This sounds like a good job for a college student home on break. Someone was just posting in the teen forum asking where their kid could work over break.

You could post an add on Care.com, Thumbtack or Taskrabbit.

Get some recs from the organizer?

I am looking for somebody who is less expensive than a professional organizer that can help declutter a home so that an organizer can then come in an do the actual organizing work without all the stuff that needs to be thrown out or donated still in piles. Because of a physical disability, the homeowner can’t do the physical work needed to declutter or provide much physical assistance. (I’ll note there’s already been a discussion about this plan with an organizer who said that many of her clients hire people less expensive for decluttering between when she makes a plan and then comes into the house to implement the plan).

The homeowner is not a hoarder and the house is regularly cleaned by someone so this does not seem like the right job for the companies I am finding online. It will really primarily be going through some boxes and piles of clothes, papers, toys, and kid’s craft supplies with the homeowner saying what should be thrown out, recycled, donated or kept and either dropping off bags/boxes for donations or putting them in a car.
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