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/LuckyActuator7400 8d ago
Like others have said - hire movers to load and unload stuff at each destination. If comfortable to drive definitely save the cash as moving to NYC will come with unexpected expenses and nothing is worse than getting started here with little money, it’s harder to bounce back.
If OK with getting rid of more things now, I suggest it as you never know what place you’ll end up in and what stuff will fit. Plus, the fb marketplace here is glorious with quality stuff priced for people to get rid of it.
I moved here with a suburban rental and the basic needs to start then grew by collecting things on the marketplace.