BLIND GIRL PRODUCTIONS
Email: blindgirlproductions@hotmail.com
Phone: 713 518 3030
Thinking of having an Estate Sale?
Suggestions to prepare:
Assess the contents of the home
Remove all identifying paperwork such as tax documents, bills, credit cards, etc.
Remove or mark all furniture and items to be retained by the family before contacting an estate liquidation company. This makes it easier for a representative to assess the feasibility of having an estate sale.
Be reserved with what items you throw away. What may seem like trash is a treasure to another.
Interview the estate liquidation company representative for fees and services offered. Every company is different on how they setup and present a sale to the public. Ask about advertising, manning and the removal of contents after the sale.
Have documentation supporting you are the “Personal Representative” of the Estate and as evidence of your authority to administer the estate, agree to supply a copy of one of the following required by legal authority: “Letters of Testamentary,” “Letters of Administration with Will Annexed,” or “Letters of Administration" or similar documents.
Other considerations are:
Start planning early! Many companies require 2 to 4 weeks to prepare a sale to the general public.
NEVER pay for any services up front.
List any items not found before any sale the family wishes to retain.
Depending on home size, location and the amount of contents, an estate sale can be 1 to 4 days in length.
Is the home in an HOA governed neighborhood? If so, does the HOA permit or have exemptions for estate sales?
The Houston area has many small municipalities and some do not permit any kind of sale from a home such as garage or estate sales or any kind of business operations other than the sale of home. If so, consider a company that can clean out or conduct an offsite sale in another location.
Many liquidation companies will collect and return any found identifying paperwork, old family photos, etc. to the family representative. Ask to make sure.
Ask for references.
Go to a couple of estate sales and if possible one conducted by the company you are considering for your liquidation.
Our Trailer and Estate Sale Equipment
Need an Estate Sale company to liquidate the contents of a home?
Maybe we can help!
With Blind Girl Productions, we have everything to set up and prepare your sale on location.
We provide:
Tables, Jewelry Displays, Shopping Baskets, Price Guns, Labels, Baggies, Tape, Carpenter’s Glue, Cleaning Supplies, Furniture Dollies, Paper and Bags for Shoppers, Signage and other materials necessary.
What we do:
We will go into a home, organize, clean many of the items, make minor repairs to sellable items, display, price, research some treasures and photograph for advertising. We arrange the personnel needed for the published days of sale to the public. All sales go through our cash register and we will provide a spreadsheet showing the number of items sold, transactions, all deductions and how much our client will receive from the sale.
We try to make this experience as easy and smooth as possible for our clients.
If you would like to know more, give us a call 713-518-3030.
We are a Houston Mom & Pop business with over 8 years estate sale experience.
Keith & Sondra Hardy
