A parent is downsizing
The house is going and a smaller place is waiting. What comes too, and what does not, has to be decided quickly and kindly.
A parent's house to clear, from wherever you are.
Downsizing, a move into care, or a death. Settled takes the house from full to empty. Photograph each room and the list is written for you. The family distributes items in private, from any city. What is left finds a new home, and the movers, auction houses and donation drop-offs near the house are one page away.
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$149 CAD, one payment. Family members join free.
The whole thing, start to finish, in ninety seconds. Tap for sound.
Built for four moments
Settled does not assume which one you are in. The words on every screen fit all four. And it assumes the family is spread out, because it usually is: one sibling near the house, the others in another city or another country.
A parent is moving into care
A care home, assisted living or memory care. Belongings leave the home while the person is still very much here.
One parent has died
The surviving parent is often deferring to the children, and the children are being careful with each other. Nothing feels final.
Both parents have died
Siblings, distance, history, and everything at once. The house has to be emptied and nobody wants it to be the thing that breaks the family.
How it works
Seven steps. The organiser does the first two. The family does the middle from wherever they are. The last two empty the house.
1
Add what is in the house
Room by room. Photograph a room and Settled picks out the things in it, so you are checking a list rather than typing one. If you have a valuation, upload it and the items and values come across.
2
Invite the family
Each person receives a link by email, whether they are two streets away or on another continent. No account, no app, no cost to them. They can join tonight or next week.
3
Everyone chooses, in private
For each item: keep, sell, donate or pass. Nobody sees anyone else’s choices. Nobody has to say in front of the others what they want, and nobody has to fly home to see the house. The photographs do that.
4
Points settle what is contested
When more than one person wants the same thing, each person has 100 points to spread across everything they asked for. The higher bid keeps it. It is blind, so nobody bids against a sibling, only for the things that matter most to them.
5
The reveal, and the record
Everyone sees the outcome at the same moment. The record is dated, printable and yours to keep. It shows what each person kept, and what is still to find a home.
6
New homes for the rest
One page, one link, for everything the family did not keep. Share it with neighbours, friends or a local group. People ask for what they would like, you choose who gets it, and the record notes where every item went.
7
Then, the practical part
Settled shows the movers, packers, auction houses, donation drop-offs and clearance firms near the house, with reviews, distance and a number to call. Book what you need from wherever you are. The house is emptied, and the record says where everything went.
Why it holds
Fair
The same 100 points for every person, including whoever is organising. Nobody's voice is louder because they live closer or spoke first.
Private
Choices and bids are made alone and opened together. There is no room in Settled for a conversation to go wrong.
Final
One dated record, the same copy to every person. Nobody remembers it differently in five years.
Nobody has to be in the same room, the same city or the same time zone. The organiser sets things up and breaks a tie that points cannot. The organiser does not overrule a bid. The record is the family's agreement written down, not a legally binding document, so if circumstances change the family is free to agree something different.
42 Elmwood Avenue
Settled on 14 June 2026
Oak writing desk study
Two asked. Claire, by points.
Grandmother’s tea service dining room
Kept by Daniel.
Garden chairs, set of six garden
Three to Anna, three to Ben.
Upright piano living room
Unclaimed. To auction.
Pine bookcase spare room
New home, two streets over. $40.
Winter coats and linens hall cupboard
Donated.
Every item, where it went, and why. Everyone receives the same copy at the same moment.
What your family or friends receive
Invite anyone the family wants at the table: siblings, a surviving parent, cousins, an old friend of the house. The hardest part is usually getting everyone to take part. Settled asks very little of them.
- An email with a link. It opens on their phone, wherever they are.
- The list, with photographs, one item at a time.
- Four choices per item. Keep, sell, donate or pass.
- Their 100 points, only if something is contested.
- The same record as everyone else, at the same moment.
- Nothing else. No account, no download, no charge.
If someone would rather not take part, they can say so from their link. The organiser can see who has finished and can close the round when it is time.
Then, new homes for what is left, and help to clear the rest
The reveal is not the end of the house. Settled helps you clear the rest, and writes down where it went.
From the record, choose what to offer on: the things marked sell or donate, each priced or free. Settled makes a single public page and a link. Send it to the family group chat, a neighbourhood email or a local Facebook group. People open it on their phone and ask for what they would like. You decide who gets each thing, and a short thread arranges collection or postage.
For everything else, the same place shows the movers, packers, auction houses, donation drop-offs and clearance firms near the house, with reviews, distance and a number to call. From the first photograph to the last van, the whole thing is managed in one place, from wherever you are.
- No address on the page, only the area. Where to collect is shared by you, in the thread, after you have said yes.
- Requests, not first come. Several people can ask for the same chair. You choose, so a cousin can come before a stranger.
- Money stays between you and them. Settled holds no payment and takes nothing.
- Close the link the moment you are done, or replace it if it travels somewhere you did not intend.
- Included in the $149. Every item that leaves goes on the record, with what it fetched if you note it.
One payment. Everyone else joins free.
$149CAD
Paid once, by the person organising. No subscription.
- 90 days of access, for as long as the sorting takes
- Room photographs and valuations read into a list for you
- Family members join free, without an account
- Private choices and blind points on anything contested
- The reveal and the dated record, printable and yours
- New Homes: one shareable page for everything the family did not keep
- Local help: movers, packers, auction houses and donation drop-offs near the house
Need longer? A further 90 days is $15, once. Keep the record permanently for $25. Prices in Canadian dollars. Read the refund policy.
Begin with SettledQuestions families ask
Do family members pay, or need an account?
No. The organiser pays once. Everyone else joins through a link in their email, on their phone or computer, with nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.
Half of us live in other cities, or abroad. Does that matter?
No. Settled is built for exactly that. The person nearest the house photographs the rooms. Everyone else sees the same photographs and makes the same choices from wherever they are, in their own time, with no call to schedule and no trip to make. The reveal reaches everyone at the same moment, whatever the time zone. Family members can be anywhere with an internet connection. Settled itself is offered in Canada and the United States, and the organiser pays in Canadian dollars.
What if two people want the same thing?
Each person has 100 points to spread across everything they asked for. The higher bid keeps the item. Bids are private, so nobody is bidding against a sibling, only saying how much a thing matters to them. If points end level, the organiser breaks the tie, and that is the only place the organiser decides.
My parent is still living. Is Settled right for us?
Yes. Downsizing and moving into care are the first two situations Settled is built for. Your parent can be the organiser or one of the family choosing. If you are organising on their behalf, you confirm that you have their agreement or the authority to act for them.
Is the record a legal document?
No. The record is not legally binding on anyone. Settled is a family coordination tool, and whoever holds legal authority keeps it at all times. Settled does not give legal, tax or financial advice. What the record gives you is a clear, dated account of what the family agreed, which is often exactly what a lawyer asks for, and because it binds nobody, the family can change its mind later if it needs to.
What happens to the things nobody wants?
After the reveal, the organiser can put them on a New Homes page: one link to share with neighbours, friends or a local group, each item priced or free. People ask, the organiser chooses, and collection or postage is arranged in a short thread. Whatever is left after that is sold, donated or let go, and every destination goes on the record. If a valuation was uploaded, the values sit alongside, so decisions about selling are made with the numbers in view.
Who can see what?
Only the people the organiser invites. Choices and bids stay private until the reveal, when everyone sees the same outcome together. Settled shows no advertising, sells no data, and shares nothing outside the family group.
Is the New Homes link safe to share with strangers?
It is built for that. The page shows the area, never the address, and never the family’s name unless you type it into the title yourself. Nobody can claim an item; they can only ask, and you decide. You can block a visitor, close the page at once, or replace the link with a fresh one. The pages are kept out of search engines.
What happens after 90 days?
Access closes. You are reminded before it does. If the sorting is taking longer, a further 90 days is $15, once. If you want the record kept for good, a permanent archive is $25.
What if one person refuses to take part?
They can decline from their link, and the organiser can close the round without them when it is time. Settled cannot make anyone join, but it does remove most of the reasons people give for not joining: there is no account, no cost, and no argument to walk into.
Can I use it on my own?
Yes. If you are the only person deciding, Settled runs as a single list, with the same record at the end. Settled is available in Canada and the United States, in English, priced in Canadian dollars.
When you are ready
Set it up in an evening. Send the links. Let the family decide in their own time, find homes for the rest, and settle it once.
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