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Right Moves For Seniors

Considering downsizing? There's one call to make.

our kids are grown. The nest is
empty... and as you look around at
the unused space that you clean
every week, you realize it's time to downsize
to something a bit more manageable.
Getting the house ready to sell, putting it
on the market, deciding what to do with 30
years or more of accumulated "stuff," finding
a new place to call home — just the thought
can be overwhelming.
There is help available: Right Moves for
Seniors, a Berkley-based company dedicated
to helping people downsize.
Co-owners are Linda Hiller Novak of
Franklin and Carolyn Stieger of Bloomfield
Hills, who have a combined 30 years of
experience in real estate and senior move
management.
"We know that parents really want their
children to help with the transition," says
Stieger, who is President of the National
Association of Senior Move Managers, "but
people are busy. We serve as an objective
third-party and help preserve the family
rapport."

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She and Hiller Novak have turned
Accredited Home Staging
Right Moves for Seniors into a "one-
Professional Master in
stop shop": selling a home at the
Michigan.
best possible price and supervising
They launched their
all of the tasks involved in making
business in January
the transition to a new residence as
of 2012, and word-
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of-mouth and client
seamless as possible.
Linda Hiller Novak and Carolyn
"We specialize in helping
referrals have been
Stieger's goal is to help in all
people downsize to a smaller
keeping them busy ever
aspects of downsizing.
home, apartment, condo or senior
since.
community," says Novak, who is also
Right Moves has a
President of the Board of Directors of ALS
retail store in Berkley called Right Moves
of Michigan. "It's an umbrella of services,
Consignment and Estate Sales to help clients
starting with an evaluation of the person's
sell belongings they no longer need, if
current living situation."
residents prefer to have their items sold off-
Stieger adds, "We handle everything,
site. Onsite estate sales are also an option.
from staging a client's property for sale to
"We can customize our offerings to our
selling the property, to packing, facilitating
clients' needs," Hiller Novak says. "Clients can
consignment or estate sales, relocating,
choose a la carte from our list of offerings.
unpacking, decorating and settling."
"We're also happy to provide guidance to
Novak is a top-selling Associate Broker with
those who are considering downsizing," she
Max Brook Realtors in Birmingham, and is a
adds. "We welcome those calls!"
certified senior real estate specialist. Stieger
More information is available at http://
founded Stage Greater Detroit, specializing in
rightmovesforseniors.com or by calling (855)
senior move services, in 1999 and is the only
232-1010.

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Overwhelmed by the thought of moving? Need help in finding
the right place for yourself, a family member or friend? Need
to sell your home? What do you do with all the excess items? Ell

WHERE DO YOU START? MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE WITH

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Right Moves for Seniors

We help you move from "For Sale"
and settled. Ahh!
to SOLD

We will help you downsize, prepare your current home for

rightmoves

FOR SENIORSTM

(855) 232-1010

www.RightMovesforSeniors.com

sale, help you find a great new home and sell your extra

household items through our Right Moves Consignment

and Estate Sales retail location.

Linda Hiller Novak and Carolyn Stieger

3116 W. 12 Mile Rd. Berkley, MI 48072

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