Why Downsizing Your Home Might Be a Good Idea

Why Downsizing Your Home Might Be a Good Idea

There are many compelling reasons why downsizing your home may be a good idea.  Brooks Transfer & Storage, Inc. is available to help you if and when you decide that the time has come to downsize your current home and move into a new, smaller one.

Benefits of a Smaller Home

As of 2015, the average size of a home in the United States was more than a thousand square feet bigger than the average size home in 1973.  Despite this trend of building and living in larger homes, downsizing has many benefits including the following:

  • Smaller houses are less expensive, requiring a smaller amount of debt and financial stress
  • Property taxes and insurance payments will be less with a smaller house
  • A smaller house costs less to heat and cool and overall maintenance is going to be less
  • Less square feet to clean, giving you more free time
  • Smaller homes generally have smaller yards which are also easier to maintain
  • Can encourage you and your family to spend quality time together
  • Encourages you to be organized and only keep items that you need and have space for
  • Can free up funds to travel, pay for a kids college or put in the bank

In addition to these benefits, it should be noted that the population of the United States is also getting older.  As homeowners move closer to retirement age, the large homes they built or bought years ago may no longer fit their lifestyle.  Newer and smaller homes have become more appealing to people who have come to recognize that they no longer need the large houses they once desired.  If you built your current home for your family, you may have reached the point when your children have become independent and moved out.  In such cases, large homes end up having a great deal of space that goes unused.

Moving Made Easy with Brooks Moving & Storage

As people get older, they may also develop health issues that prevent them from using all of the space in their homes.  If you come to realize that you are paying for a lot of space that you are not using, downsizing may be an excellent option for you.  When you make the decision to downsize to a smaller home, we hope we can help you with the moving process.  Call Brooks Transfer & Storage, Inc. at 800-544-1265 or 757-427-9500 and we’ll be happy to help make your move as easy as possible!

 

 

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