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Thinking About Where & How You Want to Live in Your Next Chapter?
Downsize - Stay at Home - Senior Living Community - ADU
YOU HAVE OPTIONS...
Move to a More Suitable Home
Move to a More Suitable Home
Move to a More Suitable Home
Specialized training and years of experience have prepared us to help you with the planning and management of a later in life move - whether "downsizing" or not. We will handle everything from A-Z.
Perhaps it's time to consider a single level home or a condo closer to the airport so you can travel to see the grandkids for part of the year.
Whether your next chapter home is a single family home, an active adult community or a senior living community, we can help you find just the right place.
Aging-in-Place aka Stay Put
Move to a More Suitable Home
Move to a More Suitable Home
If you prefer to stay in your own home we will do everything in our power to make that possible for you. We can assess the house for safety, make necessary changes plus help you determine what services you may need to live comfortably in your existing home now and into the future.
And, if you want to stay in your home but your current house does not meet your needs as is or with changes, we can help you find the right home to "stay put" in.
Move to Assisted Living, an Active Adult Home, Independent Living, or Memory Care
Move to Assisted Living, an Active Adult Home, Independent Living, or Memory Care
Move to Assisted Living, an Active Adult Home, Independent Living, or Memory Care
We have relationships with many of the local senior living communities and can help identify the right one for your life style.
Next your dedicated Move Manager will move you in - placing your belongings based on a floorplan we will prepare of your new space.
We will help you work through which furniture and belongings will fit into your new space and ship items to family members, sell or donate the rest.
Our CSHP team will sell your existing home for the best possible price and coordinate the entire project so you do not have to do a thing.
Build an Accessory Dwelling Unit
Move to Assisted Living, an Active Adult Home, Independent Living, or Memory Care
Move to Assisted Living, an Active Adult Home, Independent Living, or Memory Care
An ADU or Accessory Dwelling Unit can provide several options for now and into the future.
Perhaps one of the kids lives in it while they are single and you stay in your own home (or we find you a home with a lot suitable for an ADU) if the finances make sense.
We know of clients who have done that and then when the kids were married, perhaps even had children - and the ADU became too small you swap homes with them and make that your retirement home.
It is hard for young people to afford a buy or even to rent a home - and it may make financial sense to keep rent payments in the family instead of paying the high rents in the local area - or for you to move into senior living at a cost of around $8,000 a month. Just a thought. We can chat about it when we meet.
STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS
PLAN
Your dedicated Move Manager will help you clarify your goals, current and future needs and start to put together a customized plan and timeline. This will be based on the information collected during our initial consultation and on the planning sheets you received from us when we began this journey together.
HOME VALUATION
Get a free and accurate valuation of your home taking into account the latest market trends and data to provide you with an estimate of your home's value. Even if you ultimately decide not to sell the home it is important you know what we believe it would sell for in the current market.
If you choose, we can also put together an estimate of the work that we believe could be done to your house to increase the sales price - as well as what it would sell for "as is".
Remember if we do have our contractors make strategic updates you won't need to do a thing and perhaps best of all, no payment will be due for the work until the home sells. That's right, no money out of pocket.
TOUR SENIOR COMMUNITIES & SINGLE LEVEL HOMES
It is almost impossible to make a decision until you have considered all your options. We understand that and will spend as much time as you need to decide between all the options including a senior living community, a single level home with low or no maintenance or even an ADU Accessory Dwelling Unit in your own back yard.
Perhaps You Prefer to STAY IN YOUR HOME
If this is your preference we will do everything we can to make that a reality for you.
SELECT YOUR NEW HOME
When you find the home you want to live in for your Next Chapter, we will prepare and submit the offer for you and represent you during the transaction to ensure all deadlines are met and everything goes along smoothly until you have the keys in your hand.
During escrow we will prepare a floorplan for you so that you're able to decide what items you wish to take with you, what will fit in the new space, and perhaps as important, what will not.
Your Move Manager will manage the packing and moving so you don't have to do a thing.
MOVE TO NEW HOME
Move into your new home - taking just what you have selected to take with you, leaving the rest in your existing home - ready for the Move Manager to take the next step.
GET EXISTING HOME READY FOR SALE
Once the home is empty and has had a deep clean we will sell it using the method of sale you have chosen /MORE Don't be offended by this statement, even the cleanest home needs a good clean after the home is empty.
SELL YOUR HOME
Moving to a new city can be overwhelming. Our relocation services will help you settle in quickly and seamlessly. We will help you find a home, schools, and other amenities in your new city.
SETTLE INTO NEW HOME
The moving team will unpack your belongings and put them away according to the floorplan.
OK, First Things First
FREE Planning Meeting
or better yet, let us do the leg work and present you with options based on your needs and preferences discovered during your complimentary consultation meeting!
