Downsizing & Transition Organizer
Coming soon
Downsizing a home can quickly become overwhelming. Decisions pile up across rooms, belongings, family conversations, appointments, measurements, boxes, and deadlines. The Downsizing & Transition Organizer brings those moving parts into one practical system, so you can see what has been decided, what still needs attention, and what has to happen next. It is designed for downsizing, moving, and other major household transitions where keeping the details straight matters.
What it helps with
Downsizing is rarely just about what stays and what goes. There are rooms to measure, family decisions to sort out, appointments to track, boxes to label, and belongings that somehow acquire a talent for disappearing at exactly the wrong moment. The Organizer keeps those details together, so you can focus on the decisions in front of you instead of trying to remember everything at once.
- Build an inventory of belongings and decide what should happen to each item
- Sort items into practical outcomes such as keep, move, sell, donate, gift, or discard
- Check furniture and belongings against the space available in the new home
- Family Requests Portal in development: Invite relatives to browse selected belongings and submit requests online, then review competing claims and record final decisions.
- Track appointments, deadlines, movers, service providers, and other follow-up
- Keep packing details, container locations, destinations, notes, and photos connected to the right items
Designed for changing plans
Plans change as the move takes shape. A piece of furniture may shift from keep to sell, a family member may request something later, or a room measurement may force a rethink. The Organizer is built to accommodate those changes, with connected sections for belongings, spaces, family requests, tasks, services, packing, and reports that help keep the whole transition organized as decisions evolve.
Built to make progress visible
When a project stretches over weeks or months, it can be surprisingly hard to see how much has already been accomplished. The Organizer makes that progress visible, with clear statuses, task tracking, and summary views that show what has been decided, what is underway, and what still needs attention. Instead of the whole process feeling like one endless job, you can see it taking shape one decision and completed task at a time.
What you get
The Downsizing & Transition Organizer brings the moving pieces together, gives you a clear place to start, and helps you keep the project moving as decisions are made and plans change.
Downsizing & Transition Organizer
The complete organizing system for inventory, space planning, family requests, tasks, packing, services, photos, and the other details involved in a major household transition.
Quick Start Guide
A concise guide to the essential setup steps, designed to get you into the Organizer and working on your project in about 15 minutes.
Dashboard, reports & print views
Built-in views that bring important information together, show progress, and make it easier to review or share the parts of the project that matter.
Calendar Integration
Connect project tasks and important dates with your calendar. Compatible with Google Calendar, Outlook/Microsoft 365, Apple Calendar, and other calendar apps that support .ics files.
Phone Photo Capture
Add photos from your phone and connect them with the appropriate items in the Organizer, making it easier to document belongings as you work through the home.
Support resources
Online setup information, troubleshooting, common questions, and product support from Marsh Hawk Digital.
Frequently asked questions
No. The Downsizing & Transition Organizer is built in Google Sheets, so you don’t need Microsoft Excel. You’ll need a Google account to work with your own copy of the Organizer. Final compatibility requirements will be confirmed before release.
Absolutely. While the Organizer is particularly useful for downsizing, it’s also designed for household moves and other major transitions. It helps you organize belongings, decisions, tasks, packing, services, and important details in one place.
You can create an inventory of your belongings and record what should happen to each item. Options include keeping, moving, selling, donating, gifting, or discarding. You can also track decisions as plans change, so nothing gets overlooked.
Yes. The Organizer includes space-planning tools for recording room measurements and comparing them with the dimensions of furniture and other belongings. This helps you make practical decisions about what will fit before moving day.
We’re developing a Family Requests Portal that will allow invited relatives to browse selected belongings, view photos and descriptions, and submit requests from their phones or computers without accessing your Google Sheets Organizer.
Requests won’t be first come, first served. You’ll review everyone’s interests, resolve competing requests, and retain control over final decisions.
The portal is still in development, and its availability for the initial release has not yet been confirmed.
Yes. The Organizer brings packing details, container locations, tasks, deadlines, appointments, and service providers together in one system. Planned features also include printable reports and calendar integration, helping you keep track of what needs to happen and when.
Keep the whole transition moving forward
The Downsizing & Transition Organizer gives you one clear system for belongings, decisions, family requests, space planning, packing, tasks, and the practical details that need to come together as plans move forward.
Coming soon