10 Steps to an Easy and Organized Move

1.Determine a date to finish downsizing…make it within 2 months at the latest or you will keep procrastinating.

2.Tell all family members to pick up their treasures two weeks before the deadline (if as an example 2 months is your deadline)

3.Decide who will help with downsizing (if family make sure they commit to a date within your deadline to fully downsize your home)

4.If an outside service is going to take away the items, make sure you schedule a date within your deadline and after family has removed their items.

5.Purchase plastic containers to store all items left (plastic is a good material as it will protect items in your basement under moist or damp conditions)

6.On the day of your downsizing (done by outside company or family) have two tables set up in your garage.

7.Have the people helping you downsize bring the items to your garage and place on one table, then as they go back for the next items select which items go in the donation area, then throw away area or save table. The items you save immediately go into a plastic container with a cover and label that container. There should be someone helping you with lifting to the selected areas and stacking the saved plastic containers.

8.All papers that need to be examined go into plastic containers for future selection of what to keep or throw way…This can be done over time even after you move.

9.Have the family or hauling company take away all items to the dump or to where they are being donated.

10.If the steps above are too much for you to take on, we are ready to step in and assist with each.