Get into your new place early
If your lease start the week before you really move in , make certain to use that time wisely . Get in there and measure everything so you could start be after where to put your clobber . If you could tell the movers exactly where the couch should go , it ’s a job you wo n’t have to do yourself later . Do the annoying stuff like hang drapes or stock up on clean provision , too – it ’s so much promiscuous when all you have to do on arrival is unpack .
Be realistic about your move
Yeah , you probably could enlist five Quaker who ’ll never blab to you again to move your entire flat across Ithiel Town on the subway , piece by piece . It ’s potential . But you could also shell out a dyad hundred bucks for a local removal business firm and still have pals at the end of it . The guys who show up might not always be the best caller – I ’ll never blank out the dude who was having such tough gut difficulty that he brought his own air freshener , but still managed to carry an armchair down four flights of stairs singlehanded – but as long as you ’ve done your research , you may bet they ’ll do a good caper .
Resign yourself to the real cost
Moving always be more than you think . Moving always cost more than you think . Moving always costs more than you cogitate . Accept it , manage with it , empathize that even the magnetic tape and boxes are go to tally up . If you hired movers , element in a sizable tip . think the poppycock you ’ll involve to interchange or grease one’s palms for the first time ( “ Here ’s your broom that I adopt three years ago , downstairs neighbor whose name I still do n’t know ! ” ) You ’ll have a happy move if you ’re not flipping out about unexpected costs at every turning , so figure out what you want and how much it cost beforehand , then fix to sail in good order over that budget anyway .
Measure the stairwells in both buildings
Is it a pain in the ass to dismantle your sofa into two or three component before moving ? Sure . But not as much of a pain as getting it stuck midway up the stairs of your new building ( or down the stairs of your current one ) . Figure out what ’s feasible first , and prepare accordingly . Note to ego : project out how to air this clause back in clip to younger self to avert the extremely unpleasant four - people - completely - ensnare - and - shrieking - on - staircase debacle of 2010 .
Give yourself twice as long as you think you need to pack
Learn to let go
You be intimate those two box full of assorted Irish bull you have n’t unpacked since the last move ? Throw them out . Do n’t even spread out them , just thrash them mighty in the trash and save yourself the two 60 minutes of agonize over whether you could really part with that mini screwdriver / flashlight combo someone hold you that might come in ready to hand one day , like if you had to defuse a very diminished dud in the dark , or something , you never know , correct ? If you did n’t open them in the last two years , you do n’t want what ’s in spite of appearance . Make your move easier – and your new place more wide – by using each move as an opportunity to clean house sign of the zodiac . Literally .
Don’t be a macho idiot
No , you may not empty your total bookshelf into one giant boxful and stockpile it down three flights of stairs . And if you do care it , that ’s going to be you done for the daytime – peradventure for the next month . Professional movers can do this because they have spines of iron and the stamen of a sexually adventuresome racehorse . If this does not distinguish you , tamp down small .
Hire a maid
The last thing you ’re going to want to do after moving all your stuff is go back to your old place and cancel the grounds of a year ’s solid partying off the wall for three hours , before pass on the keys back . Hire a maid to come in while you ’re moving your stuff and nonsense to the new place , then come back to a screaky clean apartment just in time to give your former landlord his keys back and get your security depository bring back in full .
Nick Leftleyhas been publish inMaxim , Time Out New York , Men ’s Fitness , and many others . He has also written for various sitcom projects for the BBC , and enjoys writing about himself in the third person .
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