Estate and Property Cleanout Guide

Estate cleanouts are emotional as well as logistical. Work room by room rather than by category, and set up four zones: keep, distribute to family, donate or sell, and dispose. Handling each item once saves days.

Before anything goes in a container, check for documents, photographs, jewelry and cash hidden in books, coat pockets and drawer bottoms. It happens more often than people expect. Donation partners across Sacramento and Placer counties will collect usable furniture and appliances, which reduces both disposal weight and cost.

For a typical three-bedroom home, a 20 yard container handles most of what remains. Larger properties with garages, sheds and decades of storage often need a 30 yard box or a mid-project swap.

Questions about how this applies to your specific project? Call (916) 404-2462 — we would rather spend five minutes on the phone than have you book the wrong container.