FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
We have hourly rates depending on the professional organizer and their level of experience.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
We schedule a complimentary one-hour on-site consultation to better determine each clients needs and expectations. While some individuals ask for a single closet or room to be organized, others require our services to completely declutter and implement a sustainable organizing system. Our extensive training and experience gives us the ability to understand clients individual requirements. Clients discuss how they utilize each area, what they would like to change, and any other questions regarding the organizing task. We then schedule one or multiple sessions in blocks of either 3 or 4 hours. Step Two: Collaboration Working one-on-one with our clients, we begin with the decluttering phase. From years of experience and training we understand how difficult this phase can be for some clients. We provide a patient, non-judgmental, yet firm approach to decluttering. By letting go of the excess and retaining only the items you truly love, need, and use, we then create organizing systems to meet the needs of you, your family, or your business. Step Three: Complete Transformation Creating beautifully organized spaces is only part of our job. Our main goal is transferring our organizing skills to you. Throughout the organizing process, we share our tips, tricks, and secrets so you too will be able to maintain your completely transformed space!
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Born and raised in England, Janet moved to the United States in her early twenties. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania. As an adult, Janet has lived in five countries on three continents and speaks English, Russian, and French. She developed her organizing expertise through her travels, multiple international moves, and work abroad including nine years in the Former Soviet Union. As a professional organizer, Janet combines her passion for helping others with her understanding of how to effectively organize space and systems that benefit each individual. In 2006, Janet formed The Organizing Professionals, LLC and built a substantial word-of-mouth clientele in New York City before settling with her family in 2008 in the Philadelphia area. Janet is a Certified Professional Organizer,* (CPO)® a Golden Circle** member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), a member of the Greater Philadelphia NAPO Chapter, and a member of the Institute for Challenging Disorganization. She was named Philadelphia Magazines Best of Philly® 2012 Personal Organizer and in 2015 Philadelphia Magazine named Janet Bernstein at The Organizing Professionals Best of Philly® 2015 Home Organizer. Janet has been interviewed for numerous TV, print and online media outlets including CBS Talk Philly and the New York Times. Each member of the The Organizing Professionals team undergoes extensive training and benefits from Janets experience and credentials. Whether you work with one of us or multiple members of our team, you reap the benefits of our strong, supportive team structure and can be confident you are working with professionals committed to see you, your family, and your business lead a more organized, less stressful productive life