What is the worst part of moving from one apartment or house to another?

I have moved a few times and let me say that it is not an easy process and you never realize how much stuff that you have until you begin to move it. The last time that we moved, I threw away a lot of stuff and I finally sold stuff to an auctioneer as I just didn't have room for all of it. I was amazed at the stuff that I had that I hadn't used in the two years that we had lived in that house. As Friday nears, it will seem that it gets worse, especailly if you don't have things ready. Good Luck and hopefully she won't move again for a long time.

I always liked the part of packing everything up. Its like spring cleaning except you are able to go into better detailing. I always took it as an opportunity to sort through everything to get rid of the things that we didn't need anymore. On moving day it was always easy for us because I labeled everything exactly where it needed to be placed in the new home we were moving to. The one part I didn't like was the unpacking. I moved to my current home a year ago and we still aren't fully unpacked yet.

well i guess for me the hardest part in moving is having to pack a lot of unwanted things to the new house. The problem is sorting out those that are essential from those that would eventually constitute a nuisance for me.

Ok, I'm crying right now. I am going through this as I have to move in the next few weeks. I hate everything about moving, packing, actually moving, pulling up roots, starting all over in a new place, unpacking, getting re-organized in new surroundings.... I oh so much don't want to move but it's out of my hands.

Everything about moving is bad. I hate it. You keep packing, and then there seems to be more to pack. I always wonder where it all comes from. Then the big day arrives, and that is just as bad, trying to organise things. And then you seem to have more packing. After everything is out, you then have to clean. I hate that part. What i do like is getting to the new house. The unpacking i dont mind and putting things in place. The last time i moved was 7 months ago, and it was 4 hours apart. I hadnt moved for over 6 years before that, so had accumulated heaps. Having 5 kids doesnt help either. Best wishes, and good luck with the moving. Dont get tooo stressed

By far Packing is the worst. I made the biggest move of my life last year(MI to PA) and packing, sorting, tossing stuff out was a nightmare. What we did, and I think it made the move a lillte easier, was packed the van the day before. We were also going to be driving for 12 hrs. Trust me you don't wanna spend the day loading a truck and then driving, unless it's just cross town.

Besides all above the worst part for me is to change the addresses namely for Banks, telephones, Gas agency, insurance co. etc., I am just planning to change my house and am really scared.

We just moved a week ago and the worst part was figuring out the interior arrangement of the apartment on how to fit our things into new environment. Of course it also means of cleaning the new house which was been rented for a couple of months.

the most difficult part about moving out and getting into another place are the packing and the unpacking. the unpacking is actually more taxing. it takes me months to be able to fully unpack. this is becuase, we are so tired already during the packing and the transitting of things. by the time that we have reached our new place, we are already stressed out. thus, we will find ourselves unpacking slowly. the first one to do when unpacking will be to find the boxes which contain the must open ones upon reaching the new place. mark them well in bold big letters so as to have no troubles finding these boxes.

I'd say getting settled. Maybe its cause I never moved my whole life. And at 26 almost 27 I was forced to move with my family to a new house an hour from the old one. Well settling in is the hardest in my opinion. Its still hard to believe we live here. And its hard to explain this feeling. But its how it is for us. Getting new jobs, starting a new school, all kinds of stuff was changed and not all for the good. So yeah 6 months later, still not settled, boxes still packed half of them. Wow. Yeah.

Obviously the worst part is packing and moving. If this part gets easier, then moving to a new apartment or house will always be fun. When we moved to our new apartment nine years back, I remember it took us several days to pack the different big and small items. The trouble is not with the big items like furnitures and electronic gadgets. The problem is with the small household items, books, glasswares, crockery etc. Also after shifting, it poses a big problem, to unpack and arrange all those things again, in a nice pattern.

We moved just last December on the first, a few days after a HUGE snowstorm hit town. The worst part of that, without a doubt was the packing. I hated seeing boxes and bags and things for the garbage everywhere. I never realized that we had so much stuff. The kids were instructed to pack their toys into boxes, but when I went back in there 30 minutes later to help them, I found them all happily playing with toys they hadn't played with in years, surrounded by empty packing boxes LOL. we did manage to get rid of a lot of things that we had no use for anymore, the landlord about had a fit when he saw all the bags of garbage we'd put outside LOL. Unpacking took us HALF the time it took to pack. So long as you have everything ready for Friday, I don't think the big day will be so bad. Just be thankful there isn't 2 feet of snow outside LOL.

The last time I moved was 5 years ago and I know that moving is very stressful. It ranks alongside divorce and bereavement for causing stress. It is even worse when she gets into her new place and has to put everything in its new place. The best thing to do if possible is to throw aas much stuff as possible away and that way it will be easier for her. It is hard throwing things out but moving can be a great way to declutter. It makes moving easier as there is less to take and unpack. Good luck on Friday, you will get finished but it will take a bit of getting over so try to have a good rest next week.

I hate moving and as a result usually wait until the last minute to start packing. I am a real organization freak when it comes to moving in and want each box to go into the room it is suppose to go into. I think the family members that helped me just wanted to unload the truck and be done with it. I am a pack rat by choice so for me moving is harder than it is for most people.

Packing the first boxes is the easy part. Packing the last ones is the part I hate. All those little things which don't fit neatly into a box... and you end up throwing everything into boxes while deciding to deal with the mess when you unpack them at the other end. Then there are the things which are too big to fit in a box. And the things you have to take extra care with so that they don't get broken up. You have to unplug all the connections of your hi-fi, dvd, computer... and hope you remember how to put it back together. The worse part is... when you think you are all pack... there is still enough junk lying around to pack 12 boxes. That is the part I hate the most. So yes... Friday will be the worse part. A very busy day ahead. But you can do it... and you will do it... because you have to. Good Luck.

I have moved so many times in the past and am supposed to be moving again in the next couple of months . What I have always found the hardest about moving was the cleaning of the place we are moving into . I won't move into a house that I have not scrubbed down from top to bottom myself and just find this hard when you can only get so much done a day and you don't have all the normal cleaning supplies and availibility that I would have if I were cleaning at home . In between all this you are trying to keep your own house tidied , have everyone fed and happy while packing the stuff at the other place so I find it time consuming and it have always found it easier when I can start moving the stuff and getting it all put away at the place we are moving to .

I can understand what you are going through. I have moved countries twice in the seven years and both times were a headache. I hadn't realised how much we had accumulated over the years so we ended up just selling most of it off and left the rest with my family. I think the worst part is actually having to go through everything you own and figuring out which is important to keep and which is stuff you can get rid of by selling, giving it away or trashing it. Then after you have everything packed and cleared, cleaning the place is a headache in itself as well.

I am also moving into a house and find that the packing is bad, but the worse part is coming up with the money to buy furniture that we will need. We are moving from an RV to a house and have absolutely no furniture so we are starting from scratch.

I have moved a couple of times already, and I can say it is really very exhausting. Some furnitures and porcelains get broken and appliances get dents. The packing and unpacking will get on your nerves.

The worst part about moving in my opinion is the packing! I cant stand packing up the kitchen. Everything has to be wrapped so it doesn't break, and if yu wrap in newspaper, then you need to wash everything when you unpack. Now that is a big ole PAIN. I'll tell you though...my mom is the biggest and best help when it comes to moving! I dont know what I would do with out her.