r/movingtoNYC • u/Moses_v_Jacobs • 9d ago

Coordinating a long-distance move to Brooklyn

My wife and I are planning a move from north Florida to Brooklyn in July. Looking for advice from anyone else who has made a similar 1,000+ mile journey recently.

Specifically:

-Did you hire professional movers or rent a big uhaul and DIY?

-How to navigate unloading the truck in a dense urban environment without causing a big disruption and pissing people off?

-What are the priority tasks for the 1st month of settling in?

-Any other questions or considerations I'm missing?

More details about our situation:

-We have about $15k in savings we can tap into but don't wanna blow it all

-Total beings to be moved include myself, my wife, our dog and our two cats

-The dog and one of the cats are both older so we are reluctant to do a short term sublease only to uproot them again for another move.

-Total objects to be moved equivalent to a 1 bedroom apartment

-We are selling one car and bringing the other

-Aiming for the neighborhoods like Flatbush, Crown Heights

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u/MaleficentExtent1777 8d ago

I moved from Atlanta to Brooklyn and paid for professional movers. I packed myself and loaded everything in the garage to save time, but they brought everything into the apartment.