Whether you’re relocating for a new job, augmenting your bank account by getting rid of unneeded space, or selling your empty nest, downsizing your home creates a to-do list a mile long. Make the move easier by checking off these downsizing tasks well before moving day.

3 Simple Ways to Downsize

1. Start big or start small. No matter how far away your move is, it helps to have a place to start sorting. If your move is just a few weeks away, it’s probably best to start with big ticket items like furniture, comforters, and appliances. If you have months before your move, start small by organizing and boxing up one closet at a time.
2. Toss junk now. There’s some stuff that no one has a use for. Toss these junk items before you move: old clothes, CDs and cassette tapes, forgotten books, DVDs you never watch, old clothes, sporting gear, kitchen gear, and garden tools.
3. Make more than one sweep. Sometimes it’s hard for us to disengage. If you’re having trouble letting go of antique furniture, your first KitchenAid, or an old painting you won’t have room for, set it aside and come back to it in a few weeks. Sometimes a little time is all we need before we’re ready to pass a treasured possession to a close friend.

Call Mr Junk. If you’re moving to a new home, you have too much on your plate to worry about donating, recycling, or trashing your old stuff. If you don’t have a new home lined up for furniture and appliances, let us haul away your castoffs. We’ll leave your junk room clean and swept so you focus on finding the perfect park, best grocery store, or least intimidating gym near your new home.

There’s nothing quite as stressful as moving. It seems like no matter how well you prepare, come moving day you’re overwhelmed with boxes, junk, and deadlines. But with 1 in 5 American families moving every year, relocating years of junk is a problem that won’t go away. Get ahead of your relocation organization by tossing these items before packing up your home.

3 Things to Toss Before a Move

1. Worn or broken furniture. Okay, we get it. That bright, musty, floral-print couch was your first big furniture purchase as newlyweds. But believe us when we say that at this point it’s doing more harm than good. If you own ragged furniture with sentimental value, step back and honestly assess whether you’ll ever polish it up. If you will, do it before you move. If not, add it to the haul pile.

2. Appliances. Chances are you have at least one appliance you’ve been stretching “one more year” for the last decade. If you have a fritzy mixer, a coffee maker that requires daily coaxing, or a borderline dangerous food processor, take the opportunity provided by relocating to replace old appliances with a newer model.

3. “I’ll Need It Someday” Stuff. We all have it. Memorabilia from an old road trip, “collectibles” that still aren’t worth much, clothes from high school . . . if you’ve forgotten it’s lurking in your attic, it’s best to haul it away instead of trying to haul it with you.

Experts agree that waiting until after a move to sort through old junk only increases the cost and hassle of moving. Organize your stuff before you move and call Mr Junk to haul off any junk you don’t want in your new home.

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As junk collectors, we see a lot of junk pulled from a lot of places. Attics, garages, crawl spaces, and storage units could house anything from antique furniture to boxes of broken toys. Disrepaired hot tubs and built-in grills collect rust on back porches. House closets hide any number of disorganized secrets, generating boxes of junk during annual home clean outs. But there’s some junk that’s not obvious to the naked eye. Before you start piling up junk for removal, make sure you’ve taken care of your fall home maintenance.

Fall Home Maintenance Projects

Every fall homeowners spend weekends raking leaves, sorting clothes, and dusting off their heating units. Here are 3 home maintenance tasks to remember this fall:

1. Keep out the cold. Before temperatures drop too far, make sure your home is prepared for cooler weather. Replace old caulking on windows, lay new weather strips around doors, and add storm doors and windows where necessary.
2. Fill in the cracks. Does your home have leaky shingles, peeling paint, or cracks in the sidewalk? Make repairs to your home exterior before the onset of winter to prevent winter damage.
3. Take it outside. Do winter storms leave your yard strewn with broken branches and debris? Do you have a tendency to ignore the garden after Thanksgiving? Is your storage shed overrun with rusting garden equipment? November is the perfect time for landscape maintenance. Winterize your lawn and garden, take preventative steps to limit winter storm damage, and clean out the tool shed so you can greet spring with a fresh, clean look at the garden.

Have you just finished fall maintenance, home renovations, or garden winterization? Call Mr Junk to haul off scrap, debris, and unneeded materials.

It’s easy to get stuck in a customer service nightmare. Sometimes what seems like the simplest option results in days of stressful back-and-forth, extra fees, and lackluster service. At Mr Junk you’ll never have to worry about subpar services. We’re a local business built on the principles of surpassing customer expectations and treating people the way we’d want to be treated. That means low cost junk removal, fast hauling on any project, and “personal touch” services that go above and beyond.

Beyond Junk Removal

Many commercial junk haulers take care of the big problem and leave cleanup to the customer. The folks at Mr Junk don’t want customers to feel the need to clean up after us. When we come to haul organic debris, old furniture, or scrap material, we don’t leave twigs, screws, and dust behind. Our junk removal team picks up the smallest pieces of debris, and we always come through and sweep up after. The only thing our customers need to worry about is what to do with their clean, empty space!

What Do We Do with Your Junk?

After we haul old junk off your property, what do we do with it? Mr Junk cares about the environment and community. That’s why we don’t simply cart your old stuff to the dump and leave it in a heap. Whenever possible, we recycle and donate the junk we haul, giving your old stuff a fresh start!

Want a junk removal service that’s fast, affordable, and customer-first? Call Mr Junk to haul off unwanted furniture, appliances, and debris.

When we start cleaning junk out of our home’s crawl spaces, we begin to realize two things: 1) some junk just isn’t worth saving, and 2) we’d really like to get some of our investment back. Garage sales are a great way to get rid of old junk without taking a total loss. Cooling temperatures and the impending holiday season makes fall an excellent time to throw a yard sale. If you’re ready to say “so long” to a lifetime of junk, here are the 3 best ways to sell well in a garage sale.

3 Steps to a Great Garage Sale

1. Sort. The first step in any successful yard sale is organization. Sort through your attic, garage, and other storage spaces to make sure you get all your junk at once. After organizing the stuff you’re keeping, consider the items you want to get rid of. Create piles based on price, category, and items that aren’t worth selling.

2. Advertize. It’s easy to get wrapped up in organization, but advertizing is just as crucial to the success of your yard sale. Hang posters around town, put postcards in your neighbors’ mailboxes, and utilize social media to promote your yard sale.

3. Think logistics. No matter how well you organize and advertise your old stuff, junk won’t sell with a bad setup. Think about the layout of your front yard, set up tables for easier browsing, and organize items based on category. Enlist the help of friends and family to set up and sell. Just don’t forget to thank them with a cut of the profits!

The Junk that Just Won’t Sell

Let’s face it: no one wants that ratty old sofa with a spring poking through the stuffing. If you have a garage full of useless stuff, a garage sale isn’t going to cut it. Call Mr Junk to haul off items for recycling and donation. We’ll remove old furniture, broken appliances, and boxes of junk from your property so you can focus on yard sale profits. Call our Kennesaw junk removal service today.

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When your children leave for college, you feel a variety of emotions: pride, sadness, and at least a touch of separation anxiety. But college isn’t just an opportunity for kids, it’s an opportunity for their parents as well. Whether you’re eldest is cross-country for their higher education or your youngest just moved into the dorms at KSU, make the most of their empty room by weeding through the years of built-up junk in the closet.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

If you’re dealing with an empty nest after the start of the college school year, the best way to deal is to start sorting. Studies have shown that cleaning out your kids old stuff can be therapeutic. It also frees storage space from junk your child might not even know he had. Don’t close the door on your post-college clean out. Attack the organization now so you can welcome your kid home to a clean room this fall break.

Strategy is Everything

If you dive straight into your kids’ messy closets, you’ll probably get overwhelmed fast. Grab a friend or younger child who can be objective about the sentimental items in your child’s closet. Sort piles into keepsakes, trash, donate, and unknown. If your child has unused items in good condition, ask them about if you can give them away. Move any baby blankets or childhood photos to the attic, but be careful about tossing unfamiliar mementos. They may mean more to your child than you realize.

Plan for the Future

As your child prepares for their future, you should prepare for yours. Chances are your teen will move back home during the summer, so painting the walls and replacing old furniture may be premature. Organize their stuff in a way that makes sense for future clean outs. You never know if their bedroom will wind up a guest room or an updated space for your child to job hunt when he graduates.

Getting rid of outgrown clothes, boxes of old school supplies, and other knick knacks from your college kids’ room? Call Mr Junk for fast, efficient Kennesaw junk removal.

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