Downsizing Solutions LA

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

This LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION is written in support of DOWNSIZING SOLUTIONS LA

Phil and his team recently completed an estate sale for me in my home of 47 years. Needless to say, after all those years and raising 5 children, I had a lot of “stuff” and they worked 16 long days in preparation of a 3 day sale. Everything was organized and priced, displayed beautifully throughout the house and he had plenty of staff present on the sale days, and the financial results far exceeded my expectations.

Through Phil’s experience and knowledge (even checking with appraisers) of knowing the worth of my items that were in the sale, he maximized the pricing, yet sold a huge amount of inventory. After the sale, he went the extra step and sold some items to dealers and other items were donated to local charities and he gave me the donation receipts with which to take a charitable tax deduction. After the sale ended, Phil’s team spent two days cleaning up and he left the entire house empty for the new owners and within 5 days I had received a cashiers check.

Not only did Downsizing Solutions LA take a huge load off of my mind, along with allowing me the time and energy to focus on relocating, Phil’s team had earned more money than I ever could have done on my own, and I was in the retail business all my life.

Anyone looking to “clean house” and maximize their income potential from having an estate sale should hire Phil’s company!

Sincerely,
Lee Elmquist
Lee ElmquistJuly 2023

Letter of Recommendation for Downsizing Solutions LA, Phil Pelege
My wife and I were recommended to Phil’s company by our close friend Julie Marquez, who’s like a daughter to us. His company had done her divorce estate sale in Anaheim the previous year and she was so pleased with her sale results that she had told us about her positive experience. When it came time for us to relocate into a smaller residence, we immediately called Phil and scheduled a meeting with him.
Phil met with us on 3-separate occasions and we were both impressed with his ability to answer our questions. His company info package was also a big help to us in preparing for his team to begin our estate sale.
I’m 89 with a heart condition and my wife Vincie, is 84 and she’s recovering from recent knee replacement surgery. Our entire upstairs and garage had been neglected for years since we aren’t as mobile as we once were. Our two-car garage was packed to the ceiling with boxes of stuff and my tools that hadn’t been touched in many years. We have 9 storage sheds in our back yard and those too, hadn’t been opened in decades. Living in our home for 40 years, both of us had accumulated so much stuff that we were overwhelmed with where to begin. We definitely needed to downsize our lives and by having Phil and his team sort through everything we owned was a huge help to us.
Once we had moved into our new residence, we signed the contract with Phil and his team got to work with bagging over 2000 bags of trash and he had 2 separate trash hauls scheduled before our sale. Then his team started the staging of our home, garage, backyard and storage sheds and the pricing of our possessions, which took three weeks in total. Phil and his team had wound up spending a full month with cleaning, organizing and pricing in the preparation of our sale.

According to our neighbors there were huge crowds lined up on both days to buy our stuff. My wife’s doll collection and sewing items sold for a lot more than we thought possible. My silver coin collection was completely sold out. My diecast toy car and train collections were also sold out. The sale of my wife’s 1960’s-70’s clothing and handbags was a huge success and all of my trucker hats were sold. The majority of my tools, power saws, hardware, shop supplies and tool chests were sold. Most of our kitchen wares, cookware, glasses and serving items were all sold. Our years of holiday decorations, VHS tapes, DVD’s, CD’s, electronics, and stereo equipment were all sold. Most of our artwork, lighting and décor items were all sold.
We went to our home on Wednesday afternoon, a few hours after the sale had ended and we were astonished at just how much of our stuff had been sold! It was a bittersweet moment for both of us. We were glad to see that so much had been sold, but we were also saddened to see our lifetime of stuff all gone.

My wife and I are truly grateful to Phil and his team for the outstanding job they did for us. The amount of money we received was beyond what we thought was possible. Working with Downsizing Solutions LA was a very positive and successful relationship for us.

Wayne Schoeman July 2023