- hired professionals to load and unload our pod. it was way cheaper than the quote we received for a full-service move. (despite needing an extra pod...see below)
- ordered our bedroom furniture before we moved. we verified the measurements against the room dimensions prior to ordering and the furniture arrived within our first week in the house.
things i wish i knew before we moved...
- once the dining room table is gone, you will probably walk into the hanging light fixture. it hurts. put a chair under the light fixture to spare yourself the headache.
- hold on to those 'donate' dishes until right before you move...in our overzealous-ness to purge, we gave away our random dishes too early. once our boxes were packed, we had to use paper goods. sorry earth.
- if a large moving pod holds "3 rooms' worth" of stuff, one of those rooms is probably the bathroom. our two bedroom townhouse required about one and a half pods (and that's without the master bedroom furniture).
- pulling out a refrigerator will most likely dent your hardwood floors; put down cardboard first.
- when packing your keurig coffee system, make sure the internal (not just the external) reservoir is empty OR be sure to keep the machine upright during transit or you'll flood the little display screen.
- if you've never owned/maintained a lawn, ask for advice before you mow and do permanent damage to your yard (it's probably a good thing that our yard is tiny).
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