Downsizing Checklist

  Where are you in the decision to move into something
more manageable?  Decided?  Still deciding?

   Timetable?

   Destination?

   What concerns you the most about the move? (Take time to think this over and list concerns.)

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   Number of rooms, bedrooms & floor plan of destination

   Is storage available at destination?  How much? (For off-season clothes?  Seasonal items?)

Furniture to be taken:    Bed      Lamps    End table(s)    Loveseat or        hideabed?    Coffee table    Small table and        chairs    Desk? Chair?    Computer?        Printer, etc.?     TV? Stereo?    Dresser    Bookcase   ____________

Other items to take:    Toiletries    Dishes, glasses    Accent towels    Decorative  items, pictures,  etc.    Clothing, shoes,  purses, etc.    Jewelry   ______________               ______________

   New items purchased?  What? ________________________________________________

   Color scheme? Items recovered, repaired? _______________________________________

    Who might help in the overall process?  How?  ___________________________________

   Are you putting the house on market?  Do you have a  realtor?  Need a referral?

   Do you have a mover?  Will you pack yourself?  Do you have boxes, paper, etc.?

   Making the house most marketable-clean-up, fix-up, de-clutter.

   What areas need sorting, inventory?

  garage

  attic

  basement

  closets

  drawers

  kitchen cabinets

   Possible recipients for items not moving:  family,
      friends, sale, donations, throw away?