How pricing works
A written quote before any work.
We look at the job first, then put a real number in writing. Nothing is charged until you approve it.
- A free walkthrough
- We look at the job first: in person for a house, by phone or a few photos for something small. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
- Free
- A written, itemized quote
- You get the scope and the price in writing before any work starts.
- Free
- Nothing charged until you approve it
- Work starts when you sign the quote. If your project carries a setup fee, the amount is in that quote.
- Only what you approved
When we sell for you
The split, before you ask
When we sell for you, we keep 15% of the sale price after marketplace fees. You keep 85%. No commission on anything that doesn't sell. Estate sale companies commonly keep 35–40% of the sale.
And you never have to take our word for it: every item is photographed, identified, and priced in a digital manifest you can open anytime. When something sells, your settlement statement shows that item, its sale price, the fees taken out, and your share of the net — calculated item by item, automatically.
Setup fees
Some projects carry a setup fee. If yours does, the amount is written into your quote before you sign, and it is non-refundable.
“Two houses that look the same from the street can turn out to be very different jobs once we're inside: one is mostly furniture ready to sell, the other is packed with things that need sorting box by box. A number on a website would be too high for the easy job and too low for the hard one, so we don't publish one. We would rather see it and put a real number in writing.”
What moves the price
Estate Transition & Cleanouts
Square footage and number of rooms in scope · Volume and density of contents
Downsizing Services
Rooms in scope versus a whole home · Size of the destination — less space means more decisions
Resale, Estate Sales & Consignment
Category — what a piece is worth is set by its market, not by us · Condition and completeness
Sell Before You Move
How many weeks remain before your move — a short runway sells at clearance prices · Whether buyers can park and carry items out without stairs or a lift
Pre-Sale Home Prep & Cleanouts
Square footage and volume left behind · Listing or closing deadline
At-Home Value Recovery
How much you actually want gone versus what merely could be sold · Whether items are already accessible or buried in a loft or crawlspace
Premium Managed Storage
Number of items stored · Expected duration
Business & Inventory Logistics
SKU count and total unit volume · Facility size and dock access
Store Closing & Liquidation Services
Number of locations · Fixture count and whether fixtures are resaleable
Moving Abroad & Sabbatical Liquidation
Apartment or home size · How long before departure — compressed timelines sell at clearance prices
Always free
- The walkthrough — in person or by phone
- The written, itemized quote
- Your settlement statement for everything we sell
Pricing questions
Two houses that look the same from the street can turn out to be very different jobs once we're inside: one is mostly furniture ready to sell, the other is packed with things that need sorting box by box. A number on a website would be too high for the easy job and too low for the hard one, so we don't publish one. We would rather see it and put a real number in writing.
Yes — in person for a house, or by phone or a few photos for something small. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Some projects carry a setup fee. If yours does, the amount is written into your quote before you sign, and it is non-refundable.
When we sell for you, we keep 15% of the sale price after marketplace fees. You keep 85%. It's 15% of the buyer's price less sales tax and marketplace fees, not 15% of what you were hoping for.
No commission on anything that doesn't sell.
When and how you pay is written into your quote. Nothing is charged before you approve it.
The VaultXL Guarantee
Every home we walk into is someone's life. We treat it that way.
We arrive when we say we will. We walk every room with care. We log every item. We photograph what we sell. We name the partners we route each piece through — before anything leaves the house.
If something unexpected appears — an old safe, an attic no one remembered, a collection nobody can price — we pause, call you, and agree on the next step in writing.
Your home is returned broom-clean on the day we promised, with keys in an envelope and a signed disposition log.