1. Relocation
and
Home Transitions

2. Home Transition Needs
Organization
Moving To New Home
Selling Home
Staying In Their Home

3. Organize Your Home
Before
• Where to begin
• What to do with
“stuff”
• Physically demanding
• Emotionally love all
their things
• Too ashamed to let
others see
According to AARP, many seniors have lived in their homes for
over 30 years.

4. Professional Organizer
After
• Plan
• Accountability
• Resources
• Labor
• Understanding
• Confidentiality
We love to simplify the lives of senior
adults, retirees and empty nesters!

5. Organizing Services
Clean out the following: Get rid of your “stuff”
– Closets – Seller resources
– Attics – Charity resources
– Garages – Trash removal
– Clothes – Appraiser List
– Paperwork Shopping Services
– Kitchens
– Bathrooms

6. Move To New Home
• Moving Plan A-Z
• Floor Plan
• Sort and Label
• Color Coded Systems
• Packing and Supplies
• Resources
• Dispersal
• Resettle in New Home
Move Managers love seniors and their
dogs too!

7. Resettle in New Home
Before After
Average unpack takes between 3 – 4 hours, boxes gone and
senior settled in their home!

8. Floor Plan
Option # 1 Option # 2
Foundation to every home transition

9. Sell Your Home
What is Home Staging?
• Preparing home for sale
• Use existing home contents
• Neutralizing
• De-cluttering
• Cleaning
• Repairs
• Written report
• Rental of furniture

10. Staging Pictures
Before After
The way you live in your home and the way you sell your house
are two different things – Barb Swartz

11. Staging Facts
• 94% of ASP staged homes sell within one
month compared non-staged homes is 160
days.
• Sell at an average of 10% more money.
• Designed to create emotion
• Draw the buyers eye to the best feature

12. Stay In Your Home
Aging In Place
• Assistance to stay in their
home
• Home modifications and
design solutions
• Create a safe and
comfortable environment.
• Solutions for visual
impairments, walkers and
wheelchairs.

13. What is CAPS?
Certified Aging In Place Specialist
Offered By
National Home Builders Association - NAHB
Written report Resources
Manage project Floorplan

14. Home Modifications
• Widen doors and hallways
• Chairlifts or elevators
• Wheelchair ramps
• Light switches
• Contrasting paint
• Special lighting
• Kitchen and bath remodel
• Universal Design installation
Universal Design is the design of products and environments
to be used by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without
the need of adaptation or specialized design. – Ron Mace

15. Adele Mahan
704.307.1112
www.freshstarttransitions.com
Free home consultations
Bonded and insured