Services of a Professional Move Manager
By Mary Holmes
Integrated Move Management would like to wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2018! As we start a new year, we thought it was a good idea to summarize the services offered by us and the Professional Move Manager industry generally. As it is a newer industry (coming into existence in the early 2000’s), we understand that not everyone is familiar with the broad range of ways we can help you and your family.
The Professional Move Management industry originated from adult children who were helping their aging parents transition from their long time homes into a smaller living situation, e.g. a retirement community. They realized both the emotional and physical stressors involved in this process for their parents and how much help they actually needed. Although these adult children were located in different states around the country and didn’t know each other, the internet helped bring them together. In 2002, the National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM) was founded as an industry organization. NASMM ensures that its members carry insurance and are bonded, understand safety issues, are trained appropriately to do the job, and understand and abide by the ethical behavior necessary to work with seniors. There are now over 900 members of NASMM. Today, most members of NASMM not only help seniors, but also assist anyone who needs help with downsizing, moving or home clean out.
Here is a list of some of the services we offer:
For those that are moving:
*Sorting and inventorying household items
*Shipping items to family members
*Downsizing services, including dispersing items (via sale or donation)
*Put together and manage a plan to sell items of value, e.g. dealers, collectors, auctioneers, consignment, onsite or online sales, etc.
*Recycling and trash removal
*Floor planning for new space to determine which furniture to move
*Interview and manage moving company
*Packing services
*Unpacking services
*Preparing home for sale, including decluttering (if being sold furnished) or broom cleaning
For those aging in place:
*Decluttering for safety
*Re-organizing closets, cabinets, etc. to ensure necessary items are accessible
*Move furniture for single floor living
*Manage contractors to install safety items: hand rails, grab bars, lifts, ramps, etc.
For those needing to empty a home in order to sell it (due to a prior move or death):
*Sort through items to determine what will remain with family, what will be sold, donated, recycled or trashed
*Shipping items to family
*Put together and manage a plan to sell items of value, e.g. dealers, collectors, auctioneers, consignment, onsite or online sales, etc.
*Transport items or plan for pickup of donations
*Transport items to recycling and dump
*Broom clean house in preparation for sale
For those that have inherited unwanted items from parents (or other relatives):
*Put together and manage a plan to sell items of value, e.g. dealers, collectors, auctioneers, consignment, onsite or online sales, etc.
*Transport items or plan for pickup of donations
*Transport items to recycling and dump
Please check out the Services page of our website, where you can learn more about us and some of our preferred partners we enjoy working with in various industries.
