Top Ten Downsizing Tips
- Develop your move plan
- Assess what you need to do and develop a timeline
- Think strategically
- Sequence your plan to maximize the marketability of your home
- Create a scaled-floor plan
- Remove guesswork and avoid costly, stress-producing errors
- Work in chunks of time
- Divide big tasks into smaller ones; one hour per day
- Sort, don’t pack
- Sort in advance to make money from things you don’t need
- Do reality checks
- Use measurements to compare space in old and new residence
- Take control
- Be firm with family members about decisions and your timeframe
- Get generous
- You can’t take it all with you so be generous with family and friends
- Start early, end happy
- Allow enough time to finish the task on time without undue stress
- Ask for help
- We will do as much or as little as you wish but get involved with a professional Senior Move Manager
DeAnne Wilfong
Office: 509.443.7211 Cell: 509.993.3459
Email: DeAnne@movingforseniors.com