THE ORGANIZING AGENCY, INC

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Scott has been extremely professional, patient, and helpful in going through a lot of clothing,shoes, etc. He has helped organize items for donation and consignment and has shown me completely new ways to use what I have. The visits are highly structured ,but he is not rigid. We started with trying on certain types of clothes so that he could get a sense of what I have and how I want to look. After each session I have homework after the visit so that I feel that a lot more is accomplished than in just the time spent with him.

I would never use his service again.

They did their job clean. My experience with them are very good. I highly recommend their service.

I had a group-on deal with Solutions by Scott & Company. They came in, gave me an estimate, set-up an appointment and the carpenter was here within 20 minutes at the beginning of the window. He came in, explained to me what I wanted and he was done in an hour.

I cannot speak more highly of Scott. Not only did he help me organize my clutter, he also helped me identify the cause of the clutter (no, it's not therapy, but it really does help to figure out why my gym bag always lands on my dining room table and not by a hamper). The process did take longer than my mental estimation, but because he really walked me through finding long term solutions to the clutter, not just organizing for me.

Excellent.

The week he gave me, and we agreed to do the work, I never heard from him. I was finally able to get a hold of him and he said he was busy. He never called to let me know that he wasn't going to be able to do the work during the week that he had scheduled. I had to call him. He was very unprofessional.

Scott is totally professional with a pleasant personality. He has a great deal of state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of organization and he genuinely cares about his clients. This is the second time I have used him and I am going to have him come back until I have my entire house (and life) organized. This is worth every penny.

Finally! Someone who is professional, prompt, efficient, thoughtful and fast!! We were able to go through months and months of back paper filling bags in my home office in two sessions. My office is now a model of organization and I can work easily and efficiently every day, as opposed to wasting so much time trying to find important papers. I can't recommend Scott highly enough. If you need help organizing any element of your life, he is truly a lifesaver. I know I will remain one of his clients for a long time....he makes life easier. And also a lovely person to spend hours organizing with.

The session went really well. It gave me a lot to think about in terms of what I am holding on to in the house: what I want to keep, what I want to get rid of and manage better that which I want or need to keep. I enjoyed his professional manner and very direct instructions. He seems to be very patient, positive and upbeat -- qualities which help make a sort of difficult process more enjoyable.

We did not use Scott for the project for other reasons, but he did a great job in responding to questions and talking through a great interview and the like.

Superb! Scott was on time, very helpful throughout the process, very detail oriented, and very reasonable. He was exactly the right person for the job.

Scott was very professional in his work. His design was right on the mark and his installation and organizational skills were incredibly efficient and effective. I would definitely call him again for another project!

It was a very positive experience. Scott maintained his professionalism throughout the project, and is a nice person to work with. He was respectful of our home and our belongings, and offered solutions for our family's needs. When I get up my courage to tackle our basement, I will call him again. We have nothing but good things to say about our experience with Solutions by Scott.

He was very efficient. He very quickly was able to see what I needed done and what could be done quickly because I was pressed for time. He was able to keep me going because I really wanted to. He was a taskmaster and he really kept going. He was a motivator.

Scott worked with us for 2 sessions over a couple of weeks. We had accumulated stuff over a number of years. Our daughter had been back and forth with college and her college accumulations overflowed her space. We all felt overwhelmed with the task of culling it down and getting it organized for a move. Scott worked wonders his first visit. He helped us cut through almost all the stuff. By the time he left, we had reclaimed the majority of the floor space and everything was sorted. He left us with homework?tasks to be completed to save time (and our money) when he returned. Second session, he helped us pack our daughter for the move, sort out items to donate (Scott actually took some for us), come up with a system for her to organize her papers in general and for a job hunt. The space is transformed. This task would have taken us at least 5 days on our own, and I am not sure that the results would have been so complete. With Scott it was completed in two 4 hour sessions. It was awesome. What a transformation!

It was great! We now have space to park one of our cars in the garage. Scott was completely professional. He was respectful of our home and belongings, and was essential in getting us to our organizational goal. This intermediate step has been a great help. We are able to find what we need, and can maintain the space. Once we have the drywall up, we will be hiring Scott again to help us plan out the storage solutions for our garage.

Scott was very affable and great to work with. We discussed in depth how I wanted to ideally use each space and edited some previously configured plans for each closet. My office closet was a unique challenge because I used it as a workout area (it houses my elliptical machine), but Scott really helped me work around it. After we figured out the plans, he worked directly with the Container Store on my behalf to obtain all the materials needed, and he even picked them up on the next day of our schedule work at my request (which was a HUGE help). In between visits, I had some organizing "homework," which was very easy: filtering through some personal effects to determine what should be kept and how they should be piled together (cards, postcards, personal journals, etc.). On the second visit, he quickly installed the elfa products and figured out a way around an unexpected roadblock in my closets: concrete or some other material impenetrable by a regular drill and bit. He ran a quick errand to buy a bit that would drill through the hard material so he could continue installation. At our first meeting, I told him my budget allowed for about two sessions with him and all necessary organization materials. He was respectful of this constraint and was great about meeting it.

Scott has been a godsend. I have used other organizers before - both solo and as employees of an organizing business - and have been very disappointed. One insisted on doing things "her way" whether that worked for me or not. Another did nothing more than go through my stuff and put labels on everything - not very useful. The last one moved everything out of my kitchen cupboards, left them on a set of temporary shelves in my kitchen then disappeared (Changed her phone number, e-mail, etc). She left me and all her other customers hanging. It takes a special person to be a good organizer. Someone who can understand you and the reasons you need help, someone who can listen to your needs and devise a plan that works for you, someone to gently guide you through the difficult parts, know when to push you and when to back off. Scott is all of these and more. He helped me with creative ways to organize and store things in my tiny kitchen. He purchased the items he recommended such as baskets to hang inside cabinet doors to hold my tupperware lids so they were out of the way but easy to find. He doesn't insist that you use the organizing items he purchases and will return them if you choose not to use them at no cost to you. In the past I dreaded my organizing appointments, bracing myself for the emotional can of worms I was about to open and have to face; fearful that I would be unable to part with things that I really should have been able to let go of. Surprisingly, I find myself looking forward to Scott's visits. Together we get a lot accomplished and I can feel the weight of my accumulated past being lifted off my shoulders. I now feel comfortable with the thought of having company over (Not that I couldn't before, but only if I stuffed everything I wanted out of sight into my bedroom so no one could see it- It gave the illusion of being organized, but under the surface I knew better). I don't have to do that any more. Scott is wonderfully good natured with a great sense of humor. He is also very professional, punctual, and trustworthy. I would have no problem letting him work inside my house when I wasn't there. In addition he has relationships with other service providers that are part of the organizing process: a trash hauler (who recycles the salvageable items they pick up), painters, dinner preparation companies, etc. Because of his relationships with them, the customer gets good service and if any problems arise, Scott straightens them out for you. I am still using Scott. After the basement is finished I have an attic and garage to organize. I was reluctant to recommend Scott for fear he would be swamped with clients and not have time for me anymore. He is also very loyal and has assured me he will see my project through to completion. I could not recommend Scott more highly.

Fantastic! Scott was very efficient and worked very hard on the garage, including sweaty physical labor in the garage during a heat wave. He continued to give his all when we worked in the basement and other areas of the house, and he gained my trust and respect. He has all the skills necessary for organizing things and space, but he also has great ideas for developing organizing systems for paperwork and time management, and most of all, helping the client achieve change. Scott has been the best money I have ever spent. He has helped me to reduce stress and feel less overwhelmed by our complicated family situation. He has even saved me money, as he helped me to recover literally thousands of dollars in medical expenses and un-cashed checks and helped me to develop a system so that such losses won't occur in the future. I've always felt that Scott has had my best interests at heart. He is a great example of someone in a helping profession who truly cares.