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dm24angel
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Any Moving tips?
We are moving ( about 40 feet  ) To the apt directly below us ( it has an extra bedroom ) and I m so unmotivated to do it, but am trying to find the easist way to get things packed up and moved....obviously its down some stairs, but I have to empty drawers and cabinets etc and anyone have any tips to make it go faster? Or easier? Or to be more organized??
I find myself just throwing stuff in the boxes and I knwo its gonna take me forever to figure out where it all goes when we get down there.
TIA!
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Posted 9/10/05 9:50 PM  |
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Re: Any Moving tips?
just a tip
if you just throw stuff in boxes it will take FOREVER and a day to unpack
(I know this from experience)
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| Posted 9/10/05 9:54 PM |
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dm24angel
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Posted by MamaNDaddyof2
just a tip
if you just throw stuff in boxes it will take FOREVER and a day to unpack
(I know this from experience)
THANKS!! 
wanna come over and help?  Treat ya to McDonalds after
I just see it as wasting time to pack it all nicely when it just needs to be moved down 14 stairs!
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| Posted 9/10/05 9:57 PM |
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Just think you will have another room to put stuff it will be so worth it.....................Dont even carry stuff ......Just throw the stuff right down the stairs
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:00 PM |
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dm24angel
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Posted by MamaNDaddyof2
Just think you will have another room to put stuff it will be so worth it.....................Dont even carry stuff ......Just throw the stuff right down the stairs
I thought about this...just throwing it to someone standing at the bottom...but The mikasa wine glasses might not make it...I break those just carrying them around the house..
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:01 PM |
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Re: Any Moving tips?
I wouldn't empty the drawers- just carry them to the new place.
I lived in three different units in the same building. I should be more of a pro than I am. 
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:02 PM |
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dm24angel
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Posted by MrsProfessor
I wouldn't empty the drawers- just carry them to the new place.
I lived in three different units in the same building. I should be more of a pro than I am.
I meant like kitchen drawers. I basically just DUMPED them into a box...Im thinking I need a better plan then that!
? for you- Did Cable and utilties have to come to set ya up in the new unit? Im thinking that might add a hassle to the mix...
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:03 PM |
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Re: Any Moving tips?
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? for you- Did Cable and utilties have to come to set ya up in the new unit? Im thinking that might add a hassle to the mix...
Cable- yes. It was a huge pain, but I just had to call Con Ed and have my account switched. The phone was easy too- the last time anyway. The first time I moved, the people who'd lived in the unit before me never shut off their phone (something mysterious happened there, I never knew what) so it took like a month!
Message edited 9/10/2005 10:06:29 PM.
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HarleyGirlFLA
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Hire Movers
When we moved from NY to FL yikes. That was a journey.
When we moved from our friends home which is less then a mile we took all the clothes from the closet hangers and all and put them right in the suitcase. The dresser we just put tape on it and moved it as is with the stuff in it, and all my shoes threw in a box and that was it.
About 95% of our stuff was in storage so all of that stuff was already boxed from the NY move so it was just a matter of locating things.
What helped is we numbered every box, then on a seperate sheet of paper wrote the number and the items in the box. It helped locate a lot of items.
Though we're here almost 2 months and still have about 10 boxes remaining in the garage.
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:24 PM |
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dm24angel
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Posted by HarleyGirlFLA
Hire Movers
When we moved from NY to FL yikes. That was a journey.
When we moved from our friends home which is less then a mile we took all the clothes from the closet hangers and all and put them right in the suitcase. The dresser we just put tape on it and moved it as is with the stuff in it, and all my shoes threw in a box and that was it.
About 95% of our stuff was in storage so all of that stuff was already boxed from the NY move so it was just a matter of locating things.
What helped is we numbered every box, then on a seperate sheet of paper wrote the number and the items in the box. It helped locate a lot of items.
Though we're here almost 2 months and still have about 10 boxes remaining in the garage.
I cant hire movers to move me down 14 stairs..DH would kill me!
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:44 PM |
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neenie
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Posted by dm24angel
I cant hire movers to move me down 14 stairs..DH would kill me!
LMAO!!!
that's why youre supposed to raed the Whole Post  
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:46 PM |
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dooodles
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Okay, so throw everything down the stairs, except for the expensive breakables!!
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:46 PM |
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neenie
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Carry one glass down at a time-- then you kill 2 birds with one stone- You Move AND you get a hardcore work out
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:48 PM |
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dm24angel
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Posted by HarleyGirlFLA
What helped is we numbered every box, then on a seperate sheet of paper wrote the number and the items in the box. It helped locate a lot of items.
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THATS A GOOD IDEA!
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:50 PM |
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dm24angel
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Re: Any Moving tips?
Posted by neeniebean86
Carry one glass down at a time-- then you kill 2 birds with one stone- You Move AND you get a hardcore work out
I AINT LOOKING FOR NO WORK OUT!
Message edited 9/10/2005 10:52:46 PM.
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| Posted 9/10/05 10:50 PM |
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neenie
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Re: Any Moving tips?
is the downstairs apartment vacant already, and do you have a couple of days to move? or do you have to do it in 1 day? b/c hoenstly, with the kitchen stuff and all that .... i would jsut pack a few boxes at a time, bring them down, and unpack them. it may seem like a headache, but you'll LOVE being all moved in so quickly (if thats an option)
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