Move & Transition Support
Forty years of a home, handled with care
Downsizing is rarely about boxes. We manage the sorting, the selling, the packing and the move day — at a pace that respects what each object means.
The stages
From first box to first night
- 1
Sorting, room by room
We begin with the lowest-emotion room and work at your parent's pace. Four decisions only: moving, family, sell or donate, recycle.
- 2
Sale and donation coordination
Estate sale professionals, consignment, auction, or charity pickup — arranged and supervised so nothing valuable disappears and nothing useful goes to landfill.
- 3
Packing
Labelled by destination room in the new home, with a first-night box set aside: medications, kettle, bedding, chargers, a few photographs.
- 4
Move-day coordination
We book and manage the movers, hold the keys, walk the empty house, and stay until the truck is unloaded. The family does not need to take the day off.
- 5
Settling in
Furniture placed to the plan, bed made, kitchen unpacked and functional, pictures on the walls. Your parent arrives at a home, not a storage unit.
We work alongside your realtor and notary
A large share of our move projects arrive through Greater Victoria realtors handling estate and downsizing sales, and through notaries and estate lawyers. We are comfortable working to a listing date, a possession date, and a probate timeline without needing to be managed.
- Staging-ready timelines: the house is clear and photograph-ready when your listing needs it.
- One point of contact for the family, so the realtor is not fielding sorting questions.
- Documented donation receipts and estate sale records for the estate file.
- Reciprocal referrals — we recommend the professionals who look after our families well.
Packages
Choose the level of help you need
Consultation & plan
$65/hour
Usually 2–3 hours
- Walk-through and volume assessment
- Written room-by-room sorting plan
- Vetted contractor list: movers, estate sale, haulers
- Realistic timeline back from your possession date
Standard
from $2,200
Project price, or $75/hour. Mover and truck costs are billed separately.
- Everything in Consultation & plan
- Hands-on sorting alongside your parent
- Donation and estate sale coordination
- Full packing and labelling
- We organize movers and a vehicle for you, then supervise the move end to end until your belongings are arranged as they were in your old home
Full support
from $3,800
Project price, or $85/hour. Movers and vehicle included.
- Everything in Standard
- Movers and a vehicle are included in the project price
- Move-day coordination end to end
- Unpacking and furniture placement
- Home set up and ready on the first night
Standard organizes and supervises the mover and vehicle (their cost is billed separately); Full support includes them in the project price. Estate sale commissions and extra haulage are third-party costs quoted separately. Full support care clients receive 15% off any package above.
Before and after
We photograph every project at the start and the finish, and we share those images only with written permission from the family. Our first published before-and-after sets will appear here as clients agree to them — we would rather show you nothing than show you someone else's stock photography.
Planning a move in the next six months?
Call early. The projects that go calmly are the ones that started ninety days out — and the first conversation costs nothing.