FAO: Students (Tips on moving home)

Member Name: chooflafla

Product:	Tips on moving home
Date:	06/06/04 (135 review reads)
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Advantages: Anything you thought you'd lost over the years, turns up under the bed

Disadvantages: Stressful, Time cosuming, I feel so dirty!

As I?m sure most of you will know, moving house is a very stressful experience. As I come up to my forth house move in 2 years on Tuesday, here?s a few things I have found to make it that little bit easier if you?re a student in university accommodation.

@ Banana boxes are very handy when it comes to packing, as they are durable and easy to stack. They also have two handles either side of the box thus making them easy to transport as well. Make sure that there is the standard brown paper inside though as this will prevent things from falling through the small hole at the bottom of the box.

@ Start packing at least a week before you move depending on how much crap you?ve accumulated over the years. Trust me, it takes AGES!

@ Leave things like the radio, kettle and TV until last as they will be extremely useful if (more like WHEN) you want a break. (Don?t forget to leave a few mugs out too.)

@ As well as having different boxes for different rooms (i.e. packing all the kitchen stuff in some boxes, bedroom stuff in others etc.) try to categorise the rooms as well. For instance you could try putting all of your CDs in one box, books in another, photos in another etc.

@ Wear old clothes you don?t mind getting dirty as you?ll look and feel like a dust bunny after you?re done for the day.

@ Remember to have your post forwarded to your new address.

@ If you receive a letter from the accommodation office asking you to leave by a certain date, keep it. You can use it to get a partial refund on your TV license (if you have one).

@ Lock all doors and windows securely before you leave.

@ Try to do all of your laundry a couple of days before you move out, this way it makes it easier when you arrive at your new place and also gives you one less thing to wo
rry about when you unpack.

@ Put all your important documents together, preferably in a locked box packed tightly away in a box/suitcase you know that you?ll need as soon as you unpack.

@ Wrap all breakables up in newspaper or bubble wrap.

@ If you have to take anything apart to transport, use tape to stick the screws onto the thing itself so that you won?t get confused with a huge muddled pile of screws, nuts and bolts.

@ If you?re living in a house and someone on the ground floor has already left, ask for their keys. If you shift your stuff into their old room periodically, then it makes it easier to pack the car before you leave.

@ It?s common courtesy to clean the house before you go, so whip out the vacuum, broom and mop and get to work on everything and anything that looks dirty.

As far I know, I think I?ve covered every aspect of a student move. If not, let me know and I?ll gladly change it.

Thanks for reading.

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Courstesy of I Like Blue.

"I'd add that you should inform your University/College, Bank and other important organisation you're involved in/get mail from of your change in address with as much notice as possible, and from general moving experience myself, usually about a month or so as you just can't trust beaurocracy to get it done quickly AND efficiently.

Unless you only have a few books then it probably isn't wise to put them all in one box as regular visits to a chiropracter to sort out your bad back could be expensive ;)

Also, if you have no paper or bubblewrap for your fragile objects then using your own clothes/towels acts as effective padding and protection."

Thanks!

PS. Lift with your legs, not your back!

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