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eastbayk · March 28th, 2007, 10:01

Hopefully this will be helpful.

Last year we moved from San Francisco to Jacksonville, FL. We did a ton of research on the internet to find apartments in our price and location range, moving trucks, jobs, preschools and the like. That kind of stuff is easy to knock out from any location, on weekends, whenever. The best deal for us by far was with Penske trucks for a long distance move. You can start getting quotes from moving companies any time, just tell them you don't know when you are moving yet. The quote shouldn't change that much over a few months. Consider using one of those "you pack it" shipping container places. You can pack your stuff up and have it held in your new city until you find a new place to live.

Then we flew to Jax for 3 days, looked at tons of apartments (and for us, preschools and jobs), signed a lease and looked around town a lot. We put something like 400 miles on the rental car in town in 3 days.

We finished up the lease and other paperwork via fax, took 2 days off pack/prep and spent 5 days driving coast to coast. Another 2 days unloading and we were done.

Things that can help make the move smoother-
1) use the internet. Find other people on JC that already live where are moving and ask about their apartments. Research apts prior to visiting so you can have it narrowed down. Use a site like Craigslist to find people to help you load/unload your truck (some people will do anything for $30 and some beer).
2) Use a fax machine to take care of any details- leases, requesting records, ect.
3)There is no rule that you can't head out there first and your wife stay behind and take care of details and finish up. You can stay in a long term hotel place for a few weeks if you have to be there ASAP and then spend off time finding a place to live. Once you find a place, you can get the ball rolling.
4)If you know you are going to be moving, start packing early. Each weekend go through a different room in your place and pack up stuff that you won't need until you move again- photos/winter clothes/books. Do this a few times as the move gets closer. Then when it comes time to move, you will only have to pack the bare essentials and it will be much easier.

Good luck!

kim

March 28th, 2007, 10:01	#4
eastbayk Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 158	Re: Picking up and Moving Hopefully this will be helpful. Last year we moved from San Francisco to Jacksonville, FL. We did a ton of research on the internet to find apartments in our price and location range, moving trucks, jobs, preschools and the like. That kind of stuff is easy to knock out from any location, on weekends, whenever. The best deal for us by far was with Penske trucks for a long distance move. You can start getting quotes from moving companies any time, just tell them you don't know when you are moving yet. The quote shouldn't change that much over a few months. Consider using one of those "you pack it" shipping container places. You can pack your stuff up and have it held in your new city until you find a new place to live. Then we flew to Jax for 3 days, looked at tons of apartments (and for us, preschools and jobs), signed a lease and looked around town a lot. We put something like 400 miles on the rental car in town in 3 days. We finished up the lease and other paperwork via fax, took 2 days off pack/prep and spent 5 days driving coast to coast. Another 2 days unloading and we were done. Things that can help make the move smoother- 1) use the internet. Find other people on JC that already live where are moving and ask about their apartments. Research apts prior to visiting so you can have it narrowed down. Use a site like Craigslist to find people to help you load/unload your truck (some people will do anything for $30 and some beer). 2) Use a fax machine to take care of any details- leases, requesting records, ect. 3)There is no rule that you can't head out there first and your wife stay behind and take care of details and finish up. You can stay in a long term hotel place for a few weeks if you have to be there ASAP and then spend off time finding a place to live. Once you find a place, you can get the ball rolling. 4)If you know you are going to be moving, start packing early. Each weekend go through a different room in your place and pack up stuff that you won't need until you move again- photos/winter clothes/books. Do this a few times as the move gets closer. Then when it comes time to move, you will only have to pack the bare essentials and it will be much easier. Good luck! kim __________________ "If it has boobs or wheels, sooner or later you're going to have trouble with it" The flyblog from the other half- http://ohthelifeofapilotswife.blogspot.com/