Unexpected construction delays in the Delights’* new home and an unyielding move-out deadline at their current home meant the couple and all their belongings would soon have nowhere to go. Even though the painter, plasterer, carpenter, and carpet installer had already been scheduled by the Delights, the project had become unmanageable for the 70-something couple.
The Delights were healthy, competent, and proactive in downsizing their home. However, they did not foresee all that could, and did, go wrong.
A friend recommended that the Delights call Marie and Transitions Liquidation Services to assist.
Marie worked with the Delights to help them to visualize the actual space available for their belongings in the new home. Although they had diligently worked over the course of several months to clear out unwanted items, the Delights had severely overestimated the amount of storage space available.
Marie perceived another problem looming at the new house – The Delights had a large Kosher kitchen in their current home. Marie could see that their collection of cookware and serving dishes for Passover and entertaining would not fit into the cabinets in the new home. With her clients’ permission, Marie worked with the contractors to install a new line of cabinets along the back wall of the garage. Mrs. Delight decided what items she wanted in each of her kitchen storage areas and Marie had the movers pack everything in smaller than usual boxes, organized and labeled precisely to match each cabinet and drawer, keeping tableware for meat and dairy separate. The TLS staff and Mrs. Delight spent a day together unpacking and putting everything away exactly as she planned it.
Next, Marie and her clients tackled another challenge: Selecting which items would go to each child, packing, and labeling them for delivery. Marie scheduled the movers and gave them a travel route through Massachusetts and Connecticut and a list of items to be dropped off at each destination so that everything could be delivered in efficient stops along the way. She coordinated this with the many recipients’ schedules.
Placement of décor and an extensive artwork collection had to wait until the construction was complete, so Marie utilized plastic art bins provided by Gentle Giant Movers in which to safely store these valuable pieces in the basement of the home until they could be hung. The final touch was to remove the Delights’ Mezuzah medallions from the doorways at the old house and install them in the new home. The couple moved into their perfectly arranged new home with their appropriately stocked Kosher kitchen.
*Not their real names.
When the Unusual Becomes Routine – Being in business since 2002 has presented Marie LeBlanc and Transitions Liquidation Services with situations and challenges that don’t necessarily fall into a neat category. We are often called upon to help quickly and to problem-solve on-the-fly, having been presented with situations we hadn’t encountered in the past. One such situation concerned the Delights*.