Mission:Transition- Expert Downsizing & Liquidations for Seniors & Boomers

In 1999 Laurie Zook started Mission:Transition, in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington DC.   Offering residential pro-organization and efficiency planning, and a few years later, incorporating full home downsizing, estate sales, liquidations and transition move management for her clients.

EstateMAX was established in 2012 to encompass all facets of the services Laurie offers to clients, as required when in the throes of transition: downsizing, moving, liquidation, and property clean out. She assures that all details will be handled.

Laurie is both a designer and project manager by background and a Meyer’s Briggs type INFJ which brings her the mix of empathy, intuition,  linear thinking and problem-solving abilities.  She inherently brings this to each of her client’s projects .

A thorough interview with the client and assessment of the home inventory is taken, inventory is photographed, and the real estate professional is consulted about scheduling,  staging, and inventory. 

With the client’s obligations under consideration,  a tentative project “exit date” (the move-out date and the move-in date to the new home) is determined. With that established,  she and the client can proceed to map out a schedule that is realistic and in sync with the client’s needs. 

A thorough interview with the client and assessment of the home inventory is made, inventory is photographed, and the real estate professional is consulted about staging and inventory.

If dictated by the clients’ circumstances,  Laurie and her crew will downsize a home independently, using their experience and the client interview as the guide.  

As a senior and specialty move manager, Laurie can help the client with the  interviewing process  with Assisted living communities,  hiring a moving company, to arrive at the best solution and price, finding home repair contractors, as needed.

With their new home selected and secured, the existing home downsized and ready for moving day,  and communications made with family and caretakers, the client is mentally and physically organized for their move. 

On moving day, Laurie can manage the relocation details, acting as the client’s liaison, working with the mover on correct furniture placement. Unpacking, complete setup and detailing the new home with organization of cabinets, closets, and all details. If the client does not want to be involved in that process they can take a break and when they move into the house it is ready to live in.  Follow up organization is also provided.

Laurie has a design education, 15 years spent in commercial design, furnishing and project management, followed by fine art sales, working with corporate buyers and later, several years of overseas small-business development working in the “Banana Republic” and Hawaii. Laurie is the founder of the RE-flea, a  flea market of repurposed goods, and Other People’s Stuff, an estate sales warehouse, both formerly operating in Frederick MD. 

EstateMAX has been riding the wave of the greying of America since then, working with one client at a time, on a personalized basis.

Laurie welcomes your collaboration and input. Please call her for a  phone interview and to schedule an on-site review of your project.

Laurie Zook: 301-332-5585 Text will be returned within an hour, phone calls will be returned within a day.

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