Most people have to move out of one house and into another place at some point in their lives. The most common time for the first move is college. If it’s not your first move it’s probably the first move you are taking on your own without your parents. Not everyone has to go through this move, there are those who go to college close to home, and those who never go to college at all, but these days those people are rare as teenagers are ready to get out of the house and college is thought of as something you have to go through in order to get a good job. Due to the nature of this move, this more than any other move can be one of the most stressful, and it only gets worse if you are not moving into the dorms, but into a house near college . If you are planning this, there are a few ways to make it a little less stressful.
The first thing you will want to do, if you don’t know which house you will be moving into yet, is to locate a property management team that specializes in helping college students find a place to live. There are not a lot of these, so you may have to look around some. What you will want from them, is to find a place where utilities are included in the rent, because then it is less likely that you will have to turn the utilities on, but rather the company will have taken care of it for you before hand. You will also want to ask them to take pictures of the area you will be living in, not anyone else’s quarters, but the parts of the house you will live in. This will give you a better idea of what you want to pack and how much will fit in your room.
Remember when packing that you will have limited space and it is better to bring only your essentials and buy anything else later. Most collages are located near at least one general store where you can buy items like posters , blinds and other decorations, so don’t worry about bringing these with you. Make a list of the things you will use at least once a week, this includes clothes, those should be the only things you take with you, and most of those you won’t need to pack.