There's no doubt about it: it's time-consuming to find the right home. But once escrow closes, a lot more time and energy are needed to move your household.

The Real Estate Help Desk can help. Completely free of charge, we assign a personal home coordinator to assist you in planning and coordinating your move. The effort begins by offering to change your electricity, gas, water, telephone, cable, newspaper, trash, and Internet services from your old home to your new one. This saves you hours right off the bat, but it's just the beginning.

If you decide to hire a moving company, your coordinator will contact moving companies and deliver competing bids for the job. If you decide to pull up those old carpets and refinish the hardwood floors underneath, your coordinator will deliver competing bids for that work, too. With access to more than 700 separate vendor services, your coordinator can assist with nearly every effort related to your new home.

All vendors are insured, licensed, and bonded. They must pass a rigorous review before being granted vendor status, and they must maintain a very high level of customer satisfaction to remain in the program. Because you usually receive more than one bid for any particular job, and because the vendors know they are competing for your business, you often save money.

Your coordinator's job doesn't end when a vendor's work begins. The coordinator tracks progress of the work and your level of satisfaction. All activities and reports are communicated back to the Real Estate Help Desk so that we can be assured your needs are being met in a timely and professional way.

Personal home coordinators are made possible by an affiliation between the Real Estate Help Desk and Home Courtesy Services.