Claudia Kraehe worked with me to begin the downsizing efforts in my home of 38 years. It is a monumental task to reduce the amazing amount of “stuff” we have managed to collect over the years. Claudia helped me to identify and give away many bags of clothing. We identified those items we thought might sell, and Claudia took them to places she knew might be interested in selling them. She left those the second hand stores were interested in and followed up with the stores later to see what had happened. We also identified many items to give away. Some went to Good Will, and some went to the ACT Costume Shop. She also helped me to get rid of some items of furniture, and found a museum that is interested in my antique treadle sewing machine. Claudia’s assistance was invaluable. I plan to invite her back to help me with my next project. I couldn’t have done this job without her.
Claudia worked without judgment. She made me very comfortable about the task. Until we actually did this work, I was too embarrassed to start. With Claudia’s help, I could begin a task I had been avoiding for far too long. We actually had fun working through the project together. I highly recommend Claudia Kraehe.
Wendy P.,
San Francisco
Claudia is exactly the kind of person you want assisting you with a major move or organizational need. I hired her to help me get my very messy daughter and her very messy room ready for college. While they were working, I went to my own storage area, completely overwhelmed with the task. By the end of the afternoon, not only were my daughter’s things in four simple sections: boxed to keep, boxed to donate, boxed to throw out, and left on the shelf to use before her departure, but Claudia’s support of me and my work meant I had also made four very similar sections. She then proceeded to label boxes, cart out things for donation, help me with the trash, all with a smile on her face. She is low stress but very gently kept us working for hours. I couldn’t recommend her more.
Lori S.,
San Francisco
Claudia Kraehe is an excellent “Senior Move Manager.” When inundated with my mother-in-law’s “things” in the basement, Claudia helped clean up, catalogue, box, and shelve many items. Always punctual, Claudia was cheerful, helpful, resourceful, and from personal experience very knowledgeable. There were many hurdles to face after my husband died and employing her services was a great comfort. She assisted with the obituary, planning the memorial. She helped me go through Jim’s huge slide collection, organizing it in preparation for a collage of his life. She also organized, labeled his books, magazines, DVDs, etc. and created computer lists for giving or donating. She recommended resources for the recycling and donation of Jim’s effects.
Because Claudia is an intelligent, courageous woman, she offered to navigate bureaucratic waters, which saved me from “losing my mind.”
And she was an excellent researcher, investigating my options to recommend the best course of action – for example, she led me to an honest and affordable exterminating company.
You can have confidence in hiring her based on her helping me through a difficult time.
Grace S.,
San Francisco
Claudia has been working with me on downsizing my collection of books and other possessions and lowering the level of clutter in my apartment. She has organized the job into weekly increments, which works much better for me than trying to make all the decisions concerning what to get rid of at one go. This gradual downsizing has enabled me to part with items that I would have held back if all the work had to be done in a single sweep. I can see a substantial improvement in my apartment, and I hope to continue this process until I have only possessions that I have space for and regularly use. Claudia is a great resource for bringing order out of clutter and chaos. I recommend her services without reservation.