One of our more popular senior concierge services is helping clients downsize their new homes. As part of that service, we can help create a brand-new floor plan based on the new location and the existing furniture. We can even help clients select new furniture better suited to their new...
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Tag Archives: Downsizing
Challenges of Downsizing: How Small to Go
We have helped a lot of clients downsize over the years. Downsizing is a part of life as older people sell big houses they no longer need in order to get into something smaller, more affordable, and easier to maintain. Yet before a client ever calls and makes arrangements with...
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Letting Go of Collectibles Can Be Heart-Wrenching
There is an interesting program that airs on the FOX Business channel called Strange Inheritance. It is a program that deals with people who leave significant inheritances to their children or grandchildren with the expectation that those who receive the inheritances will honor the requests of the deceased. Often the...
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The Art of Combining Homes
My Divine Concierge works with many clients going through the downsizing process. However, every once in a while we are called in to help a family get organized after combining multiple households. For example, we might work with a newly married couple who both have entire households of possessions due...
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Downsizing: 3 Reasons to Consider New Furniture
As an older person, you may eventually reach that point in your life when you realize it is better to downsize than continue trying to maintain a big home you no longer need. Once that decision is made, it is on to finding a smaller home and deciding what stays...
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Downsizing: What to Do When You Don’t Have Enough Room
This time of year (late August/early September) is pretty popular for seniors choosing to downsize. Some are preparing for a retirement in a warmer climate while others have come to realize the need to move to an assisted living facility somewhere locally. Of course, downsizing presents many different challenges. For...
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Three Reasons to Hire a Concierge for Downsizing
Every year, countless numbers of seniors go through the process of downsizing to a smaller home or some sort of assisted living facility. At My Divine Concierge, we have helped our share of Westchester seniors complete the downsizing process with as little stress as possible. We believe the services we...
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Knowing Floor Space Can Help with Downsizing Strategies
So, you’ve come to the place where it is time to help your parents downsize. They have already chosen their new home; now it is a matter of sorting through their possessions, packing up what they are taking with them, and getting them moved. As with any job, the right...
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Five Tips for Senior Downsizing
In the back of your mind, you have always hoped this day would never come. Yet here it is – you have to begin the process of downsizing. Maybe you have purchased a smaller retirement home in a warmer climate; maybe you are moving across town to an assisted living...
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