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How to Get to Know People (As an Adult) in a New Town

Relocating, at any age, is a stressful time in one’s life. Whether you are moving across town, across the country, or across the pond, change is difficult. While children have a hard time with moves too, they at least get the opportunity to make new friends at school, in the neighborhood and in after-school activities. That takes care of the young, but what about the “young at heart?”

Move.org reports that roughly 35.5 million (or 11 percent) Americans moved in 2017 (July 6, 2018), so you are far from alone in your quest to meet new friends and settle into a new community.  The top five reasons to move are as follows: to relocate to a new or better home (16 percent), to establish their own household (11.5 percent), for “other” family reasons (11.3 percent), for a new job or job transfer (9.9 percent), and to find cheaper housing (8.3 percent).

The logistics of moving are tricky enough, but there can be emotional struggles along the way. Anxiety and depression are common. Psychologists* recommend three first steps to help you feel better and adjust, 1) get out of the house, 2) accept and extend social invitations, and, 3) do the things that made you happy in your old place.

Making friends as a grown-up offers some unique challenges, but it’s not impossible. Taking the above recommendations a step further, here are some tips to make meeting people and trying new things a bit easier:

GET OUT OF THE HOUSE

Do you have a hobby? Want one?Taking a class is a great way to meet new people in your community and it doesn’t have to be expensive. Local colleges and school districts have community education classes (time to brush up on your French or figural drawing?) and libraries have lots of opportunities for learning with classes and programs featuring locals who can inform you about places to visit in your new community. Over 50? You likely have even more options to meet people. Senior centers, universities, and AARP offer an array of classes for varied interests.

Raise a glass! With the popularity of micro-breweries and wineries, the traditional “bar scene” is shifting. Check in advance for special release evenings, tastings, and concerts at your local vineyard or taproom. You can mingle in a relaxing environment and grab a couple of bottles to stock your new kitchen.

Patronize me, please! Do you love art? Museums? Baseball? Consider becoming a patron at a local museum or buy season tickets to a sports team. You’ll be supporting local institutions and meeting like minded people. Museums have programs including lectures, films, gallery talks, and member only events. A great chance to share your love of Monet! Buying season tickets to a favorite sport will give you a season’s worth of plans, and your seat mates will be able to offer up tips on the best players and the cheapest beer and hotdogs.

Put yourself out there — outside that is! Is running, hiking or sunrise yoga your thing? Look online for groups in your area to join. Local stores can help you make connections while you shop for a new yoga mat or that perfect jogging hat. Many parks have programs (often free) and guided hikes. You’ll get your exercise, meet new people, and discover nature in your own back yard.

Volunteer! Do you love dogs, cats, hamsters, parrots, rabbits, horses, and more? Animal shelters often need volunteers of all sorts. From cleaning up, to fundraising, to helping with adoptions, to fostering, the needs are great. Smaller communities often have historical societies or houses that could use a hand on weekends or perhaps you are a wizard of the web and can lend your talents to their social media. Hospitals, political organizations, schools, the performing arts and social organizations have a wide variety of volunteer needs. Soon, you’ll be helping to not only fill your planner, but you’ll be filling your heart and your friends list in no time!

GET SOCIAL

Did you move for a new job? Perhaps your Human Resources representative can provide some contact information about groups who specialize in your field of work. It may serve two purposes: it will give you a chance to network andmeet people with similar interests. You might also find that some companies have a mentoring program and/or a new colleague may be willing to show you around town and introduce you to others.

Looking for a job? Moving to a new area provides new opportunities to network. Look online for meetup groups, update your Linkedin and any applicable social media platforms to indicate your new city and highlight your skill set. Check out temporary opportunities, part-time and seasonal employment while you look for your new position.

Throw a party! Invite your new neighbors for a drop by meet and greet. Maybe you don’t want strangers in your house, does your community have a pool or a club house? Perhaps there is a homeowners meeting or social event coming up.

Get schooled. If you have a child in school (or are in school yourself), coordinate study groups in your home (church groups too), invite your children’s classmates over for supervised playdates, or volunteer for your school or church.

Do you have a secret talent? Maybe you are a pet sitter, great with gardens, or are handy with a hammer. Check local regulations first and offer your services to your neighbors. This will open the conversation and perhaps help your fill your wallet.

DO WHAT YOU LOVE

Make your favorite comfort foods. Maybe you are from an area known for chili and you are suddenly in chowder territory. Make yourself a pot (and perhaps invite a new friend to share). The holidays also offer up a great chance to make your traditional treats and introduce them to others.

Continue your hobbies. Before the move, do some internet searching and find out where you can practice Thai chi, skeet shoot, or horseback ride near your new digs. Or, maybe actual digging is what you dig! Those amateur archaeologist skills could prove a handy way to volunteer and help introduce you to those who came before.

Did you enjoy decorating? You have a blank canvas and the perfect opportunity to create your new nest. Check out the local antiques and boutiques and combine regional items with those you brought along with you.

Are you a reader? Join a book club or maybe even start one in your neighborhood at home. You could use this opportunity to trade some books or try out local authors.

Invite friends and family to visit! Spending time with loved ones can go a long way in helping you feel confident in your new environment and it lends the opportunity to be a tourist and play tour guide in your new city. Invite new friends or co-workers to join in and explore together!

While moving as an adult and making new friends does have challenges, it can also open you up to experiences and friendships you may never have imagined!

*Martijn Hendriks, Kai Ludwigs, and Ruut Veenhoven, “Why are Locals Happier than Internal Migrants? The Role of Daily Life,” Social Indicators Research 125 (2016): 481–508. 

How To Keep Your Home and Belongings Safe During a Move

Moving can be a strangely public process. Between cleaning out the closets and hauling things off to donate, leaving items out at the curb for pickup, and loading up the truck, all your possessions — and the fact that you’re in transition — is on display for all the world to see.

There are all kinds of scenarios that may present a security risk. Perhaps you find yourself stretched between two homes with some belongings in each or completely moved in to your new home with an unoccupied and unsold home left behind. How do you handle the risk of a possible break-in or theft?

TNT Moving Systems has learned a lot about home security over the years. Here we pass on some tips to keep you and your possessions safe.

Basic Safety

Inevitably, when you move from one place to another, there end up being periods of time when you are not physically present at the house, which heightens the chance of burglary, but it doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared. Here are five basic things you can do right away to your home to keep it safe and secure:

• When you leave, make sure all your windows and doors are locked. Sure, this seems obvious, but you would be surprised at how often doors and windows are left unsecured! This is why most forced entries are initiated from these points. With new homes it is common to open windows to see how they work, to air-out the new place, or even just to feel the breeze, and then to completely forget to latch the lock back. The same goes with doors. With the rush of moving boxes in and out, a simple task like locking the door can be forgotten. It’s always best to double-check all windows and doors.
• Keep the yard up. This goes for the new and the old place, if it hasn’t been sold yet. Once a yard starts to get out of hand, and not a lot of foot traffic is evident, it is clear the house is vacant. Try and keep up the appearance of normal life taking place at both homes. This will keep those wandering eyes away.
• Get yourself some motion detector lights. These are highly effective because they provide immediate reaction. Make sure all entry points are covered including any obfuscated from view like basement doors or windows behind shrubs. Nothing makes a burglar scatter like a bright light!
• Keep valuables close. Small items like jewelry or family heirlooms are good to keep with you. For those larger items like a big screen tv, bikes, the family silver, or a gun cabinet, consider a safe or public storage. Even leaving such things with a trusted friend or family member is better than leaving them in an unoccupied home.
• Park a car in the driveway. If you have an extra car, leave it parked in the drive as often as possible. If you need your car(s), ask a neighbor to park in your drive. Any activity that makes it look like someone is at the house is best. Of course, don’t forget to lock the car doors!
• Stop the mail. Cancel the newspaper delivery, get your forwarding order in with the postal service, and make sure there aren’t any packages on their way that may sit unattended for days.

Smart Homes

These days it’s easier than ever to include smart technology in your safety plan. We have gone through tons of smart locks and indoor cameras and narrowed the competition. Here are three entry-level smart devices you may want to consider:

• Kwikset Kevo Smart Lock 2nd Generation. This smart lock with a Bluetooth-enabled deadbolt alerts you anytime someone tampers with the lock and provides an immediate notification for anyone entering the code or simply messing with the door handle. It only costs $175.
• Logitech Circle 2 Indoor Camera. Due to recent price drops on indoor cameras, more and more people are having them installed. An indoor camera may not necessarily keep intruders at bay, but it will record any action and thus have evidence to provide to police. The Logitech is a Wi-Fi camera that allows you to see any and all activity happening inside your house no matter where you are.
• Smartphones. Currently, there are plenty of systems such as, Scout, Apple Homekit, and Eve that sync smart devices together to create systems for self-monitoring.

Home Security

When it comes to choosing a full-blown home security system, it’s easy to get stuck between spending more than you really need and not getting the level of security you want. Here’s what you need to know about home security systems:

• It never hurts to do a quick online search for reviews of local home security system providers. Chances are, you will end up looking at ADT or CPI, but there are other options out there worth considering.
• Once you have a few companies in mind, ask for their security packages and price points (you should not be paying anything over $30 to $50 a month). Compare and contrast. Each company should give you a complete overview of their capabilities, installation costs, and monthly fees.
• Talk to others about their security systems. Different people have different needs. Are you a family of one who needs to let the dog walker in from time to time or a family of six managing ever-changing schedules? Talk to people like you to learn what they like and dislike about a company or product.

The Heat is On

Beyond break-ins, the next big scare tends to be home fires. Though preventable, house fires cause a lot of heartache.

One easy, and very important, way to keep you and your family safe in case of a fire is to have an old-fashioned fire extinguisher around. Though they may seem to be a device of the past, they are not. An extinguisher is the best, quickest, and least expensive way to stop a small fire from spreading. We suggest the First Alert Pro5. It exceeds the minimum law compliance for business and some residential establishments and is effective against the most common household fires: wood, paper, fabric, flammable liquid, and live electrical equipment fires.

A fire extinguisher only works though if you know how to use it and you know there’s a fire. Read the label on your extinguisher so you can operate it at a moment’s notice. And make sure that you have working smoke alarms. There are ionization alarms that quickly detect fast-moving fires and photoelectric smoke alarms that are quicker to sense a slower, smoky fire such as an electrical one that starts within the walls. It is recommended to have both kinds of alarms or a dual sensor alarm. Also consider whether your alarm system needs to address special circumstances such as hearing impairment or blindness.

Speaking of fires, do you know that a fire extinguisher is NOT the right tool for a grease fire? Only specialized fire extinguishers can be used on grease fires, as hot grease burns at an extremely high temperature and is in a liquid form that can easily spread from surface to surface.

• Consider your safety first — grease fires can easily result in burns to the face, arms, and chest. Protect yourself and cover the flames with a metal lid or cookie sheet. Turn off the heat source. If the fire is small, use salt or baking soda to cover the flames.
• Never use water, flour, baking powder, sugar, or a wet towel all of which can spread or feed the fire.
• If your attempt to put out the fire fails, leave immediately and call 911.

At TNT Moving Systems, we want you to be safe during and after your big move. The most important thing to do is stay aware and make smart decisions about your home’s safety.

How To Keep Your Pets Safe, Healthy & Happy During a Move

No matter how well you plan your move, there’s always something that seems to get away. We hope those “things” aren’t your pets. The commotion of moving – favorite chairs packed away, hiding places under the bed suddenly missing, strange people being in the house – add stress not only to your life but to your furry family’s.

“Atlas was a great cat,” said Liz K., now of Charlotte. “He wasn’t one of those high-maintenance cats you had to be really careful around. I don’t know what it is about cats and cat carriers and long rides, but on our way from South Carolina to North Carolina he just out of nowhere got an upset stomach.”

His carrier buckled in the passenger seat, Atlas was part of a car full of cargo. Clothes and lamps and dishes and boxes of small, breakable objects were packed in the backseat and trunk. Never a fan of car trips, Atlas had been unhappily meowing for hours. Then his kitty distress turned into kitty caterwauling.

“He began crying really loudly – the kind of cry when you know something is horribly wrong. And there was the smell.” Liz said. “We were on a long stretch of highway and there wasn’t really any place to go, so I pulled over on the side of the road.”

Once Liz got the car stopped and opened the passenger side door, she could see a tiny set of amber eyes looking up at her through the cat carrier.

“He was pitiful, but even then I didn’t grasp the full extent of the situation,” Liz said.

She opened the cat carrier door and reached inside where she got a handful of putrid fur.

“It wasn’t just that he had created a mess inside the carrier,” Liz said. “It was that he had then become part of the mess. The inside of the carrier was covered. He was covered. And there I was alone on the side of the highway.”

That’s when Liz heard a voice.

“Ma’am, are you okay?”

Startled, Liz looked up. A highway patrol cruiser had pulled up behind her and an officer was standing behind the cruiser’s open door – his left hand gripping the top of the door and his right hand just out of sight somewhere around his side.

Liz paused for a moment before lifting her soiled cat, grasped firmly in both hands, like some kind of “Lion King” tribute.

“I wish I could say that I was more delicate about it, but there may have been an expletive or two involved in my explanation,” Liz said.

The officer looked at her, nodded, and got back in the cruiser.

“Really I could have used a hand,” Liz said.

With no cleaning supplies on hand and in a precarious location on the side of a busy highway, Liz had no choice but to shove poor Atlas back in his box.

“We drove another couple of miles until I saw a sign for a fast food restaurant,” she said. “I went in and got a ton of napkins and a big cup of water. Atlas had to settle for one of two things, being clean or being wet. We were both worse the wear afterwards, and we still had another two hours to go.”

So what might make moving with a pet easier? Planning ahead is step number one.

Whether you’re moving across the neighborhood, across town, across the state, or across the country, maximize whatever time you have to get ready. Pets respond to your stress levels, so the better you are at handling moving tasks the better they will feel.

Maintain Routine: Keep to your normal schedule when it comes to walks, feeding, play time, and snuggles. Routines provide a sense of security in that your pet knows what is supposed to happen. If you use treats as a reward and find yourself needing more treats than usual to keep your pet entertained and out of the way, at least be sure not to introduce any new foods that may cause digestive distress.

Fill the Pantry: Is your pet on a special diet? Make sure that you have the food supplies you’ll need so that you don’t find yourself in a new place with nothing for Fido to eat. Abrupt dietary changes can make animals sick. If you use a delivery service, check your shipment schedule and that they have your new address.

Fill the Medicine Cabinet: The same thing goes for any medications your pet may need. Consider medications like insulin that need to be refrigerated and be sure to have a small cooler and ice pack. Round up a few first aid supplies in case of emergencies and talk to your vet about mild sedatives for long rides.

Collect Favorite Belongings: Whether it’s a bed, toy, or blanket, make sure that the things that give your pet comfort and a feeling of being in “their” space don’t get packed. Keep these items with your pet.

Put Together Medical Records: Having paper copies (or digital copies you can easily access and send) of vaccinations, medications, spay/neuter surgeries and so forth will make life easier in the event you need to find an emergency vet, day-care facility, overnight boarding, or just a new vet in your new location. Some cities require copies of vaccination records in order to register your pets as citizens. Remember that items such as prescription diets or medications also require vet orders.

Corral Containment Units: Your pet may be the best behaved pet that’s ever been and will stay in one place when told, but that doesn’t mean that don’t need a leash or carrier. Some establishments require that pets be transported and kept in a carrier and leash laws are common, particularly on public property. Be prepared, as these rules also help protect your animal from other animals. If your cat or dog is not used to a carrier or leash, put in some time making these things less scary with training.

Go Places: Whether you have a fat cat who is happiest in a sunny window or an elderly dog who sleeps at your side, you may have a pet who is a homebody. Practice taking a few trips (that aren’t to the vet) to establish positive connections with travel. Load up and take a ride around the block and then come home. Go find a drive-up ATM to conduct your banking. Build up the time spent in the car and reward good behavior with positive verbal reinforcement and petting. (Treats may not be a good idea until you know whether your pet is prone to car-sickness.)

Check the Weather: You may think that you can leave your pet in the car and run inside for a quick lunch while on the road, but WATCH OUT! Temperatures inside a car can soar to dangerous degrees, even when it doesn’t seem all that hot outside. If you wouldn’t want to sit in the car with the windows rolled up and the a/c off, then your pet – who is covered in fur – certainly doesn’t want to either. Cold weather also presents a danger. If you wouldn’t want to sleep outside without a heat or a blanket, then neither does your pet.

Visit the Neighborhood: Though much less practical with cats, birds, iguanas, and other animals, a walk around the new neighborhood prior to moving is a great way to let your pet get familiar with the territory. There will be new sites and smells to indicate where “home” is.

Depending on how big a move you’re making, you may need a bit of time without your animal friends in order to get things done. Perhaps you don’t know the schedule for your new job or you know that you won’t be able to make it home in time for dinner. Go ahead and call for help! Pet sitters, day-care centers, dog walkers, and boarding facilities provide lots of options.

Reputable facilities will require medical documentation of current vaccinationsincluding rabies, plus panleukopenia, feline calicivirus, feline viral rhinotracteitis for cats, or distemper and Bordetellabronchiseptica for dogs. Note that the feline viral rhinotracheitis, calicivirus, and panleukopenia vaccinations often come in a combination shot (FVRCP), which is sometimes called the “distemper shot.” Dogs are most susceptible to Bordetella though it may also infect cats, rabbits, and, in rare cases, humans. Many facilities also encourage a flu vaccine.

You may not know off the top of your head what vaccinations were given when, which is why it’s so important to keep a copy of your pet’s medical records on hand. Online document storage is a great option for these kinds of records. Programs like DropBox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive provide free to low-cost solutions that allow you to access documents from anywhere and at any time (given internet access).

Finding a vet, boarding facility, day-care center, pet sitter, or dog-walker you can trust may feel like a daunting task. If you have a real estate agent or apartment manager, ask for recommendations. The local chamber of commerce or merchants’ association also will tend to know who has a great – or not so great – reputation. Reviews on Google or Yelp can help you narrow down your options. Just need a little help making sure your dog gets out side for a walk? Try Wag. Wag walkers are pre-screened and company-approved, and the easy-to-use app makes scheduling a breeze. You’ll even get updates to follow along during the walk, pictures, video, and confirmation that your pet is back safe at home.

Here in the Charlotte area, you may want to check out the following pet-care companies to help you with your furry-family.

CARE | Charlotte Animal Referral & Emergency

Always open, this hospital provides cardiology, internal medicine, neurology and neurosurgery, oncology, ophthalmology, and general surgery services in addition to emergency medicine for a variety of animals. Their diagnostic services include ultrasound, echocardiography, endoscopy, rapid-scan CT, and MRI.

3726 Latrobe Drive, Charlotte, NC 28211 | 704.457.2300

Animal Medical Hospital

Always open, this emergency facility provides an extensive list of services including cancer diagnosis and treatment, cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, behavioral counseling, dentistry, pain management, end-of-life care, as well as boarding, day camp, and spa treatments. Specialized boarding services are available for medical cases such as animals with diabetes, incontinence, pets undergoing chemotherapy, and other conditions. Exotic animal boarding also is provided, so your rabbits, rodents, ferrets, birds, fish, reptiles, mini pigs, and other small mammals have a place to stay!

3832 Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC 28205 | 704.334.4684

Puptown Charlotte

This daycare and boarding facility has indoor and outdoor play areas, luxury boarding rooms, webcams to check in on your pup in real time, and spa services. New clients must be at least 14 weeks old, spayed/neutered if 6 months or older, with current vaccinations, and healthy, confident, friendly pups. An interview is required during which you and your pup explore the facility, meet staff, and meet other dogs. If your dog seems comfortable, he or she can stay for a free day of day care. After a successful first visit, you can drop in for day care at any time.

8702-A Statesville Road, Charlotte, NC 28269 | 704.921.2434

Lucky Dog Bark & Brew

Just need to get out of the house and meet someone new? Lucky Dog Bark & Brew is an indoor/outdoor dog park and sports bar. Go play, or, if you can’t stay, make an appointment online and drop your pup off for daycare, boarding, and baths. An interview is required on your first visit to determine how comfortable and compatible your dog is with the Bark & Brew crew. You can pick up your pup as late as 9 p.m. 7 days a week. A bonus to Bark & Brew is that you don’t even have to have a dog to visit. You can simply like dogs and want to hang out with them – and be over age 21. Get something to eat from one of the local food trucks that visit Bark & Brew and enjoy something to drink from the full bar. There are three Bark & Brew locations: Cornelius, Charlotte, and Steele Creek.

19607 Statesville Road, Cornelius, NC 28031 | 704.896.5550

2220 Thrift Road, Charlotte, NC 28208 | 704.333.4114

13835 South Lakes Drive, Charlotte, NC 28273 | 980.552.0099

Feline Fabulous

This cats-only facility offers individual condos and penthouse suites that provide room to explore with ledges to climb, posts to scratch, and beds to snuggle. Whether your cat is a gregarious friend to everyone or a shy one, there’s a room to suit. Professional, show-quality grooming services come with a de-greasing and de-shedding bath, blow dry, multiple brush outs, optional sanitary clip, nail trim, and eye/ear/face cleanse. Special services such as lion clips, de-matting, and belly shaves also are available. There’s even a special discount for those in the service industry like nurses, police officers, firefighters, teachers, military, and vet staff.

1045 Central Avenue, Suite B, Charlotte, NC 28204

Little Friends Pet Sitting & Dog Walking

If in-home services are what you need, Little Friends provides care in Charlotte and the surrounding areas of Pineville, Huntersville, Gastonia, Belmont, Matthews, Fort Mill, Concord and others. Pet sitters are bonded and insured. In-home visits are offered in 20- to 60-minute increments and can be booked for special occasions such as trips or on a recurring basis. Sitters can also check the mail, turn on/off the lights, water plants, and feed the fish. After an initial consultation visit, scheduling is easy to do online. The company also supports various pet rescues and charities throughout the year as a way of giving back to the community.

401 East Blvd., Suite 210, Charlotte, NC 28203 | 704.340.8102

Furry Friends Cleaning

Once you’re established in your new place, treat yourself to the benefit of some helping hands when it comes to cleaning. Furry Friends is an insured and bonded, pet-friendly cleaning service. Not only are all employees animal lovers who will spend some quality time with your furry family while they work, all the products they use are pet-safe. Each cleaning visit includes special attention to pet fur and dander while also providing a thorough cleaning for the kitchen, bathroom, and other areas. Pricing is based on the size of the home and whether purchasing a standard- or deep-cleaning service.

Charlotte, NC | 704.591.6002

Making Your Place Broom Clean

You may have seen the term “broom clean” or “broom swept” in real estate contracts. But that doesn’t mean you should just give your home a once over to knock away the cobwebs and collect the pet hair from behind the couch.

Broom clean condition differs for home owners and renters. When moving out of a rental property, the place should be returned to the condition it was when you moved in to it. While there may be some wear and tear, a good cleaning is a step toward ensuring you get your deposit back!

Do your best to any fix alterations you made to the property. Whether you nailed a picture to the wall or installed a curtain rod, think about what your landlord might consider an above-and-beyond repair. Take photos before you leave to document how you left the place.

Broom clean condition has a different meaning when selling a home you own. Broom clean condition is not a requirement for home sellers; however, it is a courtesy to buyers. It’s poor form to leave trash and assorted refuse — old toys, car parts, lawn chairs — for buyers. You don’t want to deal with anybody else’s mess, so why would anyone want to deal with yours?


How to clean when you hate cleaning

Most people aren’t too keen on cleaning. It’s a chore made more so when combined with the stress of moving. Start with the big things like getting rid of trash and clutter.
Moving to a new home and is a transitional period in your life and the perfect time to get rid of some things you don’t use anymore. You don’t have to pull together all your donations at once. Have every family member go through their belongings and commit to getting rid of at least five things. Clearing out helps make cleaning up easier.

Clean as you go! When you’re in the shower, scrub the walls. When you’re pilfering the fridge for a late night snack, clean out any old, expired products lurking in the back. When you’re looking for a pen in the desk drawer, go ahead and sort through all those papers you’ve collected. There’s no reason to move things you don’t need.

Set a timer and make a game out of cleaning up. Get the whole family involved. You’d be surprised what you can get done in 10 minutes! Alternately you can vacuum during commercial breaks or put on a podcast and work until the program is done.

How to find the right house cleaning service before your move

Perhaps all the cleaning just isn’t for you. If you decide to hiring a cleaning service, get recommendations from family or friends and sites like Angie’s List or Google Assistant. A perk of using Google Assistant is that is comes with a Google Guarantee. This service protects you if you are not satisfied with the quality of your service.

Do your research before you schedule a cleaning date. Generally, cleaning services charge an hourly rate, but how large (and how messy) a house is will factor in to the cost. Have a list of the things you want the cleaners to do. Maybe you don’t mind dusting baseboards but loathe doing windows.
Ask the company if they run background checks on their employees and what their insurance policies are. Reputable cleaning services should have a form of liability insurance.

Discuss with the cleaning company whether they will bring their own supplies and equipment or if you need to provide these things. The majority of cleaning companies bring their own equipment. Ask about chemicals used. Some companies offer eco-friendly cleaning.

Figure out whether you want your cleaning services done while you are away or while you are at home. Provide cleaners with clear instructions for entry and exit such as gate access code or reminders not to let out the dog.

Finishing touches before you move

You’re packed up and ready to go. There are a few last things before you leave.

Wipe down all the counters and surfaces that you’ve been using right up until the move.

Check all drawers, closets, and cabinets for any items left behind.

Sweep or vacuum any dirt and debris tracked in while loading the truck.

Say goodbye!

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Moving Home For The Summer: Options For Moving Out Of Your Dorm Room!

Summer is fast approaching and if you or your child live in a college dorm, then it is time to start thinking about moving out for the summer. The academic year is coming to a close and college students could not be more excited to be done with exams, but there is a bittersweet moment when it comes to moving out of a dorm. A student’s dorm will hold a special place in their heart; It was the place they met their new best friend, where they learned to live on their own for the first time, and where they studied until they didn’t think they could study anymore. At T-N-T Moving Systems, we know how important your dorm room is. So whether you are moving back home for the summer, going away for a summer internship, or living in a sublet apartment for a few months, we can help you preserve some of the memories and move your things with care. Here are some options you have when you move with us: 

1.     Put your college dorm room ideas in one of our storage units for safe keeping while school is out.

 

2.     Have our T-N-T Moving Systems’ Movers come load and unload your items into your family’s garage.

 

3.     Have our mover’s move your items to you new living quarters.

Summer is calling: beach vacations, time with family, summer jobs, and summer internships. So enjoy the journey and whatever you decide, T-N-T Moving Systems is here to help. When you are ready to schedule your move call us at 704-523-1455. You can also get a free quote by visiting our website. Get your quote now by clicking here.