Recently, my fiancee and I decided to move after we get married so we created our personal budget plan for this event. However, it seemed like there were many associated cost with moving that we did not consider originally. Although these add to our moving expenses, it wouldn’t necessarily change our decision. Nevertheless, let me share with you the ones we’ve discovered so far.
Extra charges for moving/establishing monthly services
We were charged $25 for establishing gas service and $15 for moving our electricity to the new place. On top of that, our monthly bill for our cable + internet will go up by approximately $30 dollars because the new company (Cox in our case) has pretty bad deals.
Cost of Moving Day
After hearing about people getting into arguments when they ask their friends to help them move, we decided to hire a moving company. We estimate that the charge will be $200 for this to happen. We figured that renting a truck for $100 and treating our friends to dinner afterwards is going to be the same price. So, we might as well hire professionals and preserve our friendship!
Duplicate Days of Rentals
We decided that we will get the keys of the new apartment on Feb 12th because it allows us to move into the apartment and have time to be with our families from overseas for our wedding. However, our commitment on the old apartment doesn’t end until Feb 20th. This means that we will be paying quite a bit of extra rent. In theory, you can always time it perfectly so you only pay one extra day of rent but it is often not possible. Therefore, most people will be paying extra rent when they move.
Hopefully there are much more expenses that we didn’t originally account for but I will definitely keep you guys updated!
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Good luck with the move…it can be a pain sometimes!
It’s painful most of the time but it should be short lived and we will be living in a much better place after!
It’s great to move once you are finally in a new place, but it’s more expensive than you initially realize every damn time! Oh well, you are in a nice place it sounds like so I don’t feel too bad for you.
ack! I moved last summer and the duplicate monthly fees/bills tend to pile up at the time when you’re frantically trying to move.
You got master mind on l Budget Plan – Hidden Charges of Moving So Far | Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning, that’s why you could able to write a article like this, hats off mate – keep up the good work.