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Tips for Moving…
By admin | March 3, 2009
My apartment is starting to look less like a home and more like a warehouse. I am okay with this because it means that I am soon moving into mine and wifey’s first house.
Let me first say that NOBODY likes moving. It is so physically and emotionally exhausting and I am sure I will be feeling it in full swing this time next week.
Rather than just hiring movers and getting charged an arm and a leg, I have come up with a few tips (that I plan on implementing) to help us with the moving process. I will get to test first hand if these are good tips or not.
Tip #1: Get boxes for FREE.- Do not pay for these things. A month before you move, spend a couple minutes calling furniture stores and ask if they have boxes you can have. You would be surprised…Wifey did this when we slept outside for homeless for the homeless and it was MONEY.
Tip #2: Rent a UHAUL - I have never rented one of these in my life. I have always packed up my Honda Accord and taken 38 trips to my living space. I found out that UHAUL’s are VERY inexpensive if you are keeping it in the same city. I think they get you on mileage.
Tip #3: Use your friends - Again, I actually have never done this before. If you are my friend think to yourself “Have I ever helped Kakaras move?” The answer is no. I have always been a do it myself/don’t want to bother people kind of person. Well not this time. The way I figure is wifey and I are going to pack everything up in boxes and label what room in the new house they go to. Which is why our living room will look more like a warehouse. I am going to organize everyone I know and try to get some help…the more the merrier. So rather than having 5-ish people doing all of it with each person exerting a TON of effort. My goal is to get 25-ish people and each person will do it with very little effort. Of course, wifey and I still have to unpack but the issue that usually is the hardest is getting stuff in the house.
So these are my Kakaras tips. Not unlike the way we organize our personal finances…the way to move effectively & efficiently is planning.
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