This Old House
My services can assist a with a cleanup, even if you are out of town! Here’s how:
I recently worked on a house here in Baltimore. My client used to live here in town but moved to the west coast many years ago. Her elderly father kept a house and lived here until he passed away at the age of 92. My client was unable to make the trip back east and needed someone to package his clothes to donate to charity. She arranged for me to get a key from her father’s last caregiver.
I went to the house whenever my schedule permitted. Sometimes I went during the day, sometimes in the evenings. It didn’t matter because I didn’t have to coordinate my work with anyone else.
My job was to go through four closets and two dressers full of clothes. Every shirt, pants and jacket pocket had to be checked because her father had a habit of putting cash in pockets. I didn’t find any cash but I still had to check each pocket.
When I finished each session I would take the bags of clothes to the Good Will or The Salvation Army on my way home or if it was too late, I took them the next day on my way to the house.
I documented my progress by taking photos of the filled bags and empty closets and drawers. These photos I would email to her each evening.
During this process I was also instructed to look for a favorite ring of her father’s. I found it, photographed it and left it on a dresser top for my client to retrieve when she returned to the house.
Our working relationship was the perfect solution for the distance problem. I also did other work in this house but I will save that for another blog.
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July 13, 2009 1:38 pm
