Snowbird Moves: Living in Two Places
Moving twice a year is a different problem from moving once, and the goal is to move as little as possible.
A good many people spend winters in St. George and summers somewhere cooler. That means two households, two sets of arrangements, and a journey between them on a schedule that repeats.
The people who do this comfortably have generally worked out that the answer is to transport less, not to transport better.
Just-In-Time Moving is locally owned and works throughout St. George and Washington County.
Duplicate rather than transport
The single most useful principle. Anything you can reasonably own twice should be owned twice: bedding, towels, basic kitchen equipment, cleaning things, tools, and a set of clothes for the local climate.
The cost of duplicating those is recovered quickly against moving them back and forth every year, and it removes most of the packing from both ends of the trip.
What genuinely travels: documents, medication, valuables, electronics you use daily, and the specific personal items you would not want to duplicate.
Closing up a house for months
The part that matters most here, because a closed house through a St. George summer is a demanding environment.
Take out anything liquid, perishable or aerosol. Empty and clean the fridge, and leave it open if you are switching it off. Close window coverings, since sun fading here is faster than people expect and it is what damages furniture in an empty house.
Decide the cooling strategy deliberately rather than switching everything off. A house left entirely unconditioned through a desert summer is hard on furniture, adhesives, electronics and instruments.
Arrange for somebody to check on it, and make sure they can reach you.
Tell your insurer
Genuinely important and frequently skipped. Many policies treat a property left unoccupied for extended periods differently, and cover you assume you have may be conditional on things you have not done.
One call before the season rather than a discovery afterwards.
When something does need moving
Furniture bought for one house and wanted at the other, a piece of art, a shipment arriving while you are away. We handle single items, part-loads and deliveries to a house you are not at, working to written instructions.
A floor plan with placements marked is worth more than a phone call from another state.
Call (435) 862-3080 or email office@movingjustintime.com.
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