Hoarding is sometimes hard to recognize. People often confuse being messy with being a hoarder, or vice versa. People often make excuses for hoarders or they tend to ignore the problem altogether. “She’s not a hoarder!” I once heard a cousin of a hoarder declare, “She’s just artistic!” Hoarding is not a problem that should be ignored or written off as “being messy” or “being unusual”. Here are five warning signs: 1. Collecting Odd Items, …
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Junk Pile Up
We are all guilty of it! We try to spoil our kids when they are smaller and buy them any toy that they request in order to keep them happy. Before you know it your house if full of toys that were only used for a week and now sit around your house and make clutter. It would be OK if these were small but these toys are usually large and cumbersome by design. The …
Los Angeles Junk Removal
A junk removal service pops up every day in Los Angeles. It is a business with a fairly low bar for entry. Really all you need is a truck and a strong back. But how do you know you are getting your money’s worth when you hire a junk removal service? Here are some questions to ask your junk removal service before hiring them. 1. How Do You Price Your Junk Removal Service? Junk removal services in …
Recycle your Junk
Recycle your Junk Most junk removal companies in Los Angeles recycle. That is part of the draw junk removal companies. They can recycle many items that you or I cannot. But how exactly do junk removal companies in Los Angeles recycle? – Charitable Donation Many junk removal services in Los Angeles recycle unwanted items and junk the same way we handle stuff we don’t want anymore: they give it to charity. Many junk removal companies support various …
Bulky Item Removal
Summer is almost here. One of the hallmarks of Summer is sprucing up a house or apartment with new furniture. A fresh style for a home. Nothing brightens up a room like a new couch and nothing ties a room together like a good rug. But what do you do with the old furniture? In Los Angeles it is notoriously hard to get rid of anything. Waste Management does not allow much of anything in …
5 Junk Removal Scams
Junk removal companies are a popular way to handle our most common every day problem: trash. Junk removal companies provide a very viable alternative to dumpster rental. In many communities in Southern California, like Santa Monica, dumpster rental is wrapped in bureaucratic red tap and permits. Junk removal companies in Santa Monica don’t face the same red tape, and they provide the labor to haul away junk. But junk removal companies often try to pile on …
5 Ways to Take Control of Your Garage
Originally Posted on Green Clean Junk Removal: It is another sunny, summer Saturday here in Los Angeles, California. I texted a friend to see if he wanted to watch the Kings game later. Much to my dismay I received back, “Can’t. Cleaning out the garage.” So sad. And it is totally unnecessary. There is no need to spend a weekend cleaning out a garage, year after year. This dismal doom can be mostly avoided …
10 Tips For Organizing, Cleaning, and Whipping Your Apartment into Shape
Getting your first apartment can be a heady and exciting time, especially if you are fresh out of college and finally living on your own sans roommates. But your own apartment can quickly become a bit of disorganized nightmare within a few months. Here are ten tips from a professional organizer who works with a Los Angeles based junk removal service. 1. Organization Starts with A Vacant Apartment When you rent your first apartment you’ve …
3 Questions to Ask Your Junk Removal Company
Before you hire a junk removal company to clean out a house, apartment, or commercial space you need to make sure that you are getting exactly what you need and at the price you can afford. So there are three simple questions you should ask your junk removal company before you hire them. 1. Are You Licensed and Insured? Every business needs to have a business license. This is a simple bar to pass. If …
Should I Rent a Dumpster or Hire a Junk Removal Service?
There are plenty of situations where you need to get rid of a lot of trash and junk. For instance if you are a realtor and you just signed on to sell a large home as part of an estate sale. Before you can put that home back on the market you’ll need to clean it up and clean it out. When faced with these types of decisions you have one of two options: rent …
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