Westlake Executive Downsize

Standard intra-Austin moves run 1 day. Estate moves run 3-7 days minimum. The reason: item-by-item inventory tagging, custom crating, art-handler coordination, and the partial-decommission decisions that drive the estate-sale + donation pickups.

Site survey: our senior estimator + project lead spent two days at the Westlake property in November 2025. The walk identified:

- Main house room-by-room scope (4 bedrooms + library + media room + master suite) - Art collection ($400K aggregate value across ~35 pieces — paintings, sculpture, photography) - Custom furniture (3 custom pieces including a Berman-attributed dining table) - Pool house contents (entertainment + bar setup) - Detached garage workshop (woodworking tools, sports equipment) - Holiday + storage items (estate-sale candidates)

Decommission plan: 70% to the new home, 20% to estate sale, 8% to family (one daughter in Austin, one son in Seattle), 2% to donation.

Two specialty handlers were coordinated alongside our crew:

Art handler. A specialty art-handling firm in Austin (the executive's preferred firm from prior art-installation work) handled the 12 highest-value pieces — the museum-quality pieces, the framed photography, and the sculpture. Our crew handled the remaining 23 pieces with specialty packing (acid-free wrap, custom crating on the larger framed pieces, photo documentation at origin). The art handler scheduled placement at destination two days after our delivery.

Custom + antique furniture. The 3 custom pieces — including the Berman-attributed dining table — were pad-wrapped in custom pads (not standard moving blankets), corner-protected, and custom-crated where the size or fragility called for it. Photo documentation at origin, condition confirmed at destination.

The custom pieces and crated art rode on the main household load, blocked and secured against the truck wall so nothing shifted. Two days of pack-out at origin, one day of transit (just to the other side of Austin), two days of placement at destination.

Three external vendors coordinated during the move week:

Austin estate-sale firm. Pre-arranged in November. They came twice during our pack-out — once for the larger furniture pieces (the Westlake dining set, the media-room sectional, the home-office desk), and once for the holiday + decorative items that didn't make the trip. Both pickups happened during our active pack-out so the timing required careful coordination.

Family-distribution movers (in-state). The daughter in Austin received 4 furniture pieces + some kitchenware. We delivered those directly the day after the Spanish Oaks delivery — single-day Austin move, half-day of crew time.

Family-distribution carrier (out-of-state). The son in Seattle received 6 pieces of furniture + the Westlake library (the executive's professional book collection). We packed and palletized these items for shipment via a long-haul carrier (not us — separate cross-country freight quote). Coordinated handoff to the long-haul carrier two days post-Spanish Oaks delivery.

Donation pickup. Goodwill scheduled for the Friday after the move week. The donation items were staged in the original Westlake garage; our crew left them in place for the pickup.

Spanish Oaks delivery completed in two days (a day for the main household + a day for art coordination and furniture placement).

The move from 6,000 to 3,200 sq ft meant the art collection couldn't all go on display at once. The art handler and our crew worked the executive's placement plan room by room, positioning the showcase pieces first and setting the custom furniture into the more compact spaces.

Total project: 6 days end-to-end. Pack-out + load (3 days at origin), transit + delivery (1 day across Austin), specialty + decommission coordination (2 days alongside delivery).