You’ve made the tough decision to downsize your longtime home or maybe you’ve been tasked with clearing the estate of a loved one. You’re facing a mountain of responsibility and an endless list of decisions and to-dos. The goal seems straightforward enough: a clean, empty house ready to sell. But getting there can quickly become an exhausting maze of decisions, deadlines and moving parts.
I’m Anna Novak, founder of Simply Downsized and a downsizing concierge serving families throughout Northern Virginia. My job is to help people see the whole picture, whether they’re downsizing and moving or clearing a family home or estate.
In helping countless families through downsizing moves, I’ve learned that effort usually isn’t the problem. More often, it’s doing the right things in the wrong order, misallocating resources or trying to manage too much of the process themselves…