Realtor's Care Day

With the economy in shambles and more and more people struggling to pay for home repairs, the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association decided to take action.  On April 24, 600 Realtors put aside their usual ambition of selling homes and volunteered to help repair houses for low income families, as well as some elderly and disabled homeowners.

The event was known as Realtors Care Day.  While the sun tested everyone’s strength, these Realtors were determined to help those in need.  Over 30 homeowners were helped out by mainly Realtors, but also professionals such as builders, developers, painters, roofers, and home inspectors.  Junk Rescue was on scene and assisted where ever possible in moving materials to and from sites.

If you would like to help  next year or would like to know more about the event, please contact the Housing Opportunity Foundation at crrafoundation@carolinahome.com.

Early Times CleanOut

Junk Rescue was called to assist in cleaning out the home of an elderly man. The man was unfortunately a severe pack rat in his old age and managed to fill his entire 3 bedroom/2bathroom home to the point that you could not see the floors. The house was mostly filled with VHS tapes, newspapers, 2 liter Coke bottles, and Early-Times Whiskey bottles. We think we figured out what his favorite drink was. After visiting the property, Junk Rescue accepted the challenge and called in some dumpsters from our friends at Novem Waste. Three days later, we had the 1200 sq/ft ranch house completely empty, including the removal of appliances and fixtures. It took 2, 30 yard construction dumpsters, 1, 20 yard construction dumpster, and 2 trips with our 15 yard truck to haul off all of the material. Believe it or not, we were able to recycled over 300 pounds of plastic bottles and about 500 pounds of newspapers and magazines. We also recycled a washer and dryer, 2 refrigerators, a freezer, a microwave, and numerous tv's and other electronics.