Moving Across Your Building? What You Need to Know‍

You have found a new apartment across the street from your building and are preparing to move. The idea of a resettlement home seems exciting and challenging, but the stress of moving is impossible to avoid, regardless of whether the apartment is within your reach.

How do you avoid moving stress, and what should you pay attention to?

We will explain what steps you need to take and how much time you need in this blog.

Plan Ahead

Even though you are moving nearby, it is crucial to create a detailed plan that includes the following elements:

• Packing supplies
• Moving date
• List of all belongings
• Items you want to sell or donate
• Help from friends or family
• Set off days to focus on the move
• Hiring a professional moving company.

Provide Materials and Equipment

Although you are moving across the street from your building, you must provide the materials and necessary equipment to move your belongings. For materials and equipment, you will need the following:

• Boxes of different sizes
• Bookmarks and markers
• Various foils and papers
• Scissors and scalpers
• Belts for transfer
• Moving trolley
• Gloves

Packing Items

Even though you're moving locally, you still need to pack and secure your stuff well to avoid damage. If you can, use smaller boxes to make them easier to carry.

You can also use plastic bags for clothes since they are easier to handle. For fragile items, use bubble wrap or soft fabrics to prevent damage during the move. Don't forget to mark everything to make it easier when unpacking in your new place.

Moving Furniture and Household Appliances

Big pieces of furniture as well as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, and other household appliances are not easy to move, even though your new apartment is very close. If you save the original boxes from the device, it will be easier to pack them, and if you don't have them, use the already prepared moving boxes.

When packing your belongings and are protecting them from damage, having a cart or vehicle can help move them easily. If you can, hire a professional moving company.

Seek Help From Friends or Family

Moving can be stressful, so don't hesitate and ask friends or family for help. With their help and support, the move will be easier and faster. When you move to a new home, it would be nice to celebrate your new beginning together.

A Tour of the New Building

Maybe you had a parking lot in front of your current apartment, one or more elevators for transporting heavier items, and you certainly had house rules. For this reason, even though your new home is across the street from the building, it's possible you may not have the same conditions there. Check everything in advance and talk to the new building's management so that there are no unpleasant surprises.

Time Required for Moving

Although your new apartment is nearby, that does not mean that the move will go quickly because many things can go wrong. You must pay attention to the following:

• If the elevators are not working, the transfer of furniture and household items can be slowed down as you may have to use the stairs.
• If you use a vehicle and have not informed the neighbors, your approach to the building may be blocked by other vehicles, which will further slow you down.
• You didn't research the house rules

That's why it's important to check everything in advance to avoid an unforeseen situations, or simply hire professionals who will quickly and efficiently carry out the move and save you time.

Meet the Neighbors

Getting to know your future neighbors in advance is a good way to inform them about the possible noise when moving in. When you finish moving, you can invite them to move in and celebrate a the move together.

Hiring a Professional Company

Even if you are only moving across the street, if you can, hire professionals. Professionals have experience, materials, and modern equipment that can help speed up the move and save you from unnecessary stress.

Maintaining Order and Cleanliness

Every move implies a mess, both in the old and in the new apartment. After moving items out, clean the old apartment. You will feel better because you also would not like to enter a dirty apartment that will take you a long time to prepare for moving in. When moving into a new building, do not allow clutter to be left on the staircase or in the corridors.

Ask friends or family to help you and speed up the entire moving process so that your neighbors don't have any problems because of you. Or simply hire a professional company and focus on the more important things.

Arrangement of Items in the New Apartment

If you think you will have more time to arrange your new home because it is close by; you may be wrong. We recommend that you think about arrangements prior.

Conclusion

Moving across the street from your building may seem easy and simple, but you must be well prepared. With careful planning, organization, help from friends and family, or hiring professionals, the moving process can be much less stressful and more efficient. So follow this advice above and move forward carefree.

Get in touch with Capital City Movers for all your local moving needs at (718) 619-4881.