Downsizing presses on a family in ways the carton count never shows. A home has carried a parent’s decades, the moment has come to settle Mom into something smaller or a senior community, and the hard calls, what travels with her, what the children keep, what gets sold off or given away, land on adult kids who never expected to be the ones deciding. Smart Move has been doing these moves since Cole launched the company back in 2014, and the crew arrives understanding the day carries weight no scale would register. We keep to the family’s rhythm, whether the move runs from a Rye home to an Exeter senior community, from a South End rowhouse over to a daughter’s place in Dover, or into storage while everybody settles what makes the cut.
What stalls people is the deciding, not the carrying, and we move through it with nobody rushing: which furniture truly suits the smaller layout, which pieces the children would like, what belongs at an estate sale or a charity, and whether the leftovers ought to sit in storage while the rest gets settled. We size up the new home ahead of time, so a beloved dresser does not ride clear across the Seacoast only to wedge at a senior-apartment door. For anything given away or sold rather than kept, we set up the drop, with a buyer, a family member, a charity pickup, so nobody is herding three trucks on one busy morning.
On move day each item earns equal care, the grandmother’s hutch and the tired recliner bound for charity right alongside. We blanket and shrink-wrap the furniture, break down and rebuild whatever needs it at the destination, mark the boxes by room, and roll out floor runners. Plenty of these moves finish at a senior community or care home, where the office asks for an insurance certificate, a reserved parking spot, and a booked elevator for the unloading slot; we settle every bit of that straight with their staff, sparing the family the runaround. A single crew carries the whole thing, opening lift to final one, with nobody new rotated in midway.
Should the family need belongings kept while the house finds a buyer or the next place gets chosen, the leftovers can sit in our short-term, climate-controlled storage until a date locks in. Want the home cased up beforehand so no one is boxing a parent’s kitchen at the last minute? Our full packing service handles that, on our truck with the very same crew start to finish.
Lay out for us where matters stand today and where they have to land, and we shape the entire plan around the family. Get a written quote and we will respond within one business hour.
What’s Included
- Calm guidance on what suits the smaller layout, what the children keep, and what is sold or given away
- The new home sized up ahead of time, so a piece does not ride over only to wedge at a door
- A grandmother's hutch and a tired recliner handled with the very same care and padding
- Furniture broken down where it has to be and rebuilt at the destination
- The drop set up with the recipient, be it a buyer, a family member, or a charity pickup
- Senior-home paperwork settled: an insurance certificate, the reserved spot, the booked elevator slot
- A single crew across the entire job, with nobody new rotated in midway
- A place in our climate-controlled storage whenever the house or the next home is not yet locked in
What Does It Cost?
Flat-rate or hourly — a 2-mover crew from $135/hr, flat bands from $420
2-mover crew, truck, blankets & dollies included — with hourly at $135 / $175 / $225 or a locked flat rate by home size.
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