Sometimes a senior’s need to move comes unexpectedly.
Roger and Alma Klein, both 75, of Casper Wyoming, found that they had to move quickly when Roger suffered an aneurysm that first brought hospitalization then a move with Alma to a residential care facility.
Their daughter Andrea found herself the person in charge to emergency downsize. “I remember sitting in my parents’ house … looking at all their belongings and thinking, ‘What am I going to do now?’ ” Andrea recalled, as reported by the AARP.
While many people downsize on their own, more and more people are turning to professional companies who can reduce stress, do the job quickly and offer compassion at what is sometimes an emotional time in a senior’s life.
Neat Life Design
One such company is Neat Life Design, headed by Stacy Chambers, who is a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) and a member of the Batavia and St. Charles Chambers of Commerce. She is serves on the board of directors of Elderday Center, a nonprofit adult day center.
“Everyone’s journey is unique,” says Stacy, who began her company in July 2019. “But we are all trying to get to the same place where we are calm, happy and ourselves. I have a passion for making spaces organized and creating surroundings that are a functional backdrop to life.
Neat Life Design, which is a privately-owned company, supplies many transition needs of seniors, including organizing important documents, tax documents, mailed items and paper files.
Two Benefits of this Moving Service
Stacy’s business provides seniors with these benefits:
- A way to remain in their homes, safely and more functionality (age in place) by removing clutter, clearing pathways and making items they use everyday more assessable.
- Help them transition to a senior community or live with their children or other family members. This can be difficult if the senior has collected 30+ years of belongings.
Neat Life Design specializes in:
- Home organizing
- Move management
- Senior downsizing
- Paper management
“Stacy is exactly the person you need if you want once-and-for-all solutions that you’ll be both comfortable with and proud of,” says Cathy Kern, who lived in St. Charles, IL at the time. “You’ll love your own space again – or for the first time. Best of all Stacy is down to earth, dedicated and delightful.”
A move management company like Neat Life Design manages all aspects of a home transition. You will enjoy these benefits:
- Avoid frustration by taking what seems to be an overwhelming situation and breaking it in to manageable parts
- Reduce stress on family members that often time arise during times of transition
- Save time by quickly coordinating reputable resources to help with every aspect of your move
- Reduce moving costs
- Save money by preparing the home to list sooner
- Reduce physical demands of a move
Here are the steps that will be taken in your move:
- Develop an overall move plan
- Sort, categorize and help you decide what to bring to your new home
- Custom furniture floor plan of your new home and storage solutions
- Coordinate an estate sale
- Arrange for donations, recycle and disposal of unwanted items
- Help prepare your house for listing
- Manage related service such as cleaning, waste removal
- Wrap, pack, box and label your belongings
- Coordinate a moving company
- Unpack, arrange and organize your new home
Stacy will consult with you with your needs either in person (masked) or via Zoom.
Neat Life Designs works with clients in St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, Elgin Aurora, Wheaton, and much of Kane and DuPage Counties. Contact Stacy at 630-998-3054, or email stacy@neatlifedesign.com, or visit their website at www.neatlifedesign.com.