Finding a Good Roommate for Your Apartment
Your roommate can have just as great an impact on your apartment as the neighborhood in which you live or the amenities that your apartment offers. You are going to want the atmosphere within your...
View ArticleFinding a Trustworthy Mover
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Relocation.com Let’s face it, your no. 1 fear after you’ve finally found your new apartment is getting ripped off by your mover. Thankfully, most moving...
View ArticleApartment Packing Guide
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Relocation.com Let’s face it: packing is lame. It’s boring, it’s stressful and strenuous, and it’s a major life disruptor. However, it’s the best way to save...
View ArticleMaking a Small Move
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Relocation.com If you don’t have a lot of stuff to move, that’s both good and bad. The good: your move will probably be more straight-forward than if you had...
View ArticleSaving Money on Your Move
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Relocation.com Hey, moving is costly and the costs come at you fast and furious. So prepare: Have an idea of the costs you’ll face. Plan: Have a way to pay for...
View ArticleTips for Moving with Pets
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Relocation.com Moving can be hard on a human, but it’s even harder, and more stressful, on a pet. We have the scratch marks to prove it. So make your life (and...
View ArticleMaking a Greener Move
Moving by its very nature is wasteful — we pack our stuff into cardboard boxes that we throw away after the move, we wrap our stuff in plastic bubble wrap, and we use big, smoke-belching trucks get...
View ArticleThe Indoor Garden
Admittedly, this idea excites me more than the average renter because our apartment actually has an extra room that we have already loftily named “the solarium,” albeit is basically a depository of...
View ArticleInsulate Your Apartment and Save Money on Heating Bills
For some mostly scientific and therefore unknown reason, the temperature inside of our apartment is actually colder than it is outside. I have noticed that this phenomenon is also present in some...
View ArticleMyNewPlace Holiday Party
MyNewPlace had its 2010 Holiday Party on a boat in the San Francisco bay. (No, I’m not making the ‘I’M ON A BOAT!’ joke, but I can assure you plenty of people did). In any event, it was very festive...
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