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Posted by PM80 on June 13, 2005, at 9:26:32
Hello!
A few months ago, I found out that I got a transfer with my job that I had been wanting since I took the job last summer. Something opened up for me Philadelphia, which is kinda where I wanted to go (it is where I was before I took this fabuluous job that I love). Right now I feel like I am out in the boondocks, so I am excited to move back near some friends and extended family. But I now have an apartment with real furniture and the like so I I can no longer move just by packing my car. I do get a relocation check, but money is still somewhat tight for me. I am currently planning on making reservations for self-service move. In a self-service move, a container is dropped off at your place, you load it up and they drive it to your new place and you unload it. I want to know what experiences everyone has had. I am moving across country (still in the US). Has anyone done this themselves? a friend? Any good or bad experiences with particular moving companies?
Posted by sunny10 on June 14, 2005, at 7:40:47
In reply to Moving Advice, posted by PM80 on June 13, 2005, at 9:26:32
oooh, oooh, let me know when you get here!!!!!
Have not done the container thing but it sounds fantastic...
Of course there's always rental trucks that you drive cross-country in yourself while towing your car behind if you can't afford the container thing...
Posted by PM80 on June 14, 2005, at 8:43:44
In reply to Re: Moving Advice » PM80, posted by sunny10 on June 14, 2005, at 7:40:47
My car - a 2004 saturn ion, which is otherwise fantastic - does not fit on ANY uhaul tow-a-car thingy. I don't know how that is possible, but it seems that it is. ANd actually, it is not any more expensive to hire a self-service mover than it is to rent a uhual, at least for a across multiple states move!
Posted by sunny10 on June 15, 2005, at 7:17:18
In reply to Re: Moving Advice » sunny10, posted by PM80 on June 14, 2005, at 8:43:44
Posted by Shortelise on June 15, 2005, at 16:30:38
In reply to Moving Advice, posted by PM80 on June 13, 2005, at 9:26:32
Here is my advice. I have moved .... a lot.
Mark all boxes with contents, like, "desk drawer, top" or "kitchen junk drawer" or "lamps, livingroom" or "extension cords" as well as what room they should go into. This is SO helpful.
Pack a couple of boxes only with the most necessary kitchen stuff (salt, pepper, a couple of platse, a few forks and knives, a few pots and pans, glasses, etc) and boxes with your bedding, pillows, etc. and pack those boxes in the container last so you'll be able to get them out first.
Get some green (or whatever) masking tape and use it to mark fragile boxes. It's easier to do than to write fragile on things, and I find it's easier to see, too.
Unload boxes into the room they go in. That way you pick the box up once and put it down. Make sure you either mark what it is and where it goes on all sides of the boxes or make sure that the markings are visible as you pack them in the container and when you put them down in the room they belong in.
You can often rent boxes from the big moving companies and return them when you have unpacked them.
Remember that moving is very stressful and agree with your partner that you'll try not to take your stress out on each other.
Hope some of this is helpful.
ShortE
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