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Downsizing Tips: Checklist For Caregivers

March 19, 2021
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If you are helping your parents move, here are some tips on how to be more efficient and supportive to your loved ones as they go through these major life event. Listed below are downsizing tips to make the process easier and less stressful.

Tips To Help Seniors Downsize

Plan Ahead

  • If you have spare time and your parent is willing, you can start decluttering even before a move is imminent. Decluttering at least 1 year before an actual move is a good idea.
  • Shred confidential documents that you no longer need, throw away outdated food, or give away items that you no longer need.
  • Ask a tax person about the records that you need to keep.
  • Don’t stop decluttering until you begin sorting and packing for your move.
  • Gather and keep important document.
  • Keep the sorting and packing activities to two hours at most.
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Financial Benefits of Downsizing Your Home

March 15, 2021
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A lot of people equate purchasing a bigger home to moving up in life. But that’s not true. Many American families have a lot of opportunity for downsizing their houses without the need to cramp up their style.

Think about the numbers. The average size of a new single family house is almost 2,500 square feet. You might think that it’s not all that big until you find out how big homes are in the past. According to history books, the average size of a home back in 1975 was nearly 1,000 square feet less than the average size of homes these days. Plus, the families were way bigger back then. If you consider those standards, then people these days are definitely living large.

Some people think that downsizing is a step down. But if you look at it closely, you’ll see that it comes with several benefits like getting rid of clutter, saving time, and money, too. Professional organizers say that downsizing could very well be the fresh start that you and your family have been wanted to have.

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Tips To Help your Parents Downsize

February 25, 2021
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Are your parents moving in with you, into an assisted living facility or perhaps into a smaller home or apartment? Whatever the situation is and wherever they plan to relocate, it’s likely that they’re moving to a smaller space. If that’s the case then they have to downsize. For some, senior downsizing may sound negative, but it actually offers several benefits like having a simpler life, getting documents and other paperwork in proper order, and the chance to see the next generation to enjoy the heirlooms.

Even if your parents are willing and ready to downsize, senior relocating and downsizing can be an overwhelming experience. Here are some downsizing tips from professional organizers.

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Senior Moving Checklist: What You Need To Know

December 17, 2020
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Moving for a loved one or yourself can be a stressful and challenging experience. To assist you with the process, here are some senior moving checklist that could help you look for retirement communities, arrange the consolidation of your possessions, hire a mover, and schedule your travel.

Moving With Seniors Checklist

3 Months Before

  1. Determine Your Needs
  • Create a list of all your needs
  • If you or your loved one is retiring, you also need to consider the location and the things you’d like to do to enjoy your retirement.
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Tips For Downsizing Your Home

December 3, 2020
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You need to be realistic when it comes to downsizing your home. You have to know how much available space you have in your new home. This will help you decide who much you’ll be able to use for storage. Create a list of items that you need to keep and begin there. You should be committed in retaining only the most used items so you can save as much space as possible. You always have the option to give out sentimental items or non-essential items to your friends or relatives.

Home organizing experts said, use wall mounted shelves for your special decorative or ornamental items. If you have lots of them but not enough space, your home can easily be filled with these items. To avoid that, you can arrange your personal treasures on a rotating basis over a few months.

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What are Downsizing Specialists?

November 11, 2020
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When you reduce clutter and move into a much smaller home to have a simpler daily living, the process is referred to as downsizing.

Downsizing offers several benefits including:

  • Reduced real estate costs
  • Reduced utility costs
  • Less home maintenance
  • More free time for hobbies and travel

During the downsizing process, a senior may decide to transfer to a retirement community. In other cases, family members and caregivers help in downsizing to prepare to move into a long term care or assisted living community.

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Tips For Finding Professional Help In a Crisis Downsizing

August 20, 2020
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The services of senior move managers, whose work involve helping clients unclutter their homes and move, range from $40 to $125 per hour.

For some people, retirement downsizing does not involve long-planned move to a lavish condo or going through a lifetime of memorabilia and belongings that they accumulated over the past 20 years. Instead, the downsizing came unexpectedly and suddenly perhaps due to an illness, job loss, or some major personal or financial issue.

Many homeowners try to go through the tedious process of an emergency downsize on their own. But there is a growing number of people who are getting the assistance of experts in home organizing.

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Downsizing and Relocation Services

August 18, 2020
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Downsizing Services

Anyone who has lived a full life could unknowingly accumulate a large volume of memorabilia. If you or a loved one has come to a decision that it is time to move into a more convenient and smaller home, you might find yourself in an overwhelming situation with the amount of stuff that you need to go through.

It’s years of memories and not just mere “stuff.” Let Brunswick Organizing Solutions help you change your living area and possessions to help significantly improve your life.

With our downsizing service, we will help you honor your past while helping you embrace your future.

If done correctly, downsizing can be a relief since our professional organizers can help you in prioritizing the things that are important and helpful in the next phase of your life.

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Downsizing Tips: How To Get Rid of Clutter?

July 15, 2020
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Everyone knows that clutter needs to go but it’s always easier to leave the task of decluttering for another day. If you are moving to a new home, then now is the perfect time to get this done.

Some people think that downsizing is only for retirees. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Even those with children in college or if their adult children have settled into their new lives may consider downsizing.

Deal With Easier Stuff First

Getting rid of clutter can be an overwhelming task and that’s one of the many reasons why many homeowners put off this task. So, to help you get started, you should deal with the things that you can easily part with.

  1. Clothes – get rid of all those that no longer fit you, have not worn in years, or have stains on them.
  2. Paper – get rid of paper clutter like manuals, extra copies, envelopes, or similar items that you no longer use.
  3. Duplicates – Get rid of all the duplicates. Do you have 10 mugs in a house of 2? Do you have 5 black shirts when you only use 2 regularly?
  4. Books – donate, sell, or give some of the books that you own.
  5. Movies and Music – they’re most likely part of the service that you are already subscribed to so there’s no need to keep old music or movie tapes, CDs, or DVDs.
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