Moving in with your partner is usually a new and exciting change. When it’s a significant other as opposed to a roommate or friend, a successful start is especially important. If things go as you want them to, you’ll ideally be living with this person for a long time to come.
At Al’s Moving, we provide the following advice for moving in with your partner. Or hope is that it will help to make your move more manageable.
Moving in with your partner: Communicating about everything!
When it comes to moving in with your partner, communication is key. You may be extremely familiar with your partner’s style of living if you’ve spent plenty of time at their home in the past, or you may not have as much experience. No matter your specific situation, you should get an early start on open and honest communication.
A conversation about the importance of talking things through in general is a great starting point, as it sets some basic, reasonable expectations and allows both of you to get on the same page before any specific questions or concerns crop up.
If you don’t have much experience sharing space with your significant other, an open line of communication is crucial. You’ll have to determine and divide a lot of responsibilities, and the best way to make these decisions mutually positive and beneficial is to talk them through.
A strategy for chores that worked with your old roommates may not make sense with your partner, and there will be a way to divide the housework that makes everyone as happy as possible. There are considerations large and small, from who should take out the trash and how often, to dividing up cooking duties and how to tackle any manageable home repairs.
Combining belongings
Depending on what you and your partner own and how much crossover exists, a plan for what stays and what goes is crucial. GQ said there’s an art to combining your stuff. You don’t want to cram your living space with duplicate items that don’t provide much benefit. Once you know where you’re moving – your place, their place or a new place, you should sit down and figure out what can stay and what should go.
This is a great time to start compromising, which is a key part of successfully living together. This process offers the added benefit of a little move-related financial relief through selling off certain belongings and donating other ones, as long as you get receipts for the eventual tax write-off.
Do you need professional movers and packers to help moving in with your partner?
Movers and packers can make the transition of moving in with your partner that much easier. Instead of a long day of moving, whether into a new place or one of your two current residences, you can let the experts do the heavy lifting as you oversee the process and deal with the higher-level concerns.
A self-managed move can be very stressful, so don’t overlook the many benefits of having Al’s Moving take care of moving you in. To learn more, get in touch with your local Atlas agent today!