Property News · October 20, 2016

Moving survival guide: how to make your new place feel like home


I’ve moved nearly 25 times in my life, and in the process I’ve become an expert on how to do it right. Step one: get rid of those boxes, fastJust over a year ago, I stood in an empty house in south east London, watching my belongings get packed up and shipped across the Atlantic to New York City. Now, after only 13 months, I’m preparing to move everything back again.Moving is a special kind of hell – but it’s one that I’m used to. As a child of a military officer, I moved with alarming regularity through my youth. In total, I’ve moved nearly 25 times and in the process I’ve become a bit of an expert on how to do it right. The most important thing? Make your new place feel like home as quickly as possible. When you’re in a new place, with lots of things to do, people to meet, and new neighborhoods to explore it can seem like a real chore to go furniture and homeware shopping. But coming back to an empty, cardboard box-filled apartment every day is a sure way to feel homesick. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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