NGKUR - Calling All Moving Experts!!!

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Aug 25, 2015 8:53:31 GMT -5 joy said:

My advice is to have movers. Haha.

**Below advice is for moving into your new home, not MIL's**

Organization has always been a crapshoot for me. I try to label stuff by box/room, but inevitably things switch rooms in the new place. I also couldn't really stand boxes all over the house. It was stressing me out to see a mess everywhere.

So... this is the system that works for me (it may not work for you): Boxes are labeled with what is in them (generally). I designate one room to be the box room. Movers carry boxes into that room only and I organize them into piles based around a theme (all the kitchen boxes, for example or all the book boxes, etc). Things that are heavy and will definitely go on the second floor, I put in a room I designate up there for boxes.

This way, I know where things are generally and can find them easily, but I'm not climbing over boxes all day, every day.  We also had to reassemble some furniture/decide where pieces go, so it's a helluva lot easier to do that without boxes being in the way in rooms. 

I also take the next day after moving off to organize the house. The box piles don't go away in that time, but they are smaller, the essentials are where they need to be, we aren't climbing over clutter, and if we can't find something, the pool of boxes to hunt is quite small.

But, this is me. And I'm weird. Apparently.

Funds are a little tight and H won't let other people touch his brewing equipment. Otherwise, i'd be about hiring movers.

We have a guest room that we don't really use. I think once I get that closet packed up I will start storing everything in there. Thanks for the idea.

[butlerfan]

Aug 24, 2015 20:12:39 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Hey guise,

So as many of you know H and I are relocating in less than a month. I wanted to pick your brains about how to best organize a long distance move that will also require a one month layover.

As of right now, we plan to rent a storage unit for a furniture and none essentials. If you had to live in cramped quarters with your ILs for a month what would you consider to be priority items. Also how would you organize your boxes to locate items easily in the storage unit?

If you have any additional moving hacks or brilliant methods to help me keep my sanity, please share.

- Wallie

We had to move out of our apartment over a week due to mold and allergies and live with inlaws for a few months while looking for a new place.

We numbered each box on all sides (including top and bottom) and wrote down on sheets of paper what was in each box...  Also write Fragile on all sides if it has breakables.

Box 1: pots and pans

Box 2: Glassware and towels

Box 3: plates and towels

etc

Try to stack it room by room if possible in the storage unit.  Also by writing on each side of box the number you could see it for any side .

At IL we used their spare room so we didn't need our furniture.  Also we used their kitchen items so didn't need anything there.

Make sure you do not store any food in the storage unit.

Make sure you have a variety of clothes for all types of weather, toiletries, shoes, jewelry etc. 

Hide your alcohol-you may need it.

Make sure to try to have a space that is yours so you can still have privacy-very hard at in-laws trust me.

Remember it is only a month-ours was 3.

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Aug 25, 2015 10:18:51 GMT -5 butlerfan said:

Aug 24, 2015 20:12:39 GMT -5 @wallflwr926 said:

Hey guise,

So as many of you know H and I are relocating in less than a month. I wanted to pick your brains about how to best organize a long distance move that will also require a one month layover.

As of right now, we plan to rent a storage unit for a furniture and none essentials. If you had to live in cramped quarters with your ILs for a month what would you consider to be priority items. Also how would you organize your boxes to locate items easily in the storage unit?

If you have any additional moving hacks or brilliant methods to help me keep my sanity, please share.

- Wallie

We had to move out of our apartment over a week due to mold and allergies and live with inlaws for a few months while looking for a new place.

We numbered each box on all sides (including top and bottom) and wrote down on sheets of paper what was in each box...  Also write Fragile on all sides if it has breakables.

Box 1: pots and pans

Box 2: Glassware and towels

Box 3: plates and towels

etc

Try to stack it room by room if possible in the storage unit.  Also by writing on each side of box the number you could see it for any side .

At IL we used their spare room so we didn't need our furniture.  Also we used their kitchen items so didn't need anything there.

Make sure you do not store any food in the storage unit.

Make sure you have a variety of clothes for all types of weather, toiletries, shoes, jewelry etc. 

Hide your alcohol-you may need it.

Make sure to try to have a space that is yours so you can still have privacy-very hard at in-laws trust me.

Remember it is only a month-ours was 3.

This made me laugh. His mom would pick up alcohol for us without a second thought. Also my FIL has a kegerator next to their indoor hot tub.(enclosed back porch/FIL's man cave)

It's the early bedtimes, thin walls, and close quarters that i'm dreading.

[mcktymck]

DH and I moved from CT to OR back in February. By car. With our two cats. It was loads of fun!

Definitely pack boxes by room. The clothes we knew we would be wearing during the trip/first few weeks of arrival were put into our two big suitcases. It helped use all of the available space we had, and made it easy to get to. We also labeled boxes so that we knew what would need to be unpacked as soon as we arrived, and what could wait until we moved into our permanent place.

Are you driving? If so, I highly suggest booking hotels in advance so that you have a game plan of where you need to be at the end of each day. I also went and purchased a bunch of gift cards to restaurants in advance, and looked up halfway points for each day that had those restaurants, but I'm a little ridiculous and have to have everything planned.

[Ray]

mcktymck the gift card idea is really smart! To buy them in advance would help lesson the blow on the pocket book of moving week for longer moves