FAQ – Home Organizing

Nothing – Our organizers need to see exactly how you live and function.  Do not put away items or clean up.  We need to see the real you.

At the consultation, you will receive what we call “homework.”  These are tasks that we ask you to do before our organizers arrive to organize your space.  Some of our clients do their homework, others do not.  It makes the process go quicker if you do the homework.

Normally our organizers leave you with homework after each visit.  This allows you to work in between appointments and helps you see results faster.

We require two organizers to be in the home when working alone with all male clients.  Other than that, you have a choice. If you have a lot of heavy lifting, moving furniture, boxes, etc., we would prefer that you have two organizers. 75% of our clients work with one organizer.

We suggest that you call Salvation Army at 1-800-95-Truck.  They will come right to your door to pick up your items.  They are normally in each neighborhood once or twice a week.  If you can’t wait, then any Goodwill or other local donation spot will accept your items.  Be sure to get a receipt for tax purposes.

Yes. You can be set up with the same organizer as often as you like.  We have clients that book every two weeks and some every month.  This allows our busy clients to stay organized all year long.  It’s like paying for a cleaning service twice a week; but we come in and organize areas of the home, file papers, gather bills and take care of household business that gets overlooked in the chaos.

All our organizers are moms.  We understand what running and managing a home entails, especially with a husband and children.  If you’re a woman whether you work outside the home or not, you are responsible for over 70% of the products, services and decision making that goes on in your home.

Yes. We will give verbal ideas during your consultation or other appointments.  However, if you wish to have more time given to designing a layout of your room and/or working on what furniture would work, our hourly rate is $65.00.

We book out months in advance; many times during our busy season there is a 2-3 week wait for any openings.  We suggest that if you want an appointment that you call weeks in advance to insure you get scheduled when you want.  Call or email us for appointments.

We love to refer our clients to companies we trust and have worked with before. We have a carpet cleaning company, realtors, mortgage loan officers, handymen, etc. We have used many of these companies in our own homes.

In most cases, we send two organizers to all the consultations.  One or both of these organizers will be working with you during the entire process.  Our goal is to keep the same organizer(s) in your home throughout the entire job.

Yes.  Our consultations are designed to give you our ideas and suggestions and to talk with you about systems that we would consider for your area.  After the consultation, you can take our ideas and do the work yourself or have our team of organizers return to quickly get you organized.

Tipping is never expected but always appreciated. If you wish to tip an organizer(s), you may choose one of three ways. Give the organizer cash, increase the amount of your check made out to Get Organized!, or tell the Lead Organizer to add an additional amount to your invoice when billing your credit card.

No. Complete sale services require a large amount of time to set up and run and are not cost-effective for our clients nor profitable for our company. Some clients do hire us to help with de-cluttering, purging, sorting, and pricing in preparation for sale day. This does make the process easier on the client when preparing to run their own sale.