Senior & Retirement Moves

Downsizing after forty years in a house outside Bourg isn’t a job you rush, and it isn’t a job you hand to whoever’s cheapest that week. Renee Melancon personally schedules our senior moves with extra time built into the day — no crew standing in the driveway checking a watch while someone decides whether the china cabinet stays or goes to a grandchild.

Room by Room, At Your Pace

• One room finished and confirmed before the next one starts
• Clear labeling for family members sorting keepsakes versus donations
• Coordination with family in Schriever or out of state on delivery timing
• Careful handling of framed photos, china, and generations-old furniture
• Setup at the new place — beds assembled, boxes placed by room, not just dropped in a pile
• Breaks built into the day so the move never feels like a race against the clock

Many of these moves are into smaller homes or assisted living near Houma, and we’ve learned the difference between rushing a job and respecting one. Kim Tran walks the whole house first so the estimate accounts for what’s actually staying, and Jerome Batiste makes sure insurance coverage is clear on the pieces that matter most before anything leaves the driveway.

Blaine started Bayou Moving not long after helping his own mother move out of the Chauvin house she’d raised her kids in, and that experience still shapes how the crew handles these jobs — less like a labor task, more like a family favor we happen to get paid for, room by room, at whatever pace actually feels right for the people living it.