Moving Tips - Page 25

Seasoned homeowners realize they will endure a home inspection on the property they’re selling.  No matter how many upgrades you’ve made and how well they were done, though, a home inspection may bring up hidden home horrors -- horrors that may require costly repairs or sabotage the sale.  Biting your nails and panicking won’t help.  What helps is scheduling a pre-inspection before putting your house on the market.  Find out why you should get a home inspection before you sell. If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It How many times…

Although many readers hold their E-readers close to their hearts, it’s not the only chosen way with words most readers enjoy.  There’s still something about the slick feel of a colorful book in hand and the sharp smell of fresh paper just waiting to be unveiled and a story to be discovered.  Between moving from one city to a new one, you may require some downtime, and instead of worrying about whether your E-reader is charged or if you can unpack a book you’ve been meaning to read, travel to…

Every city you visit but aren’t fully acquainted with comes with its own myths.  Until you actually live and work in a place, you cannot verify every myth as gospel.  Remember how your parents told you…

Buying or renting a place is an expensive proposition no matter how you go about it or how much money you spend.  When you start looking at places where you potentially could live, your mind is…

With so much to pack and purchase before you move into a new home, you may forget the most important everyday items like cleaning products and basic tools.  If you’re moving into your first place and/or out of your dorm room or childhood home, there’s a good chance that you take for granted the supplies which are easily accessible right now.  You don’t want to be without them!  But what are they, anyway?  We’ve compiled this list of the most essential items you need to create a well-stocked household. Tools…

Life changes at lightning speed.  One decision that seems ideal at one time can easily shift to a mistake that you must rectify or a choice that no longer works with your lifestyle. Change brings decisions…

Finding your first apartment can be exciting and liberating, the crowning achievement post-graduation.  Unfortunately, a fabulous place comes at a fabulous price.  These days with mounting college debt and so-so starting salaries, many college graduates and career beginners cannot afford to live solo.  Maybe you could return to your childhood home and live with mom and dad, but once you’ve lived on your own at college, parental rules may feel restrictive and backward for a responsible, ambitious adult-like yourself.  Besides, your former bedroom could already be converted into a man…

If you recently became a widow/widower due to your spouse enduring a long-term illness or unexpectedly dying, important decisions must be made.  When moving from your current home, circumstances may appear quite different than they did when you originally moved in.  Your finances, your lifestyle, your wants, and your needs – everything changes.  How will you move on your own, especially if close relatives including grown children live far away? What if it IS just you against the world? Physically moving your belongings is difficult when you relied on your…

Although most people would suggest you move before you give birth, Mother Nature and the real estate market may have other ideas.  When you’re ready to deliver your baby, practically nothing can stop childbirth from happening – even moving to a new home!  So what can you do to ease the transition for your newborn? Below find ideas on how to gently move your bundle of joy to a new nest without throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Take Time Off Before and After You Move If you’re able…