How to handle moving and utility setups during a snowstorm
Freezing ground and severe snowstorms prevent essential utility installations like Wi-Fi and delay heavy furniture deliveries. These winter hazards force people to manage slippery conditions while moving boxes, pay extra for constant property plowing, and deal with uninstalled appliances that make the new home immediately unlivable.
What people tried
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- 1Using mobile hotspots for internetDid this help you?
- 2Hiring neighborhood kids or services to plow snowDid this help you?
- 3Moving in stages over several monthsDid this help you?
- 4Separating urgent tasks from non-urgent ones to reduce stressDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm losing my mind, I can't get wifi installed since the ground is frozen. All my furniture deliveries are delayed due to constant snowstorms. I'm constantly having to shovel and pay for plowing for two properties. Slippery conditions making moving heavy objects and boxes an absolute nightmare. I've had like 5 different mental breakdowns, it's horrible.”source ↗
“I'm getting my house ready to sell and it is a nightmare to do it in the first snowy winter we have had in years. Can't get the trees trimmed, can't move things into storage, and just looking out the window in despair.”source ↗
“We moved in and our washer isn't working because the damn builder didn't hook it up properly. We still don't have wifi so I've been having to use a hotspot which is not great. Ughhhh the problems just feel like they're never ending!”source ↗
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