Downsizing from a longtime home in Encinitas often means more than listing a house. It means sorting decades of belongings, coordinating an estate sale, and finding the right next chapter, all while managing a major life change. Luxe Coastal Team specializes in guiding senior clients and their families through this process in Encinitas and the surrounding North County San Diego coast.

John Finley and Elizabeth Papalia bring a combined 52 years of real estate experience, and their approach to senior transitions comes from firsthand experience. The two personally helped Elizabeth's own mother move out of a four-bedroom, two-bath family home and into a one-bedroom condo in a senior community after her father passed away, a sale that closed within 60 days. That same hands-on approach has carried into other senior transitions across North County, including a golf-course townhome sale in nearby Carlsbad's Aviara community, where the team coordinated staging, photography, and a 30-day sale for a family managing a spouse's move into assisted living. Luxe Coastal Team maintains relationships with estate sale companies, liquidators, and junk removal services, along with a packing service used exclusively for senior clients, and can recommend senior living communities based on a family's needs and budget. For Encinitas homeowners, that means one point of contact handling both the sale and the logistics around it.

For seniors and families in Encinitas facing a downsizing move, Luxe Coastal Team offers a personally tested process for selling the home while easing the rest of the transition.