Comments on: 7 Tips to Make Moving Smooth

By: GameProducer.Net » Bonus Tip For Smoother Moving

GameProducer.Net » Bonus Tip For Smoother Moving — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:12:42 +0000

[...] a week ago, I published 7 tips for smooth moving and this week has been hectic – but now things start to be fine (read: my Internet connection is [...]

By: KNau

KNau — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:27:57 +0000

I just moved two weeks ago. Since we were moving to a much nicer place my girlfriend and I decided “f*ck it” and we threw out all our old furniture and are starting from scratch with just the computers and a few basics (TV and Playstation, of course). Wow, did that make moving a lot easier!

All I would add to your list is “Unpack Immediately and Completely”. It’s too easy to end up living out of boxes and all it does is postpone making your new place feel like “home”.

By: Petri Purho

Petri Purho — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:22:50 +0000

I have one extra tip. Keep a spare key with you all the time. I just moved last month and I managed to lock myself out of my apartment, when I was carrying stuff to my car. And the security company wouldn’t open my door because they had erased my contact information from their database already.

By: BenKo

BenKo — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:55:31 +0000

Thanks Juuso, it’s always nice to know people like your stuff. You’re very kind.

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:17:23 +0000

Nice tip Benko – very good thinking!

Btw – you have a really nice looking blog & cartoons.

By: BenKo

BenKo — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:09:55 +0000

This probably sounds pretty obvious, but in addition to #5, it’d be better if you plan in advance what you want to get rid of and try to sell that stuff (in eBay, for example). You could get extra bucks for #3 or even for buying new/better furniture.

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:47:51 +0000

ZeHa: good point! Now I changed it to “some” :)… and your #5 thing sure sounds familiar!

Oliver: heh.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:45:23 +0000

I totally missed #2… now I have to be offline for 3 weeks starting friday. ;)

By: ZeHa

ZeHa — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:43:47 +0000

Shouldn’t #3 be called “spend _a_ few bucks…”? At the moment, it rather sounds the opposite of what you’re meaning ;)

And I totally agree on you with #5. I moved with my girlfriend into our first apartment, and we have so much stuff lying around that’s totally useless. But we just thought we’d need everything… next time we’ll get rid of as much as possible ;)
I don’t think the problem is as big when it’s about office space (well, of course that also depends), but it’s definitely worth thinking about if you really need all the stuff or if you can sell, give away or just throw away some of it.