Ten women who’ve been there share ideasto keep your move as smooth and stress-free as possible
Our move this past summer should have been relatively simple. We were moving from a three-bedroom apartment to another (ground floor) three-bedroom just a few blocks away. We got a decent quote from the moving company and went ahead. But then things went awry.
The company only sent four workers, one who spent a lot of time just sitting in the truck, and the move took all day. By four p.m., they hadn’t even started unloading anything, and I was standing outside the new apartment with my children anxiously looking for the moving truck. I actually called the owner of the company to ask if I needed to book a hotel for the night, because I was still planning on putting my kids to bed at seven p.m. He got the hint and put pressure on the workers, but it was so frustrating.
A friend of mine who moved a few weeks later had a totally different experience. The moving company sent seven or eight workers, and she was in her new place unpacking by 12 noon. She had a few hours to get some unpacking done before her children came home. Moral of the story: Get a moving company who will send enough workers and get you unpacking as soon as possible. It’s worth everything!
In my office, everything is really organized. I have spreadsheets for the office supplies, the accounts, and everything else. I decided to organize my move the same way. I numbered all the boxes and made a spreadsheet listing every box and its contents. Yes, it took extra time when packing (though not that much), but it saved us tons of time afterward.
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