As Seen In Real Producers Magazine
Preparing Your Listing With Care
“Treasured Estates is not your typical estate cleanout company that just moves between house and dump,.
“Our business model is clean-outs done with care.” “Even after the completion of cleanout, if we find personal heirlooms or documents,” adds owner Mindy Farrell, “we take care to hold on to them so we can return them to the customer.”
Treasured Estates focuses on homes of people who have passed, have decided to move, or downsize.
“This gives our customers an option, based on their time frame, for getting the property listed.” They can seem like a godsend for family members from out of town whose loved one has passed, leaving an empty home full of stuff. “We deal with the stuff, so all they need to do is deal with the home.”
Mindy and her husband, Tim, had decided to homeschool their daughter, Rebekah (18), so Mindy needed a job with good flexibility as well. They had independently created their own companies for home cleanouts. Luckily, they had a mutual friend who connected them. After a year of their two businesses working together, Mindy and Chris decided to just put them together into a single company.
That way, they could grow and move forward together. Treasured Estates works with over 10 different organizations and charity groups so that the goods from their cleanouts are donated and will be reused by other families. They also work with churches and organizations that are working with people who lost their homes and belongings to fires, flooding or other disasters.
“We have always had the passion to help others,” says Mindy. “We don’t just bid on jobs to get a job. We do a complete and thorough walk-through, a right down-to-the-penny estimate, so everyone is on the same page. We want everyone to know exactly what will take place, via an estate sale, cleanout or something in between.”
“For the past four years, all our clients have come from word of mouth and referrals. I’m sure that’s because of the care we take with each client.” “We take time getting to know them,” adds Mindy.
“Often, by the time we’re finished, the client has become a friend.” Once, Mindy heard from a friend that a student of hers had been living at the Salvation Army shelter. The child’s father had lost his job due to COVID-19-caused layoffs. The child mentioned that his family of seven had just moved into an apartment, but they didn’t have any furniture — no beds to sleep on, no dining table to eat around.
Treasured Estates invited the family, along with several school members, for dinner at the warehouse. Over the course of the evening, Treasured Estates let the family move through the warehouse with tape, marking the items that would help turn their apartment into a home. Within a week, the family had a fully furnished space they could call a home. That’s just how they work.
Chris and Mindy know that a filled home suddenly for sale on the market can be a nightmare for the REALTOR®.
They want you to know that help is just a phone call away at 414-915-1833.
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