Every card below is a curated sample, not a real sale. Listings from your neighbours appear in the feed above, on the map and sorted by distance, as soon as they are posted.
List your Houston garage sale in about two minutes. Add photos, dates and a price range, then let nearby buyers find it on the city map.
Houston garage sales, without the driving around. We plot each yard sale, estate sale, moving sale and stoop sale from The Heights to Montrose out to Sugar Land, Katy and The Woodlands on a single map, nearest first, and new listings appear the moment a neighbour posts one.
Expect an unusually long season here, concentrated between February to November. Only high summer really slows things down; sellers start early in the morning to beat the heat. Set the map to the one morning you have free, or filter to a category if you are hunting something specific — tools, records, a desk that fits. Photos, hours and price range are on the listing before you commit. Cash or Venmo: your money stays yours.
The City of Houston requires a free garage sale permit (two sales per year, up to three days each). Signs are allowed on private property only.
Garage sales are the heart of a Houston weekend. Houston (the Bayou City) garage sales from The Heights, Montrose, Kingwood and beyond show up here the moment a neighbor posts one, each plotted on the map and ranked by how close it is to your front door. Every listing shows the dates, hours, price range and photos, so you can map your Saturday route before you leave the house.
See all Houston garage salesCall them yard sales, estate sales or moving sales. In Houston, Texas they all live here. New Houston listings go up every Saturday and Sunday morning; check the map the night before, save the ones worth a stop, and get walking or driving directions straight to the door.
Find Houston yard salesEstate sales are where Houston's best furniture and vintage finds surface: full households priced to clear, often in the city's older streets. New Houston estate sales are added all the time. Filter to estate sales to see them on the map.
Browse Houston estate salesMoving sales mean everything must go: sofas, tables, appliances and free curb piles, usually all in one weekend. Houston moving sales are posted every week. Great for furnishing a place fast on a budget.
See Houston moving salesRoughly February to November, and peak weekends are spring through early summer and again in early fall. Outside that window listings thin out rather than stop — set a date filter and the map will only show what is actually on around The Heights.
Not for a normal residential sale. The City of Houston requires a free garage sale permit (two sales per year, up to three days each). Signs are allowed on private property only. It is still worth a look at your city's rules on where signs may go, and at any HOA or strata bylaw that applies to your street.
Start with The Heights and Montrose. Kingwood and Bellaire usually follow later in the morning, so you can run them as a second loop.
Add a few photos, set your dates and a price range, and publish. Your sale appears on the Houston map to neighbours nearby, ranked by distance. You can edit it any time, and your exact address stays hidden until the morning of the sale.
Cash, Venmo and Zelle are the most common. Some sellers also accept cards via Square. Get Garage Sales never touches your sale proceeds. Sellers around Houston price to move, so having exact change speeds up the haggling more than it sounds.
Locally you will see them listed as yard sale, estate sale, moving sale and stoop sale. They all show up here — searching any one of those terms returns the same Houston map, covering The Heights, Montrose, Kingwood and the rest of the city.
Houston's season runs long thanks to mild winters — peak weekends are mid-March through early June and again from late September to mid-December. July and August are the slowest months because of the heat, so the best selection is on spring and fall weekends, especially around the first Saturday of the month.
The Heights, Montrose, Bellaire and Garden Oaks consistently have the most estate and yard sales thanks to older housing stock and turnover. Kingwood and The Woodlands are strong for family and kids' sales. Spring Branch and Cypress lean toward tools, furniture and cleanouts.
Most Houston sales open between 7:00 and 9:00 am on Saturdays, with early birds often lining up before the official start. Sunday sales tend to open later, around 10:00 am, and run shorter. Estate sales usually start promptly at 8:00 am and are busiest in the first two hours.
Yes. Several Houston subdivisions and HOAs run seasonal community sales — Kingwood, Clear Lake and The Woodlands host the largest, often in spring and fall. These are great for buyers because dozens of sales cluster within walking distance. Watch the Get Garage Sales Houston feed for upcoming community weekends.
Saturday is the clear winner in Houston — most buyers plan their route Friday night and start early. The first Saturday of the month tends to draw the biggest crowds. Two-day Friday–Saturday sales work well for estate sales and large cleanouts, while Sunday-only sales are quieter but great for clearing leftovers at steeper discounts.
It depends on your complex. Most Houston apartment and condo communities restrict sales in parking lots or common areas, so check your lease and ask management first. Good alternatives: ask a friend with a house, join a nearby community sale, or post an online-only sale on Get Garage Sales and meet buyers at a neutral spot.
Beyond Get Garage Sales, Houston sellers use local Facebook neighborhood groups, Nextdoor, Craigslist Houston, and the Greensheet. Posting in several places increases foot traffic, but Get Garage Sales is the only one that ranks your sale by distance on a live map — so nearby buyers find you first without scrolling.
Yes. Estate sales usually involve the full contents of a home — often after a downsizing, relocation, or passing — and are frequently run by professional estate-sale companies over two to three days with staged pricing (full price day one, discounts days two and three). Garage sales are smaller, casual, single-household events. Both show on the Get Garage Sales Houston map, tagged separately.