Furnishing when you arrive....
Aug 30th 2009, 12:58 am
#31
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Re: Furnishing when you arrive....
Second post of the day...
There is obviously a period of weeks that it takes for your shipped furniture to arrive in the US (company would pay for it).
The company appear to have a history of organising a rental house for when imports arrive.
But what do you sleep on until your stuff arrives, even if we weren't shipping the beds I can't imagine bed shopping on day one for same day delivery.
We should have an airfreight box as well, but I can't fit a sofa/bed/table in there......
There is obviously a period of weeks that it takes for your shipped furniture to arrive in the US (company would pay for it).
The company appear to have a history of organising a rental house for when imports arrive.
But what do you sleep on until your stuff arrives, even if we weren't shipping the beds I can't imagine bed shopping on day one for same day delivery.
We should have an airfreight box as well, but I can't fit a sofa/bed/table in there......
We are doing it the opposite way round. Our furniture is leaving 5 w3eeks earlier than us so that its there when we get there. We are renting over in the UK for the 5 weeks we still need a bed etc (especially for our children). Check out websites in the UK for rental furniture if thats an option. At least then, your furniture is there when you arrive - something nice and familiar (again a priority for us with the children)
Best regards
Aug 31st 2009, 2:45 am
#32
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Re: Furnishing when you arrive....
Hi
We are doing it the opposite way round. Our furniture is leaving 5 w3eeks earlier than us so that its there when we get there. We are renting over in the UK for the 5 weeks we still need a bed etc (especially for our children). Check out websites in the UK for rental furniture if thats an option. At least then, your furniture is there when you arrive - something nice and familiar (again a priority for us with the children)
Best regards
We are doing it the opposite way round. Our furniture is leaving 5 w3eeks earlier than us so that its there when we get there. We are renting over in the UK for the 5 weeks we still need a bed etc (especially for our children). Check out websites in the UK for rental furniture if thats an option. At least then, your furniture is there when you arrive - something nice and familiar (again a priority for us with the children)
Best regards
We survived with air beds, cheap sheets, plastic cutlery and plates etc.
The big stuff such as washing machines, fridges, cooker, m/wave etc were left in the house so life wasn't too difficult.
It was a very minimalist experience and made me realise how little we actually need.
Sep 1st 2009, 1:13 am
#33
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Re: Furnishing when you arrive....
make sure your rental furniture has an easy drop out clause. our colleagues signed up for 3 months and their stuff arrived after 2 weeks.
we arrived and stayed in a hotel suite (with money from our relocation pot) until we could sort out the rental (rentals done in advance all fell through).
we also got our stuff shipped quickly - but we bought a bed brand new and it was delivered the next day. so we moved in with the bed, a cheap card able and chairs, and some basics i had brought like 4 plates, tin opener etc. it was v cheap at walmart and kept us going the first couple of weeks.
we arrived and stayed in a hotel suite (with money from our relocation pot) until we could sort out the rental (rentals done in advance all fell through).
we also got our stuff shipped quickly - but we bought a bed brand new and it was delivered the next day. so we moved in with the bed, a cheap card able and chairs, and some basics i had brought like 4 plates, tin opener etc. it was v cheap at walmart and kept us going the first couple of weeks.
