For DC Metro Homeowners — The Space on Your List
We Show Up. We Do Real Work.
And If the Whole Job Fits in 30 Minutes — It Is Done. Free.
Scan windows for the coming week confirm every Thursday.
No pitch. No pressure. Real work on your space first — then we talk numbers.
The Space Value Scan is not an estimate. It is the first 30 minutes of real work on a space you have been meaning to deal with — and the last time you will have to think about it the way you have been thinking about it. Gilles confirms your arrival window within 24 hours. Your written report is in your hands the same day.
You know exactly which space we are talking about.
The Garage
The one you actively look away from every single time you walk past it.
The Basement
The space that has remained completely closed since the last move.
The Estate
The property left in your care that you simply don't know how to begin handling.
What Most People Try:
- The Weekend Sprint: Sort for 48 hours, hit a mental wall, and slam the door shut again.
- The Blind Estimate: Call a crew, get a pricing number that feels entirely wrong, and put it back in a drawer.
The Invisible Invoice
Six months becomes a year. The year becomes two. Every single day you delay, you pay a small, invisible mental tax that never shows up on a bill but is extracted daily.
A BETTER WAY
There is a third option.
Before You Read Any Further
Answer Honestly. If Any of These Are True — Keep Reading.
There is a space in your home you have been meaning to deal with for more than six months.
You have thought about handling it yourself, started once, and stopped.
You are not sure what is worth keeping versus what should go — and you do not want to throw away something valuable by mistake.
You would book a service today if you trusted the price would not change after the crew arrived.
The space is not consuming you every day — but it is there, somewhere in the back of your mind, on the list.
You would feel genuinely relieved — not just lighter — if it was handled by Thursday.
If two or more of those are true, the Space Value Scan was built for exactly where you are. Here is what it actually is — and what it is not.
What Most Services Won't Tell You
3 Things DC Metro Homeowners Should Know Before Booking Any Cleanout Service
Most services estimate by volume. We assess by value. That difference has cost DC Metro homeowners hundreds of dollars.
A standard cleanout crew arrives and loads. Anything in the space goes. Items worth $300 at resale look identical to items worth $3 — until someone who knows the market walks the room first. The Space Value Scan identifies what has real value before a single item moves. What we find comes back to you as a credit against your job cost.
Preparation works against you. Every item moved before we arrive is one we cannot identify.
Most homeowners spend two to four days sorting before a crew arrives — and discard things they had no way of knowing were valuable. Come-as-is. That is not a courtesy. That is the mechanism. We see the full picture only when nothing has been touched. Do not move a single bag before we arrive.
The first 30 minutes tell us everything. That is why we do them free.
In 30 minutes of real work on your space, we know the scope, the value, and the right approach. No guessing. No inflated estimates built on a doorway glance. You leave the assessment with a written report — what your cleanout looks like and what it will cost. And for spaces where everything fits inside those 30 minutes: the job is done.
30 Minutes of Real Work — Before You Spend a Dollar
This is not a quote call. It is a working assessment.
01. The Method
Gilles arrives at your space. He does not stand in the doorway and hand you a number. He works the room — walking the full space, opening boxes where needed, moving through items the eye skips over to look for resale, donation, or recovery value.
02. The Blueprint
At the end, you receive one document: The Hidden Value Blueprint™. A written breakdown of what was found, the scope, items with real value, and exactly what the job will cost. The price is completely locked — no day-of adjustments.
03. The Total Fit
The scan is free with zero obligation. And for spaces where the full scope fits inside those 30 minutes: Gilles does not stop at the assessment. He finishes the job right then. Donations, disposal, haul-away. One booking, completely done.
Your Only Job Is to Open the Door
Your complete task list has two items.
What you do not have to do
- Sort a single bag or box
- Clean up or organize the space
- Move anything to a different area
- Know what you want to keep or donate
- Make any decisions before the scan
- Decide today what happens to everything — uncertain items stay
- Explain or justify anything in the space
- Be home for the entire job — the walkthrough is 30 minutes
- Make rapid decisions under pressure — nothing leaves without your yes
- Coordinate donations, disposal, or haul-away — we handle all of it
- Have an answer ready for anything
What Gilles needs from you
- The door open
- 30 minutes
Gilles confirms your arrival window within 24 hours of booking. Your written report is in your hands the same day as the scan.
What You Receive at No Cost
The Complete Space Value Scan
One 30-minute assessment. Eight components. The space moves forward.
Gilles personally delivers this 1:1, in person, done-for-you. Gilles personally conducts every Space Value Scan — not a contractor, not a crew. Gilles.
Space Value Scan™
$150 value30 minutes of real, physical work on your space. Not a walkthrough. Not a quote call. Gilles starts the job. A trained eye moves through every room, box, and corner looking for what has real value before anything is touched.
The Hidden Value Blueprint™
$97 valueA written breakdown of what was found, what the cleanout scope looks like, and exactly what the job costs — in your hands before you commit to anything. The number in this document is the job price. Locked. No day-of adjustments.
The Free Finish Promise™
$300+ valueIf the full scope of your space fits inside the 30 minutes Gilles is already working — he finishes the job completely. No invoice. No separate booking. The assessment becomes the cleanout. Done.
If the whole job fits in 30 minutes —
Gilles finishes it. Free. Done.
This is not a marketing line. This is how the Space Value Scan works.
Gilles arrives and does real work. If — in the process of doing that work — the full scope of your space completes inside the session, the job is done. No invoice follows. No conversation about cost. The work was included in the scan.
Most cleanout services quote from the outside. We close from the inside. The first 30 minutes are not a sales visit. They are the job.
The Person Behind Every Scan
Gilles Bertrand — DC Metro Cleanout Specialist
Gilles started Chuli & Bros after clearing a space for a family who had just lost someone. Before he moved anything, he asked if there was something specific they needed him to find. They said: a box of cassette tapes — recordings of their father. He found it in the third hour, under a workbench at the back of the garage.
That is the job he decided to build around.
He has worked with families who were embarrassed to give him the door code. He has cleared spaces that had not been opened in twenty years. He has sat with executors who needed someone to handle what was left behind with as much care as what was taken away.
Nothing you open will change how he shows up. He operates across the DC Metro area — Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC — and personally conducts every Space Value Scan.
They Stopped Waiting
What Happened When They Booked the Scan
There was a guitar in my garage I'd written off years ago. Gilles pulled it out, checked the neck, said it was worth $340. Came right off the bill. I ended up paying $160 for something I was quoted $600 for somewhere else. Honestly still kind of shocked.
I was going to spend the whole weekend sorting before he came. He told me not to touch anything. I didn't. He showed up, cleared the basement, left me a written report. Three items already had buyers. I literally did nothing to prepare. That was the whole point apparently.
Booked it because it was free. Figured I'd just get a number and sit on it for a few days. He did 30 minutes and the garage was done. Never got a bill. Didn't know that was even something that could happen.
The Guarantee
The Space Clarity Promise™
After the scan, you hold one thing: a written breakdown of your exact cleanout scope and cost — before you have spent a dollar. If Gilles completes the scan and you do not leave with that document — he returns within 48 hours at no charge and does not leave until it is in your hands.
The number in the Hidden Value Blueprint™ is the job price. Locked. No adjustments on the day. No scope creep when the crew arrives. Gilles personally conducts every scan — his name is on it, his reputation is in the room. That is the real guarantee.
One Honest Note
The Space Value Scan is not the right fit for every space.
If your garage has three boxes and a lawn mower — a Saturday afternoon handles it. You do not need us for that. The standard booking works fine.
The scan was built for the space that has real weight to it.
The basement that has been closed for two or three years. The garage that became the storage room for everything that did not have a home. The estate left in your care that needs a second pair of trained eyes. The space you have started to deal with once already and stopped.
If that is what you are looking at — this is exactly what we built it for.
Questions We Hear Before Every Booking
Five Honest Answers to the Things You Are Probably Thinking
Nothing leaves without your yes. That is not a policy — it is how the scan works mechanically. Every item Gilles identifies for resale, he shows you the number and makes an offer. You say yes or no. The item stays or goes based entirely on your answer. There is no revisiting. No soft sell after you decline. One question. One answer. Done.
The scan is the work — not a lead for the work. Gilles does 30 minutes of real work before any conversation about the full job. The Hidden Value Blueprint is what he delivers: your cleanout scope and cost, in writing. If you decide not to proceed, you keep the report. No follow-up calls unless you ask.
Gilles has walked into spaces that had not been opened in twenty years. He has worked with families who were embarrassed to give him the door code. What is behind that door does not change how he shows up. His job is the space — not a judgment of who lives with it. Come exactly as it is.
Standard haulers estimate from the doorway and load everything — valuable or not. The Space Value Scan is the opposite sequence. Real work first. Written report before you commit. Price locked in writing. There is no version of this where you learn the real cost after the crew has loaded. The Hidden Value Blueprint is in your hands before you say yes to anything.
The scan carries no obligation beyond the scan. You walk away with a written assessment — what your space looks like, what it costs, what has value. If you are not ready to move forward, the report is yours. When you are ready, the number in the report is still the number. The Written Quote Lock holds. We do not reprice because time passed.
Not Ready to Book? Hear Exactly How the Scan Works First.
Call our free 24-hour recorded message. You will hear a 3-minute overview of how the Space Value Scan works, what to expect on the day, and the three questions you should ask any cleanout service before you let them in your home.
What You Receive at No Cost
The Complete Space Value Scan
One 30-minute assessment. Four components. One bonus delivered immediately. The space moves forward.
Delivered 1:1, in person, done-for-you. Gilles personally conducts every Space Value Scan — not a contractor, not a crew. Gilles.
Space Value Scan™
$150 value30 minutes of real, physical work on your space. Not a walkthrough. Not a quote call. Gilles starts the job. A trained eye moves through every room, box, and corner looking for what has real value before anything is touched.
The Hidden Value Blueprint™
$97 valueA written breakdown of what was found, what the cleanout scope looks like, and exactly what the job costs — in your hands before you commit to anything. The number in this document is the job price. Locked. No day-of adjustments.
The Free Finish Promise™
$300+ valueIf the full scope of your space fits inside the 30 minutes Gilles is already working — he finishes the job completely. No invoice. No separate booking. The assessment becomes the cleanout. Done.
Bonus The DC Metro Hidden Value Map™
$47 valueDelivered to your inbox the moment you book. A one-page reference of the 20 most commonly overlooked valuable items found in DC Metro garages and basements — with current resale price ranges for each. So you already know what a trained eye is looking for before Gilles arrives.
Also built into every scan
- + Every valuable item identified: Gilles shows you the number, makes you an offer, and applies whatever he pays directly to your job cost — $75 value
- + Actual DC Metro trading prices on everything found — not "this has value," the real number it trades for in this market right now — $97 value
- + Nothing leaves without your yes. No decisions under pressure. Uncertain items stay. — $97 value
- + If you leave without written clarity, Gilles returns within 48 hours at no charge until the report is in your hands — Priceless
You Have Read Everything.
Now There Is Only One Question.
You know what the scan is. You know what it costs. You know who conducts it and what you walk away with. You know nothing leaves without your yes and nothing is estimated from the doorway. The only thing left is the decision — and the decision is whether you are ready to be the person who dealt with this. Not someday. This week.
Morning, evening, or weekend — we work around your schedule.
Gilles confirms your arrival window within 24 hours of booking.
Scan windows for the coming week confirm every Thursday. Book before then to secure yours.
P.S.
The Space Value Scan is 30 minutes of real work on a space you have been meaning to deal with. It costs nothing. It carries no obligation. You walk away with one document: the exact scope and cost of your cleanout — in writing — before you spend a dollar.
If the full job fits inside those 30 minutes, Gilles does not stop at the assessment. He finishes it. Free. No invoice.
The Space Clarity Promise™ backs every scan. If you do not walk away with written clarity, Gilles returns within 48 hours at no charge until you do. The number in that report is the job price. Locked. No day-of adjustments.
Five slots per week. Gilles personally. Scan windows for the coming week confirm every Thursday.