Spring is here and you want to sell your house. It is a nice house, which you have kept well maintained, and it has served you well.... but how can you sell it with all of this clutter, these precious possessions, which are, of course, everything that you have ever owned.
Do you find yourself making the following statements?
The buyers will understand; after all, they are buying my house not all of my possessions.
I can sort everything when I move.
I can not get rid of anything, because as soon as I do, I will need it.
I need my school books for reference.
I need that newspaper; I have to catch up on the news and I need to clip out the coupons.
My daughter needs to come by and pick up her clothes, since she now has a place of her own.
Those auto parts will come in handy when we get an old 60s car to fix up.
The guys on the softball team don't know how good I used to be; they need to see all of my trophies.
If we have another blizzard like 66, then I'll need those tire chains.
....
STOP.
Yes, a buyer understands that they are buying your house and not your personal possessions, but if the buyer can't see your house, then how can you expect them to buy it? In today's market, it is important to market your house on the internet with lots of photos. Do you want someone to see that nice fireplace or all of your trophies from sandlot baseball? Is it a selling point that you have spacious closets or does everything start to fall out when you open the door or does the door close at all? Do you want someone to admire the great view from your living room bay window or is it impossible to get near it?
You won't sort anything when you move. You didn't sort it in the last many years, so what makes you think that you will when you have so many other things happening with your move?
Reference books? Have you heard of the internet? The library? That Pluto is no longer a planet?
You do know that those newspapers now contain OLD news and that those coupons are expired don't you?
Do you think that your daughter wants her outdated clothes from when she was ten?
Maybe the real problem is that you are overwhelmed. Just like that pot belly (What pot belly?) creeped up on you over time, so has this accumulation of items. You look around and throw your arms up in frustration because you have no idea where to begin.
When the wind blows the shingles off of your roof, you can call a roofer; when the faucet won't stop dripping, you can call a plumber, when... when your house gets too cluttered you can call a Professional Organizer. Yes, it is true; there are experts who are trained to solve these frustrating problems of clutter and they can ease your mind as much as the plumber or the roofer.
Ron Trzcinski
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