Executors · September 8, 2026
Estate Clear-Out Checklist for Alberta Executors
A step-by-step order of operations for clearing an estate property in Alberta.
Serving Edmonton, Sherwood Park & Area
A steady hand through your family’s next chapter.
Estate clear-outs, senior downsizing and move coordination for families who need one experienced person to organize the details, coordinate the right professionals and carry the project through to completion.
What We Actually Do
Project management — not junk removal.
A junk-removal company removes contents. A moving company moves them. Alberta Estate Transitions manages the entire household transition — what needs to be kept, distributed, professionally assessed, moved, donated or disposed of, who needs to be involved, and what needs to happen next.
- One project manager — not a list of companies to chase
- A written plan and schedule agreed before work begins
- Professional coordination with qualified independent service providers as required
- Significant items documented, with decisions recorded
- Nothing of consequence leaves the home without a decision
What We Do
Estate Transition Management in Edmonton
One steady coordinator for the many decisions an Edmonton-area family faces when a home, a parent or an estate begins its next chapter.
Estate Clear-Outs
A full household worked through room by room — family priorities identified, contents sorted and distributed, donations, recycling and disposal arranged, and the property prepared for handover or sale.
Learn moreSenior Downsizing
Deciding what moves and what does not, then organizing the sorting, packing, family distribution, donation and disposal so the person moving keeps the decisions and not the workload.
Learn moreMove Coordination
Planning, scheduling and supervising the move between homes, with independent moving companies coordinated around one plan and one point of contact.
Learn moreExecutor & Out-of-Town Family Support
Local hands and a local plan when you are managing a property from another city — assessment, contents planning, documentation, provider coordination and final handover.
Learn moreSignature Process
The Next Chapter Method
Five deliberate stages that turn a daunting transition into a sequence of clear, humane steps.
- IListen
A private conversation to understand the family, the home and the timeline.
- IIMap
A written plan naming every task, decision and provider required.
- IIISort
Room by room — keep, distribute, assess, donate or responsibly release.
- IVCoordinate
Movers, cleaners and specialists scheduled around one plan and one contact.
- VTransition
The move, the listing preparation or the handover of a clear, clean property.
Owner-operated
Meet Jem
Alberta Estate Transitions is owner-operated by Jem Mathieson from Sherwood Park. The person you meet at the first walk-through is the person responsible for managing your project through to the end.
The business is insured, and the same calm, organized approach applies whether the client is a family, an executor or a referring professional.
For Professionals
Working alongside your advisors.
Alberta Estate Transitions works alongside estate lawyers, realtors, financial and trust professionals, senior living and care professionals, and other advisors — handling the physical and logistical side of a property transition while they carry on with their own work.
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The Next Chapter
Practical guidance for families navigating aging parents, downsizing, estate contents and everything that comes with a major life transition.
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Next Step
Tell us about your family's next chapter.
Every engagement begins with a private, no-obligation conversation. We listen first, then set out a clear plan in writing.
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Or reach us directly at hello@alberta-estate.com · (587) 222-4958