Moving Forward

                                                                                  How to Move Successfully in the Summer Heat           Do you feel that? Your cheeks burning, nose running, sweat dripping down every nook and cranny? Yeah. That’s the heat of the middle of summer. It’s great if you’re spending it BBQing in the shade, diving into a lake or sipping an ice cold drink with an umbrella in it. If you’re moving during the summer, however, the sweltering heat can make you feel like you’ve created your own little day of HELL!  While summertime may be peak moving season and...

                                                                          Moving With Your Dog: 10 Tips For A Stress Free Experience A day in the life of a happy dog goes something like this: Wake up, go for a walk with the human, eat some delicious food, sleep all day waiting for human to get home, jump up and down and do a happy dance when human arrives home, go outside to play catch with favorite frisbee, come back to some delicious food, sleep in human’s lap while they watch a square that lights up, go to sleep, repeat. But what if one day, your dog wakes up to no furniture, their bed is in a different place, no walk...

                        Say Goodbye to Your Old Home The Right Way: With Love  We all remember that final episode of the hit TV series Friends, when the gang says goodbye to the apartment. We watch them all take their first steps into the next phase of their lives. Rachel and Ross off to start a life together, Chandler and Monica headed to the suburbs. Phoebe off to enjoy married life. And Joey, well he has an extra room at Chandler and Monica’s. We watched this group of friends live full and happy lives in that apartment, so it was heartbreaking for the audience to see them go. Now if you’re preparing to leave a home that you’ve spent 10 or 20+ years living with your significant other, raising a family, or developing lasting relationships with your “chosen” family, moving away can be a hundred times more heartbreaking than that last episode of Friends. It’...

                                                                                                                               Don’t Forget These Essential Tips for Moving Across the Country    Moving across the country, whether it’s for work or for a change of scenery, is a big deal! You are uprooting your entire life and starting over. While we know it’s likely t...

                                                      Moving? Use These Tips to Downsize Like a Champ The more you move, the more often you have an opportunity to get rid of your stuff. We have moved people who simply have a room’s worth of belongings, and we have also moved people who have accumulated 30 years of stuff -- the difference is astonishing. Whether you are sunnyvale moving across the country for a job or it’s time to downsize now that the kids have moved out, downsizing can be a rewarding experience. Oftentimes the trouble starts when you don’t know where to begin . It’s amazing how much stuff we can accumulate in a year, let alone 20 or 30. If you’re getting ready to downsize, use these tips to ...