Yahoo Finance Tania quit her job and makes $1,500 a week being organised
Tania quit her job earlier this year to become a full-time professional organiser and declutterer.
Tania Buenfil has always loved organising, so much so that she used to do it free for her friends and family members.
“I would arrive at their house and if they had a mess in their closet or kitchen, it would come naturally to start organising it. So, I thought I might as well get paid for it,” Tania told Yahoo Finance.
The 35-year-old Brisbane resident started up her own professional organising and decluttering business, Too Easy Organising, in 2018. She initially worked at it part-time but decided to quit her job at IKEA and go full-time in March this year.
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“That’s my passion in life, even if it sounds cheesy, I do love getting paid for what I do so it doesn’t feel like work and time flies and I’m not looking at the clock,” she said.
Tania gets the majority of her business through Airtasker and earns anything from $50 to $1,000 per job, and around $1,500 a week. She is saving towards a home deposit.
What does a professional organiser do?
In addition to organising her clients’ homes, wardrobes and office spaces, Tania also helps her clients create systems to stop clutter from building up in the future.
“I like to establish a system because you’re always going to have mess because life happens,” she said.
“I’m also all about not overbuying things. We are constantly having all these promotions and marketing about buy, buy, buy and all these sales. Less is more and keeping it simple is my philosophy.”
Tania said she worked with a wide variety of clients, including single parents, families and older people looking to downsize. Some are one-off clients, while others she sees regularly on a weekly or quarterly basis.
“I’ve found I have two different types of clients. There are clients that feel overwhelmed, and the clutter and mess has accumulated over the years, typically,” she said.
“Then I have clients that really appreciate organisation and see the benefits. They aren’t exactly overwhelmed by their belongings, but they want to make sure everything is organised at all times so they can focus on the things that matter most.”
Aussies seek help around home
The number of Aussies looking for help around the house or with their business is on the rise, with Airtasker reporting a 46 per cent increase in user signups when comparing Q2 2022 and Q2 2023.
“Never has there been so many different types of skills readily available for people to use, whether it be around the home - landscaping, dog grooming, window cleaning, pest control - or for business - AI tuition, graphic design, report writing or even a town planner,” Airtasker founder and CEO Tim Fung said.
“With around a million Australians working a second job as a result of the cost of living, many are having to get help with small tasks they don’t have time to do.”
Some of the top tasks in demand on the platform included removalists ($172 average price), Handyperson ($298), residential cleaning ($181), gardening and lawn mowing ($201) and furniture assembly ($169), Fung said.
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