In honor of National Moving Month, this week CORT Furniture Rental is focusing on military families on the move. The world of military moving is complex, confusing, and full of a plethora of acronyms—CONUS, PCS, TDY, EFMP, TLE, TLA, HHG, POC… the list goes on and on. What’s more, military families move more frequently than others, so different moving practices often apply. Because the process can be trying, CORT Furniture Rental has put together a quick list of things to consider when moving your family from base to base, or even country to country. Meeting with the Transportation Office Your first step will be setting up a meeting with the transportation office on-base. During this meeting, you will receive forms that will allow you to apply for certain benefits and ensure that all your moving details are in order. Doing this promptly will help you feel more prepared as you approach each move. Requesting a Counselor If you are about undergo a PCS and have questions about your move, consider requesting a counselor. No matter how many times you move, each relocation will be different. From obtaining passports to arriving at your new station in time to find a house, …
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Military families have to make many sacrifices, one of which is frequent relocations. From finding a new home and furniture rental to getting settled into the community, the process can seem overwhelming. Below are a few tips to help you make your new house and community feel more like home. Setting Up Your New Home When your PCS orders come in, you likely won’t have very long to prepare for your move, so make sure not to procrastinate. Traveling light will help make your move less stressful. It can also earn you a bit of profit if you choose a Do It Yourself (DITY) move. Services like furniture rental can cut down even further on the amount of belongings you have to move. Once you get to your new home, arrange your furniture rental in a comfortable way. Then unpack all of your most important belongings. Personal touches like pictures of family and friends, family heirlooms, and other beloved objects will make your new place feel like home much more quickly. Immerse Yourself In Your New Community Moving can be hard on everyone in the family from the youngest members to the oldest. Settling in and making new friends is …
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By John Donegan at SpareFoot Whether you’re staging a home for sale, moving to a new office or simply de-cluttering the garage, self-storage can be a lifesaver. We’ve come up with some techniques to help you find the perfect unit as efficiently as possible: 1. Determine what size and amenities you need. Storage units come in standard sizes at all facilities, including 5×5-foot, 5×10-foot, and 10×20-foot units. To figure out what size you need, start by stacking all your boxes and items you plan to store against a wall. Arrange them the way you would in your storage unit, then use a measuring tape to approximate the dimensions of the space you’ve filled. The following amenities are available at many facilities. Whether or not you need one of these features depends entirely on what you’re storing and how often you want to access it: Drive-up access – If you’re moving particularly heavy items, find out if your facility offers direct drive-up access to your unit door. 24-hour access – Some facilities allow tenants to come and go on the property through gated entry 24-hours a day. This is great if you’re storing items you’ll need access to on a regular …
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Moving can be a really stressful, harried time in your life. Even if the move is for entirely positive reasons—you got a promotion and are relocating to corporate headquarters, say, or you and your new spouse are moving into the suburbs to raise a family—it’s still a complicated, unwieldy process rife with difficulties, trials, and tribulations. That’s why we’ve prepared a series of simple moving tips designed to frame the process. This is hardly comprehensive—maybe we’ll tackle that down the road—but will serve you well as maxims for your move. Start by organizing everything. This includes obvious things, like what you’ll be packing up and taking with you to your new home, but should extend beyond that. Organize your possessions into things you want and things you don’t and sell or donate the latter. Moving can provide a useful pretext to slim down on unnecessary things you might not have the heart to get rid of otherwise. Get obsessive about making lists. This goes along with the organization advice. Lists—of what is in which box, of what tasks need to be done when, and the like—can prove incredibly useful. (For further moving advice, which includes useful links on this matter, …
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