According to studies, the fourth most stressful experience known to modern man (after – and I offer them in no particular order – death, divorce and letting your girlfriend drive) is moving house. I don’t know why. If you’re considering buying a new place but worried about the transition go right ahead because, actually, moving can not only be stress-free, but also rather fun. Here’s how.br /First, make sure you’ve seen the property by day and by night before you buy. Waking at 3am on your first sleepover to the soothing tones of Jay-Z coming from the r n’ b club you failed to spot at the lunchtime viewing may prove disconcerting to those for whom the word ‘rap’ is a merely an imperative to be used at Christmas. Also, be sure to the visit the house on a rainy day before you sign. In the same way that you know you truly love someone if they still make your heart flutter wearing a baggy string vest (look, she had other qualities, ok?), a house in the rain that still attracts is a surefire winner.br /Once you’re happy with the property, it’s just a question of getting all your gear brought over. You have three basic choices. One is to try to do everything yourself which is lunacy unless you happen to be direct descendant of Job. You can, if you wish, call a removal firm and have some beefy chaps come round to drink all your tea and leer at your teenage daughter, but frankly the third option is by far and away the best. This is to throw/give away all your furniture and buy some more when you arrive. If you must insist on bringing everything over yourself, be sure to pack the most important items (toothbrush, gin, whiskey, vodka, etc.) last. That way, they get loaded up last and come off first and you don’t waste an entire afternoon looking for the tin-opener.br /You may feel an urge to mark the boxes, but this is a complete waste of time. Just as electrical cables will invent new and ingenious knots all by themselves during the journey even though you spent hours leaving them flat and straight, household objects will leap magically from box to box, so that when you open the one marked ‘bathroom’ you will be greeted by a toothless garden gnome grinning from ear to ear. To avoid unnecessary stress, throw everything into whichever box is nearest when packing and then, on arrival, tip it all out willy-nilly. Even if you’ve colour-coded, it’s what you’ll end up doing anyway, so save the crayons for the children to draw with until you can afford to buy them a new Playstation to replace the one that that ended up in the box marked ‘best china’ and consequently got covered in beetroot juice and toothpaste.br /It seems to me that the most common mistake made by people when moving house is that they try to unpack too quickly, which spoils the fun of piecing your life together step by step. Let the transition happen organically. Household items should been strewn liberally about the premises upon arrival and each one, when required, can first be used and then allotted its place. Do be aware that this may mean that some of the less useful items may remain static for months. Did I mention teenage sons?br //divtable border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″tbodytrtd valign=”top”div class=”sig” id=”sig”/divdiv style=”margin-bottom: 1em;”Article Source: a href=”http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Peter_A_Edgerton” http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Peter_A_Edgerton /a br //div/td tdbr //td/tr/tbody/table

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