Set up your utilities to be on autopay.
Set up your utilities to be on autopay.
It will make it feel more at home and is helpful to have a familiar face nearby.
You’ll thank me later. Moving while hot and grumpy is not recommended.
You can get a lot of stuff to cheaply furnish your place. You can get nicer stuff later. Buy bed bug spray to use on your new treasures - always wash/wipe stuff.
Mattresses are something you don’t want to get used
Find out which days trash is taken out. Do you need trash tags? Is there recycling? Where do you put it?
You can hire people for individual tasks, not just moving.
If there are multiple people in your apartment, assign who will own/retrieve what so you don't waste money on duplicates.
Search "Buy Nothing *your city*" to see which groups pop up. It's basically Facebook marketplace but free. Be respectful - it is a community.
Some utilities are pre-set up and included in rent, other's you're on your own. Make sure you know which places you need to pay monthly.
You'll most likely need to handle: wifi, electricity, water, trash, parking, gas
You’ll need this more than you realize. (I used a soup can when I didn’t have a hammer ha!).
DO NOT try to take a sofa or large furniture on the subway or in Ubers.
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