Picking through a lifetime

I read Joey Gibson's blog post titled Picking the bones at an estate sale. It's a very sad piece, noting how 2 people lived a life together and now it's come to an end. The children had an estate sale, disposing of their parents' lifetime of 'things' that had accumulated.

This can be a very tough, highly emotional time for everyone. We have a customer who just couldn't bring himself to document all the items as required for the estate settlement. Looking at, digging through and systematically listing all the contents of the house and garage was too overwhelming - and sad - for him.

Though we're known for documenting personal property for disaster preparedness, we find this other reason for a personal property inventory an equally important service. The executors have enough to do and they are relieved to have someone document the items and assign a fair market value to each piece.

We started our business with a purpose to help others recover from a disaster. Though we didn't think about estates at the time, we added this inventory service to help lessen the turmoil and emotional stress one goes through when losing a parent. We know we ease the pain just a little, and that is a great feeling!