Condo Living AZ - January 2016

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Welcome to Condo Living AZ

Our experts Andrea Brundage, MBA, owner of Simple Organized Solutions (SOS); her self-description is ‘Professional Organizer & Bringer of Calm’

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Valerie Cantrell, owner of The UNpackers, professional organizers who unpack and organize a home after movers deliver furniture, boxes, etc.

By Paula Hubbs Cohen

Doreen Collins, owner/professional organizer and relocation specialist with Organizing by Doreen, LLC

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hether you call them condos, townhomes, cluster homes or villas, right-size living is definitely taking off in the Valley of the Sun. To help you navigate this market, The Arizona Republic is featuring a new monthly section called CONDO LIVING AZ right here in the Real Estate section. Presented by NewHomecentral.com, we’ll share stories about new condo and townhome communities, how to condo-size your lifestyle, what’s up with mortgage rates, where you can find specific amenities and much more. We’ll also provide you with a home-hunting resource: a targeted map that indicates where some of these communities are located, along with pricing, cross-streets and contact information. Be sure to look for CONDO LIVING AZ — your resource guide to everything condorelated — right here in the Real Estate section on the second Sunday of the month (third Sunday in January, May, July and October).

Charles and Kris Costa, owners of Sidelines, Inc., a firm that supplies organization solutions to companies such as California Closets, Closets by Design and Closet Factory franchises Anne Thorne, a licensed real estate agent with HomeSmart Elite Group

Get down with downsizing

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hen someone moves into a condo or townhome, it is often either a first-home, last-home or vacation-home.

Although it’s not always the case, this type of move is also often into a smaller space than where a homeowner previously lived — meaning that efficient upfront downsizing and the implementation of creative after-move storage solutions becomes much more important to achieving a calm and clutter-free lifestyle.

We recently reached out to some savvy local entrepreneurs who offered their advice for how best to downsize as well as how best to get — and just as importantly, stay — organized when living in a smaller-thanused-to space. Here’s what they had to say:

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Take inventory. The first thing you need to do is get a handle on all your stuff. Taking inventory prepares you emotionally to consider the possibility of letting go of those things that are not necessary. Decide what to keep. This is the most difficult part of downsizing — what to keep and what to get rid of. If you focus on what you love and absolutely want to keep, the rest will need to be eliminated one way or another. Deciding on what to keep also keeps you positive on what you want in your new place. Simplify. One important thing to remember when downsizing is that letting go of the things you don’t regularly use can truly set you free. Follow the rule ‘if you don’t love it or use it, lose it’. Focus on what’s important and what really matters and let go of the rest. You will be happy you did. —Doreen Collins

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