Caring Transitions

Description of Work: I was a user of this service, which was employed by a friend whose mother was terminally ill. It is a wonderful way of keeping family and friends up to date on what is going on with their loved one without making dozens of phone calls or sending out bunches of emails. It also provides a central location for people to send their well wishes. Pictures can be posted as well.

Description of Work: Estate liquidation and home staging

Description of Work: I contacted Caring Transitions to help me to dispose of the remaining items in my parents' home after they had passed away and I was preparing to sell the house. Mike came out to the house exactly when scheduled, did a quick assessment of the items in the house and gave me an estimate of the value of the items remaining. We had talked about having an estate sale on the property, but decided due to the lack of furniture still in the home that the best option would be to do a "buy out", and move the remaining items (some furniture, general household goods, a few antiques, china, silver) to their warehouse for their monthly warehouse sale. We discussed boxing and moving items out for donation and disposal as well. We set a date in the next week for him to return with extra help to do a more detailed assessment and sort, pack and move the remaining items out of the house. He came back on the date as scheduled. He and his helpers were very quick and got the whole house ready to be emptied within a day. His detailed assessment for the buyout was actually 30% higher than the original estimate, which was a pleasant surprise.

Description of Work: Julie and Mike are incredible- they helped me move my mother's belongings twice (to a local assisted care facility and then out-of-state to move near me). During these two rather traumatic times, Julie and Mike (and Mike's son) were exceptionally helpful and accessible at a reasonable cost. They have a lot of experience in helping families move their elder relatives from the elders' homes into assisted living or nursing homes:not only did they help with the actual moves, Julie helped me plan what furniture would work in the assisted living space so I would not move furniture that didn't work and helped me sell the remainder, and helped store what was needed. I wish that Julie and Mike could do this same service nation-wide - there is tremendous need for this type of service, and Julie and Mike are phenomenally trustworthy as well.