Where To Store Your Things In Between The Apartments

When you’re trying to organize a move, it always seems like there are fifteen more things that need to be done than you have the time to do them. You have all the preparation work for the new place (finding it, check it out, making sure there are no nasty surprises, potentially repainting or repairing, setting up internet and bills in your name, legally changing your address with half a dozen different establishments, figuring out your new route to work and where the grocery stores are and learning that the dog you’re seeing wandering around is Sadie from up the street and is totally harmless and is never on leash).

You’ve also got all the work associated with taking care of your old apartment: packing, selling, donating, dealing with trash, cleaning the place from top to bottom, fixing the handle on the cupboard that’s been broken for weeks, and getting all your stuff out. To top it all off, it is quite common that you have an awkward period between when you need to leave your old place and when you can get into your new one. Sometimes that period is quite long if you’re planning on spending a year abroad or working for a semester in another town as part of your coop program. The following will explore some of the things you can do to help ease those awkward middle spaces between apartments.

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Explore Storage Options

Unless you’ve got a really small amount of possessions (and everyone has far more than they think they have), you’re probably going to need somewhere to store it. Yes, sometimes cousins have empty attacks that are available, but more often than not, this means you’re going to be looking for a storage unit. Search for a storage company in your area by entering your location and the term storage units into a search engine. If, for example, you’re looking in the Welshpool area, you might search: Welshpool storage units and see what comes up. If you live in a small town, you might have to look one or even two towns over.

Minimize Your Possessions

No matter how long the wait time is going to be between one place and the next, it’s a good idea to give your personal possessions a solid sorting. The less stuff you have to organize and store, the easier this whole process is going to be. This means, foremost, throwing out anything that is broken or damaged beyond repair. All those single socks without a matching pair can go too. Those cords that you have no idea what they connect to as well.

Secondly, you’re going to want to donate the items that are still functional but will never be used by you. That sweater that looks fantastic on you but you’ll never wear because it was purchased by your ex, (who you now hate), needs a new home. Clothes that don’t fit anymore could be better used by someone else. The books you didn’t love the first time you read them and so most certainly you won’t read them again can also be given away. Kitchen gadgets and appliances that you’re never going to use but bought back before you understood how many hours you were going to be working and so thought you’d have the time to be spiralizing your own pasta all the time can be donated.

Pack Properly

Packing is a skill. Anyone who tells you otherwise hasn’t had to deal with this awkward between apartments space that you’re going to be dealing with. Understand that you might want to access items between now and when you get into the new place, so, for your own sanity, label the boxes clearly; (don’t fret about finding boxes, there are tons of places you can get them for free). Put items you might need access to at the top of bins or containers. Things you won’t need again for a while, for example, your winter boots in the springtime, can go towards the bottom. Anything that could be damaged by water, dampness, or humidity needs to be stored in something waterproof; this can simply be a recycling bag that you tie tightly and put inside a box.

The above information should help make that strange middle time between apartments easier to handle. It is critical that when you’re selecting an area to store your possessions, you look for signs of mice or other rodents as they can damage your belongings, especially if you’re planning on storing things for an extended period of time.