Moving is almost always a
complicated, time-consuming, and all around inconvenient task. When you’re
single or are a couple who doesn’t yet have children, the hassles of moving
tend to be a bit less overwhelming than they are after children enter the
picture. Once children are involved, however, moving a house full of an entire
family’s belongings can become an almost unmanageable task. Thankfully, the
mobile device in your pocket has the capability to dramatically streamline the
moving process for you and your family, thanks to the power of the Apple system
and the talent of the developers that stock the App Store. These 10 apps can
help you manage every aspect of the days leading up to your move, the big day
itself and the ensuing aftermath.
• Real Estate by Zillow – Homes &
Apartments, For Sale or Rent – Browsing through more than 100 million homes in
the United States, including homes, condos and apartments that are for sale or
for rent, is easy with the free Zillow app. This app is especially useful for
families who are planning long-distance moves, where much of your dwelling
search must be conducted online, rather than in person. With Zillow, you can
create a shortlist of properties you’re interested in and view them all in one
or two days.
• Move Planner – Before you load the first
box into a moving van, use this $1.99 app to comprehensively plan and plot out
your moving strategy. With over 100 pre-populated task lists, Move Planner can
help ensure that you never forget to complete another item on your moving to-do
list.
• Mark on Call – Shuffling your furniture
around each room and trying to navigate around boxes and cartons can be a pain
in the neck and in the back. With this $1.99 app, you can virtually re-arrange
each room until you find a configuration that suits your personal taste, saving
time and effort in the long run.
• Moving List – Add your own items,
complete those on 95 pre-populated lists, edit and organize your tasks by the
date they need to be completed, and take advantage of the Packing Decider bonus
feature with this $2.99 app, which greatly simplifies and streamlines the
process of relocating.
• Moving Van – Know exactly what’s in each
box and where it should be placed as it comes off the van with this $1.99 app,
which is designed for use as each carton is sealed. Detail the contents with
text or through photographs, and assign a name or number. When you arrive, use
the database you created with Moving Van to determine which box a particular
item is in or which room of the house the contents of a carton belong.
• State Farm MoveTools™ – Use the days
leading up to your move to start planning, packing and organizing your
belongings, and taking control of the moving process with this free app from
State Farm insurance agency, which keeps all the information you need in one
dedicated, reliable spot on the mobile device in your purse or pocket.
• My
Move – Complete checklists, calculate the shipping weight of various items,
sort through online reviews and testimonials posted by customers of leading
moving companies, request a free quote from professional movers, and search for
licensed ones by state with this free but exceedingly powerful app, which could
very easily become your best friend during the move.
• Moving Day – Keeping your belongings
organized and in good condition as you transport them from one home to the next
can be a challenge in itself, but this free app rises beautifully to the
occasion. Catalog items as they’re packed, log damage as you unpack, and even
generate an insurance claim with damage reports, photos and value tracking
options.
• Suddath’s Moving Guru – Moving estimates,
checklists and glossaries are all at your fingertips with the free Moving Guru
app, which creates a to-do timeline beginning 10 weeks prior to your move and
follows you throughout the process. You can even use the application to send a
moving announcement to specified parties in your contacts list.
• Urbanspoon – For the first few meals in
your new home, cooking is likely to be out of the question, as all of your
cooking utensils and accessories are probably still in various stages of packed
and unpacked. With the free and powerful Urbanspoon app, you can quickly and
easily locate restaurants in your new area, broken down by cuisine, price or
neighborhood.
After you’re settled into your new
neighborhood and ready to learn your way around the city at large, there are
also a significant number of navigation and neighborhood suggestion apps that
can help you do just that. From finding the nearest coffee shop to comparing
neighborhood preschools, there’s definitely truth in the advertising campaign
that suggests “there’s an app for that.”
Source: Find a Nanny
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