Downsizing Archives - Canard Solutions https://cansol.com.au Solving Downsizing and Estates Thu, 15 Apr 2021 04:10:42 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 https://cansol.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/logo-small.png Downsizing Archives - Canard Solutions https://cansol.com.au 32 32 Knowledge of value makes decisions more difficult https://cansol.com.au/knowledge-of-value-makes-decisions-more-difficult/ https://cansol.com.au/knowledge-of-value-makes-decisions-more-difficult/#respond Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:20:37 +0000 https://cansol.com.au/?p=1345 It’s funny how an unexpectedly high valuation of an item changes our feelings towards it. It tends to be one of two polarised reactions; either it suddenly becomes far more attractive to hold onto, or to sell. The calculus of whether to keep or to ...

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]]> https://cansol.com.au/moving-for-older-people-how-to-help/feed/ 0 Complicated downsize in 4 stages – a case study https://cansol.com.au/complicated-downsize-in-4-stages-a-case-study/ https://cansol.com.au/complicated-downsize-in-4-stages-a-case-study/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2020 01:41:30 +0000 https://cansol.com.au/?p=1320 Canard Solutions was engaged by a couple with a complicated downsize project of their two-bedroom Gardenvale home. The client had sold their home but had not yet purchased a new property. To complicate matters, the timing of the move coincided with the auction houses’ summer ...

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]]> https://cansol.com.au/complicated-downsize-in-4-stages-a-case-study/feed/ 0 What do you need? What do you enjoy? https://cansol.com.au/what-do-you-need-what-do-you-enjoy/ https://cansol.com.au/what-do-you-need-what-do-you-enjoy/#respond Mon, 06 Jul 2020 05:22:00 +0000 https://cansol.com.au/?p=1151 I downsized from a 3 bedroom house to a 2 bedroom apartment with no study and no dining room, and learnt some lessons. You really cannot take as much as you think.  TIP: Count your cupboards, and the number in your new home. If there are half ...

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