Renting

[shokwave2]

Renting sucks. I've moved 7 times in 8 years. Forced to move due to owner selling, owner breaking up with boyfriend and wanting to move back in, owner not paying their mortgage and and the sheriff knocking on our door telling us we have 5 days to vacate. We've only moved once because we wanted to. All the other times were not our decision.

Tips on moving:

- Get everything into boxes or garbage bags (clothes). There's nothing more time consuming then loading up a car/van/truck with small, loose items. The bigger the boxes, the better.

- Leave all your cleaning till after the house is empty. Don't let your gf/bf/sis clean while there's stuff still to move. It will just get in the way and get dirty again. Give yourself one whole day to wash the walls, floors, etc.

- Try to leave rarely used/unused items in boxes/storage, as you'll probably be moving in 6-12 months. My garage is half full of boxes of things that either won't fit it in the house we're in, or don't need right now.

- Move you're beds, lounges, fridge first. You probably won't move everything in one day, and you'll want to be sleeping/sitting comfortably in you're new place for the first night or so.

IMO, if you have the money, buy your own place. No one want a mortgage, but i'd rather be paying off my own palce then paying off someone elses. I wish i could get my own house but at this point in time we can't.

Good luck with the move.