Deceased Estate Auctions Melbourne
We ensure that you get the best financial returns for items removed from a living or deceased estate.
How we can Assist
Deceased Estate Auctions in Melbourne
The passing of a friend or family member can be extremely difficult, and even harder for the executor of the last will and testament, who has additional responsibilities to manage. Moving an elderly loved one into care can also be emotionally tough, and more difficult for family members who have important responsibilities such as being the financial power of attorney for the estate.
In both circumstances, the estate of your loved one must be organised, and a decision made for every item they own. You need to decide whether each item should be given to family members, sold for the estate, or if it isn’t worth selling, disposed of. At Property Clearance, we understand how exhausting this can be, and we provide customised services to manage the entire process for you, so that you have time to properly grieve and be there for your family.
These are the key ways that we help with deceased estate auctions, and make the process easy and manageable for you.
Auctions are not the most effective way to sell many items. They can work well for valuable items such as antiques, art, and vehicles, but they won’t accept many of the possessions found in your loved one’s home. That’s why we use a variety of selling methods, including retail sales, internet sales channels, in-person sales, or selling items through our large network of buyers. This ensures that we obtain the highest financial return for every item we sell.
Businesses who manage deceased estate auctions sometimes only take the most expensive/valuable items in your loved one’s estate, like jewellery and antiques. This usually equates to a very small percentage of their possessions, and you have to manage and dispose of the rest. At Property Clearance, we take care of every single item within the estate property. Our goal is to provide you with the maximum financial return for every single item, and to complete the house clearance with the care and respect that your loved one deserves.
Every situation is varied, which is why we create a customised clearance plan that works for you. We can take care of everything, or just some select tasks that you need help with. If you are interstate, we can arrange everything by phone, email, and video call, which includes collecting the keys to the property and working through your loved one’s home.
Managing a deceased estate usually falls to the executor or administrator of the will, and managing a living estate is handled by the financial power of attorney. We assist these important people by identifying, safeguarding, and cataloguing every item in the estate. By taking care of this difficult, arduous task, we allow them to focus on their other key responsibilities.
Sadly, some items just aren’t cost-effective to sell. When this is the case, we donate them to various charities through our Pass-it-forward program, or alternatively, give them to one of our reuse or recycle partners. This ensures that they might be valued by someone else, providing the local community with useful, affordable items that can be used once again. We don’t dispose of items unless we absolutely have to as we are passionate about taking as little as possible to landfill.
To ensure that the estate is managed quickly and profitable for you, we have a 8-12 week turnaround time for the majority of items. Why this may seem quite a long period, we do this to ensure that all items removed from the property have been sold and funds returned back to you.
Our process for living or deceased estate auctions in Melbourne
To ensure that your loved one’s living or deceased estate is managed smoothly, we will consult with you about your priorities and objectives, to create a tailored plan that respects the legacy of the person that resided in the home.
We’ll have a 10 to 20 minute conversation with you about your loved one’s estate, which familiarises us with your personal situation, your priorities, and what you are trying to achieve.
We create a tailored service outline and quote that describes exactly what we’ll do for you, which includes our process for removal of all household items in the home, and how we might prepare it for sale for you and your family if required.
When you accept the service outline and quote, we will arrange collection of the property’s keys, and start clearing the home. This usually takes between 3 to 5 days, and will keep you updated throughout the clearance process.
Once the property is cleared, we will sell each item through the most financially optimal sale channel, achieving the highest return in today’s market.
We will arrange transfer of funds for items that have been sold through our comprehensive sales process which is usually 8-12 weeks, until all items have been sold. We methodically record all items that are sold from the property and are proud to offer this unique service to our clients.
FAQs – Deceased Estate Auctions Melbourne
We are happy for you to nominate sales reserves on particular items. If this is the case, we will not sell items below this value.
While we can sell items through estate furniture auctions in Melbourne, we will only do so if it will provide the highest return for the item. If not, we’ll use a more effective selling method.
As with furniture, we will only sell items through estate content auctions if it makes the most sense for the item. Some items are better suited through other channels like the internet, or through our sales network. We will always use the most appropriate and effective selling channel to ensure the maximum return for the estate.