The decision to sell your home in retirement is an
over whelming process and is commonly influenced by
a number of factors, emotional and financial.

Why Downsize?
♦Reduce expenses, provide a capital base
♦General retirement income
♦Reduce home care and maintenance concerns
♦Simplify your lifestyle, freedom to life the life you want

 What Changed?
♦Sense of loss: independence, partner,
  loss of friends, neighbourhood not the same
♦Kids off to university, graduated, found jobs and
  built lives of their own  "they are off" your payroll.

Be Proactive!
 ♦Planning ahead saves time and money
 ♦Determine your future needs
 ♦Keep your end goal in sight!

Define your vision!
♦Where do I begin?
♦What stays and what goes?
♦Preplanning: less is more.
♦Set realistic goals.

Complete a Possessions Audit
♦Match possessions to your new space
♦Begin with rooms not currently in use
♦Select items you love they will be moving with you

Moving Day
♦Planning saves time and money
♦Create a floor plan; eliminating confusion
♦You decide where your things go; you are
  moving on to the next phase of your life!