April 8th, 2014















It can be hard to sell a home in April, and more difficult with the extraordinary cold that Calgary has been experiencing even into April. For one customer, the need to clean out the home of junk and appliances was the only thing on their mind. So, calling up our team in Calgary, we got to it.

Anna was very pleased with the service, but as she tells us below, there was more hidden in her home:

“Because of the efforts of the JustJunk team, I was able to clear out the house, garage and yard, in order to put the house on the market. They were very professional and I like the fact that they would sort all of the items for recycling and donation. That is what originally drew me to the company.

While they were first clearing out the basement – and pulling out the shelving, out poured 5 tins of money from underneath the boards. The money was from 1988 and I believe had been forgotten about a long time ago. I was upstairs and they called me right away – it was quite a find! We couldn’t believe it – there was close to $40,000 – which is now safely in the bank.

My aunt and uncle had lived there since 1966. My uncle passed away in 2007 and my aunt passed away in 2012. They had come from a time in Europe where you would need to leave your home in the middle of the night with only the clothes on your back and the little valuables that you had. Trusting banks or governments just didn’t happen. When they came to Canada – my uncle was a laborer and my aunt had cleaned offices – they would certainly saved their hard earned cash!”

I very much appreciated Ollie and Peter’s honesty and hard work. I also appreciated Mike’s help with unhooking the appliances safely.”

Congrats on the find, Anna, and we’re happy we could help you recover that.

What would you do? If you were cleaning up and found that much cash wadded up, what you do with it?