The De-Clutter Box

Definitely would not recommend, sad to say. This was an estate sale, and it was a disaster! I was downsizing, and had many large items I did not want to take with me. I contacted an estate sale company, who wouldn’t take me on because I didn’t have enough items to meet their quotas. Kim Cosentino, owner of The Declutter Box (which is actually an organizing company??), was recommended by my moving company who thought she could help as she is a small scale company. Kim agreed to take the sale, and said she would bring ‘the littles’- filler items to sell at my sale.‘The littles’ detracted from the items I wanted to sell. My home looked like chaos in the hands of a professional organizer!!.
My subdivision didn’t allow signage on interior streets. We found this out the day before the sale started. Unbeknownst to me at the time, the association spoke with Kim, and informed her if she placed the signs out again, I would be fined. She obviously didn’t care, because she put them out again! And was long gone before I found out about the fine. Major character flaw. When I asked her to pay it, she refused, stating it was out of her control.
Problems: Kim was never on time. Not once. Not even for our initial meeting.
Kim brought in items from other sales/​personal items/​etc. to sell at MY sale. BIG NO-​NO!
Kim and her staff PRE-​SHOP the sale; not the sign of a good estate sale company.
Kim insinuated that I took one of her lamps after the sale started. I had a similar lamp to sell. I told her she could have mine, and she took it right out from someone who was going to BUY it. WHAAAT?!
My home was not left broom clean; not even close. It’s in her contract.
When I asked for a detailed receipt of the sale, Kim never provided it. So I don’t know if I was paid for the «preshop» items.
Kim charged me $ 1800 for doing my sale; I made $ 330, but subtract the $ 225 fine; so I made
$ 105. That’s if I got paid for the «preshop» items…
Save yourself the headache. KEEP LOOKING!

If I could give this group zero stars I absolutely would. The De-​Clutter Box should really learn how to run an estate sale. This sale was absolute chaos! No organization… no one seems to be able to help. Only one person seemed to know what should be going on and then you had to wait as the searched the house for her. Sheesh train your workers better. It was the last day of the sale they discounted $ 9 on $ 134 worth of items… are you kidding me??? Really you call that a discount? Then to add insult to injury they tried to change the price on one of the items I was going to purchase claiming it was a limited edition and worth way more than the price THEY marked it for. If you wanted it for yourself put it in a side room. The best thing of all they had the checkout at the door so people couldn’t get in or out. Can you say trust issues. Never again will I be going to one of their sales!!!

We can not thank Kim enough for all she did to make our Estate Sale
a huge success! Prior to Kim coming into our lives I was a wreck. She came in and took charge. She was amazing! She organized the sale the weekend before we were to move. Her staff is wonderful. She was beyond there for us. She worked endless hours putting our house into store quality order. She knew all the right people to help us. She even came over the Monday after the sale to make sure everything was moved out and to see if she could help us with anything else. We could not have done this move without her. She is a life saver.
Our family would recommend anyone thinking of moving or just wanting to clear their lives of confusion to call Kim.
She is the Very Best…