PETRA HUDSON-PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER/ASSISTANT

Description of Work: We needed total organization of our home- from garage to junk drawer to our home office.

Description of Work: Help organizing my office

Description of Work: My Mom was developing dementia and was needing some assistance. We hired Petra as the first person to get some help in the house with driving and meal prep. Over time, she assisted in some minor daily healthcare needs, food planning and meal preparation, everyday errands and grocery shopping, escorting Mom to doctor's appointments, daily home organizing, and ultimately helping Mom move out of her home of 58 years. Petra is incredibly organized in all areas including maintaining a large desk format calendar with all of Mom's activities, appointments, birthday reminders, etc to help keep Mom aware and focused on what was upcoming in her life.

Description of Work: We needed a lot of work done on our home including some big jobs and several smaller jobs. Petra did many of the smaller jobs herself and helped us find contractors for the bigger jobs. She painted my island butcher block table and refinished the top and she painted a book shelving unit. She also painted a bench for me and helped find a professional service to reupholster the cushion. She worked with me to get a sense of our style by sending me some websites and asking me to let her know what I liked. Using this information, she helped with decorating suggestions and suggestions for how to make things function better in our home. One of the most invaluable things she did was to help us find various contractors for painting, floor refinishing, roofing work, and electrical. She found 3 bids for all jobs and met the contractors at our house to get the bid. My husband and I both have very demanding jobs and work long days. Just trying to get someone to come out to the house for a bid was a struggle for us (missed calls, no shows, etc.) To have someone take care of all of this for us was well worth the money we paid. Also, we were very happy with the people she found to do the work.

Description of Work: Petra spent an entire day helping me clean and organize my garage. She was able to visualize the finished state and she talked me through the process to ensure that her plan was inline with my goals. Once that was established, she worked tirelessly along-side of me: hefting, sorting, tossing, and cleaning. Very impressed.

Description of Work: Home organization, oversight of service calls, small home repairs

Description of Work: Organizing

Description of Work: Petra is wonderful. My husband and I have used her services several times for general de-cluttering in our home. We have 2 young kids and keeping up with all of the toys, clothes etc became too much for my husband and me to handle on our own. We can't recommend Petra highly enough! She is kind, professional, and fun to chat with while you're sorting through mountains of piles together - making the time fly by. |

Description of Work: Petra Hudson has done numerous jobs for me. From organizing the garage and laundry room and storage, to preparing an apartment for new tenants and overseeing a range of repairs including plumbing, electrical, painting, screen door replacement, carpet cleaning, furniture polishing, etc.

Description of Work: Supervising a contractor and advising on different matters

Description of Work: Petra is helping us to renovate our house while we are on vacations. She has been very efficient in contacting painters, contractors, etc. |we will still in touch with her hopefully for a long time.

Description of Work: Organized my basement and garage, and provided additional help managing some appointments at the house.

Description of Work: Helped my daughter organize her apt after a move.

Description of Work: Petra helped me re-organize furniture to maximize storage and tuck much of it out of sight. She helped sort and file papers as well as develop a system for managing my mother's bills and clothes. (Mother who is in a nursing home.)

Description of Work: Petra is a godsend. She can do anything and do it well. She is careful, efficient, neat, easy going, and extremely flexible. I highly recommend Petra for anyone looking for extra help with just about anything around the house with errands, organization, moving, etc.

Description of Work: Petra worked with me and my family on a regular basis for 2+ years. We all looked forward to our "Petra days" where many of nagging house projects would get done -- from straightening up, to organizing a closet, to assembling a new piece of furniture.

Description of Work: Between 2005 and March 2009 Petra has performed many tasks well--first for me and my wife when she was alive, and then for me alone since March 2009 when Susan died. She came to us on a good referral as a personal care provider when my wife had a dementing illness that left her progressively unable to care for herself. Petra was wonderful both at performing the physical tasks that are required, and psychologically as well. She bonded with my wife, and they cared deeply for each other. She lightened the burden of Susan's last years both for her and for me. I am in good health, continue to work and lead a full life and I have retained Petra since as a woman-Friday, or pluripotential assistant, working one day each week. She has very good sense and can do just about anything you ask. Here is a partial list: House cleaning; neatens up any room; personal laundry, change bed; Interior painting--has painted six of my eight rooms--beautiful work. Suggests color schemes, etc. Mows lawn; runs any errand. Telephones or deals with any service provider (or similar) with whom I need to deal; sits on hold as needed. Personally, she is a pleasure to deal with at all times. She is unfailingly pleasant; works hard without supervision; scrupulously honest; open to suggestions.

Description of Work: organizing closets, storage area, kitchen & office space; filing paperwork; running errands; making appointments; coordinating and working with household repair and service providers,