Downsizing with Care is a Canberra based business who help people declutter, downsize and move to a new home.
Our clients don’t want to just throw their memories away in a skip. They really want to find a good home for their possessions or sell them with a minimum of hassle. Above all, they want to be in control of what happens to everything, so that they avoid burdening others with the job and are ready to move onto the next stage in their lives.
Our team of highly capable staff are compassionate, understanding and committed to help you declutter and downsize in the most effective way possible.
Melissa Freasier
Director
Melissa has personal experience with growing up in a home with a lot of joy, love and laughter but also a lot of accumulations! She is a Certified Organizing Specialist, a professional member of the Institute of Professional Organisers (IOPO) and regularly speaks on the subjects of downsizing and decluttering. She has had the pleasure of personally assisting dozens of householders to declutter, downsize and move. Prior to starting Downsizing with Care, Melissa worked as a teacher, trainer and technical writer.
Mary Breen
Downsizing and Decluttering Specialist
Mary originally hails from Ireland and takes great pride in helping people. She has a great knack for making clients feel taken care of and is known to use a cup of tea to help people chart a path forward with their downsizing project. She uses her experience as an interior designer and mother of three grown boys to move mountains, figuratively and literally speaking, and help make a house feel like a home. She is also our resident expert on antiques and collectibles and can often be seen frequenting Canberra’s antique dealers and auction houses.
Denise Pausina
Downsizing and Decluttering Specialist
Denise has a background in education and experience in supporting people with a variety of abilities in learning to live independently and work in open employment. She has moved countless times with her Defence husband and adjusted to living in several different communities both interstate and overseas. Denise is open minded, quick on her feet and is a born organiser.
Her empathy and joyful sense of humour make her clients feel at ease.
Her empathy and joyful sense of humour make her clients feel at ease.
Dee Mason
Downsizing and Decluttering Specialist
Dee has a public service background and is compassionate, empathetic, patient and has an extremely calm nature. She has completed training by Hoarding Home Solutions – Australia’s pre-eminent training organisation for independent service providers who work with hoarders. When she is not using her considerable talents in helping our clients declutter and downsize, Dee is an active parent volunteer at her children’s school.
Marie White
Downsizing and Decluttering Specialist
Through her work with Downsizing with Care, Marie has helped householders throughout the Canberra region downsize and move. A softly spoken “people person” and consummate project manager, she instantly sets people at ease. Having helped our clients, family members and friends with hoarding situations and deceased estates, she knows too well the emotional role which possessions can play in our lives. Marie is currently undertaking coursework with the Institute for Challenging Disorganisation
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Checklists and videos to assist you in the decluttering and downsizing process