Downsizing Solutions LA

Long Beach, CA 90803
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Since 2004 Downsizing Solutions LA has been tirelessly assisting Seniors, Families, Attorneys, Business Owners, Realtors, and Probate Specialists to compassionately, quickly and profitably liquidate personal property and/or business assets.  

EXPERT Senior Relocation Management from start to finish! NOW available in Los Angeles & Orange Counties. Take advantage of our years of experience in professional Space Planning, Organizing, Packing and Resettlement Staging. Our team can quickly organize and carefully pack up your family members possessions, organize their relocation and then unpack their possessions and professionally stage their new home for their immediate occupancy. Here’s the perfect local solution for the "out of area" family member who’s trying to manage their family member’s downsizing and move from a distance. Once your loved one has been successfully relocated, we then conduct a public estate sale event to get their former residence empty at a profit. No one in our industry is offering this comprehensive level of a seamless experience with our "all in one" service!                 

NO HIDDEN FEES OR ADDITIONAL COSTS: Unlike many other Estate Sale Companies, WE NEVER charge our clients for Event Set Up Fees, Event Hourly Labor, or Credit Card Processing Fees. Our on-site consultations are always free of charge!  We work on a strictly commission basis with each of our Estate Sale Event Clients.   

OUR MARKETING EXPERTISE: During the past 21 years we have compiled an extensive email list that consists of both serious collectors and verified buyers that are online resellers, flea market vendors and local store owners. Each of our client’s sale events receives the maxim possible Local and National pre-event social media marketing exposure which optimizes buyer attendance and generates higher revenues. We are well known in S CA for turning out large crowds at our events.   

DOWNSIZING SOLUTIONS LA ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE INCLUDES: Senior Packing & Relocation, Professional Organizing, Estate Liquidation Sale Management, Professional Event Staging, Professional Photography and Event Marketing, Exhaustive Price Researching and Correct Price Valuations, Arranging Post Sale Donations & Property Clean-Outs, Trash Removal, Prompt Post-Sale Proceeds Payment.  

Our Client Referrals

John C:  So, this is a recommendation as someone who hired Downsizing Solutions LA to liquidate an estate for a client of mine. I'm a Realtor in Los Angeles with 18 years of experience. I come across situations where an estate must be liquidated and as a result I have worked with other liquidation companies in Los Angeles. There are many options out there, but I can assure you that you will be hard pressed to find a better company who will maximize your sales value in the shortest time possible. This company worked very efficiently to get the job done. The estate I was dealing with had a very eclectic mix of items. We obtained quotes from other companies who valued the items at half of what Downsizing Solutions LA was able to achieve. I would highly recommend that you give them a call to achieve similar positive results.

Heather G: Phil and his team are the absolute hardest working and genuine people I know. He was responsive, open hearted, kind and thoughtful to me. My situation was very hard emotionally and he felt like a friend. He truly helped me through this process and never rushed me along through some of the harder moments. He was incredibly responsive and up against a tight deadline and very organized. He was thoughtful about the possessions. I would highly recommend Phil and his team for any liquidation/estate sale. He really understands the going rate/market value in a way that really surpassed my expectations. I can't recommend this team more. I will be sharing his contact with anyone who ends up in the position of needing to liquidate. He also has a MASSIVE buyer following who really trust him and now I can see why.

Oksana & Jim L: Our house sold the first day it was listed.  Suddenly my wife and I had to downsize our lives in 30 days, instead of the 3 months we thought we had. We called several estate sales businesses but Downsizing Solutions LA and it's owner Phil Pelege, was the only one who really listened to us.  Phil was candid and said meeting our dates was not possible, but asked if he could make one phone call.  He called back and told us he was able to get a client to reschedule and we had our dates. Phil does not charge any upfront fees, or charge for the labor of his team (five days in our case).  He absorbs all his costs working strictly off a fair commission.  So getting items properly priced and sold is most important. Phil and his team on Day 1 arrived on time and over the next three days reviewed, priced, arranged and scheduled our estate sale.  My wife and I were selling virtually everything we had compiled over 50 years of marriage (Furniture, China, Appliances, Art, Collectibles, Sports Memorabilia).  Phil and his team compiled, arranged, researched and priced virtually everything in three days. Then rain was forecast on the first day of our sale and Phil and his team had to totally rearrange our items and reschedule the sale. The sale was a success.  Most items sold, all at fair prices. Thank you, Phil!

Can't wait to see you at our sale. Setup was 314.

Ryan W: I've been to a number of this company's estate sales and they are all run very honestly and efficiently and all items are fairly priced and pictures listed for sales are clear and well laid out.  His staff is always very courteous, friendly and helpful and the whole team runs a very professional sale.  Downsizing Solutions LA is definitely one of my favorite estate sale companies in Southern California.

Maaren C: Hands down best estate sale experience ever! This company was knowledgeable and treated the items in the home with care. The vinyl records I purchased were fairly priced, condition was conservatively appraised & much better than expected. The Downsizing Solutions LA team was responsive, professional, and an absolute pleasure to interact with. Highly recommend to manage downsizing an entire estate or to score unique items like I did.

Helen R: I recently attended Downsizing Solutions LA sale in Alhambra and had a great time shopping! I frequent this company's sales because they are friendly and knowledgeable. They seem to always have jewelry cases packed with really interesting jewelry, antiques and collectibles that you just don't find anywhere else in the area. Their prices are always fair, and they are willing to work deals on bulk clothing purchases. I can usually find something at their sales that I can re-sell at a profit. Go to the owner Phil, he really seems to understand that local dealers and re-sellers need to make a profit and he's willing to work with other business owners.

 

Our Testimonials

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

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