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We’re now members of the Retirement Village Association

Clare Gregory-Jones
August 20, 2023

The Retirement Village Association provides an extra level of assurance.

Did you know our clients range from 40 year old professionals and business owners through to retirees moving into retirement villages?

For retirees in particular, the prospect of moving can be daunting and it can be difficult to know which service providers they can trust.

To provide an extra level of assurance for retired clients, in May 2023 we became members of RVA (Retirement Village Association New Zealand).

RVA is the industry’s authoritative voice in New Zealand, looking after members and the well-being of more than 32,000 retirement village residents.

This new association signifies our commitment to helping seniors seeking a seamless, stress-free move to a retirement village.

Our collaboration with RVA reflects shared values of compassion, professionalism, and a profound understanding of your unique needs and desires when making this significant move.

Experienced in helping clients in retirement

At Move By Design, we’ve helped numerous retirees move easily and seamlessly into their new home or retirement village. We provide a full range of services from downsize planning to decluttering and sorting their items, through to professional packing, removals and move day management. We then unpack and organise the new space so that retirees can feel at home sooner and start enjoying your new lifestyle immediately.

Whether you’re moving to a retirement village for the first time or relocating within one, we’re here to ensure your transition is smooth and stress-free. Our, caring, friendly, all-female team – Ania, Jo, Irene and Clare – bring not only extensive moving expertise but also an understanding of the senior experience.

If you have any questions or wish to discuss your upcoming move, please do not hesitate to reach out.

We’re looking forward to helping retirees experience joyful moving under the membership of RVA. For more information on the Retirement Village Association visit www.retirementvillages.org.nz

Our retirement village clients are loving our service

“Clare was a wonderful help with my move to a Retirement Village. Sorted & packed then helped at the other end. Eased so much stress. Highly recommend.” Marcia Brown, Warkworth.

“Clare and her team were amazing in every way. A large 4 bedroom house with decades of stuff stored there. We needed to get it on the market, I didn’t know where to start and was totally stressed.

What I very much appreciated about Clare is she was so non judgmental about my chaos – just calm and practical and problem solving. She and her team did the usual packing and transport to storage, but also organised items to donate and sell and dump. Also shredding of business documents. And her team did the most amazing clean of the house – it sparkled!

So much work which was just more than I could possibly cope with. Clare and her team were a sanity saver and I wholeheartedly recommend them.” Sandra Fraser, Snells Beach

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Clare Gregory-Jones

I’m Clare Gregory-Jones, owner of Move by Design. My journey to becoming a professional move manager has been some 40 years in the making. My family has owned successful furniture removal businesses since the 1970s. My father was Harrods trained and dedicated his working life to the moving industry, whilst my brother built strong ties with real estate agents and solicitors to become a preferred and trusted supplier for estate related moving. It’s this background that provided part of the foundation for creating Move by Design. However, I also bring my own experience. I’ve moved home some 9 times in the past 18 years, including moving to New Zealand from the UK almost 20 years ago.

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