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Letting Go With Love: Our Take on Swedish Death Cleaning

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning is a best-selling book by Margareta Magnusson. She describes herself as ‘somewhere between 80 and 100’ and over a period of months embarked on a purge of her home to spare her loved ones the burden of doing so. She relived memories, reflected on the differenc...

12.12.24 03:28 PM
How Careful Planning Transforms Challenging Moves

In early 2020, Bill was looking forward to moving to a continuing care retirement community where life would be simpler and he could enjoy the array of activities and outing offered. Multiple restaurant venues would provide him with endless dining options. And having family regularly stay over in hi...

03.01.22 03:33 PM
The Story of Liquidating a Collection of 12,000 Books

Late last year, we had a project where we were hired to clear out the estate of a retired UNC math professor. As soon as we took a step into his home, his love of reading, collecting, and repairing books was more than obvious. His home had an extensive book collection – our guess is probably about 1...

16.12.21 03:36 PM

Do you know what's the most underutilized space in a house?  

Do you know what's the most underutilized space in a house? The back of a door. 


Many may put up a hook for coats or that umbrella that you use every once in awhile, but there is actually a ton of unused space on a door ...



10.01.21 05:15 PM
Getting Creative: Zoom Sorting Sessions

"Creativity involves breakout out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way," a quote by Edward de Bono highlights what our team has embraced working during COVID. 

Our roles as move managers are considered essential during the pandemic. We have experie...

27.11.20 03:38 PM