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When You Move, Don’t Forget to Update Accounts or Cancel Services

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2022-05-20T11:41:24-05:00May 25th, 2022|Categories: Moving|Tags: cancel services, change of address, downsizing, moving, update accounts|

When you move to a new home, there are many moving parts to keep track of. An important aspect is to update accounts, and transfer or cancel services pertaining to your new home. This can be an overwhelming task depending on how many different companies that you do business with. Not all of the services that you use at your previous home are relevant to your new home. For example, if you are downsizing and moving from a house to a condo, you will likely need to cancel accounts with many of these companies, such as lawn care services. So [...]

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Preparing to Sell Your House

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2022-03-14T10:34:38-05:00March 16th, 2022|Categories: Moving|Tags: decluttering, donate, downsizing, preparations, process, recycle|

This is a very good time to sell your house for a lot of reasons. The main reason is that there is low inventory for available properties and sellers are at an advantage. This situation is commonly referred to as a ‘sellers market’. There are currently more buyers than available homes for sale, which creates competition among buyers to get the seller to accept their offer. If you have ever sold a house, then you know that there are many preparations to complete in order to put your house on the market. Several years ago, I wrote a post called [...]

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Benefits of Moving to a Smaller Home

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:22-06:00March 20th, 2019|Categories: Downsizing, Moving|Tags: downsizing, moving, save money, save time, storage|

There will be a point in your life when you start to consider moving to a smaller home. Typically, we start to think along those lines as we get older. We slow down and don’t have the energy or physical capacity to manage the tasks associated with a big home. You may have started out with a smaller home, then as you moved along life’s path, you needed more space so you upsized to a larger home, maybe more than once. The kids came along and you needed more space to accommodate more things for more people. You needed more [...]

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Resources to Consider When Seniors Downsize to Move

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:29-06:00November 1st, 2017|Categories: Downsizing, Moving, Rightsizing, Seniors|Tags: downsizing, moving, reduce stress, resources, seniors|

When you make that decision that you need to move to a smaller home, you may need some help. Most of us can’t do everything ourselves, especially when we get older. We need resources to bring our plan of moving to fruition. Below are some resources to consider when seniors are downsizing to move to a smaller home. Senior referral & placement service: You know you need to move to a smaller home but you don’t know exactly where. Your health is one of many things to consider when you choose your new home. Location, income, level of required care, [...]

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Life Situations That Create a Need to Declutter

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:31-06:00January 4th, 2017|Categories: Decluttering, Downsizing, Home Organization, Moving, Organizing Tips, Rightsizing|Tags: after a death, clutter, declutter, moving, organized, storage|

Life situations that create a need to declutter are many. These situations typically create a change to your living dynamic. Many are resistant to change and it’s understandable, especially at those times when you feel a loss. However, sometimes it helps to take an action to work through that sense of loss. Decluttering is a liberating feeling and may just be the right action for you. Life situations occur whenever there is a change in your living situation. This becomes an opportune time to declutter and organize for the new to come into your life. The scenarios below provide some insight [...]

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Rightsizing For a Move

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:41-06:00August 12th, 2013|Categories: Downsizing, Moving, Organizing Tips, Rightsizing|Tags: moving, planning, purge|

There can be a lot of reasons why you may decide to move to a smaller home. Your decision could be economical, you may no longer want the responsibility of maintenance, you may no longer need that much space, or your health may dictate the need of assistance for daily activities. Whatever the reason, moving to a smaller home is a big event at any age. Wherever you live, you want your home to be a peaceful, comfortable living environment. When you have a lot of stuff surrounding you it can feel like the walls are closing in. You need your [...]

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Moving Day

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:51-06:00March 30th, 2011|Categories: Downsizing, Moving, Organizing Tips, Recycle|Tags: moving, packing, planning, recycle, scheduling tasks|

Moving to a new home is an exciting adventure. It’s also a major undertaking that requires a significant amount of planning. If you have a home that needs to be sold, that should be job one. Staging your home for sale is somewhat of an art and is an article all by itself. This post talks about what you need to do to prepare for moving day. Your plan needs to begin when you know the actual date, or a ballpark idea of the date of the move. Create a list of to-do’s and the dates they need to complete. [...]

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