Island Transitions

Description of Work: Cleaning of Home

Description of Work: Organizing/filing of a home office.

Description of Work: sorting and decluttering.

Description of Work: She is so lovely. I used her in the summer of 2015. She helps seniors arrange their possessions and facilitate their homes to move to an assisted living facility. I live in Maryland and my parents lived in New York. I came there to help them and ran into this Kathleen and she has just been phenomenal. I did not know where to start and she helped me from start to finish and she gained my father trust and helped him with his clothes and completely arranged his new apartment in the facility to help him feel at home and comfortable. She arranged with me and her staff to clear the home and sort through the possessions of my parents and getting them moved to sale the home. Everything was split up between 6 grand kids all around the country and she got everything sent to those specific places and helped me make arrangements to give things away. Since I live so far away I would have had no idea what I would have done without her!

Description of Work: We are selling a house that we inherited, located out of state, and it is complicated figuring out how to sell certain things, move others to our home, etc. We weren't sure whether we actually needed the services of an organizer but wanted to learn about this.

Description of Work: My uncle passed away suddenly in 2013 leaving me to dispose of his home and its contents. This included 83 years of accumulated "stuff" as well as some valuable art and bric-a-brac. It was hard to separate the "wheat from the chaff". He left few clues.Kathleen from Island Transitions helped us to sort through everything and to streamline the process of deciding what to keep, what to sell and what to throw away. She professionally packed china and family heirlooms, referred us to sources she trusted to evaluate items and arranged for a tag sale. Island Transitions bagged items for disposal and arranged for a company to remove old furniture and trash. Island Transitions suggested the realtor that ultimately sold the house. After the house was cleaned out, Island Transitions staged the house for a realtor showing.

Description of Work: Moved my parents from their home of 90 years to elder housing. Arranged for the moving company and meticulously packed everything to ensure nothing was damaged. Helped sort thru what belongings would be useful to take, what wouldn't be necessary and how much to take to make the new place feel like home yet not be crowded. Moreover it was having someone to talk to, ask questions and provide informed guidance/advice. Calmed my dad's frazzled nerves and re-assured him everything was going to be ok and patiently listened to his stories about all of his stuff, making him feel comfortable that his belongings would be treated with respect. Supervised the move, making sure the movers arrived on time, and handled everything with care. But most of all it was the peace of mind of having someone to HELP when there was no one else to help me with this massive task that had to be performed quickly and under duress. It was having someone caring and HIGHLY competent to ask questions and provide trusted references for various services such as health aides, eldercare attorney and providers to help sell house belongings, clean out the house. I was also given guidance of what to do as far as changing my parents mailing address and helped with that task too!

Description of Work: My uncle passed away suddenly in 2013 leaving me to dispose of his home and its contents. This included 83 years of accumulated "stuff" as well as some valuable art and bric-a-brac. It was hard to separate the "wheat from the chaff". He left few clues. Kathleen from Island Transitions helped us to sort through everything and to streamline the process of deciding what to keep, what to sell and what to throw away. She professionally packed china and family heirlooms, referred us to sources she trusted to evaluate items and arranged for a tag sale. Island Transitions bagged items for disposal and arranged for a company to remove old furniture and trash. Island Transitions suggested the realtor that ultimately sold the house. After the house was cleaned out, Island Transitions staged the house for a realtor showing.

Description of Work: Moved my parents from their home of 90 years to elder housing. Arranged for the moving company and meticulously packed everything to ensure nothing was damaged. Helped sort thru what belongings would be useful to take, what wouldn't be necessary and how much to take to make the new place feel like home yet not be crowded. Moreover it was having someone to talk to, ask questions and provide informed guidance/advice. Calmed my dad's frazzled nerves and re-assured him everything was going to be ok and patiently listened to his stories about all of his stuff, making him feel comfortable that his belongings would be treated with respect. Supervised the move, making sure the movers arrived on time, and handled everything with care. But most of all it was the peace of mind of having someone to HELP when there was no one else to help me with this massive task that had to be performed quickly and under duress. It was having someone caring and HIGHLY competent to ask questions and provide trusted references for various services such as health aides, eldercare attorney and providers to help sell house belongings, clean out the house. I was also given guidance of what to do as far as changing my parents mailing address and helped with that task too!