Moving into your first apartment is an incredibly exciting feeling. It is a place of your own to decorate, personalize and make memories in.
There is something deeply primal about the process of creating your own home, and it is particularly enjoyable when you are doing it for the first time.
However, moving into your first apartment can also be a daunting prospect. You might have lived away from home at college before, but this is a whole other step entirely. Not only will you be solely responsible for paying your own rent and bills, but you will likely have to source or move furniture from your family home too.
Furthermore, you may have to balance the timings between moving out of your current accommodation and getting the keys to your new place, which can be stressful.
Thankfully, once you recognize the potential challenges, moving into your first apartment needn’t be scary.
Here are some tips for making the process as easy as possible.
Focus on transporting the major items first
As with any seemingly daunting challenge, when moving into your first apartment, it is best to start with the most obvious tasks first.
Unless you are moving into a fully furnished apartment, you will need to move your own furniture and other personal possessions, such as clothes, TV, and cooking utensils, into the flat.
There are many different ways of doing this – including using your car to carry the lighter items – but arguably the easiest route, if you have a lot of stuff, is to use an apartment movers service.
Ask family members and friends for help
Another useful avenue to pursue if you are moving into your first ever apartment is to ask your friends and family members for assistance if and when you need it.
It is natural to feel stressed when you are moving into an apartment, and it is a normal part of any house move, no matter how many you go on to experience. However, you can reduce a lot of this anxiety by having your loved ones around you.
Not only can older and more experienced family members give you advice about various aspects of living alone – such as filling in relevant paperwork, liaising with energy companies, and changing your address – but they can help you shift your possessions into the property.
This can actually increase the satisfaction you will experience during the moving process because you’ll already have created fun memories in your new apartment.
Avoid having to move out of your current accommodation before you are ready
A common (yet rarely considered) issue with moving properties is the difficulty in lining up your access to the new property with moving out of your current one.
Although this is likely to be less of an issue if you are only moving into your first apartment (because your stuff is probably still at your family home), it is still something to be aware of.
Make sure you know exactly when you will receive the keys to your new place before making any plans about moving stuff out of your current place.
