Clutter and Hoarding Pros

My project was not clutter/​hoarding, but to prepare a house for sale. Michelle and her staff are very nice to work with and very efficient. They are well organized and have a very systematic approach for dealing with home property by sorting items for sale, donation and disposal, as well as providing pick up for donation and disposal. The work was completed in a day.

My mother is a hoarder so I called Michelle to have her help us clear out her 3,600 square foot home which she is putting up for sale. I sent her pictures and a few days later within the week she came to see the home in person. She came out on New Years day which I was impressed by because no one works New Years day. She agreed to help my siblings and I because we had no clue where to start. The remediation was started on ⁰¹⁄₁₁ and finished by ⁰¹⁄₁₃. Michelle’s crew were extremely respectful, friendly and professional through out the entire process. It is very apparent that she only hires quality employees to help with the remediation. Over the three days, my siblings and I worked with anywhere between two to five of her assistants. Although Michelle enlisted the help of her assistants, she stayed on site during all three days helping us also. We highly recommend Michelle! She is very good at what she does and has an understanding of hoarding and the psychology behind it.

Michelle and her team are THE BEST. In the most supportive and non-​judgmental manner, they help you tackle any mess (apparently no job is too large or too small for this power team!!).
I hired Clutter and Hoarding Pros to sort through an enormous storage unit filled with years and years of «stuff», spanning decades and at least 3 moves. I needed to downsize to a smaller unit. Michelle and Anika showed up and made this process bearable (and dare I say almost enjoyable because the are truly awesome people!).
If you need help taking control of your clutter then these are the folks – you will be so glad you did. In the end, I saved lots of money because (a) I was able to fit everything left into an even smaller unit than I planned, and (b) I no longer need to consider therapy for the inexplicable attachment to «stuff» that I haven’t seen or touched in over 10 years. Thank you, Michelle – you are truly wonderful.

Michelle and her team made this difficult and highly emotional job of cleaning out a family home handed from one generation to the next, occupied for 65 years, the last resident a Hoarder who had been helped, re-​cluttered, helped, re-​cluttered for 25+ years, manageable. The final scope was 220,000 lbs hauled off the property (inside and out) — all within 4 days. Inside crew (3) was kind, respectful, watchful for hidden treasures, and were sensitive to my emotions at all times. Outside crew (4 – 5 depending on day), who were as good as the inside crew. Yard, garage, stable area, front porch — they were told to throw it all away except a very few select items in the garage. They were smart enough to ignore my instructions to «throw it all away» and instead drew my attention to several boxes they thought should not be disposed of without my specific consent — turned out these boxes contained the family’s fine china, crystal and other treasures! These people are not machines, they truly understood the situation I was coping with. I highly recommend Michelle and told everyone on the crew they should not hesitate to use me as a reference if needed. I hope to never need this type of help again, but if I do, I will not hesitate to pick up the phone and call Clutter and Hoarding Pros.

Clutter and Hoarding Pros are miracle workers! Michelle Quintana and her crew turned a stressful and overwhelming situation into a manageable one – and in only two days! With their sensitive and professional approach, they cleared my relative’s 1100 square-​foot house of years of junk and debris. Everything was carefully and efficiently sorted into appropriate piles and hauled away at the end of the day. Had I not witnessed the transformation with my own eyes, I wouldn’t believe it. If you’re faced with clutter and hoarding, give Clutter and Hoarding Pros a call. You’ll be impressed and amazed with their work.

I moved into my house about a year and a half ago and never got it all unpacked before I had to have foot surgery that kept me on the couch for most of 6 months. You can’t organize clutter and my place just got worse and worse until I just gave up. Then it really got bad! Enter Michelle and her assistant Jennifer. In three and a half days these wonderful women transformed my house and my separate 450 sq. ft quilting studio — both depressing messes — to the wonderful home I knew was under it all. Michelle is so upbeat, warm, friendly, non-​judgmental and dives right into the mess. The moment I met her I knew I would be comfortable having her in my home that I was embarrassed to let anyone else see. They were both so easy to work with and made it so much less stressful than I thought it would be. I’m thrilled with the final results of their very hard work.

Fantastic service and a terrific team! Michelle and her crew were organized, efficient, and considerate. They did a phenomenal job clearing my mother’s home of her hoarded possessions, which spanned over 50 years of collections and junk. They set a schedule and kept on track throughout. I’m amazed they finished in only 4 days! It was quite overwhelming, and she kept us calm and confident. I met with 2 other competing companies, and was most impressed by Michelle, and we were not disappointed! Could not recommend her more highly.

TRUSTWORTHY, PROFESSIONAL, EFFICIENT! Michelle and her team are unparalleled in stressful situations and clutters that seem impossible to clear. As a trust attorney my clients need a dependable company to come in and clear out their loved ones or their own homes! We have used Michelle in a variety of situations and every time she and her team have proven worth every penny. They take the hard work off our our shoulders and the clients and this is very important especially in light of the things that family face (illness, death, hoarding, etc.) Thank you Michelle and Team!

I was overwhelmed with my own stuff. According to Michelle, I’m a «Messy,» someone who drops stuff and doesn’t get back to put it away where it belongs so it piles up and then I become overwhelmed! Michelle and her team turned chaos to order by helping me declutter, decide, donate then organize what was left. She has taught me skills to keep things looking good for the long haul and turn my house back into a home. She donated what I no longer needed to charities which helped me feel good about my over abundance. I’m learning that «enough is enough» and that it is «stuff» that I don’t need to keep «just because» I might need it in the future, a concept I learned from my Depression era mother! Thanks to Michelle and her organizing and cleaning crew, I have my life back on track!!!
I can’t thank Michelle and her team (Jennifer and Angelica) enough for their professional, non-​judgmental, supportive, caring manner of providing services.

Working with these professionals were indeed a joy. My garage that piled to the top, for past 6 years, is clean and tidy with one day of work. Today was a breeze with Michelle and her assistant, Jennifer. Michelle and Jen have great attitude, they are supportive, respectful, efficient, and the tone of their voices were pleasant, assertive and very motivating. Michelle was very patience over my indecisiveness, she kept me focus with me still in charge of my own preference. I’m grateful that I found them on Unilocal.And more so, I’m seeing them again next week for the attic. I simply can’t wait.

I cannot say enough amazing things about Michelle, her super rad company, and her wonderful team!!!
My house was a disaster! I was defeated and completely overwhelmed. Michelle and her team came in and worked their magic! They are professional, kind, helpful, efficient and non-​judgmental. I HIGHLY recommend them to anyone who is in over there head with clutter and mess!
It’s been a few days since the Great Declutter and Cleaning of 2015 and I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER!!!
I never thought I could enjoy my house the way I’m enjoying it now!
Huge thanks to Michelle and her team for getting my life back together!!!

Michelle has been helping me with my business and personal office for years. She is an outstanding professional in organizing and weeding through paperwork, files and whatever else is taking up your space. She helped me close my three room business office a few years back, her help was a blessing. She is personable, non-​judge mental and an ultimate organizer, with a great sense of humor.
I had my kitchen remodeled in my home and she came and helped me pack up my kitchen. What a job that was. She also helped me decide what items to get rid of and what to keep, making the unpacking a breeze when my kitchen was finished.
There are no jobs too big or to small for Michelle. She is never critical and let’s you decide what you want to keep or discard. Best of all she arranges for things to be discarded, donated and know all the right people to assist.
In addition to helping with my business office and home she also helped with cleaning out a year of stuff from a spare bedroom where my daughter store all of her clothes and personal items while waiting for her own home to be completed.
I highly recommend Michelle Quintana for anything you need help, she us the BEST.

Our garage had become a nightmare after years of just throwing everything in there and trying to forget about it – unpacked boxes from a previous move, old toys, clothes, sporting equipment and a build up of large boxes we accumulated from deliveries that we never broke down (amazon prime is a blessing and a curse). There was barely any room to move in there and there was certainly no room to park a car. After several failed attempts to motivate myself to clean it out, I decided to just call upon an expert and just get it done.
Michelle and her assistant, Carmen, were amazing. Michelle showed up early in the morning (after her initial assessment about a week before) and got to work right away. A huge one ton trash bin was brought in and there was a flurry of activity. She explained that we’d work section by section and discard all the things we didn’t want, put other items aside for donation, and have a pile of things we wanted to keep. Then we would organize the remaining things in our «keep» category, and put them with like items. Then the sweeping, cleaning and putting away of items. It turned out that after we got rid of everything we didn’t want, there was actually tons of space and storage available. We didn’t even need to purchase any additional shelving or storage systems.
By the end of the day, our completely stuffed garage, without any room to walk, was completely decluttered and organized. Michelle mentioned that this was pretty much like a day off for her because she is usually in situations where there was just so much stuff — and as the name of the company implies, a good deal of hoarding. For me, (though my husband may refute this) I was actually not a hoarder, I was just completely overwhelmed with the task of cleaning out my garage which lead to major anxiety and caused me to procrastinate for years.
In one day, Michelle was able to come in and take care of it all. I was able to be involved every step of the way — but that all depends on the client and what’s comfortable for them. I knew I wanted to get rid of probably 75% of the stuff I had in my garage and she helped to facilitate that. She even took all of our items for donation and brought back a receipt. It felt incredible to finally let go of all that stuff and it also felt wonderful to know that other people would be benefitting from the things that were just collecting dust in our garage.
If anyone is on the fence about doing something like this… I would highly recommend it. Yes, maybe someday you’ll find the time, and yes, it may be less expensive to just hunker down one weekend or slowly over a couple weeks, sifting through things when you have the time… but do you really want to do that? Do you actually think you will? I know that this never became a priority for me until it got out of control and I wish I hadn’t waited so long. My husband and I hung out in our garage several times today, just to look around, and enjoy the space and emptiness. What an incredible feeling!