For executors, families and estate lawyers clearing a loved one’s home. We set aside what matters, donate what can live on, and hand the property back ready to list — usually without the family needing to be there.
$2,000–$7,000+ · Signature finish from $3,200 · complete clearance to $7,000+ · fixed in writing on site
An estate cleanout is forty years of a life, and somewhere in it are the things the family actually wants — the photographs, the marriage certificate, the ring in the sock drawer, the bank statements the lawyer needs. A general junk crew is paid to move volume. They will not slow down for a shoebox of negatives, and once a truck is tipped at a transfer station there is no recovering anything.
We work the other way around. Every estate job is sorted before it is loaded: documents, photographs, jewellery and anything that looks like it mattered go into a labelled bin for the family to review. Only then does the rest move. That is slower, it costs more, and it is the entire reason executors hire us instead of the cheapest quote.
We also understand the position an executor is in. You have a legal duty to the beneficiaries, you often live somewhere else, and you need the property emptied and showable before a listing date you did not choose. We work to that date, send photographs at each stage, and give you a written fixed price you can put in front of the other beneficiaries without having to defend it.
We work unattended with lockbox or realtor access, send a photographed walkthrough before anything moves, and a second set after. You approve by text. Many of our estate clients never set foot in the property.
We do a Keep & Cherish pass first: anything you flag is boxed, labelled and delivered to the family members you nominate, anywhere in the GTA. Then we clear the rest. Two visits, one price.
Documents, photographs, cash, jewellery and collectibles are set aside and logged. On Signature jobs you get a written list of anything that appeared to have value before it was moved. Nothing of that kind leaves the property without your say-so.
Estate work is our priority scheduling. Most GTA estate properties are cleared in one to three days once booked, and we hand the house back swept, wiped and photograph-ready for your agent.
Every room is sorted before it is loaded. Papers, photographs, jewellery, cash and anything that reads as personal goes into a labelled bin for the family — not into the truck.
Usable furniture, housewares, clothing and books are routed to GTA charities rather than landfill. Where the charity issues a receipt, it goes to the estate. Executors like this line in the file.
Floor runners, stair protection and padded door frames go in before the first item moves. We carry rather than drag. Estate properties are usually about to be photographed — we treat them that way.
No signage on the street, no shouting, no pile on the front lawn. Neighbours see a quiet crew and a closed truck. For families in small neighbourhoods this matters more than anything else we do.
Weigh tickets, donation receipts where issued, dated photographs before and after, and a single itemised invoice. Everything an executor needs for the estate accounting.
Swept at minimum on every job. On the Signature finish the house comes back deep-cleaned, surfaces wiped, appliance interiors done and floors detailed — the agent can shoot it the next morning.
If you administer estates for a living, you need a cleanout contractor who turns up, documents the work, and does not become a problem for your client. We hold certificates of insurance on file, invoice the estate directly, work to your listing or closing date, and give you photographed records for the file. Referring firms get priority scheduling.
We walk the property with you, usually about twenty minutes. You get a fixed written price — not a range, not an hourly rate that drifts.
A 30% deposit confirms the booking and holds your crew, vehicle and disposal window. It comes straight off the final invoice.
Property protected, contents sorted donation-first, space handed back swept at minimum. You walk it with us before you pay the balance.
Estate cleanouts across the Greater Toronto Area, plus the Niagara and Simcoe corridors within roughly 200 km of Toronto.
Estate cleanouts start at $2,000 for a standard clear and $3,200 for our Signature finish, which includes deep cleaning, Keep & Cherish item delivery and a photographed handover. The exact number depends on the size of the property, how full it is, access, and how far you want the finish taken. It is fixed in writing at a free on-site valuation before a single item moves, and a 30% deposit confirms the booking and comes off the final invoice. We do not quote estates blind over the phone — we would have to pad the number, and you would be paying for our guesswork.
Yes, and it is common. We arrange access through a realtor, lawyer or lockbox, send you a photographed walkthrough before anything moves, confirm by text what is being set aside, and send a second photographed set at completion. Several of our estate clients have never been in the property. Invoicing and payment are handled remotely.
They are recovered and set aside, never loaded. Every room is sorted before it is cleared, and anything that reads as personal — papers, photo albums, negatives, jewellery boxes, cash, medals, documents — goes into labelled bins for the family. On a Signature cleanout you also get a written list of anything that appeared to have value. If the family wants those items delivered rather than left on site, we deliver them anywhere in the GTA.
Most GTA estate properties are cleared in one to three working days once the job is booked, and estate work gets our priority scheduling. If you have a firm listing date, tell us at the valuation and we will book backwards from it so the agent can photograph the house the morning after we finish.
Yes. You get dated before-and-after photographs, scale tickets for anything priced by weight, donation receipts where the receiving charity issues them, and a single itemised invoice. Executors routinely file this with the estate accounts, and estate lawyers who refer us ask for it by default.
Yes. We are registered with Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks as a waste transportation system — registration number R-004-5477911257 — and we carry $2 million in commercial general liability insurance. Certificates of insurance are available on request, which estate lawyers and property managers often need for their file.
We are registered for non-hazardous waste, so we cannot transport asbestos-containing material, biomedical or biohazardous waste, PCBs, radioactive material, fuels, propane cylinders or unidentified chemical containers. If something like that turns up in an estate — and in older homes it sometimes does — we stop, tell you, and point you to the correctly licensed contractor rather than quietly putting it in the truck.
No, and we would be cautious of anyone who offers to. We are paid to clear the property, which means we have no interest in what anything is worth. If we find something that looks genuinely valuable we flag it to you and recommend an appraiser. An operator who both values the contents and keeps them has an obvious conflict with the estate.
Twenty minutes on site, a fixed written price, and no obligation. We can meet the realtor, the lawyer or the lockbox — you do not have to be there.
