The move itself

Decades of belongings, the order of selling and moving, estate sales, clean-outs and move managers. The practical middle of a transition, where most of the work actually is.

Articles

Do you sell the house first, or find the next place first?The trade-off between selling a Cape house before moving and moving before selling, the ways families bridge the gap, and how the 42-day median closing time on the Lower Cape shapes the plan.

Printable guides on this subject

Staying or going? A worksheet

In preparation

These questions are being written. Because they involve law, tax, benefits or care, each will be published only after a Massachusetts professional in that field has reviewed it. Are you one? Review a draft.

Donating, hauling and recycling on the Lower Cape · review welcome from: cleanout or hauling firm
Estate sale, consignment or cleanout - which does this house need? · review welcome from: estate sale professional
Sorting a Cape house from off-Cape · review welcome from: senior move manager
Nobody wants the brown furniture: what Cape contents are actually worth · review welcome from: estate sale professional
What do you do with forty years of things in a Cape house? · review welcome from: senior move manager
What a senior move manager does, and what one costs · review welcome from: senior move manager
Moving in winter on the Cape · review welcome from: senior move manager
The realistic downsizing timeline · review welcome from: senior move manager

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