. It was horrible. I wanted to cry. These guys swooped in and saved the day and our sanity. They are so efficient and professional. Thank you so much for everything.

Philippa is a phenomenal realtor. She is very knowledgeable about the Arlington market and is…read moreespecially skilled around selling inherited homes. Her warmth comes though on every interaction. If you are selling a home in northern VA or selling an inherited home in this area, I highly recommend reaching out to Philippa. She is very generous with her time and skilled at what she does. You won't be disappointed!

This letter will serve as my very high letter of recommendation for real estate agent and broker…read morePhilippa Main. She assisted my brother and me with the sale of our parents' home in April 2022. I have worked with many real estate professionals on several transactions over the years and can say with confidence that Philippa is one of the best I have ever used. Philippa has the qualities that make her an extremely successful and effective agent. We found her extremely knowledgeable and well-attuned to the super fast-changing market of early 2022. She was always attentive to our concerns and very responsive to questions, often responding immediately no matter the time. She showed great attention to detail enabling the sale to be made in less than a week. Our mother had recently passed away and we were raw with grief. Furthermore, we live in California, so it was even more important that we could rely on someone like Philippa to take the reins from beginning to end and that is exactly what she did. She was able to interpret and solve all the questions pertaining to our mother's Trust without the need for outside lawyers, and this was a great convenience to us. We also feel that we got the highest price possible for the house based on her pricing strategy and advice. Philippa exceeded our expectations in every way. The sale went very smoothly and we closed on time. I would not hesitate to recommend Philippa to anyone in need of a listing agent or for the purchase of a home. We interviewed three other agents before deciding on Philippa and she did not disappoint. Every detail was perfect, from the fantastic professional photos, the listing description, to the impeccable transactional aspects leading to the close of escrow. In a nutshell, she is a top tier professional, intelligent, tenacious, fun and talkative, bright and conscientious. If you need an agent/broker then hire Philippa Main. You won't be disappointed.

TL;DR Poor up-front communications, hiding the fact that they went on vacation while our auction…read morewas active, suboptimal policies only on our auction it seemed (red letters on our auction, unlike others, saying things like DO NOT BID IF YOU CANNOT COME DURING THIS WINDOW OF TIME), over-promising and under-delivering, once auction started they stopped communicating altogether and just sent the payout and moved on. They also listed items that were literally part of the house, which we luckily got them to remove in time. The positives: I will mention they did it at short notice, and they waved the $3500 fee to do an online auction. They combined our auction with other auctions to increase the bulk of the auction. Those things we appreciated. And, in person, his wife was nice and I tried to keep things moving to respect her time. But, the actual sale execution had some flaws. The situation: Needed to clear out an estate to sell a house, but was left with too much furniture. Most of the other stuff got donated (and was literally trash). Many other estate-sale people turned us down. The experience started when we discovered "ezAuctions" was out of business. Then our agent mentioned "ezDownsizing" .. In this estate there was a $20000 bedroom set (retail, 1980s, vintage Ralph Lauren), where just one of the pieces had recently sold on ebay for $8000. Most of the other stuff we knew was not that valuable. I was very skeptical. Guy on the phone who called us back (Clay? Brian? No idea...he was The Husband) .. very pushy, said we had only 1 day to "fit it in", and also said exactly what we wanted to hear. "You've got an auction with $6000-8000 dollars easy, maybe even up to $12000 but I don't like giving numbers" ... well, he was way off. The entire auction netted $4k, and we got 60% of that, minus some odd fees that they tacked on that had to do with "no sale items" which I still to this day do not know what we paid for but it added up to another $108 we owed them. His wife arrived and asked us "not to be there" when they took pictures. I get it, people probably tell meaningless stories about the items. It's probably super annoying. Still, it meant they made mistakes by listing parts of the house that were not to be sold at auction, like the whole house central vacuum, and light fixtures. Probable reasons it didn't do well: house was far away from any nearby town and had a Friday afternoon 2 hour window for pickup. This was a bad oversight. Needed a Saturday pickup window. Also, they went on vacation while doing the auction. They stopped responding to our texts and messages. If you just want stuff "gone gone gone" this is a company that will do that for you. If you want to get some value out of it, consider other options. I had been given a 50% off rental for a truck and should have driven it to Everything-But-The-House in Columbus, where the auctions are taken care of in a warehouse and the commissions are way less. (its a sliding scale where higher priced items have less commission!) 40% commission across the board: meaning on anything that sells for more than $1. And yeah, things sold for $1. There's no way to do "reserve" In Pittsburgh, there is a similar service called Hostettlers Auctions (or something like that). I think they use the exact same software. One thing about the Pittsburgh auction house (unrelated company) is that in the fine print they say they actually bid-up on items that are not selling for much. For example I bought through them 10 radios and in the last moments they "bid up" the radios to get more value out of me. I didn't love that they did that, but now that I've been on the other side, I would have appreciated it if they had that sort of service. I had put some stuff into the sale as well, and after I gave them $4000 worth of functional equipment and got $125, I regretted it. I should have also taken my stuff to Columbus instead of to them. What a waste. Even though I explained everything worked and came with spare parts to replace everything that could possibly break in my 3D printing lot, for whatever reason they wrote "UNTESTED MAY NOT WORK" on my auction listings and there was nothing I could do or say to stop it. Just some tidbits: $1200 worth of Snapper XD pro-grade lawn care equipment sold for $17 $2000 worth of 3D printing equipment sold for $200 $20000 Ralph Lauren Safari 3-piece bedroom set sold for slightly less than $2500 (mahogany matching bed, wardrobe, 21-drawer chest) $3600 curved glass antique vintage tiger maple china cabinet sold for $131 .. I had removed the shelves and for some reason they wrote on the listing "May have to take back off to put shelves back in" but that's definitely not the case. Again, no way to correct it. May have affected sale.

Didn't have a good experience, apparently a whole condo full of stuff wasn't enough for them to…read moresell. But could offer me storage and consignment. So I did it myself and saved myself a 35% commission rate. Nice enough but a waste of my time.

Do not even consider this company! My brother and I had our reservations from the beginning, but…read morenot having this type of experience; we just thought the owner, Mike, was a bit quirky, but still hired him. There are so many issues, I don't know where to begin. We hired Dixie Charm to sell our parents' items to ready their house for sale. 1. He put up a lockbox so that they could enter as needed to prepare for the sale. I asked him to text me when he entered and left the home. He refused and said that was an odd request. "No one had ever asked him to do that before." He had two weeks to prepare and we know he didn't enter the first week at all. 2. He asked us not to be present during the sale--because we would be too emotionally involved. We showed up at the last hour and wish we had been present for the entire sale. 3. I asked during the interview if he was insured and bonded. He said he was. Taking him at his word, my brother signed the contract, and when I asked for his certificate of insurance, it was clear he was not and he kept sending me pics of the state registration of his company. 4. The sale itself was very unorganized. Stuff was strewn all over with no rhyme or reason. One customer I spoke with told me it was the worst sale she had been to. It was more of an expensive rummage sale than a professional estate sale. 5. There is no accounting of items sold. We have no way of knowing what items sold or how much was collected. We made very little for what was supposed to be 60%, considering that he priced items ridiculously high. We did receive a haphazard spreadsheet that grouped items sold into a few categories. We have our suspicions over this shady accounting. There was a guy with a laptop at a table, so it would have been very easy for him to enter the item sold and for how much. In this type of business, you should have some element of trust. DO NOT TRUST MIKE OR THIS COMPANY. 6. Items were priced much too high and at that last hour they wouldn't even negotiate to move some items out. For the prices of the items that did not sell, it made us wonder what did sell and for how much, given that we didn't net very much from this sale. 7. They left the place in shambles. They moved furniture outside "to make room for the sale" and did not put them back in the house. See pictures. Stay away

Poor service. Unprofessional. All the workers have an attitude. Honestly it's laughable to even see…read moretheir organization its pathetic.