Mastering Moving And Storage

By Author: Walter Bolick
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If you haven’t had to move from one house or apartment to another one, you are very fortunate. Moving can be a hard thing to do; one is taken away from their friends, family, and everything that is familiar. Although it an be hard, two things you will master while moving are of course moving, but also how to deal with storage. Once you master moving and storage, moving will just be annoying, instead of hard and annoying.

The following will be a list of tips and guidelines that will make your move as stress free, easy, and short as possible. Complete these steps, and you will be much happier during your move.

Something very simple that one can do to make their move much easier to label everything. This may sound too simple to make the move better, but that’s not the case at all. If you label all the boxes appropriately, than when the time comes to empty out the boxes, all you have to do is put all the boxes labeled “kitchen” to the kitchen, and all the boxes labeled “Andy’s room” to Andy’s room. In the rush to pack, many people pack big boxes thinking that they will remember exactly where it ...
... is when they get to the new place of residence, but this is seldom the case.

The second guideline of moving has to do with storage. If you haven’t experience this yet, you will realize that there is never enough storage space. If you are doing a big move, emptying out your storage closet will be a challenging task. I suggest that you get a moving truck or POD to get your stuff from one place to another. If you can afford it, you should get insurance on all of your stuff. Although many see insurance as a scam, it can really be a lifesaver for unexpected issues that can come up.

The third guideline that will be offered in this article is making sure that there are multiple sets of keys to the new house or apartment. There are many crazy stories of how keys magically disappear in the grass, while driving, or even eaten. If there is only one set of keys, then there is only one person who can open the door; and if that person gets stuck in traffic or get lost on the way to the new place, the move must be put to a complete halt. This is never good.

Is it during moves that one actually sees how much stuff they have acquired and stored over the years. This is a great opportunity to get rid of items in storage that aren’t being used, to make the move easier. If you don’t have a lot to store, than you will save time, money, and putting yourself through manual labor; you can even donate the items that are still in good condition.

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The two key words in moving are moving and storage; control these two words, control the move.

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