weekends and month-ends are the busiest times for them. • Look for inexpensive but serviceable packaging. Recycled boxes are less expensive. • Organize a moving team. You’ll need all the help you can get, from packing and labeling to unpacking and sorting your stuff. • Time your departure from your old place. Make sure you’ll be able to stop and rest when needed at convenient times and places. You want to be able to get to your new house while there’s still light outside for ease in unloading. If you decide to do the move with a U-Haul, make a specific timetable. Include all the things that you would be doing in preparation for your move. If you’ll be proceeding without professional help, you may even want to ask for advice from people you know. Their moving experience will provide you with tips on what to avoid and areas of preparation you may have overlooked. Whether you make your big move with professional help, family and friends, or by yourself, preparation and organization are key.
SETTLING IN
It’s probably after 11:00 p.m. by now, the first night in your new place. Pizza boxes are stacked on tables not yet positioned. Soda and water bottles stand guard in the eerie quiet of unfamiliar surroundings that feel somehow like, well, home. You’ve got days of settling in yet to make this your home. But good job for getting to this point! And welcome home!
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