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Tips for Choosing an Estate Sale Company

When a life event necessitates an estate sale, it can feel like the pressure is on to empty the estate and to hopefully get the highest amount of compensation for your property and efforts.

Whether you need to quickly liquidate and clean out an entire estate, downsize in preparation for a move, or get rid of specific pieces of furniture/antiques/jewelry in a redecoration effort, partnering with the right estate sale company is vital to ensure ease, convenience, and fair compensation.

Partial and Total Estate Liquidation Services: Here’s What to Look For:

In your hunt for an estate sale company to meet your needs and goals, these tips can make a huge difference in your overall experience and satisfaction:

 

Tip #1: Inquire about the company’s service fees.

With any estate sale company, fees are almost unavoidable. Certain companies and services, however, require smaller fees (and have less restrictions), giving you a greater opportunity to make more for your property.

Depending on how you wish your estate sale/liquidation to transpire, companies that strictly specialize in estate liquidation (and are not a consignment shop) potentially don’t have any fees attached to their services.

Why?

They buy furniture, décor, jewelry and other estate property outright. This means they offer you a straightforward offer for the items you want to get rid of.

Some all-encompassing companies will then pick up every item sold – not requiring you to do a thing. This eases the overall process and allows you to relax knowing your belongings are being handled by professionals.

 

Tip #2: Check to see when the company was established and how experienced their staff is.

Clearing an entire estate or downsizing can be incredibly stressful processes. Working with an established company that staffs an experienced, highly respectful team can truly take a tremendous load off your shoulders and ease the entire process.

  • An established company and experienced team knows what you’re going through.
  • An established company and experienced team knows the current trends and market interest to offer you a fair, desirable amount for your property.
  • An established company and experienced team will work hard to ensure your belongings will be transitioned onto homes that will appreciate their value and history.

 

Tip #3: If a company offers a free consultation, be sure to take full advantage of it – even if you don’t end up working with the company.

A free consultation can give you the opportunity to meet the company’s team, understand their processes and timelines, and – if the consultation is by an estate liquidation company – receive a quote for the items you’re looking to sell/liquidate.

From this information – all from a free, no-obligation consultation – you can be more confident in your decision on the company you want to move forward with.

After all, getting a professional and qualified assessment of your items is a smart (but not technically necessary) first step, regardless of which company you decide to work with in the end.

 

Northeast Ohio’s Estate Liquidation Consultants & Used Home Furniture Buyers

Liquidating your personal belongings, or the belongings of a loved one, is no easy task – physically, mentally and emotionally. At Refurnishings, we completely understand this.

With several options to choose from when it comes to selling personal property – such as estate sale, estate liquidating, etc. – finding the best route for you is the first step to take before choosing a company to work with. From there, you’ll have a more focused and appropriate company search.

If estate liquidating is the path for you – an incredibly convenient, easy and profitable route for homeowners – the team at Refurnishings can’t wait to hear from you.

Established in 2000, locally owned and operated, and with an experienced staff with over 20 years’ experience liquidating estates, we work hard to make the liquidation process as seamless as possible for every client.

  • We are not a consignment shop.
  • We buy outright.
  • We offer several, comprehensive estate liquidation services, including complete home clean-outs.
  • We offer an up-front, no-obligation appointment.
  • We buy partial or full estates, furniture pieces, home decor pieces, antiques, costume jewelry of any age, antique jewelry, and vintage jewelry.

Call today to learn more about Refurnishings’ total estate liquidation services.

 

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Estate Liquidation FAQ: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started

The days, weeks and months that follow the passing of a parent can prove to be incredibly challenging on multiple levels.

For many adult children and family members, the grieving process is quickly and abruptly interrupted by the need to handle various medical, financial and estate responsibilities.

Make no mistake about it, we certainly understand that these tasks can be time consuming, complex and emotionally draining – and, undoubtedly, the last things you want to worry about during such a difficult time.

When it comes to managing your parent’s estate, we’re here to help you understand and navigate estate liquidation services with the hope to make the process easier and more convenient for you.

Have You Considered Estate Liquidation Services to Handle Your Parent’s Estate?

A simple and convenient route to managing and dissolving estates, estate liquidation is where the assets of a partial or entire estate is divided and sold to one or several outside parties.

This includes the home, garage, shed, yard and other components of an estate.

Depending on who you partner with to liquidate an estate, the process can become exponentially easy and advantageous to your time and energy.

Some liquidation organizations offer full and partial liquidation services, complete home cleanouts, and – above all – no-obligation appointments.

Learn how seamless partnering with experienced liquidators who buy outright can be.

To learn more about estate liquidation services, take a look these popular frequently asked questions that we’ve received from customers over the years:

FAQs About Estate Liquidation Services:

What does it mean to liquidate an estate?

As previously noted, estate liquidation is when the assets/personal property of an estate are bought by an outside party – typically a professional estate liquidating organization.

 

What is an estate buyout?

An estate buyout is when an estate sale or liquidating company buys the personal property of an estate for one fixed, negotiated price. This price is discussed and agreed upon between the estate owner/executor and the estate sale or liquidating company.

 

What is the difference between estate liquidation and an estate sale?

The biggest differences between estate sales and estate liquidations is how they’re carried out and the sphere of inclusion.

Estate liquidations are not sales or auctions that are carried out over 1-3 days. They are also not public events. They usually only involve the estate executor and an estate liquidating company agreeing on the price for part of or all of the estate. From there, most estate liquidating companies can arrange to pick up and haul away the assets bought.

Estate sales are public events where the house is open to the public over a weekend or multiple weekends to allow individuals to purchase items from the sale.

Unlike estate sales, where the assets to be sold are usually confided to what’s in the home and on the property, estate liquidations can expand to stocks, bonds, other property, fine jewelry, antiques, coin collections, fine art and more.

 

Do I need to get the household items appraised before I contact estate liquidation professionals?

No, you do not need to have your household items appraised before contacting an estate liquidation professional.

 

What fees are associated with estate liquidation?

There are no fees associated with Refurnishing’s estate liquidation process.

 

Experienced Estate Liquidators in Cleveland Ohio

It is our utmost goal to make estate liquidation as clear and hassle-free as possible. It’s important to note that we are not a consignment shop. We buy outright.

We are:

  • High-end, used furniture buyers
  • Used furniture buyers
  • Home decor buyers
  • Antiques buyers
  • Costume jewelry buyers (of any age, including antique and vintage)

Offering several, complete estate liquidation services and an up-front, no-obligation appointment, we’re here to help you through the entire process.

If you have any additional questions about the process or our services, contact us today to learn more about Refurnishings’ total estate liquidation services. We’re always here to lend additional insight and help.