Senior Downsizing & Transition Services - Estate Sales, Senior Facility Clean Outs & More
The Estate Pros are here to guide seniors and their families through the senior downsizing process, providing simple solutions for sensitive transitions.
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SENIOR DOWNSIZING & ESTATE CARE
The Estate Pros are proud to offer transitional personal property estate liquidations services for seniors in their time of need. We provide solutions for all situations, whether you’re a senior needing to liquidate the contents of your home or a family member looking to handle a loved one’s belongings from their former senior living facility or community residence.
The Estate Pros will assist you with a customized plan to ensure a smooth, seamless transition during this sensitive time.
Estate Sales for Seniors & Their Families
Conducting an estate sale can be emotional, stressful and overwhelming, especially when trying to handle it on your own.
As a trusted authority with over 15 years of industry experience, the Estate Pros are here to provide an estate sale solution that is as seamless as possible – every aspect of the transition will be managed professionally and efficiently. We will handle all of the complexities of the senior estate liquidations process for you, guiding you through the entire journey from start to finish and allowing you the time to focus on what truly matters – you and your family.
With the Estate Pros, you’ll have the peace of mind knowing everything will be taken care of…
How Our Senior Estate Sale Service Works
The Estate Pros are here as your family’s trusted partner and advocate, tailoring your estate sale to fit your individual & specific needs. Our process is professional, compassionate and carefully planned:
- Start by scheduling a free consultation to discuss you and your families specific needs, goals and timeline. When ready, choose a weekend to schedule your family’s estate sale.
- Once scheduled, advertising begins and your estate sale listing is posted to our national network of shoppers via the Estate Pros website, major estate sale industry websites, social media, etc.
- Next, the Pros team will visit the home a few days prior to the estate sale in order to set up, merchandise and price all of your family’s cherished items using our boutique-style retail approach.
- Your estate sale is then conducted, managed and executed by our team of professionals over the course of a 1-3 day period (usually weekends).
- After the estate sale, your settlement payment and detailed estate sale transaction report are issued within 7-10 business days.
- To finish up, the Pros will empty the home by donating and cleaning out the remaining unsold items (if requested). The house is empty, broom swept, vacuumed and ready to go. Leaving you and your family with the relief knowing you can now focus on the next steps of your transition.
Senior Living Facilities & Communities
Perhaps you’re in a position where you need to clear out the former living space of a lost loved one. The handling of a loved one’s belongings in their former senior living facility or senior community residence can be emotional and difficult. Entrusting the right professionals in this sensitive moment can make all the difference. The Estate Pros are honored and proud to be here for you and your family in your time of need.
Our express services for senior living facilities & senior communities provide a ONE DAY solution to handle all of your loved one’s belongings. Yes, we will take care of everything in a single afternoon…
These senior living transition services include:
- Free on-site consultation to discuss your family’s needs & timeline
- Tailoring a customized plan to help you decide what to keep, donate, and discard
- Full-service professional support to execute – packing & moving to storage, donation deliveries, and trash removal
- Expedient & efficient – coordinating & executing the handling of your loved one’s belongings in a single afternoon, sometimes in just a matter of a couple of hours
- All location types – residential homes, senior living facilities, senior community residences & more
- Specialized donation and IRS tax programs to help relieve any financial burden that may arise – eliminating the need to have an estate sale in order to generate the potential income necessary to ease your family’s transition
Call the Pros and get the assistance you need today: 248-266-9817.
Why our clients trust the pros during their time of transition
We make the liquidation and/or clean out process as easy as possible handling all your items with utmost care, conducting our work with compassion and professionalism. When evaluating you or your loved one’s items for sale or donation, our appraisers rely on the standards and guidelines set forth in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), which contains Congressionally-authorized valuation standards – ensuring the accuracy and integrity of your donation documentation.
Our scheduling is flexible, and our senior living liquidations, donations & clean outs are completed quickly and safely. Our team will work with you from the initial free consultation to the complete execution of your downsize or clean out and everything in between. You don’t need to lift a finger, we take care of everything for you!
When should you complete your senior estate liquidation or clean out?
Timing is everything in life, and so is the scheduling of your senior living liquidations or senior estate clear out. Most people look to schedule their liquidations around the same time they are selling their home. These are the scheduling scenarios that usually work best:
BEFORE LISTING THE HOME FOR SALE
Typically for overly cluttered or hoarder homes in which your realtor has suggested you empty.
JUST BEFORE THE SALE CLOSING
You have a buyer in place and have secured a purchase agreement. The Estate Pros conduct the estate donation and cleanout in a single day, emptying the home within a week or two before closing. The closing occurs and you turn the keys over to the new homeowner.
JUST AFTER THE SALE CLOSING
The home is sold and closed on, you’ve secure a predetermined move out date post closing (leaseback or rental term). The Estate Pros conduct your single day estate donation and clean out within a week or two of your move out date. The house is vacuumed and broom swept. You can move out and turn the keys over to the new homeowner.
WHAT ABOUT SENIOR LIVING SITUATIONS?
Perhaps you’re in a position where you need to clear out the former living space of a lost loved one. The loss of a loved one can create some of life’s toughest moments. Knowing who to call to entrust with the safe relocation of their belongings from an assisted living facility, senior community, etc is an important and sensitive decision. The Estate Pros have handled thousands of senior living & community move / clean outs. Selling, re-homing, donating or recycling your family’s items in a manner that both respects and honors your family is our top priority. Call the Pros so we can walk you through the process and create a timeline that works for you and your family: 248-266-9817.
Things to consider when preparing for a move to a senior living community
Having a well thought out plan is important when moving from a residential home to a senior living facility or community. Here is a preliminary checklist to consider before moving.
- DOWNSIZING & ORGANIZING: Assess the size and compatibility of your new space to know what items to bring with you (furniture, personal items, etc). Make a detailed list of what you’re bringing with you and what you are selling, donating or discarding.
- MOVING LOGISTICS: Create a timeline for the move. Consider a senior move manager. Determine whether or not you need to hire movers and complete a search for reputable movers in your area.
- HEALTH & MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Complete required medical forms and tests. Communicate needs and preferences to the staff at your new facility. Coordinate with health care providers. Transfer any medical records and prescriptions.
- PAPERWORK, BILLS & UTILITIES: Complete pre-move documentation with the new community. Cancel or transfer current services and utilities. Fill out change of address forms.
- LEGAL & FINANCIAL MATTERS: Update all important documents (medical & legal documents, etc). Financial considerations – make sure your financials are in order to ensure proper budgeting for all current and new expenses, etc.
- SETTLING IN: Familiarize yourself with the new facility. Personalize your space. Locate all emergency call devices, etc.
A move to assisted living can be stressful for older adults and their caregivers. This kind of move typically involves downsizing and managing legal, financial, and medical documents. A checklist for moving to assisted living can help manage all of the details and keep you organized.
The Estate Pros Difference
Experience
Over 15 years of service with more than 5,000 successfully completed estate sales, liquidations, donations & clean outs.
Professional
Our team has the qualified appraisers and industry leading liquidation experts needed to get the job done right.
Safe
We are licensed, bonded & insured. You can feel confident knowing our services are private, safe and secure.
Results
Ranked in the top 50 estate sale companies in America, delivering millions of dollars in estate proceeds to our valued clients every year.
