Granny's Attic Estate Sales

Al and his team of workers were excellent. Al was extremely thorough, attentive to all my needs, honest and open in his communication, kind and understanding and had the highest level of getting things done. I enjoyed working with him. I would highly recommend him. He and his staff did an amazing job from start to finish.

It went very smoothly. They walked the family thru the process, were very communicative, upfront and honest about it all - from their process/policies to their realistic expectations about items sold; they didn't set grandiose promises for the sale. They offered a clean-out option after the sale concluded - best money we ever spent. I'd recommend and higher again if ever needed.

When a relative recently passed away, we were tasked with getting her house ready to sell. We contacted Al, from Granny's Attic to help us with the process of liquidating her household items. We could not have been more pleased! He handled everything for us and walked us through the process every step of the way. He kept us up on the process and he literally handled everything, often going above and beyond what would have been expected. The clean out after the sale was a service many do not offer and I cannot imagine not using it. When Al and his team were done, the house was completely empty, thoroughly cleaned, and ready to turn over to a realtor. I highly recommend Granny's Attic and know that Al will make this difficult transition as painless as possible. Thank you Granny's Attic! A+ service! Pat & Debbie

I had the situation of having my parents’ at my home, 1200 miles from their home in Cleveland for the winter. My Dad took ill and he and Mom were unable to return to their home. I had to make the decision to start the process of cleaning their house out. I made 2 trips to Cleveland to try and clean as much out as I could, but I was so overwhelmed by all there was to do, that I could do no more. I hired Granny's Attic to clean out my parent's home of 39 years to get the house ready to put on the market. My parents’ home was filled with all their possessions collected over the years. Al and his crew came in and did everything. We had 2 different sales, each one being 3 days. Al kept me informed on everything going on. I went back to Cleveland for the 1st sale. I did a walk-through of the house and was very impressed with what they had done. They did find some personal items that I had missed when I was cleaning out the house. They put those in a secure location in the house so I could take care of those right after the sale. The 2nd sale was 1 month later. I was unable to get back to Cleveland to do a walk-through. Al sent me pictures of the rooms. Once the 2nd sale was over, Al and his crew did the final clean out of what was left. They cleaned and vacuumed the entire house for me and had it ready for the realtor to come in to put the house on the market. Al sent me pictures of the house showing how it looked after everything was done. I was very impressed with the work Al and his team from Granny's Attic did for me. I found them to be very honest and I would hire them again.

We selected Granny's Attic to manage the estate sale of my parent's home.  They were more expensive than the other estate sales companies we spoke with but promised a higher level of service as well.  We anticipated that the additional cost would be more than offset by additional sales revenue owing to their three-day sale format and the network of followed they promised.  Al Hopf was very optimistic that this would be a substantial sale after touring the home.  Upon receiving the results, we were very disappointed by the meager sales revenue they achieved.  Though I asked Al to send me his advertising materials, he never did.  The only reference to the sale I saw was a mention on Granny's Attic's Facebook page.  When I asked Al to explain the dismal results, he never returned my call.    

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I can't say enough good things about Al and his team!!! What a tremendous service. We downsized, and had a LOT of stuff we wanted rid of (including years of accumulated unsaleable junk). It was absolutely a godsend to be able to just pick out what we wanted to take and leave the rest to Al and his team. Everything was exactly as he represented (even though it sounded too good to be true!). When all was said and done (exactly when and how Al said it would be) he left us with a clean empty house and handed us a check!

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Al is great to work with -- professional, kind and very knowledgeable about how much certain items might go for. He also has a huge network of regular estate sale shoppers and other people who buy specialty items.
Although we were going to sell items that belonged to our parents and our family, Al understood that they were not just and quot;thingsand quot; -- that they were an important part of our family and held special memories for us.
We went through the entire house and took what we wanted, including financial and other and quot;confidentialand quot; paperwork. Al's team can go through the house for the family but we chose to do it ourselves because there were things we all wanted to take as remembrances.
Once we took everything we wanted, Al's team came in, went through the remaining items, and staged everything in the house to make it as comfortable and and quot;lived inand quot; as possible. Al takes care of placing ads in newspapers and sends emails to a large distribution list he has of repeat shoppers. Our sale went extremely well -- much better than any of us anticipated. (It's important to keep in mind that some sales go well and others might not. It depends on a number of factors including the items you are selling, how many people come through the house, etc. Al doesn't have control over some of those variables.)
Al takes a percentage of the total profits from the sale. It was worth it because none of us had the time to coordinate such a huge effort. And we do not have the contacts Al has. We also contracted with Al -- for an extra charge -- to have his team clear out leftover items (many were donated to charity, per our instructions). They also dusted and vacuumed the entire house. When they were finished, it was ready for us to put on the market.
My siblings and I are grateful to have had the help and support of Al and his team during what was a very difficult time for us!

Al was a pleasure to deal with. He worked around our schedule for meeting times. He clearly explained the contract and what our options were. He was honest and fair and his staff did a great job of setting up for the sale. The sale was manned by several people. We did not see the advertising in advance, but the few times that we stopped in, there seemed to be a good flow of people. An ad was placed in the local newspaper and Al has a mailing list that he sends notices to. He seems to have a following of regular customers of his sales. The advertising costs were paid by us (approxl. $350) and Al's fee for conducting the sale is 35% of the proceeds. Although the sale proceeds were not quite as high as we had hoped, we were very pleased with the job that Al and his staff did. Al was always prompt in returning our phone calls and settling up after the sale. I would recommend Al and Granny's Attic to anyone interested in doing an estate sale.

The combination of kindness and professionalism shown by Al and his staff was stellar. I actually feel blessed to have learned about Al and Granny's Attic. I had been so worried and stressed about how I would be able to organize and have a sale myself. That would have been impossible. I cannot recommend Al and his team at Granny's Attic highly enough. Highly professional, empathetic, kind, thorough.

There were three liquidators we interviewed. One was a referral from a friend, one was a liquidator one of my sisters found, and one one Angies List. I must admit I was skeptical at first as I checked Angie's List and Granny's Attic had one report with an and quot;Fand quot;, but the other reports were all and quot;Aand quot; with comments about Al Hopf's compassion and caring for the work that he did. So we decided to at least interview him and judge for ourselves! We were glad that we did. Two of the three liquidators said that my Mom's possessions would not bring in enough money and we would end up paying out of pocket for all the services we were looking for. Al did not feel the same way but that alone was not why we went with Al.

We found Al compassionate, (as was stated), reasonable, easy to work with, professional, conscientious, honest, it just felt like a good fit after the interview. He was even accommodating enough to come back to talk to us some more when my sister came in from Arizona.
My sisters and I had gone through the house first to remove personal identifying documents, money, and pictures. Then Al and his crew went to work. I was impressed on how quickly they went through everything. His crew was very experienced and knew what could be reasonably put up for sale and what is truly trash and consulted with us regularly on progress and any decisions that needed to be made. But what really impressed my sisters and I was that there was a significant amount of cash in the house that we had not found but Al and his crew did. They could've kept it since we assured him that we had checked all drawers, closets, etc. and pulled out all the cash we found. But he didn't and that shows the type of character you are dealing with.
We will always remember Granny's Attice and wholeheartedly recommend his business to others who might need this service. While I did put approximate money spent, in reality, there was no out of pocket money as his fees were taken out of the proceeds of the sale. We actually made a bit of money. But we didn't enter into this arrangement to make money. We needed to get the house on the market and without Al's services we would've still been going through my Mom's possession. We signed the contract with Al on 2/15, the liquidation sale was 3 days in 3/2012, the house went on the market in the middle of April/2012 and the new owner took possession May 31, 2012. This timeline would have not been possible without the services performed by Granny's Attic.

Absolutely no problems. Al, the owner, was responsive and a pleasure to work with.

I had an outstanding experience with Granny's Attic ! My mother passed away last year and I needed a way to effectively sell the contents of her estate. My wife and I met with auctioneers, other estate sales agents and liquidators and were discouraged by the encounters. My mother had an enormous amount of lower end knick knacks, costume jewelery, books, plates, glassware, etc. We literally scared several firms away because they said they job was too large for them. One of the other "estate" sales agents tried to low ball us with a ridiculous figure and said she would clear the house out. We then contacted Granny's attic and met with Al. Al was professional, courteous and sat down with us to go over our options. His team arranged the entire house for an estate sale and it was a huge success! Al has a large contingent of estate sale customers that he was able to market to and this drove a high traffic level at the sale. We actually had three sales because of the volume of merchandise that was in the house. I ended up making three times as much money using Granny's attics than I would have using the other estate sale agents or liquidators. By using Granny's Attic, we sold most of the items in the house and it has allowed me to put the house on the market this Spring. I would highly recommend Granny's Attic and Al for any estate sales needs !

They responded promptly to my request to learn more about their service, and provided a thorough orientation to what they could provide and the various choices I had, and the pricing structure. I found both Dale and Al to be very easy to work with, and they communicated regularly throughout the process - prior to, during, and after the actual sale dates. They worked hard to arrange the home and its contents for presentation. I opted to have them clean out the house once the sale ended, donating remaining furniture and other items to charity. They made all arrangements for this. I would recommend them.

The experience was fantastic. I can't believe what they sold as we had some much junk in that house. They did a really good job. They were honest and they put fair prices on it. They did not just give the stuff away. They cleaned up after they were done and arranged a donation for the furniture bank for the remainder of the contents. We got a deduction on that. They vacuumed and cleaned up thoroughly. The house is ready to sell.