Downsizing? Seniors Moving to New Home Face Storage Problems
Whether you’ve settled into your new downsized home or are thinking about moving, finding safe, secure and affordable storage for a lifetime of memories and mementoes can be one of biggest challenges seniors face.
You’re not alone. According to data compiled by the National Association of Home Builders 50+ Council, more than a 100,000 units targeting the over-55 seniors market were built in 2008. And although these units tend to be roomy — the average home in an active senior community has two bedrooms and about 2,000 square feet, the Council noted — they don’t have the extra all-purpose room or storage space that the old family home had.
And that is a problem, particularly for women who are downsizing. A Canadian study done by a company that specializes in staging homes for sale, reported that while 32 percent of males ranked storage space as the “most important,” aspect of a new home, 54 percent for females did.
“The new place may have a small storage locker but it will probably not have an attic or extra large garage for storage,” points out Bruce Klotzman of Our Attic Storage, “so the decision to downsize sometimes means facing another, more emotional decision for seniors — disposing of some precious family heirlooms.”
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