I live in Rhode Island and my mother lives 1500 miles away in Texas. We needed to hold an estate sale of my mother’s furnishings in Texas and sell her house. Until I met Lorrie Semler, this task seemed overwhelming.    Within two months of meeting her, she had organized everything in my mother’s home for an estate sale, put the home on the market, and sold the house. The quality of the job that Lorrie performed was beyond my wildest dreams. No task was too great or too small for her attention.   When all was finished, I received five times more than I expected from the estate sale and much more than I expected from the home sale.

 

For the estate sale, Lorrie appraised and organized every single item in the house. The house looked beautiful in preparation for the sale with clever arrangements of furniture and accessories very attractive to a prospective buyer. During the sale, her staff itemized every purchase, and at the end I received sales slips for every item sold as well as a spreadsheet and, of course, a final check. At the end of the sale her clean-up crew, a wonderful group of people, boxed, bagged, and carted everything to the charity of my choice and I received a donation slip from the charity.

 

For the sale of the house, Lorrie went far beyond what I have ever had a realtor do to sell a house. Her knowledge of the Dallas market was outstanding and she had great recommendations in all areas of home sales and negotiations. We were also renovating two bathrooms and she spoke with the contractor numerous times, chose and purchased the cabinet handles, exchanged lighting fixtures, supervised workmen in the house, recommended inspectors, discussed which repairs were essential, and advised on every aspect of the remodeling. In other words, she took on many of the tasks that I would have been doing had I not lived at such a distance. She was vigilant and most thoroughly present through all aspects of this sale. She even met us at a tile store one Friday night to choose the bathroom tile size and color. She is the consummate professional.

 

A warm and caring individual, Lorrie was emotionally supportive during the difficult task of liquidating my mother’s estate and selling her house. I felt as though she cared about my mother and me as people; we were not just another job to her. For me to leave a message was a rarity; she always answered her phone.   Lorrie Semler is the embodiment of the word responsibility.

 

The experience of selling my mother’s home when I lived so far away was daunting. It was only when I met Lorrie that I believed that it could be done. I felt as if I had a friend or relative who cared as much about this procedure as I did and who would step in and do what no friend or relative would or could do. I would be pleased to recommend Lorrie Semler to anyone contemplating an estate sale or home sale. Feel free to contact me at 401-261-7909.