I went to one of their estate sales and not only were they not helpful in explaining any of the items, which made it very aware they were not knowledgeable on collectibles or antiques, but they also were price gouging for an estate sale. All the customers there were questioning the prices and when I went to social media about it they automatically blocked me, which I found very unprofessional and it also proved that they were trying to hide any blame. They owner also had a total argument with me in front of her customers. read more

Catherine and her team were top notch!! She was extremely knowledgeable and did her research. We had a lot of valuable art along with jewelry, furniture, houseware and clothing, After three and a half days they were able to sell the majority of my mother's belongings with only 4 days until closing. They are very professional and a delight to work with. I strongly recommend her business. read more

Katherine provides a service that we previously had been unaware of, but ended up in awe of her talents. We're undertaking a downsizing move and decided to take very few of our belongings with us to our new space. Katherine came in with her very professional team, made us part of the process, priced things appropriately, posted on all social media and added photos to the estate sales site. She handled all communication with interested buyers. On sale day she again brought a team of professionals and personally welcomed each buyer, handling questions and making the sale. She was respectful of our belongings and home and also accomplished a very successful sale in the short amount of time we had. I cannot imagine having accomplished this on our own. What a gem! read more

8/29/2018 Catherine runs the best sales I have ever attended. She, and her staff truly enjoy their respective jobs and fun to work with. She is not only professional, but responsive and just totally cool be around. From what I have seen, she prices items to protect the owner and is willing to negotiate when it is appropriate...usually late in the three- or four-day sale. I have gotten super deals as a buyer but always felt I paid a fair price...please understand that she operates an Estate sale, not a garage sale. See you in September in Rancho Santa Fe at the next big one!! 5/20/2019 UPDATE on previous sale about three weeks ago...spent $3.00 and was treated as if I had spent $300. Catherine is great, Friendly and helpful in getting it done.. thaks read more

Clearing a family home of a lifetime of memories with special attention to the sensitivity this process brings in a short amount of time, Blue Waters Relocation and Estate Sales was professional and diligent giving special attention to the details. Catherine was remarkable. read more

We hired Catherine and her team to clear out our estate home because of her responsiveness. From the initial meeting to the date of the sale, Catherine was all hands on deck with pricing, investigating values, And clearing out all drawers and cabinets for proper display. It was a miracle to see a full house almost disappear. She took such a burden off of us. We highly recommend hiring Catherine and her team. They did a wonderful job!!!! read more

Catherine knows her stuff. She is both professional and friendly. She did an estate sale for us recently; she and the Blue Waters team did an amazing job of researching, pricing, organizing and maintaining the security of more valuable items. If you are a buyer: No, don't expect a discount the first hour of the sale. In fact not even the first day. While not thrift store prices, the prices beat any where else you might shop. Many re-sellers come to Blue Waters' sales for a reason...great pricing on wonderful items. If you need estate sale services: Relax. Catherine is personable, compassionate and instills confidence. She does her research on specialty items. She is honorable and trustworthy. Catherine and her team operate with high ethical standards. She is up front about the value of items at hand. Could some items fetch a higher price elsewhere? Maybe...if you want to take the time to individually sell each item at auction, E-bay etc., more power to you. But if you are looking for a smooth operation that can move a large amount of merchandise in a quick amount of time, call Catherin at Blue Waters now. Special thanks to Mary & Dory for the dedicated work you provided!!! Catherine, Mary & Dory took a potentially difficult and emotional situation, and they turned it into a wonderful experience with smiles and laughter. PS - regarding the post on signs: after our sale I saw Catherine personally removing each sign that had been posted. read more

Catherine Waters is both professional and kind. She as a very personal approach and she truly cares about her clients. Her background as a real estate agent gives her great insight into all that is needed to organize for a move. I know Catherine as a friend and as a colleague. I highly recommend Blue Waters Relocation. read more

Catherine and the rest of the team at Blue Waters were a God send at a difficult time for me and my family. After a surprising terminal cancer diagnosis for my last surviving parent and medical expenses mounting, I did not have much time to clear out my parent's rental property. Catherine and her team were professional and efficient in helping to price items and conduct the sale. She also saw everything through to the end, making sure that we were able to get rid of everything that remained following the sale. She kept meticulous records and did a great job advertising the sale. Catherine was tough but fair in her pricing, and as a result, we earned more from the sale than I could have hoped for. When people trolled her on Yelp and on social media for her pricing, Catherine responded with grace and professionalism. I am truly grateful to Catherine and her team. If you're looking to downsize or are in the unfortunate position I was in, I'd highly recommend Catherine and the team at Blue Waters! read more

Interesting things for sale-more like RSF antique store prices, though, not estate prices at all. Faded, used, plastic planters-$40 anyone? We asked for a price on a used toaster oven with food particles-packaged in a different brand box that was high end, and she quoted EBay new prices. What was galling was that she added the phrase-"I'm not going to get in an argument with you". "The owner sets the prices"-then you should tell him/her that they aren't going to get near what they ask! read more

I tripped over Blue Waters yelp page on a lark and am thoroughly dumbfounded by the 4 star rating. I guess haters gotta hate but I feel compelled to clear up a couple fuzzy ideas about customer service that some might possess. Its a service, not a bend-over-and-take-it-up-the-buttvice. Lines get long. People get tense. Haggling sometimes sounds a bit more like arguing. And a 3% credit card charge is neither uncommon nor is it illegal. This is the way. Accept these little annoyances and you'll be filled with a lot less rage. That, and maybe cut red meat out of your diet. Catherine is a neat lady and an honorable businesswoman, but because she is nice the occasional wing-nut thinks they can get away with pushing her around just so they can save a couple of bucks. It happens a lot at estate sales. It's part of the deal, but she handles it grace and aplomb. To those who are clearly embittered for not getting the bargain they dreamed of, or having to wait, or unsuccessfully bullying cool people, try more fiber in your diet. It really helps. It must be a real balancing act, honoring your client who is going through great upheaval whilst giving the general public a crack at purchasing items it took a lifetime to amass, and would have cost a great deal more in a retail shop. I applaud Catherine and her whole crew for the great jobs they do. There are plenty of people who know how fun Catherine's sales are. And her last-day-bargains are awesome! To sum up: Catherine's pretty cool. Eat more vegetables. Maybe call your mother more often. read more

I have notified this company on numerous occasions of their "illegal" practice of charging a 3% fee for using a credit card for purchases at their estate sales. IT IS AGAINST THE LAW in California to charge a patron a "service" fee, "convenience" fee or a "cover cost" fee. If you were charged a fee at one of her sales for using a credit card, it was done illegally. And you are due a refund in a timely matter. If the refund is not returned in a timely matter, then you are owed 3X the "fee' amount. If using one of the many estate sale search web sites. Look to see how many of those other estate sale companies have a credit card service fee. Most estate sale companies require a "min" purchase, say $50 for credit cards to make it worthwhile. But they do not require a "fee" to use your credit card. BlueWaters Relocation Services continue to violate the law. Makes me wonder if that is the only law they mind breaking. read more

I first met Catherine at a sale she ran in La Jolla several years ago, and have had the pleasure of doing business w/ her at many others ever since . As the following tale tells, she works well under fire and is true to her word: I expressed interest in an item several days before the final, discount day of the sale, and she told me to come back then so we could "talk turkey" if it hadn't been sold, a gamble I - and I daresay many other "estate sailors" - am usually willing to take. When I arrived, she told me another man had expressed similar interest in the same item, and told her he'd be at the sale by then, though he hadn't yet arrived. To respect her word to him, I agreed with her decision to hold off on the sale until he arrived, and suggested that the item be auctioned between the two of us. When he finally did arrive, he blustered into the sale, and loudly and rudely tried to force Catherine into selling him the item he claimed some sort of "right" to, even though he had put no deposit down. I offered a bit more than he was willing to pay, and he then lead her off (!) into another room where they could speak in private. Several minutes later, he stormed out and left the sale, without making any other offers or expressing a willingness to bid against me on the item, and Catherine emerged visibly shaken by the experience; he had been heard berating her behind the closed door. She offered me the item for what the guy had apparently offered her in private, which was slightly less than what I was willing to pay. However, because of what she went through in defending her integrity, I offered to pay my original, slightly higher amount, which she accepted. I was very much impressed with her honesty and fair dealing in the matter, and had absolutely no regrets about paying what I did when I might have paid a bit less. Since then, Catherine has impressed me with her professionalism and good management at all of her sales. She has good knowledge of items' history and worth, and is not shy about sharing it. She is pleasant to deal with, and deals fairly; I've never regretted any of the many purchases I've made from her over the past decade. Her sales are well run and her staff are equally knowledgeable and professional. If and when the time comes for me or my heirs to conduct my own estate sale, I will not hesitate to insist that Catherine and Bluewaters be the ones who run it. read more

Blue Waters hosts some of the worst / dishonest estate sales I've ever had the misfortune of attending. The owner (Catherine?) is good at posting misleading pics online and making the sales look like a full house. In reality her sales are very weak and contain a handful of overpriced items. On top of this Catherine is very unpleasant to deal with : ( read more

Catherine's Blue Waters estate sales are the best! She's totally hooked up with a great network of (wealthy) people, so when they decide to go into assisted living (or have a spouse die), her estate sales are awesome. Love some of the collectible midcentury pieces I've picked up from her, as well as how easy she is to work with. Very organized, too, making it simple to locate items of interest so you can get in and out in a hurry. I definitely recommend Blue Waters for both shoppers and sellers--Catherine's a pleasure to do business with! read more

This company is great - Catherine and her staff are organized and the service is very hands-on. Catherine's very warm and friendly, and whenever I am able to attend the sales I do! I like going on a weekend. read more

Way,way, way overpriced !!! Watch Out. They tell you just make a pile and we will give you a good price. What a joke. Would give them 0 stars if I could. read more

This company had an estate sale in Pacific Beach. They put a sign on the light post near my house. After a couple weeks I called to see if the sale was still going on. The person I spoke with was cordial and expressed concern about leaving the sign up stating she would come and take it down. I even gave her the cross streets here in PB where it was located. It's been a while since I called and the sign is still there. I feel like she just gave me lip service and never intended to take the sign down. The phone number on the sign lead me to Blue Waters Relocation and Catherine Waters (located in Carmel Valley and not Pacific Beach). I hope Catherine's disrespect to this community (PB) and to me directly is more of an anomaly rather her MO, but at this point...I don't know. read more

Blue Water's Relocation Services provides an excellent and unique service. Catherine who has been a Real Estate Agent and set decorator for movies in New York. She has an amazing eye for detail design and understanding a persons style. She is kind, honest and generous of heart. Having an Estate Sale can be a painful experience. Deciding what to keep, what to get rid of, how to price and organize things. And then having strangers come in your house and peruse your belongings. But Catherine's respectful genuine ways and her sense of humor makes it seem more like an adventure. Thanks Catherine. read more

Catherine has wonderful sales, her clients generally have the highest grade of fine art collectibles to choose from in San Diego. As a reseller for one of the biggest shops in San Diego, Catherine's sales are without a doubt a must stop for me every weekend! read more

I'm a reseller and go to many estates each month. I was excited to see a sale in El Cajon that started on Thursday since I was busy both Friday & Saturday. So many things are out of the control of the estate sale company but so many other little things can make a big difference. I won't go into every little annoying and rude thing - just the last one. I'm not exaggerating when I say that it took her 15 minutes to write up my less than 10 items- she answered several other pricing questions, had a rude conversation with another customer, had to "look up" a few of the books I was interested in (there were hundreds of books at this sale!) I seemed to be the least important thing that she was dealing with at the moment. I was so aggravated and was glad to finally be able to leave with my few purchases (there were many beautiful and interesting things but the prices were way high on most) It wasn't until I got home much later in the day and looked at my receipt that I realized she had overcharged me $10! Yes I know, only $10 but you better bet that I made time to go back the next morning, taking almost an hour out of my busy Friday. I waited my turn and watched her be rude to another customer and almost forget to give a credit card back to another one. When I explained she had overcharged me the previous day, she had a look of disbelief on her face and actually said "I'll be with you in a minute - Of course it was unintentional " I was not at all accusatory so was a little taken aback by her snarky comment. She then took my receipt and, while looking at it, said "no, I actually think this is correct" ARE YOU SERIOUS?! Did she really think I would come back if I wasn't sure?!? So insulting! She finally counted up and realized I was correct, reached over the other woman, took $10 out of the cash box & handed it to me. No apology - I guess the "unintentional" remark was supposed to be one? Um no- I calmly said "thank you and you charged me for using my credit card" which she replied with "yes, 3.4%" I just looked at her, knowing full well it was only 34 cents, also knowing that I better continue to bite my tongue in order not to flip out. She fumbled in a bag of coins and handed me my 3.4% I get asked a lot for recommendations for a good reputable estate sale company. Not only will I I NEVER recommend her, I will avoid her sales altogether and have already cautioned several friends about her. Really not worth the time read more

Catherine helped our family tremendously when we needed to clear out our beloved grandmother's home in preparation for a sale of the property. She was thoughtful, methodical and highly ethical throughout the entire estate sale process, an endeavor we had no experience with. I had to get house cleared out from hundreds of miles away, and Catherine was extremely responsive through phone calls, emails and texts. She answered questions within minutes. Catherine was able get an enormous job done very fast, with constant interruptions and changes in the scope of the sale. She was patient as our large, extended family continuously changed their mind about what was for sale and what they wanted to keep. In addition to advertising on various estate sale websites, Catherine does targeted advertising through her personal email list. She issued 1,200 invitations per day in order to achieve robust foot traffic and sales volume at our sale. Cathy knows experts and collectors in all of the product types (jewelry, antiques, artwork, etc.) and is able to price items in a way that brings excellent prices and ensures that items are purchased by people who care about them. I am certain we got the top value for the items purchased at our estate sale. In addition to sale of valuable items, Catherine provided us with assistance with other matters, for example, shipping of furniture, final clean-up of the home and donation of certain items to non-profit organizations. A large estate sale will always draw a few difficult customers, and I was particularly impressed with how Catherine managed these situations. She kept the sale environment orderly and safe, a factor that I think further enhanced our overall financial outcomes from the sale. Catherine keeps impeccable financial records. Within a few hours of the end of the sale, she emailed me the sales results and issued a check for our share of the revenue. Catherine provided us with an essential service at a very tender time for our family. She navigated a lot of family emotions and potential conflicts in a sensitive and supportive way. She understood our difficulty in parting with our Grandmother's possessions and treated the many historic and handmade items with respect. read more

Catherine at Blue Waters Relocation has helped locate beautiful pieces for our home. She is very generous with her time. She spends time answering questions and wants her clients to be happy. I will definitely go back for more pieces. Thank you Catherine! read more

Blue Waters Relocation recently helped me with an estate state when I had to move my mom into a retirement home. It was an emotional and stressful time for me, but Catherine made the transition as easy as she could. She's a very warm & caring person. I would definitely recommend her services! read more

We had an exceptional experience with Catherine and Blue Water Estate Sales! Catherine went above-and-beyond to assist us, and was very fair and honest in her dealings. The sale itself was well-run, organized, and everyone involved was polite and courteous. We will definitely be back to another estate sale run by Catherine!! She is a true professional and knows the business inside and out! read more

Because of my work at a continuing care retirement community in San Diego, I come into contact with a lot of people needing a top notch estate sales professional for their estate liquidations. Everyone that I have talked to that has employed her services has been very happy they did so. Because of her vast knowledge of the resources and networks in her industry, Catherine is a trusted professional who is also known for her cheerfulness and kindness when it comes to handling the important and often delicate issues that estate sales require. I highly recommend her! read more

This is the second time it happened. I went to their estate sale and have stood in line for a long time. Got there at 8:40 and still in line at 10:17am. Writing this review as I stand here. There is only one space to enter and the same to leave. Looks like they are understaffed, but shud have been planned better. There are at least 42 people backing me up and I am doing this review with at least 40 people backing me up. read more

Catherine and her team are very helpful and friendly. They show a great interest in their clients and have developed a great system with their sales to make it very easy and efficient for people who don't have a lot of time to stand in lines. I would definitely recommend them. Great job! read more

We had a very good experience with Catherine. If she doesn't know the value of something she does research and finds people who do know. My mother had a lot of Asian art which Catherine researched and sold for us. She also sold furniture and other art objects. She was easy to work with. We are very pleased with the results of the sale. It is painful to deal with the death of a loved one and dispersing their belongings. Catherine made this an easier transition for us. read more

Blue Waters Relocation is a well established & reputable company to do business with. Catherine is honest and fair and will always treat her customers (especially when elderly) with the dignity and kindness they deserve. Relocating your parents, grandparents and/or elderly loved ones is a difficult decision and requires someone with Catherine's knowledge and expertise to move things along swiftly and effortlessly for a smooth transition into new surroundings. If something goes wrong, and things do go wrong in the real world, talk to Catherine and she will make it right. I highly recommend her services and question the intent of Jeffrey P's negative comment regarding "credit card service fees" that may or may not have been charged inappropriately...get your facts straight JP before writing a derogatory comment on someone's post, especially if you're going to encourage people to request a refund in a "timely matter"...don't you mean "timely manner?" CSC read more