Atlanta Moving Blog - Tips, Tricks, and Insider Info
July 02, 2020

Moving to a New City on Your Own

Moving to a new cityBy Julie DeLong, A-1 Freeman Moving Group 

When it comes to changing locations and also spaces, you're not alone. Roughly 32 million people moved to a different address in 2019 in accordance with the U.S. Census. And having almost 36 million folks occupying single households, many of those moving around included individuals also dwelling alone. The mix of anxiety, anticipation, adventure, happiness, and liberation hits simultaneously when you pack boxes, clean home appliances, and fill up the moving truck in readiness for the road trip to your new city. You leave behind loved ones, buddies, comfortable spots, and pleasurable occasions and look forward to building unique experiences. When you are moving to Atlanta alone, there is nobody to rely on and ask, "Am I doing the right thing?", therefore the moments to evaluate your new area is before getting there.

I happen to be new here (however not for long): 10 ways to handle the new location

Know before heading

Investigate your new city by reading local websites, restaurants, theater, music, galleries, and arts reviews. You will get a feeling of the range of attractions, charges, and plot destinations on the map, which also gives a visual format of the area.

Create a budget

Cost of living within your new location and your budget must adjust to each other. If you like eating out and touring art venues, make certain you have the money reserved for fun.

Say an appropriate adios

Pay a visit to good friends, relatives, as well as neighbors personally and make sure they know you are going to miss them and truly appreciate their kindness. Obtain addresses, telephone numbers, and emails and include them to your online address book. You happen to be leaving town, however not abandoning relationships.

Where are my people?

Talk with anybody you know in your new city with a phone call, text message, or email before you get there. Ask your manager for an introduction to folks they know, ask friends from your past hometown for connections and you may even check out social groups prior to arriving.

Get in touch with the businesses serving you

After you have confirmed the moving date with your moving company in Atlanta, make contact with the utility companies, cable television, Internet, and phone providers, as well as the U.S. Postal Service to advise them of the move date and stop or move services and forward your mail.

Help make moving less difficult: declutter and give away

Simplify your move along with your life when you pack by placing boxes to one side filled with stuff you no longer need or utilize and donate them before going. It's your last big gift to your old city.

Lists, cartons, packing materials, along with a calendar - it's structured, far from chaos

Load up the non-essential things initially, such as wintertime clothes should you be moving in the summertime, extra kitchen equipment, fancy dishes and glasses, fine art, books, keepsakes, and surplus bed linens. Label each carton by room as well as contents, and number the cartons, having a corresponding checklist in the event labels are lost. Put personal paperwork, like insurance records, passport, pet information, medical records, financial, and tax papers in a separate watertight container having a sealing lid and plan to transport these things in hand. Make time for some packing and cleaning every day, so the rush does not show up inside the final week ahead of the move. If you're in a time crisis, speak to your moving company in Atlanta regarding packing services that they provide.

Design your comfort zone after arrival

You have made it to your new house, and whether it's the new apartment, condo, or residential home, allow it to be your own. Instead of unbox until you end up being weary, put a couple of treasured things around the area for the initial evening: candles, pictures, a little pottery, glass or steel sculpture, a book or perhaps a couple, along with a wall hanging. The space is no longer new and impersonal; it looks like your domicile.

Move with the ideal moving company in Atlanta

A-1 Freeman Moving Group's 45 years in the moving business delivers clients with the know-how for any move, whether local, long-distance, or even international. Our experienced team works with you from the first steps of packing and disassembling big pieces of furniture to storage, loading, moving, unloading, and setting your valued household pieces meticulously in your new home. Our main target is meeting the needs of each client and also addressing every question, no matter the size or scope of the move. Contact us to learn more and a cost-free quote and make the right move to your new city with us.

 

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