We had a living estate auction when we downsized and moved to Florida. We weren’t in a gated community, but we were on a cul-de-sac. I did not want an auction or sale happening at our home. Wasn’t going to do that to our neighbors.
The auction house took a slightly higher % to come pack up everything we were selling and move it to their facility. Maybe 5% more?? The auction happened at their site about a month later.
The beauty of an auction is that everything goes. We had a detailed list of what everything was sold for.
We also used an auction approach when my parents died over 35 years ago. That was held at their home, but it was a more rural setting v being in a neighborhood.
I’m a big fan of auctions over sales