Work Agreement
(updated March 5, 2025)
OUR PROCESS - WHAT TO EXPECT
I will guide, coach and work alongside the client in a personalized, structured organizing process. As a certified consultant, our work together will be inspired by the framework of the KonMari Method…
Commit to tidying up one’s belongings in one thorough, complete event
Start with a vision of your ideal lifestyle and environment
Finish discarding first
Work category by category, not location
Work through categories in a specific order, from easiest to most challenging (typically Clothes, Books, Papers, Komono/Miscellaneous, Sentimental)
Choose to keep what brings you joy, and supports your ideal lifestyle
As a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), I continue my commitment to professional development and education, and abide the NAPO Code of Ethics.
PROCESS OWNERSHIP
The client must be present and available to focus on the decluttering and organizing task for the duration of each in-home session, as we work together. All adults over the age of 18 must participate in processing their own belongings, unless special permission is given. Everyone is happier when each person feels their voice is heard!
No items will be thrown out without the client’s permission. Although I will help the client through the decision-making process, the final decision is always the client’s. The client is responsible for any loss of damage resulting from the discarding or destroying of any records or personal effects.
RATES & PAYMENT
The initial intake phone call is free of charge. The following packages are available…
Two, 3-hour sessions: $460
Five, 3-hour sessions: $1080
Ten, 3-hour sessions: $2040
Twenty, 3-hour sessions: $3840
Extra hours may be booked after initial purchase at a rate of $80/hour. Payment for each session is due at the time of booking and can be made online via Stripe, Venmo (@tidywithintent), check (Tidy with Intent, LLC) or cash.
There is a charge of $35 for any check returned for insufficient funds or any bank draft item that is not payable for any reason, as well as additional collection and/or legal fees to compensate for overdraft charges and unpaid account balances.
SUPPLIES & REMOVAL OF UNWANTED ITEMS
The client is responsible for providing everyday supplies such boxes, containers and garbage bags to complete the project. To date all clients I have worked with already have enough to begin without purchasing extras, and often end up donating a surplus of storage items at the conclusion of working together. Recommendations can be made for any extra supplies needed to complete the project, to be purchased by the client directly. Removal of unwanted items is not provided by Tidy with Intent, but recommendations for resale, donation (including some with collection services) and recycling will be made.
CANCELLATIONS & RESCHEDULING
Your organizing sessions are reserved just for you. Please notify me at least 48 hours in advance if you must cancel a scheduled session. Exception is made for cases of illness or emergency. If I must reschedule a session, I will add an additional free hour of tidying to the client’s package, or refund an hour of work depending on the client’s preference and my availability. If you cancel within 48 hours of a schedule session, you will forfeit those funds for that session.
PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Due to the sensitive nature of our work together, I will at all times operate with confidentiality, honesty and integrity. All client information will be kept strictly confidential, except where disclosure is required by law.
PHOTOGRAPHS & TESTIMONIALS
Clients give Tidy with Intent, LLC permission to use, without remuneration, testimonials they provide, as well as before and after photos of their location, taken with their permission.
Testimonials and photographs may be used in our marketing materials, including print and online advertising, with the client’s permission. Clients will be identified by first and last initial, and location (i.e. E.H., Boston). Clients waive any rights or permissions regarding any photos taken with permission and indemnify Tidy with Intent regarding those photos.
LIABILITY RELEASE
Your belongings and home will be treated with the utmost care and respect throughout the entire decluttering and organizing process. That being said, clients are required to agree to the following liability release in the event of an accident.
“I hereby acknowledge I understand there may be risks involved in moving furniture and accessories as part of the organizational services I contracted Tidy with Intent, LLC to do. I hereby accept all risk, and waive all monetary claims for damage or injury to myself or member of my family, my furniture and my accessories, whether owned, rented, or borrowed by me or member of my family, relatives or friends and assume all legal and financial responsibility myself for such.
I shall not now, nor in the future, make any claim against Tidy with Intent for any injury to persons within my home or damage or destruction of possessions or property belonging to myself or others in and on my property beyond the value of the services performed and agreed in advance. I warrant that I have the authority to authorize the movement of all furniture and accessories within this home.
I further agree to indemnify and hold harmless Tidy with Intent, LLC from liability for the injury or death of any person(s) and damage to property that may result from any negligent or intentional act or omission by Tidy with Intent, LLC as part of the organizational services I have contracted them to do.”
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Tidy with Intent, LLC, and its respective directors, officers, agents, and employees, will not be liable for any special, indirect, punitive, consequential, or incidental damages arising from the material furnished or the work performed under this Agreement. If any claim is adjudged and a judgment or binding arbitration award is entered against Tidy with Intent, LLC, the judgment or award will not exceed the amount paid to Tidy with Intent, LLC under this Agreement. This limitation of liability will apply regardless of the cause of action where such damages are sought, including, without limitation, breach of contract, negligence, warranty, indemnification, tort, or strict liability.
This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the Parties. This Agreement will beconstrued under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. If any provision is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect and construed best to effectuate the original intent and purpose of the Parties.
RESTRICTIONS
Tidy with Intent reserves the right to withdraw from an organizing project at any time if the project involves perceived unsafe working conditions, if clients breach their agreement with Tidy with Intent LLC, or if I cannot render the services requested by clients through no fault of my own.
THE CLIENT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THEY HAVE THOROUGHLY READ THIS AGREEMENT, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND IT, AND THAT THEY ARE ENTERING INTO IT OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL.