seniors home transitions

The Caring and highly personalized Real Estate Service for older Homeowners

thinking of a new place to live?

Are you, or someone you know, thinking about selling your family home and moving to a more comfortable and secure living environment?

Is it getting more difficult to move around in your home? Is it getting more expensive to maintain your home? Are you concerned about safety?

Contact us today to find out how we can help.

making a move

According to CMHC, “About 85% of Canadians over 55 years old want to remain in their present home for as long as possible, even if there are changes in their health.¹ Statistics Canada data shows that the majority of seniors live in private dwellings, while the remainder (8% of seniors in 2011) live in collective dwellings, which include special care facilities.² When Canadian seniors move from family homes to condominium, co-op, life-lease and rental apartments, or retirement living communities, special care facilities and hospitals, it is often for health-related, financial and lifestyle reasons. For many elderly homeowners, these moves make day-to-day living more comfortable, safer and easier. However, the logistics of preparing, listing and selling one’s family home of many years, and moving to a new home, can be physically and emotionally overwhelming. We understand that and we can help.

¹ Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (2008). Impacts of the Aging of the Canadian Population on Housing and Communities, Research Highlight, Socio-Economic Series.

² Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (2013), Environment Scan on Canadian Seniors’ Transitions to Special Care Facilities, Research Highlights, Socio-Economic Series, http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/odpub/pdf/67899.pdf?fr=1410975457932 (accessed September 17, 2014).

What We Can Do For You

TURNKEY SERVICE SENIORS
CAN TRUST

STEWARD THE PROCESS,
REDUCE ANXIETY

MAXIMIZE YOUR HOME EQUITY

We offer a turn-key, single source, service that older property owners can trust and rely upon to competently manage the complete process of selling and moving from one home to another.

We steward the process, with goals of reducing our client’s stress and anxiety, wherever possible – especially for those who are transitioning to a new home that addresses their later life-stage needs – while attempting to maximize the equity in their homes.

What Clients Are Saying About Us

One of the most satisfying aspects of our business is knowing that we've helped to make a difference in someone's life during a time of transition. Here are a few comments from some of the people we've had the pleasure to work with.

“During the time of sale of my mother’s house…provided a complete service that responded to her downsizing needs, her small renovations in the condominium (she purchased) and the actual move.”

— from an adult daughter

“…reviewed with me various facilities and accompanied me on my familiarization visit to Christie Gardens…orchestrated the plan for my move, including the donation of belongings to charity, safe storage of personal mementos and the preparation and staging of the condo.”

— from a gentleman in his 80’s

“Mr. Young helped us find the right condominium and sell our home. He took all the time needed to listen and understand our family’s needs as to the condominium’s size and location. We sat down with him many times to talk about a fair price for our home and what needed to be done to make it appealing… We were very pleased when our house sold in six days.”

— from a couple in their 70’s

seniors accreditation

John Brydon-Harris and Rod Young are licensed real estate sales representatives who are versed in the specific education necessary to help seniors and their families with later-in-life real estate transactions. Together, the accreditations they hold are: Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®), a designation of the National Association of Realtors® and the Accredited Senior Agent (ASA) designation.

JOHN BRYDON-HARRIS,
Sales Representative,
SRES®

John is a full-time practicing realtor with Real Estate Homeward and has over 20 years experience in Toronto real estate. He was born in Vancouver and spent his youth on the Sunshine Coast, just north of Vancouver, where his father served as the Anglican minister to five parishes. Many of his father’s parishioners were seniors, most of whom were retired and treated John like a grandchild, leaving him with fond memories of their kindness, especially the treats; magic hermit cookies and chocolate cakes that they baked for him.

After university, John moved to Toronto as a bit of an adventure, which eventually lead to a long career in advertising. It was in advertising that he initially met Rod Young. The two re-united when Rod became a realtor with the same brokerage and, together, they forged Seniors Home Transitions. John carries the Seniors Real Estate Specialist® designation, conferred by the National Association of Realtors®.

Rod Young, Sales Representative, BA, ABR, ASA, SRS

ROD YOUNG,
Sales Representative,
BA, ABR®, ASA, SRES®, SRS®

Rod’s goal is to help clients make sense of the abundance of real estate information that is readily available to homeowners, with a view to helping clients make informed decisions, when transitioning from home to home.

When he’s not helping clients or enjoying time with his family, Rod has helped to fundraise for Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation and Royal LePage Shelter Foundation: Canada’s largest public foundation dedicated exclusively to funding women’s shelters and violence prevention and education programs.

Rod is a Queen's University graduate, with accreditations from Schulich and Ivey Business Schools. He also holds the Seniors Real Estate Specialist® designation, Accredited Buyer's Representative® and Seller Representative Specialist® designations, all conferred by the National Association of Realtors®, as well as the Accredited Senior Agent designation.