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June 11th, 2006

Moving in

Yesterday, I helped a friend (and Pinger) move into a new apartment. In the past, when I moved into an apartment or helped someone else move, the most painful things were dealing with stairs going up to the higher floors and getting large furniture pieces around corners in the apartment itself. The complex that he moved into yesterday, though, was quite different than usual. The stairways all had oversized landings, making it very easy to carry large items up. And then his apartment was designed in such a way that large items were easy to maneuver around corners. Not one time did we think, “We might need to rig up a pully system for this…” I can’t say that about previous moves.

So, hurrah to the designer of this particular apartment complex. Not only did they allow for plenty of parking, but they also took into account move in (and move out) day.

Posted in Everyday Life

FROM: jk
DATE: Sunday June 11, 2006 -- 2:29:41 pm
Do you think they were trying to be ADA compliant? That's great.

I had an apartment on the 2nd floor, and let me see if I can describe this simply: you walked in the door and had to turn immediately to the left to go up the stairs. I am sure we put plenty of gashes into the wall that you hit if you went straight ahead. There was absolutely no turnaround room at all!! It had pretty white carpeting though.

So who moved?



FROM: Rob [E-Mail]
DATE: Monday June 12, 2006 -- 1:04:11 am
It was me! :) And thanks again for coming out, Ryan. I really appreciated it.

I too was amazed and relieved by the large landings. There was plenty of space to turn, so even the big items were a breeze. Well... maybe not a breeze, since they were still heavy, but it was easy to get around corners with them.

I had fun! Let's not do it again any time soon!



FROM: Steve A
DATE: Monday June 12, 2006 -- 7:00:58 am
Moving is something in which I've had LOTS of experience. For awhile it seemed I moved houses at least once a year; and no, not trying to get ahead of the law.

I've found that a good skateboard can be a lifesaver for getting large objects from point A to Z via the gauntlet.

For several years I wouldn't buy anything (furniture-wise) unless it could be dissassembled and packed away in 30 minutes or less.

I too had one of apartment with extra wide everythings. Mine was a downstairs apartment and was probably set up for ADA requirements. Worked for me!

Ciao,



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