Find a professional
Somebody has to run the sale, carry the furniture, drive the truck or weigh the scrap. These are the people who do it, sorted by the job you need done.
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Organizers, estate liquidators and senior move managers. Organizers charge for their time; liquidators and estate-sale companies either run the sale or buy the contents outright — ask which one you're getting.
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Professional organizers
Charged by the hour, or a package price for the whole house.
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Estate liquidators
A percentage of the sale, or a flat offer for the contents.
Sell the house or plan the move
Agents who list houses, move managers who plan the move, and movers who carry it out. These are different jobs with different bills; a move manager schedules the move, a moving company drives the truck.
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Real estate agents
Commission on the sale, paid at closing.
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Movers
Hourly with a truck, or a flat quote after an in-home survey.
Sell the good stuff
Auction houses, estate-sale companies, antique dealers, consignment shops and record buyers. Some pay cash on the spot, some sell on commission, some take the whole house on. Selling on commission usually nets more and takes longer.
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Auctioneers
A seller's premium out of the hammer price.
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Consignment shops
A share of the sale price, paid when the item sells.
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Record and music buyers
They buy outright — no fee to you.
Get rid of the rest
Junk removal, donation and scrap. Donation and scrap are free or better; junk removal charges by the load, so sort out what's worth donating or weighing in before you pay someone to truck it away.
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Junk removal
By the truckload, priced on how much space it takes up.
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Donation centres
Free, though some pickup services ask for a fee.
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Scrap metal dealers
They pay you, at scrap weight.
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Electronics recycling
Usually free, though some items carry a drop-off fee.
Move, store, and haul
Storage, dumpsters, truck rentals and hauling. Storage rents by the month, a dumpster by the week; both are easy to keep paying for longer than you planned.
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Self-storage
Monthly rent, plus a lock and usually insurance.
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Dumpster rental
A flat rate for the container, with a tonnage allowance.
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Truck rental
A daily rate plus mileage.
How these get listed
Every business here was checked on 2026-10-24 — most against its own website, and a few, where the business has no site, against public listings. Each one says what it actually does: buys the contents, runs the sale on commission, charges by the load, or rents you the container. Nobody pays to be on this list.
Call before you commit to anything. Service areas, minimums and what a place will take change without much warning.
Doing this yourself?
The guides cover the work in the order it happens, and the item list tells you what the good stuff is worth before someone offers you a number for it.