{"id":1525,"date":"2020-01-04T11:11:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T19:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.islandjunk.com\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2024-04-23T11:33:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T18:33:18","slug":"decluttering-your-home-and-yard-is-this-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islandjunk.com\/2025-staging-env\/decluttering-your-home-and-yard-is-this-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Decluttering Your Home and Yard is this Easy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let us, a Torch Award winning company, do your spring decluttering.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spring cleaning doesn\u2019t only happen in Greater Victoria when the blossoms emerge.<\/p>\n

Many homeowners and property managers take advantage of mild winter weather and time on their hands to clear out unwanted items from garages, basements or sheds, says Wes Roberts, owner\/CEO of Island Junk Solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even Christmastime can be a motivator to clean up or declutter, he adds. \u201cWe\u2019re getting a lot of residential calls from people with family coming over for the holidays. Plus we\u2019ve noticed more yard waste late in the season, with people still doing their pruning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Going the extra mile for you<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re doing a full estate cleanout<\/a>, a yard cleanup<\/a> or other disposal, there can be other benefits to decluttering your spaces. If you don\u2019t have the time or energy to pass along reusable items in your \u201cto-go\u201d load, Island Junk staff will separate them out for you.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe donate a lot of stuff <\/a>and we\u2019ll even help people by selling items for them<\/a>,\u201d Wes says. \u201cFor saleable things we\u2019ll agree on a price and reduce the price we charge our customer. It\u2019s kind of a value-added service.\u201d<\/p>\n

Customer service and value rewarded<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wes and the Island Junk Solutions team are dedicated to going above and beyond. In November that commitment saw them win the 2019 Better Business Bureau Vancouver Island (BBB) Torch Award for business ethics in the Moving and Hauling category<\/a>. Companies across the Island are nominated by customers for these awards, which recognize \u201cexemplary businesses that strive to go above and beyond in their dealings with customers, employees, vendors and their community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt came as a pretty big surprise,\u201d says Wes, who has been in the industry for 13 years and branched out on his own just two years ago. \u201cWe started with one old hauling truck, and now we have two full-service hauling trucks and a roll-off bin truck.\u201d Word of mouth referrals and repeat business have helped the business grow quickly, he adds.<\/p>\n

Making connections important<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wes is not only proud of the Torch Award, he points to the more than 100 five-star reviews customers have posted on Google<\/a> as an illustration of the connection his staff make with clients. \u201cWe tend to hire people who not only have a good work ethic, but they\u2019re able to have a conversation with our customers. We focus on being personable \u2013 we don\u2019t just haul junk away, we get to know people a little.\u201d<\/p>\n

(A version of thisdecluttering \u00a0first appeared in the Goldstream Gazette on December 23, 2019.)<\/a><\/p>\n

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