I did this a few years ago, and while things did eventually work out, I made some mistakes that could have been really bad. Without going into too many details, just make sure that the place you are moving to is 100% done and the deal is sealed. Whether it is a home purchase, rental agreement, whatever. In my case, I packed up nearly everything we owned into a moving truck and drove it across the country about a week before the closing on the house. The closing needed to be in person and for family reasons, it wasn’t possible for both my and I to both fly there and do the closing, so we just moved before hand. Well, the bank decided to pull some shady shit at the last minute after telling us everything was completely confirmed and we almost didn’t get the house. We ended up staying in someone’s basement for over a week while I did everything I could to salvage the deal.
Anyway, don’t be me, get everything settled before you move.
All my moves had someone on the ground either before, after, or both. It’s invaluable. Growing up bouncing around as a kid, my family can do a long-distance relo like it’s an army mission – checklists and fallback plans.
Glad you had a plan b – I overnighted in a chilly ottawa basement of some ghetto airBnB when my housing glitched on arrival with cross-country move #3 ( fucking realtor landlords ), but that was remedied before the main group closed the housing at origin and arrived to prep for the indolent movers’ arrival (ultimately out of the blue after being in the wind for 8 weeks with everything we owned).
I was glad we’d almost planned enough, and I could focus on the employment and keep that going.
Cross-country move #2 used NJ movers and they extorted us$10k extra to release our stuff, so one chilly overnight was ultimately survivable in comparison.
Oof, that sounds rough on both cases. In my move, I priced out movers and they were all well over $10k, so I did it myself (which was fairly scary tbh). The banks started their bullshit when I was literally driving the giant moving truck, so it was extremely stressful. I did start making more permanent backup plans when I arrived, but luckily I was able to make it happen.
I did this a few years ago, and while things did eventually work out, I made some mistakes that could have been really bad. Without going into too many details, just make sure that the place you are moving to is 100% done and the deal is sealed. Whether it is a home purchase, rental agreement, whatever. In my case, I packed up nearly everything we owned into a moving truck and drove it across the country about a week before the closing on the house. The closing needed to be in person and for family reasons, it wasn’t possible for both my and I to both fly there and do the closing, so we just moved before hand. Well, the bank decided to pull some shady shit at the last minute after telling us everything was completely confirmed and we almost didn’t get the house. We ended up staying in someone’s basement for over a week while I did everything I could to salvage the deal.
Anyway, don’t be me, get everything settled before you move.
All my moves had someone on the ground either before, after, or both. It’s invaluable. Growing up bouncing around as a kid, my family can do a long-distance relo like it’s an army mission – checklists and fallback plans.
Glad you had a plan b – I overnighted in a chilly ottawa basement of some ghetto airBnB when my housing glitched on arrival with cross-country move #3 ( fucking realtor landlords ), but that was remedied before the main group closed the housing at origin and arrived to prep for the indolent movers’ arrival (ultimately out of the blue after being in the wind for 8 weeks with everything we owned).
I was glad we’d almost planned enough, and I could focus on the employment and keep that going.
Cross-country move #2 used NJ movers and they extorted us$10k extra to release our stuff, so one chilly overnight was ultimately survivable in comparison.
Oof, that sounds rough on both cases. In my move, I priced out movers and they were all well over $10k, so I did it myself (which was fairly scary tbh). The banks started their bullshit when I was literally driving the giant moving truck, so it was extremely stressful. I did start making more permanent backup plans when I arrived, but luckily I was able to make it happen.
These days with scams like they are everything needs to be done in person before packing up.