Moving

http://kdk12.tumblr.com/post/6069938340/a-kubrick-guide-to-moving

xxxxp Awesome news, Nedderly!

I am also moving. On Monday morning. Hypothetically. But I haven't packed a lick, I haven't made an appointment with movers yet, and I'm terrified my building's elevator, which breaks down about three times a week, will be OUT on the day and they'll have to bring everything down from the 6th floor.

just push everything down the stairs - well packed of course with marshmallows

I have thrown bags of clothes down several flights of stairs before, but I don't recommend it without reservation.

it must be funny if someone is coming up and doesn't see it until too late

Hilaaaarious.

"how humourous - how HIGHLY HIGHLY HUMOUROUS"
Roger Ebert pans Lenoard Part 6

Hooray, as they say.

sweet fencing imo

It's a nice touch, really.

so jealous! i want a porch ;_;

It's a hell of a benefit when it comes to summer dinners. Had similar at the old place but I rather like this one more.

nice freakin toaster oven! does it make good english muffin pizzas!?

Looks great Ned! Very exciting. I'm really hoping the market turns around soon so we can sell our house and move.

i must be out of the loop, ned are you moving in with a lady friend?

Looks like a great place, Ned! I'm also moving, this weekend. All the stuff is packed up. Exciting features include an actual backyard (already created a huge garden back there :) :) :), a front porch (not as nice as Ned's, but still functional!), a washer/dryer that's in the basement instead of down the street, and is free, and...a rain barrel that's full of mosquitoes. At least 300-400, maybe more, and larvae. Working on that.

Thought about punching the mosquitoes in the face until they flew away, but eventually decided to drain the rain barrel and start from scratch. And purchase/wear a beekeeper's suit in the meantime.

WDYLL punching mosquitoes in the face

where are you moving, z_s?!

Silver Spring, about 4 blocks away frimthe metro, but somehow isolated from noise and traffic by huge gardens all around. And the people in the house behind us have this awesome aviary with national geographic-esque birds inside! It's a good spot, I think. Still would rather live closer to downtown DC, but we have to live in MD for another couple years (in-state tuition for E)

cool. my sis just moved there. i am scared of all that traffic but if you don't drive i guess it's not a huge deal!

i must be out of the loop, ned are you moving in with a lady friend?

That I am. Photo of us at the start of the WDYLL thread for this month.

:D

Ned wins all!

Thanks!

yaya ned!

Toaster oven comment is killing me.

Congrats Ned!

Looks like a lovely place - congrats on the move, Ned.

Thanks all!

It looks as though I will be moving in two weeks or so. Haven't done this for many years and would appreciate protips!

you're gonna need a LOT of alcohol

Honestly, my pro-tip more than all the others is: Put like things with like. I have classifications of things: "books", "folded clothes", "hanging clothes", "toiletries", "linens", "kitchen", "kitchen - fragile", and so on. Pack and label the boxes and BE SPECIFIC. Not until the frantic very very end should you be contemplating putting a bunch of hangers in a box with two cookbooks, the extra guest bedding, and a lamp without its shade.

Pro tip #2: Have enough boxes, by which I mean "Have an entire world's worth of boxes because otherwise you'll never know what's enough." I had about 35 of varying sizes when I moved last month and I really needed at least 40, maybe 45.

Other favorite tips involve Saran wrap, and having decided where EVERYTHING is going in the new place so you can tell movers where to leave furniture.

All the aforementioned is correct.

a bunch of hangers in a box with two cookbooks, the extra guest bedding, and a lamp without its shade.

ahahaha, this is such a perfect characterization of the final box

ugh the worst part of moving is the endless miscellany - you keep thinking you've packed/moved everything, but there is ALWAYS at least several boxes of small, annoying shit leftover.

Yay Ned!

I'll be moving a week from yesterday and didn't think to find a moving thread till just now. So just kinda jumping in here w/out reading everything.

I'm moving about 1/2 block from where I live now.

1. Definitely nice toaster oven. The thing I'm MOST excited about w/r/t the new place is that I will have counter space for a toaster oven! I bought one off Amazon a week ago and can't wait to unpack it. Also, sweet looking place, Ned!

2. The frustration w/ miscellany is OTM. It seems like at the end it starts procreating and does so faster and faster the closer you get to the end.

3. Not until the frantic very very end should you be contemplating putting a bunch of hangers in a box with two cookbooks, the extra guest bedding, and a lamp without its shade.

Agreed, but for some reason, this move I'm handling differently. My first couple boxes were strictly books, strictly winter clothes, strictly whatever. Then after a day I was like, Fuck it, and I went around throwing anything that would fit into a box, seal it up, and label it "DVD PLAYER, UNDERSHIRTS, MISC."

So, we moved today, mostly. We're splitting a 2-story place with another couple, and we're taking the top level. Unfortunately, the staircase is tight and has a 90 degree angle. Things that we just realized won't fit up the stairs:

Dresser
Record shelves
Bookshelves
Boxspring for mattress

sigh. Decision to take the upstairs seeming pretty stupid now tbh

Boxspring for mattress

this is how we ended up with a "platform" bed, 6 moves back. And the dresser that wouldn't break down into anything smaller ended up being cd storage in the downstairs room.

If there are hand rails in the staircase, taking them off can sometimes give you just enough extra room to squeeze around the corner.

It makes no sense to have stairs or doorways that normal furniture can't fit through. Infuriating. I've never lived in such a place, but my ex-bf and some interns I was supervising moved into places like this. Just awful.

yeah the bed thing is what i'm fearing with my next move. gf and i bought a bed together and it was supposed to be at my place until we moved in together. long story short she has it and i'm sleeping on the floor at my pad.

Hmmm.... I wrote and thought I posted something earlier re the magic of outsourcing.... Basically, I read a thing in Esquire when I was about 26 called "Dos and Don'ts for 30-somethings" and the Don't that stuck with me was "Don't rope your friends into helping you move. You're a grown-up now, so hire movers." While this is way too pat, it makes complete sense to me now.

One friend who is 34 and a considerably higher earner than me still gets her friends to help her move, which is very strange, IMO. When I told her that I spent $400 on movers (3 man crew, 3 hours total, including tip!), and was going to do so again, she was horrified. She insisted that I should let her help me instead because she SWEARS that she loves helping friends move. I said no fucking way - these guys strapped 3 or 4 boxes to their backs w/ canvas bands and RAN down my three flights of stairs. It was some of the best money I've ever spent.

This year I'm hiring cleaners, too b/c I have only until 3 p.m. to vacate, and while I doubt that if I did it myself I'd fuck up so badly I'd get hit with the clean-up fee that my property mgmt. company assesses ($50/hr), I'd rather have it done right.

Has anyone else experienced the demise of the security deposit?

Many (or most?) property management companies in Chicago are forgoing security deposits in favor of "move-in fees" which are usually $250-300 (non-refundable, as they are fees). But if you fuck up, instead of just keeping your deposit, the management company charges clean-up or repair fees on top of the $250-300 you already lost.

i move in 2.5 weeks. i've started the process this weekend. this is wise, yes?

Unquestionably. Whatever you can do to prepare in advance, the better.

A nice discovery I made is that I no longer have to go to the post office to set up change of address forwarding:

https://moversguide.usps.com/icoa/icoa-main-flow.do?execution=e1s1

Extremely simple, worked like a charm.

I did that when I moved and it was very convenient but I was disproportionately angry that it cost me a dollar!

Jesse OTM, hiring movers and end-of-lease cleaners means saving one's sanity. I only didnt need a mover last move as I moved three doors down, so we could to it all with 2 mates and a trolley but this time, no way,every last item is going into a box, and someone else is doing it. My move in 2008 was so traumatic (ever tried to pack and clean up EIGHT YEARS of pack-ratty endless mess? Ugh) and I never wanna do that again.

One good thing is the place I am in now is so bereft of storage (apart from one room with a small wardrobe there is none), most of my shit is still IN boxes haha.

Me too, Abbott. At least the first time. Now I'm not sure why it bothered me.

I did that when I moved and it was very convenient but I was disproportionately angry that it cost me a dollar!

I did this just a few days ago. Turns out the first google search result for "post office online change of address" is NOT an official USPS site, although it looks like it is, and at the end they charge you $5.99 fee.

buttheads!