About Chuli & Bros
We Built This Business Because We Watched the Industry Treat People the Wrong Way. We Had Enough.
Chuli & Bros is a family-owned cleanout and resale service based in the Washington DC metro area. We handle the spaces people cannot face alone — with honesty, skill, and nothing hidden. This page will tell you exactly who shows up at your door and exactly what we stand for. No marketing language. Just the truth.
About Chuli & Bros
Most people call a junk removal company. Our clients call Gilles.
There's a difference. A junk removal company moves fast and charges by the load. Gilles walks the space with you first — finds what has value, tells you what it's worth, and makes sure nothing leaves your home before you say so.
That's not a marketing line. It's the lesson behind why Chuli & Bros was built the way it was.
How it started
A few years ago, I helped clear a space. We moved too quickly.
Three days later, the homeowner called. Her late husband's watch collection had been packed inside a box that was donated. By the time she called, the donation had already been processed.
It's the reason every Chuli & Bros job includes the Reveal Check™—homeowners deserve to know what they have before anything leaves their home.
Why Chuli?
Chuli Means Rain Bringer.
Transformer.
There is an old story about frogs — they sing before the rain comes. Not during it. Not after it. Before it. They sense the change that is coming, and they call it in. Every cleanout is like that. The space has been sitting there — heavy, immovable, full of things that need to go. And then someone makes a call. And then the rain comes. And then things grow.
Chuli — Rain Bringer
We are the ones who come before the change. We clear the way for what is next. The burden lifts. The space opens. What grows after that is yours — we just made room for it.
The Bros — The People Who Show Up
That is the family. The ones you call when you need something done and you need it done right. Not a franchise. Not a crew of strangers. The people who are actually there — and stay until it is finished.
You Are Letting Someone Into Your Home
Here Is Who That Person Is.
Gilles Bertrand — Owner & Operator
DC metro area. Service work his entire adult life. The owner who answers the phone and shows up at the door.
One Person. Every Job.
No crew of strangers. Gilles comes personally, walks the space with you, and stays until the job is done right.
Written Quote Before Anything Moves
He tells you what he finds, what it is worth, and what your job will cost — before he touches a single item.
Here Is What He Will Never Do.
Take something valuable from your space without telling you.
If an item has real resale value, Gilles identifies it out loud, in front of you, and shows you what it is worth before anything moves. That is the Reveal Check. It is not a feature — it is a line drawn when this business started.
Add charges that were not on the written quote.
If something changes between the quote and the job, he stops and tells you before proceeding. You decide whether to continue. The number on the quote is the number on the invoice.
Rush through your space to get to the next job.
When Gilles takes a job, that job gets his full attention — however long it takes. No dispatcher counting stops. No crew racing back. One promise: do the work right.
Judge your space or the state it is in.
Gilles has cleared spaces that had not been opened in fifteen years. Nothing shocks him. Nothing earns judgment. You called because you are ready to move forward — that is the only thing he sees.
Leave before the job is finished.
The Fresh Start Guarantee means exactly what it says. If anything is not right when he pulls away, he comes back and finishes it. No phone tag. No argument. No fine print. You tell him what is not right. He fixes it.
What We Stand For
Five Things That Are True
About Every Job We Take.
We Transform Spaces and Lives
A cleanout is not just hauling stuff. It is removing the weight that has been sitting in your way. When we are done, you will feel the difference — not just in the room, but in yourself. We have seen it happen on every job we have ever taken.
We Tell You the Truth — Always
If something in your space has real value, we tell you — out loud, in front of you, before we load anything. No surprises. No fine print. No Tuesday morning resale you never knew about.
We Are the Neighborhood Brothers
This is a family operation. Gilles shows up personally on every job. We treat your home the way we would want someone to treat our own family's home — because in this work, that is always what it is.
We Find the Hidden Value
We have been selling on Facebook Marketplace, eBay, and OfferUp for years. We know what things are worth. Before we load a single item, we run the Reveal Check — every item with real resale value identified out loud, in front of you, with a written offer that comes directly off your bill.
We Deliver Fresh Starts
Every client we serve is trying to get somewhere. Listing the house. Moving on. Clearing out after a loss. We take the space that was holding them back and clear it — completely, professionally, and on time. What you do with the space after that is the whole point.
Service Area
We Serve the Entire Washington DC Metro Area.
Washington DC
- Northwest DC
- Northeast DC
- Southeast DC
- Southwest DC
- Capitol Hill
- Shaw / Columbia Heights
- Anacostia
Northern Virginia
- Arlington
- Alexandria
- Fairfax
- Reston / Herndon
- McLean / Tysons
- Springfield / Burke
- Manassas / Woodbridge
Maryland
- Silver Spring
- Bethesda
- Rockville
- College Park
- Laurel
- Bowie
- Gaithersburg
For Referral Partners
If You Work With People Who Need This Done, Let's Build Something Together.
Chuli & Bros partners with real estate agents, estate attorneys, senior living placement counselors, and property managers across the DMV. When your client needs a space cleared — for a listing, an estate, a transition, or a turnover — we are the team that will not embarrass you.
What a Referral Looks Like in Practice
Every client we serve is treated the way we would treat someone in our own family. Your reputation stays intact — and gets stronger. We do not compete with what you do. We make your referral look like the smartest advice your client received all year.
If You Have a Space That Needs Clearing, the Next Step Is Simple.
You do not need to know how much there is. You do not need to know what anything is worth. You just need to make one call.
Gilles will come out personally, walk the space with you, run the Reveal Check on everything — and give you a written quote with the Resale Credit applied before a single item moves.
The visit is free. The Hidden Value Report is yours to keep — whether you book the full job or not. No pitch. No pressure. No crew of strangers.
Not ready? Call (202) 983-5396 — free 2-minute recorded message. No salesperson.
"We will show up on time, tell you the truth about what we find, do the work without drama, and leave your space — and your day — better than we found it."— The Chuli & Bros Promise