Moving houses can be one of the most stressful events in one’s life, except all you own in life is in your back pocket with both your hands tucked in too. Moving has been ranked the most third most stressful event in life next to losing one’s spouse to death or a divorce. Maybe those who did the ranking never had to live in Lagos and commute to work daily but wait till you’re faced with it and you will rather spend two nights on 3MB in exchange for the stress.

How long you’ve lived where you’re moving from and the number of properties that will be shipped will form the basis for an impending stress which include psychological, financial, emotional and physical strain. Leaving people behind is sometimes sweet sour. Sweeter when you’re moving from a face-me-I-face-you apartment into a block of flats though, because you’ll be shutting a thick green wall of envy behind you as you gbana and elevate in Olamide’s voice.

There are as many reasons as there are vacant houses for leaving a present abode but the major reasons people move houses are the following:

Acquisition of a personal property
Change in status (could be in any direction)
Relocation to a new country or state
Ejection
Environment
We didn’t want to add this but some leave to live (get that?)
With enough notice, moving can be as stressful as anything else one can think of. Having to move at short notice can be a nightmare, similar to walking a tightrope at a speed faster than anything Usain Bolt ever did. Truth is, most of these notices to quit come without notice and you almost never see it coming or maybe have chosen to ignore it. Sometimes in forced ejections, your chattels are already out even before you get a chance to pick a pin you own.

The first thing you need to do is calm down. It’s the hardest thing to do at that time but you won’t get anything done just worrying about everything that has or could further go wrong. If you have minor dependants, your priority should be to get them to safety within the shortest possible time without leaving your properties unattended to. You can call on your “closest” “nearest” friend or relative and make him/her realize it is an emergency because it really is. Be sure to keep their change of clothes, school books and a few bedding handy . Everything else should sort itself if you have friends you can count on when it counts.

Next, you need to be sure where you want to move to and how far away it is. Trust me, the closer it is, the better for your blood pressure so don’t be Davido’s Anita by going far away. You need to quickly assess your options and ask yourself where what will go. If you have no place to move all your items at once, you may have to analyze where what will go very quickly.

Once your minor dependents are safe, you will need bags or boxes to sort your possessions. About five box categories should be fine and be sure to label them according to their use and we suggest the following:

Clothing (for your all clothes and shoes. You can fit shoes in small plastic bags to keep them from staining your clothes)
Gadgets & Toys (This is where you should keep any small electronic item like laptops, remote controls, batteries, kids’ toys etc)
Fragile (for anything breakable and boxes work better here)
Paper (files, documents, books and certificates)
Groceries (this is where all your uncooked food items should go to)
Of course you can have more than one box or bag for any of the above categories and even go further to break them down for instance “Edward’s Clothes or Mummy’s Dresses”. If you’re a perpetual evictee, you can add “Eviction 2018” to the label. Okay just kidding, so let’s get back to business now.

If your boxes are all arranged and labelled, filling them up shouldn’t be too much of an issue and it will get better the more you fit them in. Be sure to start with the bigger items at the bottom though, and stop to get more boxes when you think it’s becoming too heavy to lift or move around.

You bet there are some items that will never fit into boxes, except you have boxes the size of a Maersk container. This is where your initiative will be required as the big items are usually furniture and electronics such as TV sets, deep freezers, refrigerators, washing machines (ouch that’s heavy), generators etc. We deliberately excluded your car and why not. Be sure everything that can hold things like your refrigerator, are empty and cooked food should be transferred into bowls and carried like a trophy though you’re not winning at this time. Alternatively, you can use your deep freezer and refrigerator to hold some items like groceries but be mindful of the additional weight it will bring.

Learn to laugh even though it’s the last thing you want to do, and everything will be alright in the end.

Of course you will need to get another apartment within the shortest possible time. EmptyCribs provides advisory and a reliable link to properties within your preferred location and budget. However, if you feel you have been unlawfully ejected, you can seek redress and get reprieve though it may not come as quickly as you wish.

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Source: https://emptycribs.com/when-the-house-owner-gives-you-one-minute-to-quit/

just carry only ur certificate dem first

dollytino4real:
just carry only ur certificate dem first

Very critical but it’s also good to have those documents scanned because you never know ...