Maggie and Jim Hobbs founded Hunt Estate Sales in 2012 with a clear mission: to elevate the estate sale experience with a focus on authentic service and innovation.
Today we operate New England’s only fully integrated online estate sale platform. Optimizing our services and taking them online enables us to present clients’ property to a broader audience, resulting in higher price points and a higher sell-through rate, and eliminate the pain points of traditional estate sales: no property damage, theft or injury.
WHAT MAKES HUNT ESTATE SALES THE RIGHT CHOICE?
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Hunt Estate Sales provides New England’s only virtual alternative to the traditional in-person estate sale model. We ran in-person events for eight years so we can quantify the value our transition adds to the estate sale experience.
Our website facilitates our connection with the consumer – we are engaging with a new and broader audience.
Our inventory software allows us to track our sales and results with accuracy – we consistently reach higher price points and higher sell-through rates.
For the benefit of our clients, our services are less invasive and temper concerns associated with having strangers in the home, including the prospect of potential damage, theft and injury.
For the benefit of our buyers, we have customized order fulfillment to suit our virtual platform. We ship and deliver both locally and nationwide while onsite loading to your car is provided by our on-staff moving team
Highest Standard of Professionalism
Hunt Estate Sales provides ultimate transparency.
Our clients are welcome to attend any stage of the process. Our virtual events permit the public to purchase items remotely, safeguarding your privacy, safekeeping your property, and enabling you to continue living in your home unencumbered by our sales process.
We offer our clients the opportunity to set reserves, make comments, ask questions, add or remove information before going live with an event.
Each sale is tracked, items are designated with a SKU, and sales are processed via a secure payment portal integrated within our website, enabling us to provide clear and detailed sales reports.
Each order is consolidated, wrapped, bagged, handled, and loaded by our crew members.
Experts Trained to Recongnize Hidden Value
We transform your property into a boutique shopping experience where buyers are able to shop 24/7 from anywhere in the world.
Our network of skilled specialists assure proper identification and valuation. Individual items are professionally photographed to highlight their unique qualities. As opposed to a one- or two-day sale, items remain online for a longer period of time, guaranteeing that your property receives extended exposure and finds its way to potential customers no matter the current market conditions.
Results Driven Advertising
For each event and each item, Hunt Estate Sales creates a well-crafted narrative alongside high quality photography. Relevant keywords are inserted to create a user-friendly way of rapidly finding items of interest, as well as sharing information with like-minded buyers. We harness the power of social media to connect your valuables with the most interested and eager consumers, no matter how select the audience may be.
360 Degrees of Support
Our holistic 360 degree approach is customized to each individual client, so they can be confident that their unique needs will be met in every aspect and at every stage of the process. From our first call to the final sale, Hunt Estate Sales supports you while you transition to your next chapter. The only thing we ask of our clients is to identify what they choose to keep or retain, and we will handle the rest.
Our services include an inventory, valuation, photography, and marketing of each item to be sold. In addition, we can recommend service providers from our network, including the area’s best moving companies, organizers, stagers, real estate agents, and donation services that provide the right solutions at the right time.
Environmental Stewardship
At the core of Hunt Estate Sales service is an unwavering commitment to the reduction of our carbon footprint. Hunt Estate Sales engages third-party providers who specialize in bringing your home to a “broom clean” condition, including: direct-use donation, recycling, and responsible waste removal for unsold or unsaleable goods.
There's NO Cost to You
Since 2012 Hunt Estate Sales has delivered New England’s most affordable, comprehensive and compassionate estate sale service, offering a competitive commission with no out of pocket costs.
Who we are:
Maggie graduated from Northeastern University and began her career helping her clients age in place, safely in their homes.
Jim graduated from Berklee School of Music and is recognized worldwide as a Jazz Saxophonist and composer. For 20 years Jim was the regional manager of a national retail and rental music store, where he specialized in antique and rare pieces.
What our past clients say:
“We were approached by a slew of potential partners to help us with our estate sale and none of them remotely compared to Hunt Estate Sales."
"You have the edge on the estate sale world!”
"We encourage anyone to call you when they are ready to clean house, it's the best gift you can give yourself."
Contact us at 617-817-1178 or at info@huntestatesales.com
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Proudly serving Boston, Metro West, North and South Shore, Central Massachusetts, Southern Maine, Southern New Hampshire, Rhode Island and North Eastern Connecticut.