Sometimes you need a little extra care to move. Especially when it’s your parents time to leave the family home and they’ve been there for 48 years! Read our case study on how a family in Tingalpa cleared and cleaned, maintained and sold their parents’ house with ease and continued on with their own, busy lives.
Care to Move Director, Leah Steinberg was on the way to Moreton Island for a sneaky weekend getaway, when she got the call from Scott…
“Yes…hi…would you be able to come and meet us at my parents-in-laws’ house at Tingalpa? I think we may need a little bit of help.
“My wife and I both work and we have already spent a couple of weekends there and we just don’t think we can take the required time off, to get the house presentable for sale,” he said.
We visited the property, in the heart of Tingalpa and discovered the owners had just transitioned into aged care. We were certain we could help the family deal with their parents’ home along with all their varied chattels, collected from years of camping and adventures around Australia.
Following our briefing, Care to Move estimated the services required and provided a schedule to keep everything on track. Part of the brief included finding some memorabilia the family couldn’t locate. Some beauties, including an old camera, old photo albums and priceless keepsakes were all located.
Care to Move sorted and cleaned the place in a methodical and respectful way, readying the home for sale, all by the end of the month. The doll, model boat and orchid collections were absolutely fabulous and have all gone to good homes. Check out Annette’s testimonial here.
For this project, we:
- Delivered chairs & chests of drawers to North Lakes massive artworks to the city and other furniture to family
- Sorted and packed all remaining household items for keeping, sale, donation or waste (including providing all packaging)
- Organised sale of household items identified as delivering reasonable value (30% commission on sale price)
- Arranged and supervised charity collections
- Sorted waste and organised removal (final waste 25m3)
- Arranged and supervised services to assist clearing house
- Organised internal, external house cleaning in preparation for sale
- Arranged steam cleaning lounge and internal carpets
- Arranged and supervise pre-sale garden maintenance
- Researched and negotiated with real estate agents to present to client
- Produced a printed photo book– showcasing doll collection for mother
Before and after photos:
Before Care to Move
After Care to Move
If you or your family require Care to Move, please contact us for a no obligation estimate. Email: support@caretomove.com.au or Telephone 07 3180 1689.