Coordinating a move
If the time has come to re-locate to a smaller home, an appropriate retirement community or extended care facility, we can help identify the best options and take care of all the details involved from arranging the move all the way down to change of address requests.
Moving out of a house you have lived in most of your life can be a challenge. We can help you find a great new home, pack up your possessions, coordinate with a moving company, sell the furniture that won’t be making the move with you, and get you set up in your new home. At Nichol Services our goal is to help you move into a new phase in your life with peace of mind.
We can provide help by:- Coordinating your move, from beginning to end
- Getting phone, electricity, cable and internet services set-up following a move to new location
- Working alongside your real estate agent to prepare your house for a sale
- Providing administrative support for all paperwork
- Ensuring all legal documents are up-to-date (i.e. will, power of attorney, etc.)
- Running errands and shopping
- Providing transportation to and from appointments
- Ensuring monthly bills are being paid regularly
- Scouting retirement and extended care communities to find the right home for you
- Coordinating tax filings with family accountant
Settling / Liquidating an estate
Nichol Services offers a comprehensive set of services to maximize the value of a personal estate while minimizing the efforts of the family or executor (liquidator). We understand the need to be sensitive and to show kindness, caring and compassion for the families. We also know how vital it is to respect the property and possessions involved, and to make the liquidation of personal property as easy as possible for executors, and family members.
Liquidating or settling an estate can take months, sometimes years, of intense work. From procuring the correct documentation, to organizing estate sales, to preparing charitable donations and bequests the whole experience can sometimes feel like a full time job. Let us help you facilitate the overwhelming task of closing an estate. We’ll help you through difficult times.
We can provide help by:- Procuring required documentation (death certificate, will search form the Quebec Bar Association and chambre des notaires du Quebec)
- Preparing instructions for bank, investment dealers, etc. for account liquidation
- Locating and collecting on life insurance policies for the beneficiaries
- Preparing charitable donations
- Itemizing and valuing personal possessions
- Distributing personal possessions (jewellery, art, furniture, etc.) for inheritors, as per instructions in the will
- Preparing household contents for storage, distribution, or delivery
- Preparing all other items for sale (private or public)
- Coordinating the sale of a house
- Coordinating the final estate tax filings
Administrative Assistance
Managing a home can be demanding for an ageing parent. We can ensure bills are paid on time, provide transportation to and from appointments, suppliers are hired if needed to repair or maintain the home, as well as taking care of other tasks needed to maintain the independence of older adults.
Whether you are someone dealing with the challenging realities of maintaining an independent lifestyle or someone who is helping support an ageing parent or sibling or friend contact us, we can help.
We can provide help by:- Providing administrative support for all paperwork
- Ensuring all legal documents are up-to-date (i.e. will, power of attorney, etc.)
- Errands
- Providing transportation to and from appointments
- Ensuring monthly bills are being paid regularly
- Locating and booking contractors, and other repairmen to maintain the home
- Condense all bank and brokerage accounts if there are too many to manage
- Coordinating tax filings with family accountant
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