Moving Made Easy® is a specialist home sale preparation, downsizing, reorganisation, and relocation company that is celebrating its twentieth year in business this month! It is an independent, family-owned and operated business and has been since the company’s beginnings in 2006.
During this time, Brynyce Owen and her son, Tom, have helped older people across all stages of the home sale and relocation journey. We caught up with Brynyce to find out more.
Channel Mag: Moving Made Easy is celebrating 20 years in business this month. What inspired you to start the company back in 2006?
Brynyce: I had been helping senior people to downsize and reorganise on a voluntary basis for many decades. I realised 20 years ago that there wasn’t a professional service offering a specialist, tailored service for older people and those strapped for time. So, Moving Made Easy started. Ever since, we have used our unparalleled expertise and experience to provide a uniquely bespoke service that is tailored around the specific wants and needs of each client. Our goal when we started was to help people, and we are proudly still doing so 20 years later.
You’ve been involved in charitable work and serving the community since you were very young. Did the new business reflect that knowledge and experience?
Yes. It was and is a core principle upon which we built Moving Made Easy. We are very proud of our charitable support and work with multiple charities to aid the community. This is also reflected in our ethical practices, our caring and empathetic approach, and our eco-conscious practices.
Your business has always been family owned and run. Does this give Moving Made Easy particular strengths?
My son and I are the foundation of the business, and we have a wonderful team of like-minded people alongside us. We are a true family business, and that underpins our caring and our genuine ethos in all areas of Moving Made Easy. Being a family owned and operated business is an incredible strength that benefits our clients in countless ways. An additional strength in our business is Tom’s qualifications in Architecture.
You specialise in home sale preparation, downsizing and reorganising, and relocations, which include specialist projects where you are working with antiques, artworks, collections and archives. What might one of these more complex projects look like?
Each project is individually tailored to the wants and needs of the specific client and their circumstances, so no two are the same. We’ve had projects that involved managing the full renovation of a client’s home, packing and moving an extensive collection of military miniature figures and memorabilia, and the specialist relocation of large wall-art sculptures and re-installation in the new home. It really is a case of if the client wants it, we can do it. A standout honour for us has been researching the heritage and coordinating the donation of taonga to museums on several occasions.
Our extensive range of expertise, including design, our team, and our contacts, means we can handle any sized project, from reorganising displays of antique snuff boxes to the specialist packing and relocation of an antique silk kimono collection, to preparing a large eight-bedroom house for sale and relocating the belongings to three different locations, including overseas. Working with us really is a case of Moving Made Easy… plus so much more!
What changes have you seen in customer needs over the past 20 years?
Home sale preparation is now pivotal to securing a favourable sale in a fluctuating and competitive housing market. We’ve seen this trend grow over the last 20 years. It can be hard for people to see the steps they could take to present their home in the most favourable way for potential purchasers. Using our in-depth knowledge, we identify and outline options for clients and undertake the work needed to help them secure a positive settlement. This is hugely beneficial not only for those relocating but also for clients' families, who, in general, have very little time. It is also greatly appreciated by those looking after an estate closure.
No one sums it up better than one of our happy clients:
“I cannot speak more highly of the professional, caring and helpful way this company helped us to prepare our 90-year-old friend to pack up and move overseas from the home that she had lived in for 45 years.”– Runa McPheat. Takapuna.
When you need the expertise of a specialist in home sale preparation, downsizing, reorganisation, relocation and more – you need Moving Made Easy!
Contact Brynyce Owen today to organise your free initial consultation.
09 489 5024
021 0854 5339
info@movingmadeeasy.co.nz
www.movingmadeeasy.co.nz
