So think about that as you hold each object and prepare to add it to your packed boxes or your donation boxes. If you’ve ever moved before you know how it can either be expensive to hire movers or exhausting to do on your own. 2 weeks before the big move anything unsold gets donated so you can concentrate on packing and cleaning. You'll find more to let go and some will be pretty good stuff that you might want to try to sell. In February get serious and donate surplus and start packing. Go through this room this week, that room next week along with selling stuff. If an item is unique like a toilet plunger, keep it! I prefer to stew on the stove or in the oven, it was clearly extra. When is the last time you used something? I had a slow cooker that hadn't been used since it came in the house. How many beds are you keeping? How many sets of sheets have gone on each bed in the past year? How many towels do you need? Do you need 58 bowls or will 24 suffice. Repeat in the future if dissatisfied with your results.Ĭount it out. Maybe you can let 1 of 15 go, maybe 10 can go. If you have groups of items that seem excessive then line up in order of like. I did keep or trash/recycle/donate and put keepers back where I found them but you are starting early, try selling if the things seem worth the effort. It's the stuff hidden back there that probably needs to go. ![]() Start now and you have a better chance of getting folks to buy the pieces.ĭump out closed storage one small space at a time. Figure out which pieces of furniture will be moved and which are surplus. In February when you pack for real you'll have a great staging area ready. Your aim will be for them to be completely empty. Move out of the rooms you'll no longer have. Budget for takeout food and bribe all your friends generously to help. Whatever doesn't sell gets recycled or donated, also ASAP.ĭeclutter first, book the moving service a month in advance, buy packing material 4 weeks in advance, dispose of hazardous waste and furniture 2-3 weeks in advance, pack everything you can survive without 3-4 weeks in advance, pack everything you can't live without 3 days in advance. If you sell anything, price it to go quickly (now is a good time to sell electronics, toys and jewelry, cause holidays are coming). Remember secondhand furniture and clothing is cheap and abundant everywhere right now, so it may be better to leave things behind and get more when you arrive.ĭon't try to save or earn money by selling stuff. All that is not worth transporting must go (and transporting is costly in time, money and sweat, so items to transport must be worth that much or more). Most east coast cities have decent Craigslists or buy nothing groups or thrift stores and its easy to pick up free/cheap furniture, kitchen stuff and other things if you need it when you get there.Īs u/eilonwyhasemu said, focus on what to keep not what to lose. Keep that in mind when you have something where you are having trouble deciding. Things are expensive to move, especially if they never get used again. You probably don't need a lot of house repair stuff and outdoor things at your new place, and its about to be winter good time to get rid of all the outdoor stuff sooner rather than later. You probably won't have a lot of space in your kitchen, get rid of gadgets you never use, duplicates, etc. Things like my pictures, yearbooks, sentimental stuff I know I won't go through, etc. ![]() You can get a feeling for how much stuff you will have sooner rather than later. ![]() I like pulling out the stuff I KNOW I will take but don't need now and put it in a pile / boxes. If you have a room of a similar size in your current place use it as a staging area to test out how much stuff you can bring and play with furniture sizing and placement. You don't have room or time for those things. Don't move garbage / broken stuff / someday stuff.
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