For many people downsizing means parting ways with a home where they raised their children and built their lives. To make that transition easier, an independent living community in the metro area has partnered with a moving management service company. “We are the wedding planners of the move industry,” said Susan B. Danick, owner of Transitional Assistance & Design, which partners with Fox Hill Club & Residences, an independent living community in Bethesda for those ages 60 and older. “We do as much or as little as they want us to.”

Moving management service companies offer comprehensive assistant throughout the moving process. This includes pre-move consultation, hiring movers, folding clothes, cleaning the old home, arranging furniture in the new home, unpacking, hanging pictures, stocking the refrigerator and even having cable and Internet services up and running before the new owners move in.