The day started off well, with the trailer finally arrived at the new house.
The initial survey of things was that a few pieces of our belongings were banged up a bit from being packed in there, but for the most part the damage was cosmetic.
Once the movers started at about noon, we started realizing how much stuff we had, and we had gotten rid of belongings (including a sectional) in a house only about 300 ft in space larger than our current house. We *did* have a 2 1/2 car garage, but we used that for our cars vs this house’s 2 car garage that current is full of boxes and things.
It took about 3 hours and 45 minutes to unload the 26 linear feet of trailer space, about half as much time as it took to load it.
One thing that I wish we had done better? Tracked smaller parts such as bookshelf parts and inserts in bags in a large plastic bag and wrapped with plastic to the item or in a sealed shut drawer associated with the item (such as a TV). We’re missing a few parts, including one remote, because it wasn’t securely packed with the item itself or a piece of furniture associated with it.
We’re also missing a chair back to a recliner, which makes the purchase of a replacement couch a bit more urgent.
However, the biggest disappointment of the day was the my electronic piano took a major beating, after being packed resting on its pedal board that was never meant to bear the weight of the entire instrument, much less any heavy objects packed on top of it. The good news is that the pedals still connect to the rest of the console (electronically) and that the main console functions either way. The body is also actual wood due to my interest spending the extra [too much money] at the time to upgrade from “rosewood finish” plastic. I’m hoping this means that the board can be repaired/reinforced enough to be completely functional. I was pondering a replacement keyboard instrument, but wasn’t planning on replacing it so soon.