The art of house shifting!
For a country that has traditionally promised freedom and independence, I find it a lot more difficult to actually be independent here than back in India.
For example, house shifting in India meant paying a few hundred bucks to the watchman and asking him to do the heavy lifting and house cleaning. Done. Here, though!
To make it easier for other people, I decided to create a how to guide for house shifting. Follow these steps for a hassle free experience!
For example, house shifting in India meant paying a few hundred bucks to the watchman and asking him to do the heavy lifting and house cleaning. Done. Here, though!
To make it easier for other people, I decided to create a how to guide for house shifting. Follow these steps for a hassle free experience!
Step 0 : Making friends
The first step in house shifting starts at least an year before the actual house shifting. Like i said, it is not easy to be independent in this country - so, make lots of friends who would stick around to help you!
P.S: Having a small circle is risky because they might actually be busy that weekend!
Step 1 : Finding help
If you have done step 0 right, step 1 should be a breeze. Else, this is how it would be
After striking out all possibilities of whom I could call to help me with my house shifting, I realized that there is just no good way to call a random acquaintance and say "hey guess what? I really need a truck driver. Will you be one?" Cursing myself for the failure in step 0, I was literally dreading the D-day. Thankfully my roommate was better and some of her friends offered to come with their cars to help. Bless those souls!
Step 2 : Packing Stuff
With the means out of the way - The next task was to actually start packing. This step can be personalized as per your wish - but here is a Machine learnt complicated decision tree to help you with the process!
After being in denial for a while, we started packing. Once we started though, we went all Monica gellerish and categorized everything in the house! If you are as compulsive online shoppers as us, then you shouldn't have any trouble finding amazon boxes to put things in!
That's our minimalistic set of things
The next step is by far the funniest - so, I will just let the pictures do the talking.
Trying to roll the bed
We let the bed fall on her when we were rolling and she gave a saint pose back
The thing just wouldn't stay in the rolled position! Let's see who wins monster!
Swag pose after we tamed the dragon!
That look of triumph after we have gotten it right!
Trying to carry it to the hall (yes, hall and not living room)
That was fun! Do remember to take pictures when you do this!
Step 4 : Shifting
Thankfully, we were wise enough to not experiment carrying the table and the dresser. Help arrived and shifting went smoothly! With two cars, we just had to do 4 rounds to get our "minimalistic" stuff to the new house.
Once everything was shifted, we came back to the old house to clean. Instead, we ended up hugging the walls to say bye to the house like in the movie padayappa!
(Can't find a better quality pic)
That's us hugging the er.. kitchen counter!
And crying as we say bye!
And handing over the keys. Bye Madisson! *Sobs*
For sane people, the first thing you do after you move in is to put the perishable stuff in the refrigerator. For insane people like us, the first thing to do is to find a spot to take our moving in picture. Took 30 minutes to arrange the timer and decide a spot to get the perfect shot, but hey we are not easily deterred!
Moving in picture
In case you are wondering why the picture couldn't have waited until the next day, well apart from the insanity - this is the tradition we are setting now.
So, that's basically the story of how we did house shifting.
Good one machi �� how many people were involved in this process btw ��
ReplyDeleteU missed the ghost check step! Lookout for rattling closets :D
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