JumpStart Organizing

Description of Work: Desk organization.

Description of Work: Advised on layout of rooms, closets, pantry

Description of Work: We were sorting and organizing papers.

Description of Work: Donna did a preliminary assessment prior to performing the work. The assessment set the stage for a productive day. My job will be a long term effort. I plan to use Donna as the project progresses.

Description of Work: Organized. So wonderful.

Description of Work: I think that my expectations for this provider were unrealistic. I have a lot of clothes in an unconventional storage closet room and I hoped to get them sorted and organized by two women (plus me)in four hours. When they arrived (on time as agreed,)my clothes were all on hangers, jammed into four closets, or hanging on the doors of the closets. When they left, we had filled three large, clear plastic trash bags with donations and three green trash bags with trash. I was left with a large pile of sweaters, etc. on the floor. They suggested that I fold these sweaters and put them on the floor of the closet. There was no room to hang them up, since everything was re-organized into categories, i.e. pants, skirts, dresses, etc.Since I am concerned about moths, I thought this was a bad idea. Our time was up and they asked if I would like to make another appointment. I said no. We started out on a positive note but I was feeling very adversarial toward the end of our time together. When everything was not fitting back into the closets, their implication was that I was not giving away enough clothes. I told them that I was not going to throw clothes away just because they did not fit into the plan they had envisioned. The "boss" seemed to realize that she had offended me and apologized. Once again, I am sensitive to the fact that I presented them with a challenging job. I have a lifestyle that demands that I have a wide range of clothes: everything from labcoats to ball gowns. They found this daunting, and they seemed very judgmental about what I needed to keep and what I could give away. I knew I was in trouble when they didn't understand Nantucket Baskets. I have my mother's and my mother-in-law's and my own heirloom baskets and they felt I could put a couple in the give away bag. I have a feeling that this may be a new business for these women and I hate to be discouraging to folks who maybe just need more experience. I think it is great when women start a service business that utilizes skills that they already have, providing services for people who can't or don't want to do those things for themselves. In this case, I feel that their price was agressive for the value received. (And, it was an Angie's List Deal!!) In my situation, they were clearly in over their heads. On the other hand, they did prompt me to tackle the space and I have since re-organized everything into the space available. I hate to write a negative review for a provider whose intentions are good, but, for me, it was a negative experience. I could have, and maybe should have, used my cleaning woman for this job with better results for less cost.You can decide how much of this review gets seen by the general public.

Description of Work: It was a Big Deal for $89 for Three Hours of Home or Office Organizing. It was fine. She really helped me kick-off the house organization.

Description of Work: I was left with a huge mess to clean up at the end of the 3 hours. If your going to commit to a job done in 3 hours then you need to be very efficient with your time. If your in the organizing business then you need to organize what it is you can get done within that time and stick to that and get it done.

Description of Work: Had for 3 hr Deal. Did not get much done, other than eval. Rather than being energized, found myself intimidated and embarrassed by the process. |Probably not the right provider for me. Plus, thought quote was far too expensive.

Description of Work: Jumpstart Organizing helped our daughter organize her kitchen, weeding out items and making suggestions for better storage and use of space. They also gave suggestions for other parts of her home. The provider was there for 3 hours and was very helpful.

Description of Work: Donna came over and looked at 2 messy rooms. She determined to spend the time organizing in the 1 room that would help me the most. She means business and wastes no time in assigning duties for me to focus on. And I needed to focus. We rearranged the room per her designer training, sorted as needed, trashed some, and donated some. She helped me accomplish a lot and encouraged me to continue. The look of my new bedroom made me feel SO much better, as I was in great need for change.

Description of Work: The work organizing closet was not the one I expected. I thought three hours work will finish my walking closet but it did just half the closet and most of the work was done by me.

Description of Work: Donna arrived right on time. She is very professional and non judgmental as well as being very respectful of my home, belongings and personal space. She helped me to see the "big picture" and to set goals for accomplishing my tasks in small increments to make it more manageable.

Description of Work: Helped organize master bedroom.

Description of Work: I used JumpStart Organizing.

Description of Work: Organized and decluttered dining area.

Description of Work: Assisted with the process of organizing and sorting the clean out of my mom's home. This involved several auction companies, charitable donations, family requests, in addition to a mountain of papers. She assisting with the sorting and decision making that was essential to complete the task.

Description of Work: I actually used their services twice since the first of this year. Donna helped me organize my pantry by adding a few badly needed shelves and discarding food that had long expired. I was so happy with the results that we tackled my husbands office from a room full of clutter that we could hardly walk through to a beautiful functioning office that I was proud to show off!! .