Relocation for Families and Aging Parents

Article submitted by Sally Allen, founder of A Place for Everything.
For more information, she can be reached at 303-526-5357, or visit her website: www.SallyAllenOrganizer.com.

Moving is not about boxes – It's about people!

Sally Allen, founder of A Place for Everything, developed her organizational skills from personal experience: raising a family of five while moving 19 times, both domestic and international. Sally's professional career includes working for the 1984 Olympic Committee and the 1996 Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games while maintaining a career with Marriott International Hotels and Resorts.

Both in Sally's own family and her extended family and friends, she started to see the difficulty facing families and aging parents when faced with a move, often from a home of decades. She realized that the skills and knowledge she had developed while raising and moving her family and working in the hospitality industry were valuable to aging parents and their families in dealing with the trauma of relocating. Sally's vision of A Place for Everything is the ability to create a plan that is just for you and your loved ones.

The Services Offered by A Place for Everything include:

A Place for Everything coordinates, oversees and supervises relocation. The process may include services relating to organizing a home prior to a move, acting as client representative during a move, and coordinating resettlement at destination location.

Prior to the Move:

"Dress" the house to SELL

• Identify the cherished items that will move with you
• Help make the difficult decisions of what to donate, recycle, share with family members - while understanding the language of tears
• Rearrange furniture/art work/accessories (if necessary)
• Add enhancements (leasing plants, art work etc. if necessary)

Relocation calendar

• Track and act upon all necessary elements for a successful move
• Follow up for client accountability

Floor Plan - what fits/what doesn't in the new home

Obtain van line bids

• Schedule estimates
• Analyze competitive bids

During the Move:

Oversee/supervise (allowing client to attend to last minute errands)

• Packing - crating - special handling
• Loading - for efficient unloading
• Unloading - track inventory - placement and care

Resettlement at Destination:

Unpack all rooms (not everything you own on the floor!)

• Sort
• Organize/put away
• Arrange furniture, hang art work/photos, and accessories to create an instantaneous at-home environment
• Make the bed, turn on the light, put on the music

Remember ...
MOVING IS NOT ABOUT BOXES - IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE!

Additional services:

• Professional house cleaning services that specialize in cleaning before move in and after move out
• Concierge services that will provide the finishing touches
• Interior designers
• Pre-pack documents, prescriptions, jewelry, etc. to be delivered personally
• and many more resources