About Us
More Than Just Packing
We love to listen and learn from our clients. Many times there are amazing tales and emotional stories of travel and times, of family and loss, mostly nostalgia, that need to be told a few more times by the owner before letting something go. We validate their feelings and talk to them about "The Art of Losing" and letting go. Often, being an outside influence or professional gives us the necessary help to cut some of their strands of identity still embedded in things.
Generational Guilt
Going through old stuff can be overwhelming especially if it meant something to someone at some point in time. Pack Ratz helps you gently sort and evaluate need verses want, and value verses relevance and/or resources without guilt or shame.
It's Gotta Be Worth $$$...It's an Antique
We find worth in our possessions. It's natural, otherwise we would keep it around. What is the value we associate with each item is a whole other question? When we are hired to help declutter, we encourage people to donate/recycle, pack/move, or discard.
When planning to move, gifting or rehoming valuables or collectibles is a part of a plan long before we are involved. This is when you find out what your children really desire and what they don't. Selling items on Facebook Marketplace or Ebay is time consuming and may require some help as well from a friend or family member well in advance of a move.
Ask yourself...If you haven't seen it, touched, it, or used it in 2 years what value is it serving you?