Make Downsizing Your Project

Moving into a new space presents one with an opportunity to meet new people, to personalize one’s space, and to even reinvent oneself. After all, one’s surroundings does play a huge part in shaping one’s mood so it is important to make your space comfortable for you. So what do you have to do? Make it your project. Independent, active 55+ communities provide all the amenities and maintenance-free living you are looking for, while providing the simpler, more manageable day to day lifestyle.

With kids out of the house, and while you're at that point where you may not need all the space of a home, but still want certain amenities and activities, one of our communities could be the perfect solution!

During retirement, you have all this free time at your hands so why not use that time towards making your downsizing process your project? There are a lot of questions to consider such as, is the market right to sell my home, what belongings to I absolutely need, and what amenities do I require?

Having a larger space means more time spent maintaining it and cleaning it and less time for leisure. It would be a better idea to either discard half-broken mugs and unnecessary clutter or keep the essentials. The process of clearing out the inessentials can also be therapeutic too, so try it sometime and see it yourself.

While the process itself is relaxing, maybe the best reward is seeing your newly organized and clutter-free rooms. That is why is also a great idea to use multipurpose furniture, whose main purpose is to not only be used as furniture but also as storage. I know many people who are always cold and they have lots of throw blankets to keep them warm but don’t want their pets to wreck their blankets. It sometimes gets annoying to find where to keep these things from pets, but if you have ottomans that come with storage, this wouldn’t be much of a hassle. Looking for another reason that makes these kinds of furniture so great? Imagine having friends of family over and having only a sofa and an armchair. How do you fit them all? Instead of having guests sitting on the carpet, you can pull out that ottoman from your bedroom that stores your pillows. Then if they decide to sleep over? Not a problem! You can just use up that hideaway bed of your sofa. Having multipurpose furniture is almost like being able to expand and make your space bigger at your own will.

However, if you are not a handy yourself and would just like to downsize in snap, make it your project to look for the senior community that you are comfortable with. Our communities offer wellness and maintenance staffs, well designed floor plans with the essentials you need, and are always centrally located to cultural and shopping centers. People choose to live at our communities often because of the great value we give our residents given the amenities and fantastic teams we have in place. This makes downsizing easy since we have fitness centers, movie theaters, game rooms, and more.

Our apartments are carefully planned with modern finishes and appliances and we often have garages available for extra storage if needed.  If you are in Kansas City, KS, there are multitudes of independent senior apartments like The Grand Estates On Greenwood.  Kansas City, MO would also have good retirement communities. However if you are further east, there are also senior apartments for you like the Maple Ridge Estates At Bedford in New Hampshire, NH.