Simplify Experts

Honestly, we have not even reached the halfway point but, I could not be happier with Simplify Experts! Denise was lovely right from the start. I felt almost guilty hiring someone because I have an enormous amount of stuff to sort through but, Denise and my project manager, Amy, have been wonderful and it has been great to purge so much and begin living in our new home in a calmer, more organized way. I cannot wait to have the job completed. I know we will hire them back to keep going with our garage and my husband's office. Anyone holding back on deciding to bring in a professional for organization, should not hesitate! Call Simplify Experts! It is so worth it and, you deserve to have a happy, peaceful, functioning home that is a joy to live in. I am so grateful to Denise, Amy and their team! I will do it over and over again until my home is just the way we want it! It is a disservice to the team that I did not take before pictures for the sake of comparison but, I will add pictures after the job is complete. This was a big undertaking with boxes stacked high EVERYWHERE! This package gives me 24 hours with Amy, 24 hours with an additional organizer, as well as an additional 12 hours with a third organizer. They are extremely prompt and very flexible with scheduling. These women WORK! They stay on task, which is more than I can say for me, and they get through it quickly. I was amazed at what we were able to accomplish in the first four hours with a team of three!

She ended up at my front door the very next day after she came by here. I hadn't even told her I was going to do it. I told her the situation again. This is not a usual situation of organization. This is a little bit different. Told her what I didn't want her to do. I went through it twice. I wouldn't trust her. I don't trust her at all. She was the bottom of the list as far as I'm concerned. The woman is nuts. I told her to keep out of rooms. She wouldn't do it. There's certain rooms I don't need you in to do any organization. You are not to do anything, take anything, throw anything out or delegate anything to be thrown away or taken without my authorization. They didn't pay any attention to that. Evidently, they walked out with about $50,000 worth of diamond rings. I found out that my Rolex watch is missing too. That's under police. I filed all the necessary paperwork too. They failed to do everything they were supposed to do and they didn't listen to me. I explained everything in the beginning four to five times before they even started. I caught them in rooms they were not supposed to be in. When they were not working together she wasn't working with me. She was putting a girl with me, one of the girls that works on call I guess, she goes and starts on another room. I said, "What are you doing in this room? I told you three or four times that noone was allowed in this room, allowed to take anything out of this room and to put anything back in this room. I told you that before I hired you." I actually never hired her. I said, "Well, you're here. I'll see what happens." I was thinking it wasn't good. She didn't come back three times and I got rid of her because it didn't get any better. She grabbed things and ran out the back door. She took things she wasn't supposed to take. She said, "I don't know how I'm supposed to return that." She was in my desk- my personal papers! She said, "Well I was just throwing things away that had numbers on them". I said, "Are you crazy?". I said, "That's it. You've got to be nuts."  She said, "Well, you need to throw away a bunch of this makeup too." I said, "Well I am a cosmetologist. Why would I want to throw away makeup? It costs a lot of money." I am retired of course, but my daughter is an esthetician. I said, "Why are you telling me this? This is not what we are discussing. You organize things to get them prepped for packing. I told you this in the beginning and you did it anyway. So what does this tell me?" She doesn't care anything about what you say or what you have said. I asked her a question and she was facing another way. She turned around and said, "I don't do it that way."

They were both so professional. You can tell the training they received before starting was uniform. You knew what to expect and they came prepared each time. We are not finished yet but after working with the. Today I am so pleased at the result I had to leave a review!! I am so happy I found this service!

The experience was absolutely wonderful. Denise Allan, the owner of Simplify Experts, spoke with me initially and did a 60-minute in-home assessment. She was professional and friendly; she listened to what I needed and helped me figure out a plan that would best meet my needs. I purchased a package, and she assigned me to an organizer, Vlasta. Working with Vlasta was a complete delight! She was punctual, warm, professional, easygoing, and had great ideas. I felt such a sense of relief and calm after every appointment with her! She brought bins, drawer organizers, and a label maker to every appointment. She also took donations out of the house with her and dropped them off. She was extremely helpful in getting me to thin out my stuff, but I never felt like she was pushy. My office is beautiful and clutter-free, and it's so much easier to find what I need throughout my house. Working with her has made me love my new home, rather than constantly thinking about my mental "to do" list for the house. Engaging Simplify Experts was a great investment!

The job went simply fantastic! Denise sat me down and helped me to realize we don't need that many tee shirts and was gentle but firm and so down to earth. Just like the television programs, there was Keep, Toss and Donate. I was able to get rid of so much stuff: clothes, kitchen items, books, knick knacks, etc. I never felt pushed to do anything I was uncomfortable with or forced to get rid of something I wasn't ready to. Best of all, they took it with them to donate and dispose of. (Can't emphasize that last sentence enough.) The process went very quickly and eased the sense of being overwhelmed with getting rid of a lifetime of "stuff". Denise was very understanding of our situation and offered many helpful suggestions I still use today, over a year later. We had two sessions and each time the Simplify Experts came to our home I felt as though I could finally breathe! In those few hours, she taught me how to let go of that excess stuff that was weighing me down.

Fabulously.  I have been able to declutter to the point that we no longer need a storage unit.
Denise helped me with our storage unit and condo.  She was able to help me dramatically reduce my bins of financial documents.  She also has a secure service for shredding the financials that are no longer needed.

She helped me:
1) have my old/dead computers/phones cleaned and recycled
2) take a lot of things I no longer want or need to be donated
3) trash the things I need to trash
4) find businesses where I can consign items that are still valuable but for which I no longer have space

She takes all of the items that are to be recycled, donated and shredded.  You do not need to do this.

I was very, very pleased with this service and I thought her pricing was very reasonable for the service provided.

Great! I now have the use of two rooms that were filled with unnecessary papers, files, clothing, shoes, bookcases, gift wrap, etc. It's very freeing!

Fantastic! They met my shorterm goals and provided great education on DE-cluttering and simplifying. The presentation of the tools I needed to help me in this situation was just right. I think they picked up early on about my learning style and what motivates me. So they flowed with it tailoring to my needs and personality. I highly recommend this group. I worked a lot with Allicia Lott. Her dedication and zeal for helping folks like me and therefore others, who benefit from "our stuff'', is as real as it gets. Each staff members have unique qualities. Still an ongoing process for me and I plan more sessions in the future.

I love her and I am going to call her again. She is the best. She is top notch. I tend to use her for the rest of my life. That is how good she is.

If I could rate this company as "A+" I would do so for every category. Before contracting their service, I was overwhelmed with having to sort through papers and clutter belonging to us (husband and myself) and my mom's. Mom moved in a few years ago and she had several personal items and several volumes of photos, and genealogy research in addition to our own clutter of 45 years of marriage and raising three kids. Unfortunately, almost a year and a half ago, both my Mom and my husband were required to enter into assisted living within the same month, so the past year had been more than stressful and made it impossible to keep on top of papers, some of which should be maintained, but others needing to shred or toss.

Day 1 on initial triage, Pam and Paula did an outstanding job keeping focused (and keeping me focused), and after the first day, I could not have been more pleased. One of the big projects was to reduce the amount of holiday decorations that had been sitting in nice plastic bins, but had not been used for a long time. Between Day 1 and Day 2, our adult children came by and helped me winnow down, and sorting for keep and not keep. There were tons of professional engineering books of my husband, and quick decision by all was to donate. Next were tons of historical nonfiction and fiction books and again, the "kids" picked what they wanted, and bulk of rest to donate. I had purged a couple of clothes closets and bagged clothing prior to first day, but in between the two days, I set aside a few more bags and also cleared additional closet shelves.

Day 2 was final triage. With the kids' help, I had put aside donation items, and Pam and Paula went straight to putting those items into their vans. My overall goal was to reorganize two unused bedrooms, as well as decluttering our neglected family room. Not only did the project go as planned, but once all those rooms 'de-cluttered', there was still a half an hour left on the clock, and a long neglected 'cubby closet' was cleared of the clutter and quick decision for the donate, keep or trash bag. So much more was decluttered and reorganized than I had ever imagined that six hours could accomplish. I said "Good-Bye" to four banker's boxes worth of shredding and four carloads (counting both days) to donations. And bonus: I can now find my sewing machine again!

I count these two ladies as those among angels who walk the Earth disguised as people. My thanks is not deep enough. I will use this company again when it is time to de-clutter the garage, and I highly recommend their services to anyone.

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Excellent! Pam came over and helped me get a huge amount of work done in a short time. Denise organized all my documents that were in a disorganized pile after a move and death of a family member. I feel so much better now that my space is organized and my closets are thinned out. Pam even helped me return packages that I've been avoiding. Highly recommend!

My filing system was arranged for speed and efficiency.  I am a senior and the labels are the right size and cleverly organized
to suit my needs.  Denise has agreed to come back and help me organize my pictures. I meticulously researched the internet to find the best organizer and it paid off.

Denise came out prior to the appt to go over things like how much time it would take, what I would need to purchase/do prior to the appt. Communication was excellent. She arrived on time and was eager to get to work. She kept things moving along quickly, and had answers for every question. She was prepared! She also gave me tips for how to manage my garage after she left. My garage is finally mine to use!

Simplify Experts was a huge help as we attempted to organize some spaces that had been disorganized since a move several months earlier. They helped us with organizing strategies, product suggestions and shelf labeling. Most of all they were what we needed to just get moving on the job. This was money well spent!

It went very well. Very detailed and professional. They did a lot of work in a short amount of time.

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Denise is such a pro!  She asks good questions to help clarify what needs to stay and what can go.  She has good ideas on how to organize storage. I've used her before for office/paperwork filing and she's great at that too.

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