Case Studies

Nice & Easy Move to Assisted Living:  Well-known power couple looking to move back to Boston after a long careers in academia and social work.  We helped them purchase a sunny floor through in an elevator building over looking Commonwealth Ave, and conducted a full renovation of kitchen, and baths, added air-conditioning, while maintaining the classic style.  After more than a decade of happily connecting with their friends and colleagues in the Back Bay, where they each wrote new books, they decided to move back to Philadelphia, to be closer to family.  We sold their home in the fall, but enabled them to live there for several months while they took their times saying good-bye to friends, while working with a professional organizer to help move their belongings between the Cape and Philly.

Fly off to Florida:  Long-time resident wanted to sell her condo, and achieve her dream of living her retirement years near her best friend in Palm Beach.  She needed time to find just the right condo in her price range, time to transition from her current career, time to pack up her things, and time to enjoy  summer with loved ones on the Cape.    We helped her organize, pack and stage her home, utilizing storage space to make her home feel light and uncluttered.  We developed a unique marketing strategy, that resulted in a a full price offer, which allowed her to close in the spring, and rent back from the new owners for the entire summer.  Using the proceeds of the sale of her home, it was only a few weeks before she  purchased her new condo at a fair price, from an elderly owner, and had time and funds to make renovations to her new home prior to moving in.  It was a perfectly timed home sale – home-purchased process, that enabled her to transition her job to remote, and continue to work for her long-time employer, and take time to do the it in a low-stress manor, all while enjoying summer on the Cape  and the Fall in the Florida sunshine in her beautifully refreshed condo!

Empty Nesters Move Back To Boston:  Beautiful family with two adult kids had outgrown the need for a 4 bedroom home with a pool and amazing gardens on a cul-de-sac in North Andover.  Perfectly appointed with great light and layout, we enhanced the staging of the home with original artwork from Boston artist Oneil (theoneilstudio.com) and brought in orchids, and large-scale flower arrangements for the high ceiling entry way, as well as planters of evergreens, bulbs, and hydrangea to showcase the pool area in the early spring.  We developed a pre-marketing plan to generate tremendous buyer interest, and held three very well attended open houses, before putting the home under agreement for full price, to a lovely family who would modify the game-room basement floor to work well for her mother to live full time in retirement.