This was a highly professiona, friendly, fair compreshensive estate clean up service that was also…read morecompassionate and accomodating during an emotional time. I cannot recommend James and his crew enough. Above all, they were honest and ethical. They left my dad's home and property ready for sale. James kept in contact with me throughout the process and the follow up.

I highly recommend this company to help with downsizing and household move out needs. Hard working…read morecrew helped complete my move. Thanks.

Terrible. Selling a combination safe and don't indictate anywhere that they don't have the…read morecombination! We traveled over an hour specifically to purchase the safe, only to be told that there is no way to get into it. Having to hire a locksmith to get into it easily costs several hundred dollars. Would have been nice to know beforehand.

Marcelle and her team are absolutely amazing!!! Her team came to my parents' home and went through…read moreeverything with great care. They even organized a truck to move everything from Lawrence to Overland Park for the sale. I highly recommend Vintage Monkey!

I recently finished working with this company on an estate sale for my in-laws and would HIGHLY…read morerecommend them. My husband, his sister and I were facing moving/removing a massive amount of furniture and household goods on a fairly short timeline (from a rental) which was a daunting, stressful task in our eyes. Clay, Dudley and Lynne made us feel completely comfortable and handled everything for us from unboxing stored items, setting up, pricing, running the sale and arranging for a charity to come fill a truck with what was left. The charity was also just as professional. I've never used an estate sales company before so the first thing I did was to educate myself on what to look for. I attended sales of seven different companies and evaluated them on a whole list of things including 1) greeting customers, 2) good signage, 3) clear and neat tagging, 4) clearly marked stairways for safety, 5) background research to ensure they had been in business at least ten years, etc. I chose the top two (which included Absolute Estate Sales) and interviewed them in person with a big list of questions. You'll find good questions if you research estatesales.net. I was pleasantly surprised by the detailed accounting of each item sold which was a bit complicated since we had items from three families. I will recommend this company to friends and family members facing a downsizing like ours. They took all of the potential stress out of it!

My husband and I met with Lynne and Dudly Collums of Absolute Estate Sales to have them arrange a…read moresale of household furnishings. They met with us in a timely manner, picked dates for the 3 day sale, and signed a contract with my husband. We chose Absolute Estate Sales because of a recommendation from a friend and based on their website. The website clearly explains the sale process and what they will do before, during, and after the sale. We were impressed by the thoroughness that they showed in their explanations. http://www.absoluteestatesales.net/index.php During the contract discussion, Dudly asked us what we wanted done with items that were left from the sale. He said that they had a charity that they work with. We asked that they call the charity to remove unsold items. This was agreed on, but it was not put into the contract. He said that the trash would be bagged and put on the back deck. This was stated in the contract. The Absolute Estate Sale crew came in, marked, and arranged all items. They did an amazing job, since there was a huge amount of furnishings and household items. They took 79 pictures, which they displayed on their website. Their publicity was good. When we drove by the sale, they always had a lot of people there. They took 30% of the proceeds, which seemed reasonable to us and was the agreed upon amount. A check was provided in a timely manner and delivered by registered mail. It cleared, as expected. Overall, we were satisfied with the way our sale was handled by Absolute Estate Sales. They did fulfill all of the terms of the written contract. However, we did have some surprises. According to the website, a sale recap is to be provided. That did not happen, nor was it in the contract. We had expected a cleared out house. It was not. If a charity was called, as Dudly said it would be, we did not see any sign of it, nor were we provided with a donation slip. After the sale we were left with unsold items. We removed about 30 boxes of books and 10 bags of clothing. The clothing had been mostly bagged and piled into the bathtub. A sofa bed was left. Most of the trash was on the deck, and so were two older, but working tvs. They were rained on. There was a small amount of trash scattered about the house and garage. Two doors that were taken off their hinges were still off the hinges. I estimate that we had about 24 man-hours of work to do to completely empty the house and dispose of the household items. Perhaps it was our misunderstanding, but we didn't expect this. I would suggest having EVERYTHING spelled out in the contract. Overall, we were satisfied. I give this company a solid 4 stars. My rating is based on several things. They did a lot of hard work getting ready for the sale and selling our items. I would give them 5 stars for the before and during the sale implementation. After the sale would be about 2 1/2 stars for the lack of follow through. I would be happy to recommend them or to hire them again.

This company is not very honest regarding same day returns or defective items they sell. They are…read moreclueless it seems on anything and not very kind to customers. Trash company!

*** Please Read*** If you have hired HSH, you need to get out of your contract IMMEDIATELY! If you…read moreare purchasing items from HSH, they are most likely stolen and you should not purchase them. This company is nightmare to deal with! We recently purchased a home that hired HSH to do their estate sale prior to moving. We purchased some items from the owners of the house. They were advised by HSH to put blue tape with "SWH" (stays with house) on all items that were not for sale. So, we, along with the current owners did exactly that. The estate sale ended and with a little over a week before the close, we did a walk through. Their resident "junk man" (in more ways than 1 ...trust me) Randy Sosa was suppose to clear out the house of all things that did not sell. What he actually did was pick all the things of value out, and left everything else he considered to be junk or valueless. Kind of defeats the purpose of a junk man, eh? I checked on the house everyday for the next several days and no one ever came to collect the rest of the items. We assumed it was a wash and decided we would just discard the remaining items ourselves as we would be the new owners very soon. We reached out to the owners, who were no longer living at the house, and asked if we could store some stuff in the garage. They were kind enough to allow that. We were advised to take the same steps we did before. Tape our belongings off with "SWH" because he was hoping that they would actually come back and get the remaining junk from the house. Although, based on their reviews, none of us were actually counting on it. So, with the help of 2 other family members, we loaded up tools, power tools, christmas decorations, power washers, crystal glassware, a generator, 2 lawn mowers, hedge trimmer, patio furniture and anything else that did not fit in our storage pod. 3 truck loads full of items, some very sentimental to us. We individually marked almost every single item with blue painters tape labeled "SWH." Everything was piled nicely into a large corner of the 2 car garage and then we took the blue painters tape and wrapped it from one end to the other several times. It was taped off better than any crime scene with large "SWH" EVERYWHERE! There was no mistaking the items were to stay with the house! It was also evident that these items were NEW and had never been apart of the estate sale. Additionally, these items would have SOLD at an estate sale. No one would leave these high ticket items for a junk man to collect and it's absolutely absurd that they think anyone is buying that! The junk man, Randy Sosa, backed a moving truck up in our driveway, hauled all of our possessions into the truck while his children ran around the property unattended. Our neighbor spoke with him the next morning and Randy had given him some long winded story about the police being called on him so he had to come over in daylight and do it. That is false! After talking with police, an officer was never dispatched to our house. Once we realize it was Randy who took the stuff, we start working with the current owners to get our stuff back. Several shady phone calls, text messages, and long winded stories later we are still waiting to meet Randy and get our stuff back. He shows up 2 days later with 75% of our stuff and wants to call it good. After I point out the several items missing from the photos he proceeds to tell me it's HSH's fault because he called Tom (from HSH) and said everything was taped off and was to stay with the house and Tom told him to take it anyway. Randy goes on and on about how he knew it was wrong to take the stuff, but he was just doing what he was told by Tom, the owner of HSH. When we spoke with Tom the night before, he told us Randy had just been pulled over for a DWI and that might be why he was being so flaky, but that "HSH was committed to making sure we got ALL of our stuff back." What a joke! Tom and Randy have continued to dodge our phone calls along with the previous owners, who have also tried very hard to help us get our stuff back. We have now had to hire an attorney! Buying a house should be an exciting and happy time, but this has truly been a nightmare for us. We are not only committed to getting our stuff back, we are also committed to making sure HSH never does this to anyone else again! They are a morally bankrupt company that has ZERO integrity!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!

awful customer service and attitudes. I don't even mind that the prices weren't great, but show…read morekindness if kindness is shown to you.

After interviewing 4 or 5 different groups, these ladies came in. After walking the house, my…read morebrother and I decided to sign with them. They were knowledgeable, or they said the had someone who was. In 3 days, they were able to do what we couldn't do in a year. They washed the extensive amount of glassware, polished my mom's silver, setup tables and truly transformed the house. Its pretty amazing. They did what we couldn't do..Detach emotions and memories to do what needed to get done..The sale was much more productive than we thought it would and within a week the house was completely empty and payment received. They truly do a great service. I don't write many reviews, but I gladly write one when its deserved..I give them my highest recommendation...Ill be forever grateful...

Nick and his team have been fantastic to work with. He has made the process of managing my dad's…read moreestate, specifically the antiques and toys from his business collection, so much easier. They have been a joy to work with.

Basically took all my belongings then tried to bill me. Thousands of dollars worth of furniture, a…read morebarn full of things, quality tools and household items. I should have sued.

Soooooo much fun! Everyone was so nice and friendly and prices were decent. Much better than online…read moresales because you can see what you are getting. Everything was clean and organized very well. I bought a leaf blower! There were probably 50 people waiting in line to get in the first day. I expected the second day would be more crowded (50% off) but there were fewer people lined up, maybe 10. The Cashier was super friendly and not stressed! They took apart a king size bed frame for us!

Laura was organized, responsive and kind as she managed an estate sale for a member of our family.read more

We had a really good experience with BB Realty and Auction. Everyone we worked with was…read moreprofessional and very kind. They were also easy to talk to. BB was helpful during the whole process and never left us feeling confused on what was going on. Any questions we had were answered clearly, and you could tell they genuinely cared about doing things the right way. The whole experience went smoothly, and that meant a lot to us. I would definitely recommend BB Realty and Auction to anyone needing their services.

Beware of these people. They wouldn't pay us after the auction .. We called them weekly and they…read morewould tell us the check was in the mail. We had to threaten them with legal action in order to receive our check.