Greenbrook - Shadow Hills Garage Sale

This Saturday's (Sep 20) neighborhood garage sale in Danville has over 20 participating homes. The garage sale is in the Greenbrook and Shadow Hills neighborhoods.

The garage sale will run from 8am to Noon. 320 Farnum Court in Danville is the starting home. You can pick up a map of all participating homes, get some coffee and a muffin, and listen to some live acoustic music.

Here's the link to the Garage Sale Map

Yesterday was the huge neighborhood garage sale in San Ramon. Over 40 homes participated in the event which was sponsored and organized by the the Harper-Mees Team.

All-in-all, it turned out to be a pretty big success for most of the participants despite the flood of last minute homes signing up and a few things dropping through the cracks as a result. Many of the participating homeowners stopped by "garage sale headquarters" to enjoy the live music provided by Still Rockin' a group of "oldies but goldies".

Everything Jane and I brought down from Walnut Creek disappeared. I call that a huge success for us - nothing to load back in the Jeep and haul home! Not bad since we brought down a chunk of I-Beam and a commercial grade plumber's snake to get rid of.

The weather was great and most homeowners reported a lot of activity and appreciation for the neighborhood event. These two youngsters loaded up on items to amuse themselves with.

Tracey and Kris Viers went around to as many homes as they could to distribute muffins to homeowners that had to get up early to prepare their driveways for the event.

Though the event had a few glitches, it was great fun and we plan on organizing another in September after school starts so parents can recycle those clothes that won't fit their growing children anymore.

Personally, I was a little disappointed in the amount of food we collected for the Contra Costa Food Bank, so that is one area where we will focus our attention for improvement.

Leave us a comment on your experience. Let us know what you think worked and what didn't so we can improve on September's San Ramon Neighborhood Garage Sale. 

You're Invited!  

San Ramon Garage Sale of The Century

Over 30 Homes Participating

Montevideo-Broadmoor-PineValley-Davona Neighborhoods

Saturday, May 3rd - 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon

Come join us for what promises to be one the biggest San Ramon garage sale events ever.  Over 30 neighbors will be holding garage sales and there are some really unique items and great bargains to be had including appliances, furniture, kids toys, clothing, books, sports items, bicycles, bookcases, china hutch, weight bench, foosball table, golf clubs, rubber raft, train set, Barbie dolls & accessories, children's clothes, household items, Christmas items, work bench, large desk, small corner desk, lots of FREE items…and much, much more…(one neighbor is selling her entire household as she is moving and everything must go).

Free Coffee - Muffins - Live Music     

We will be serving snacks and refreshments and there will be a live band playing at the starting location.  Music provided by Still Rockin', a neighborhood band of some old rockers you may know.

To Start The Garage Tour…

The starting location is 42 Prentiss Place in San Ramon (map link for 42 Prentiss Place).  Stop by the starting location anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 12 noon, have some coffee, enjoy the music (music starts at 9:30 a.m.) and pickup a map of all the other garage sale locations.

Food Drive for Contra Costa Food Bank

We will also be conducting a food drive to raise much needed supplies for the Contra Costa Food Bank.  Please donate whatever canned goods or non-perishable food items that you can to this worthy cause. Bags of groceries can be dropped off at the garage sale starting location. Please keep in mind that over 43% of Food Bank recipients are children and that during non-holiday times of the year the Food Bank supplies tend to run low.

Contact Craig@HarperMees.com or call (925) 984-4910

What is it about garage sales?

We’ve had 22 homes in the Greenbrook & Shadow Hills neighborhoods of Danville, CA sign up for today’s big garage sale event. I was delivering maps, signs and pricing stickers yesterday to all the participants and had a couple of fun moments.

I caught the husband of one of the homes that had signed up. He was completely surprised that they were holding a garage sale. He was okay with it, but commented he would be up late to help with preparations and to ensure that nothing was being sold that he still wanted.

How often it is that the husbands are the last to know what is going on in the house!

My girlfriend, Jane, decided to unclutter the patio and yard. She emptied and cleaned up a bunch of terracotta pots and took them over to the Meeses. She sold $80 of them yesterday to neighbors making a preemptive strike.

She has now caught “garage sale” fever and was up late packing the car with stuff that just yesterday she couldn’t live without!

Here’s hoping the weather is dry from 8 to noon.

You're Invited!  

Over 20 Homes in Shadow Hills / Greenbrook Neighborhood

Saturday, March 29 - 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon

Come join us for what promises to be one of the biggest garage sale events ever.  Over 20 families will be hosting individual garage sales. There are some really unique items and great bargains to be had including appliances, furniture, kids toys, clothing, books, sports items, and much more.

Coffee - Muffins - Live Music

We will be serving snacks and refreshments and there will be a live band playing at the starting location.  Music provided by Still Rockin, a neighborhood band of some old rockers you may know.

To Start The Garage Tour…

The starting location is 200 Alicante Place in Danville.  Stop by anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 12 noon, have some coffee, enjoy the music (music starts at 10:00 a.m.) and pickup a map of all the other garage sale locations.

Food Drive
Contra Costa Food Bank

We will also be conducting a food drive to raise much needed supplies for the Contra Costa Food Bank.  Please bring whatever canned goods or non-perishable food items that you would like to donate to this worthy cause.  Over 43% of Food Bank recipients are children. During non-holiday times of the year Food Bank supplies tend to be limited. 

For more information, contact Craig@HarperMees.com or call (925) 984-4910.