Ken & Lynn's Antiques & Estate Sale & Clean Out (Junk Removal) Services

(818) 823-6614 Bonded and Insured Platinum member since Aug 20, 2010 - 48 years in business

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About Ken & Lynn's Antiques & Estate Sale & Clean Out (Junk Removal) Services

Hello, Let us introduce ourselves: My name is Ken and my partner and wife is Lynn. That is where we came up with Ken & Lynn’s Antiques & Estate Sale Services, dba Ken & Lynn's Estate Sale and Clean Out Services. We have been in the antiques and collectibles business since 1976 after living in Taiwan for several years. We added the estate sale part of our business in 2004 when asked by some Hollywood people to do estate sales and got hooked ever since. We enjoy helping families in their time of need. Our goal is to make your life easier! We are a licensed and insured estate liquidation company. We no longer carry a bond as it is a duplicate of our insurance. Remember, the benefit of using a " licensed business" company is that when your unlicensed company tries to take your money, you have no recourse. With a licensed estate sale service, you have all the legal protections you need to be safe. And when we sell all your valuables we have the insurance to cover them. Let me explain how our service works. First, there is no upfront payment, everything comes out of the proceeds of the sale. The client or trustee calls our service and we set up a free appointment to come to your home or site of the sale. We do a complete survey of the site and provide insight whether it is beneficial to you to have an on-site sale, buyout or to donate to your local charity. This part of our service is free. Please note, the best time to have our service come to your home or location is after family, friends and others have decided what to keep and what goes into a sale, and after those items have been removed from the property. The acceptance of an estate is always based on the value of the contents to be sold. Please note: We do NOT do "In-Residence" sales with clients still living in or on the property. This means someone cannot be living on or in the house while we do a sale! We also require unrestricted access. If and when we agree to help you with your sale, we then get down to business and begin a planning stage. The fees for our services are set up as follows: We work for a commission. On occasion, we have a minimum charge if the estate is not large enough for that commission. Our commission is pretty much a set number but may vary slightly depending on any special conditions. We provide enough staff based on the size of the property including security. On occasion extreme high end items are negotiated at a different (lower) commission to get the estate as much money as possible (like vehicles).We require the estate to pay for the following expense: a dumpster for clean out. This fee comes out of the proceeds of the sale. I pay all labor, taxes, and any fees to conduct the sale. The owner or trustee of the property is not to be on site at any time during the sale (you are welcome to come by and visit). We provide complete set up, appraisal and pricing of every item on the property, we do not use any outside service for this function. We research and appraise items using all available resources including all high end items to make sure the estate is getting its fair share of revenue for an item. We do this as part of our service, we do not bring in outside staggers or appraisers, we handle all this on our own. We wash, clean and polish items as necessary to provide for a presentable sale. We have an extensive mailing list, and are well connected in the Legal, Trust/Probate and Real Estate Industries, and people have told us our sales are fun to attend! Upon completion of the sale, my service will provide a complete and detailed statement of items sold and for how much within 7 to 10 business days after completion of the sale. We do not do a pre-inventory prior to the sale. Since we are a complete liquidation company, we provide a complete removal service for any left over items and also provide for any donations the estate deems necessary at no additional cost. We do not take items from previous sales or use our own items and place them at your sale. We provide a complete clean up as part of our service and make the property presentable for occupancy or for sale while the estate sits back and enjoys the comfort of using our service, again at no additional cost. Also, if you are calling from or live out of state, we can do your sale for you by signing a contract and the estate providing us with a key and we will do all the rest. This is also true for items in storage connected to an estate. We will empty the storage unit by you sending us the keys and giving us permission to proceed. EMPTYING A STORAGE UNIT IS ONLY DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DOING AN ENTIRE ESTATE. We maintain the strictest confidentiality and security in working for our clients. ESTATE STORAGE: We will empty your storage units for you in conjunction with an estate sale or probate situation only. The conditions for doing this must be that it is tied into an estate or probate liquidation and the estate needs to be liquidated. There is usually an extra fee for this service because of our own storage and transportation of the items from your storage to your home. Please remember we are not a garage sale or moving company and we cannot sell your storage because you just want to get rid of it! References are given upon request (Usually after the first meeting). We also purchase partial or entire estates. We do NOT do single item appraisals. If this service is required please use a licensed appraiser or someone who specializes in that field. I could charge you the same rate as an appraiser for your single item. So please remember the following:

DO NOT PAY AN ESTATE SALE COMPANY FROM $2500 TO $5000 OR MORE IN ADVANCE TO DO YOUR ESTATE SALE! ALSO, I KNOW YOU WANT TO HELP AND MAY BE EMBARASED TO SHOW THE PROPERTY TO OUR COMPANY IN AN UNTIDY CONDITION BUT PLEASE HAVE US COME BY FIRST BEFORE YOU THROW ANYTHING AWAY OR START CLEANING, YOU MAY BE THROWING AWAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT. ALSO, IF YOU ARE SHOPPING OTHER COMPANIES, ASK HOW MUCH MONEY YOU WILL END UP WITH IN THE END! SOME ESTATE SALE COMPANIES ARE CHARGING YOU FOR SET UP, PRICING, ADVERTISING, LABOR, THEN TAKE DOWN, REMOVAL AND CLEANING. BY THE TIME YOU GET A CHECK, YOU SEE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF YOUR MONEY GONE!! Cell Number: 818-823-6614

We are not an every weekend estate sale company. We take pride in doing our estate sales and dealing with families in their time of need.

NOW OFFICIAL! WE HAVE ADDED A NEW ARM OF OUR ESTATE SALE COMPANY. A CLEAN OUT JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE! We provide fixed price clean out junk removal! For a fee to be determined, we will provide a complete removal service for your property. We will remove everything inside, including all trash, furniture, etc. ( we do not handle construction or chemicals) and leave you with an entirely clean and empty property. No property is too dirty for our service!