"It just took the stress away"

Home and garden maintenance can feel overwhelming at the best of times, but as you age the on-going requirement and physical energy it requires to keep up with that maintenance becomes more of a burden, than a chore.

For some, like Eileen Paradine, it became the turning point in her decision to move into Summerset Cambridge. “I couldn't do the hedges and fruit trees, and the cost of having somebody to come in and do it was starting to get horrendous. I could see some home maintenance work starting to appear, plus living in a big house on your own, there were just too many memories. That's when I decided.” Recalled Eileen.

“I was living in Leamington in Cambridge. I’d been there for 5 and a half years. It was a three-bedroom home with open plan living, double garage, and a lovely backyard. When we shifted from Hawkes Bay, that was going to be our forever home, but my husband got sick quickly and passed away. He said to me “Go into retirement village, you'll be better off there.” It had security, he was more worried about the security side of things than me. I pondered on that and a couple of months afterwards I thought, I'll go and have a look. So that's what I did, I went to different places and sized them all up with my due diligence and this was the place. This one just felt like home.”

After making the decision to move into a two-bedroom villa, Eileen set to work decluttering her home ready for the move. Fortunately, Summerset Moving Specialist, Trish had been organised to assist Eileen on this journey. “I'd already had enough problems trying to get rid of all my husband's tools and farming gear, all that sort of stuff. Trish rang me, and I thought, that's a lovely, happy voice. She was really lovely and showed me what I would need to do. How I'd need to go about it, and what they would do when they came in. How they would pack up all my gear and then how they would unpack it all. She explained it really well.”

Trish and the team also took care of the house Eileen moved out of, getting it ready for the new owners. “I'd sold the house within a week. The girls that did the packing, they were really lovely, and they knew exactly what they were doing, they just whipped through it all. I started packing a few bits and pieces and then they did the kitchen, dinette, China cabinet and delicate things. They cleaned the house for me the next day too, so the house was all nice and clean for the new owners. Everything fell into place, it really did. I would recommend it to anybody to go with Summerset’s Moving Services, it just took the stress away.”

Eileen Paradine, Summerset Cambridge resident

Eileen engaged Summerset Moving Services with additional paid services.