Case Study | Choosing Quality of Life Over Home Maintenance

Household chores became too much for her, so Suzanne used our Spring Clean Rightsize Guide and Templates to reduce her Spring-time workload!

© Danielle Robertson Consulting Pty Ltd t/as DR Care Solutions

In her mid-70s, Suzanne* was living in the family home of 50 years and tiring of its endless maintenance and upkeep. Chasing up tradespeople and gardeners to carry out jobs around her home was a feat in itself!

She made the decision to sell and rightsize to a retirement village. With her adult children living in regional NSW, she quickly found she needed help to carry out her decision.

A start was attempted with Suzanne contacting all her local real estate agents. On finding them too pushy, she keenly felt she needed an objective third party to help her with decision making. One of her adult children suggested approaching SPACE. Property Advocates.

The care solution

Understanding that moving to the right retirement village, namely one meeting Suzanne’s needs is not necessarily straightforward, SPACE. promptly introduced Suzanne to DR Care Solutions.

DR Care Solutions assisted Suzanne with her choice of retirement village by drawing up her own personal Life Plan™ to ensure her next move met her needs, wants and wishes.

A suitable retirement village was found (within her budget and desired location) and a plan to move to the retirement village, timed with the sale of her home, was developed.

The care funding solution

In the meantime, SPACE. considered the initial valuation of the two-bedroom detached home in an outer leafy Sydney suburb. They advised that a higher price could be achieved with some minor renovation. Suzanne agreed to the works, and SPACE. took control of what needed to be done.

Each room featured a different bold colour, the ceiling and walls were water damaged, and the garden had grown wild. Tradespeople were bought in by SPACE. to repaint the interior rooms, pressure hose the external walls, landscape the garden, and style the home’s interior.

SPACE. then helped Suzanne choose an agent and clear the house of a lifetime of possessions all of which were either disposed of, recycled, gifted to family, sold or stored for her new abode.

The outcome

To allow for open house inspections to a styled property, an earlier move to the retirement village was negotiated for Suzanne with SPACE. coordinating the move.

The home sold for 15% more than its initial valuation leaving Suzanne with funds for the move to the retirement home and extra for some luxury travel!

The Spring Clean Rightsize Guide

More detail on the steps followed by DR Care Solutions and SPACE. Property Advocates are provided in our free downloadable. Simply fill out the form below and we’ll send the guide to your email address.

The Spring Clean Rightsize Guide

DR Care Solutions and SPACE Property Advocates collaborated to create The Spring Clean Rightsize Guide to help you 'rightsize' for your stage in life. We are pleased to offer this Guide to you as a free downloadable. 

Simply fill out the form below and we'll send it right out to your email address. 

*Names have been changed to protect the identity and privacy of the client.

Need help caring for a loved one? Please feel free to call me, Danielle Robertson, at any time for an initial discussion on how to set up the right care, support and assistance at the right time and in the right place.

Resources

^[1] DR Care Solutions: Blog - Your Guide To Spring Clean Rightsizing 
^[2] SPACE Property Advocates
^[3] DR Care Solutions & SPACE. Property Advocates: The Spring Clean Rightsize Guide