Garage Cleanup and Junk Removal

 Are you overwhelmed by the mess you see every time you open the garage door? Have you finally had enough and are ready to do something about the clutter? Item by item, the mess has built from month to month and year to year. If you've reached the boiling point, and are ready to take charge, and reclaim your garage, the following tips will help you get started.

PREPLANNING STEPS

1. First, set aside an entire day, maybe even an entire weekend for a larger cleanup project. Get an early start. Commit to getting the job done once you've started.

2. Make an "organizational assessment" before getting started. Once you've purged unwanted items, is there a better way to organize things you want to keep? Would shelves help? Pegboards and hooks? Cabinets? Storage bins? Your local home supply store will have great storage products and suggestions. Buy these items and have them on hand and ready to go.

3. Before the big day, schedule a pickup from a local charity to pick up items that can be re-used. Are there other items in your house or basement that should be included with this pickup? Schedule this pickup for late in the day of your big clean up project.

4. Schedule a pickup from a junk removal company to haul away items that will be thrown away. Are there other items in your house or basement that should be included with this pickup? A quick online search for "junk removal" will give you a list of local companies to choose from. Again, schedule this pick up for late in the day.

5. A couple of handy items to have on hand include a cooler of water, a good supply of garbage bags and empty boxes to help with sorting and purging. And perhaps a few aspirin for the expected end of the day aches and pains after a day of decluttering.

6. Label the empty boxes to help with sorting. Suggested labels include Tools, Garden Supplies, Sports, Cleaning, Auto Supplies, Toys, Grill Supplies, Holiday, Donate, Junk.

GETTING STARTED

1. The best way to tackle your garage cleanup project is to pull everything out of the garage, sort and purge, and then put things back in the garage that you want to keep.

2. As you pull items out of the garage, use your driveway and adjacent yard as a staging area. Sort the items into piles, or use your pre-labeled boxes to help with your initial organization effort. If you're not sure whether you want to keep something or not, put it in an "Undecided" pile, and make a decision later in the day.

3. A good rule of thumb is to purge anything you haven't used in one or two years. You'd be surprised how this rule of thumb can help in making final choices and eliminate a large amount of clutter.

4. Once you've pulled everything out of the garage, and have made initial choices on what you're keeping, and what you're purging, now you need to think about how you want to arrange items as they go back in the garage.

5. Before you make final choices on new shelving, cabinets, or hooks, think about what items you use most frequently and want to be able to easily access. This may influence how you reorganize your garage. Things used on a daily or weekly basis (lawnmower, sports equipment, cleaning supplies) should be easily accessible. Holiday items, used once a year, can be stored in less convenient locations.

6. Revisit your "Undecided" pile. If in doubt, get rid of the items in this pile. You'll appreciate the decluttered garage more than holding on to seldom used items.

FINISHING UP

Whew! It's been a long day and big effort. All that's left to do is to sit back and watch as the charity truck and junk removal truck arrives and the teams make your mess go away. If you've been diligent in your effort and stayed focused on your clean-up goals, you should see dramatic results. Less mess, more organization, and a great sense of accomplishment from your effort. And we guarantee a smile on your face the next time you open your garage door and take a peek inside. Everything has its place and everything is in its place.

Having a hoarder in your life is not a good thing to have. However, you know that you are going to want to prevent that hoarding from reaching the point that they need to have an intervention. What you might not realize is why you should be using junk removal to combat hoarding. Here are some of the reasons why you will want to use this type of service to help you out.

Remember that these companies do have to make money so they probably will charge you a disposal fee. However, if it is going to help you out with the problem that you are currently having the cost will be well worth it. The problem can come you will want to set a price limit for this service so you can still pay the rest of your bills as well. You could find at the same time that depending on the items that you are having removed that they might actually pay you if it will be a good business decision for them.

One reason that you should be using this is they will be able to aid you in getting the items out of your home. You might think that you are going to be able to rid yourself of the items because you brought them in. However, you could find that you brought them in many years ago and they are going to be heavier than what you remember, but with these companies you will not have to worry about that problem.

You could also find that they will assist you in disposing of the items in the proper manner. Some of the items that you have in your home could be disposed of in many different ways, but you will find that by using one of these companies they will generally recycle what they can, pitch anything that cannot be recycled, and sort out the rest for proper disposal.

Something else that you can find depending on the company is that they could help you organize efforts to clean up your property. You might think that they are only going to work on getting rid of the junk, but you could find that some of these companies are going to help you with getting your lawn cleaned up, the walls cleaned, or just general cleaning with the various contracts that they have in place with other companies.

Another thing to consider is that these people are going to be professionals are going to have the proper sized trucks to haul away your items in a couple of loads instead of making multiple trips. If a reason that this already has not been done is because it would take multiple trips you will want to know that many times these people are going to have a larger truck than what you do which means that the multiple trips will be drastically reduced.

It is going to remove some of the health hazards that could be present in your home because of all the junk. If you have a ton of junk laying around your home you know that it is going to start attracting pest. Those pest are going to carry disease or bugs of all sorts. So by getting rid of all that junk you will be getting rid of any hiding places that they have.

Trying to rid yourself of items that you have collected can be very difficult to do. For some the problem comes to actually removing the items, but an easy solution can be found by using junk removal to combat hoarding problems https://www.mandjserviceworks.com/. That way you will be able to solve many of the issues that you are going to be facing with the health hazards, the piling up of items, and your overall well being.