Moving Tips - Page 26

Lately, a clever commercial for a major cable company has been circulating on television.  It shows a young man desperately trying to persuade his friends and family to help him move.  After receiving a bunch of humorous rejections using puns, he resorts to his last choice – his cable company/Internet provider – to help him which proves to be the best choice.  However, you CAN get help moving without handing over your firstborn.  Follow along for hints on how to convince your friends and family to help you move without…

When you bought that sleek, deluxe stainless steel refrigerator, you may never have expected you’d be moving or maybe you purposely purchased it to spruce up your home in preparation for resale.  Unfortunately, now you’re absolutely in love with the refrigerator that fits so perfectly in your kitchen and realizes parting from that beautiful fridge may be such sweet sorrow.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful to bring it with you to your next home? Sure, it would, but is it a practical, smart or economical decision? Below are the reasons why…

Whenever you move from one place to another, there’s a chance you’ll stay elsewhere during the move.  Some people stay in hotels; some stay with friends or relatives; and others remain in their virtually empty current homes the night(s) before a move.  In order to be comfortable and ready for anything, you need your daily essentials and other important items easily accessible.  The question is what do you need to keep in an overnight bag and/or luggage until you’re settled in your new home? Important Papers Any personal documentation including…

Sports are America’s favorite pastime.  We watch them; cheer on our favorite teams and trash talk our rival ones, and love to play them.  When kids play sports, they’re active and away from time-sucking electronics.  They’re taught lifelong lessons about success, failure, and working with others.  To feed this love, parents purchase basketball hoops, trampolines, and all kinds of playground equipment.  However, when it comes to moving large sports equipment to your next home, unexpected challenges could appear.  How do you move these gargantuan items that seemed like suitable investments…

‘Twas the night before moving and all through the place, home dwellers were preparing for tomorrow’s mad race… Are you ready to move? If tomorrow is moving day, you’re in for an exciting yet stressful whirlwind…

Learning how to move a pool table is the first step if you want to DIY the job. It will require a near-complete disassembly of the table and a healthy amount of muscle power to move…

When you’re moving long-distance, how are you going to get there? The obvious answer would appear to be taking a plane or, if you live only a few hours away, driving your car, but is one mode of transportation easier and more efficient than the other? Only you and/or your loved ones can decide, but before you make a move, compare and contrast which option works out best for you. How Much Time Do You Have? Since you currently live far away from your new home, how long would it…

Whether you have an extensive wine collection that you are quite proud of or simply a couple of glasses from your wedding that really means a lot, you are probably wondering how to pack wine glasses for moving. No one has to tell you how fragile these glasses are, so you already know that you need to take every precaution possible to make sure that they do not get damaged during transit from one home to the next. Picking up and setting down boxes, as well as a few potholes…

The packing process can be a long and arduous one. It is full of moving and changing parts, but the reality is always the same: the earlier you get started, the less stressful it will be. One of the very first tasks, and maybe the most important, is figuring out where to find moving boxes. Regardless of where you're going and what you're moving to, you are going to need all sorts of moving boxes for your relocation— from the smallest one to the tallest.  At FlatRate, we not only…