https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:56:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1481046 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 20:50:05 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1481046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I moved a year ago...and we just unpacked the last boxes in our basement today.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1480829 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:02:04 +0000 hellobeeboston 1480829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved in the week before thanksgiving, it was tough over the holidays! But I would say I was 90% unpacked after 4 weeks - and still at 90% now with that last little bit in the basement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1480770 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:00:39 +0000 BSB 1480770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Elderberrygin: can I hire you? ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1480768 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:00:16 +0000 BSB 1480768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: awesome cool!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1480497 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 14:11:26 +0000 Elderberrygin 1480497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two days. Longer than my usual, but my LO was six months old and it made things tricky. I am the queen of unpacking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1480490 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 14:07:08 +0000 jhd 1480490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved in Nov. There are still a few boxes that haven't been unpacked. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1480340 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 12:29:20 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1480340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A week. I hate having boxes around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1480336 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 12:24:45 +0000 spaniellove 1480336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty good at getting most of our stuff unpacked right away. It's the little random things that probably really needs to be thrown out that sits around. </p> <p>@bluestriped bee: If you ever move back here I'll come over and unpack/organize for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1480275 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 11:45:38 +0000 lavender 1480275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved into our new house in July and I still have a bunch of boxes I shoved into the basement and attic I need to go through. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1478226 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:55:03 +0000 AmandaB8 1478226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved in August and some of our stuff stillv isn't unpacked. I did have a baby in that time frame though.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1478015 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:00:30 +0000 Greentea 1478015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bet it will take us months :)</p> <p>We had to move fast and sort of "out of nowhere"/ much sooner than we thought, so things got thrown in boxes... things I don't even want! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1478011 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:59:02 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1478011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We literally get unpacked in a day or two. We're experts at moving and i hate clutter and things not being in their place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1477960 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:44:47 +0000 LovelyPlum 1477960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: Still, that's a huge help. I think we'll hire people for our next cross-country move. It just sounds like it would be such a big help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1477123 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:14:57 +0000 lamariniere 1477123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: totally. We are moving again in a few months and we are going to pay people to pack, move and unpack again. With two LOs, we just don't have the time or patience to do it ourselves, and I have no idea where we would get boxes here. I guess I should add that the movers don't put things away, they just take everything out of the boxes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1475829 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:36:54 +0000 chopsuey 1475829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we moved I had everything unpacked in 2 days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1475828 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:36:15 +0000 babycanuck 1475828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I won't lie. I have stuff in boxes in the basement from when we moved in 5+ years ago. LOL. Day 1 of moving in the kitchen was done though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1475824 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:35:13 +0000 LovelyPlum 1475824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: lol, fair.<br /> @lamariniere: great idea! Will you do that next time, too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1474423 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:51:04 +0000 lamariniere 1474423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a moving company and they unpacked and took away all the boxes and paper, which was great. Putting everything away took 2-3 days, but we also had to wait for our new bookshelf in the living room before being able to get everything completely put away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473779 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:23:28 +0000 Torchwood 1473779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: I can't take any credit! If it were just me it'd probably be months before I really finished. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473761 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:21:01 +0000 NovBaby1112 1473761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i like to get unpacked asap, it took me about 2-3 days. we still have 1 or 2 random boxes left around but not sure where to put them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473679 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:09:45 +0000 LBee 1473679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Essentials took about a week.<br /> For it to feel like "home" took about 2 to 3 weeks. </p> <p>Non-essentials and random items we rarely used.... any day now. I made my husband throw out a few boxes that we found in the attic at our old house that were still packed - if they didn't get unpacked the first move, they sure as heck weren't getting unpacked the second move. </p> <p>Moved 2 years ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473672 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:07:57 +0000 mlm2934 1473672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe a week? I wasn't working, and I'm pretty intense about moving :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473668 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:07:05 +0000 LovelyPlum 1473668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: impressive! Though I will say, it makes life a lot easier! We've been in our place for two weeks, and I'm glad that most of the things have a home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473665 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:06:18 +0000 LovelyPlum 1473665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to try to unpack right away! This last move, though, was a little different: there wasn't much to "unpack," per se, as we pretty much threw everything into the back of the car/random bags and boxes, then went from there, since it was so quick. I LOATHE moving that way, but it did force me to get things out of the way quickly! </p> <p>Right now, we need to hang things on the walls. We've put some things in the storage unit downstairs, but we'll deal with them eventually...or maybe never, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473552 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:51:48 +0000 PurplePumps 1473552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The essentials probably within the first month. A lot of the crap we just didnt want to deal with....just sat in boxes in the (unused) dining room for over a year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473502 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:44:56 +0000 skibobrown 1473502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved into our new house in mid October. We were unpacked in a livable sense within 1 month. Substantially unpacked by Christmas, but we still have a few random boxes that aren't unpacked. Also, the basement stuff is pretty much all still boxed up. That's the very last bit that we'll get to... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473484 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:42:41 +0000 looch 1473484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A LONG TIME. I have had boxes in storage for 5 years, sooooo, I am still unpacking, almost a year later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473478 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 12:41:48 +0000 Torchwood 1473478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This most recent move was a temporary one, so we never unpacked most of our stuff. We're living with my mom, so she had all the things like dishes.</p> <p>We're about to make our 5th move since we got married almost 5 years ago (6th if you count moving out to Denver, but he went first and I followed after we got married). Our usual time to unpack is around a week. Our best was 3 days. Those times include putting up pictures and all the little things. DH is just the type to get on those things immediately (when we go on a trip, he unpacks his suitcase as soon as we get back, even if it's 1am), and I go with it because I like having it done quickly. </p> <p>This next move will probably take longer because I'm going to go through ALL of our stuff and get rid of a lot. But we'll get the stuff I don't need to go through unpacked quickly, I'm sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473037 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:48:27 +0000 Dandelion 1473037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We moved in this place last June, and still didn't get everything unpacked. But, we knew we'd be moving in a year, so it was a lot on purpose.</p> <p>Now we're moving again, soon, so we'll see how it goes. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-moved-recently-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-unpack#post-1473024 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:46:33 +0000 snowjewelz 1473024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say probably just 2-3 days to get out the essentials, but probably 1-2 weeks to really plan out where to put everything else! </p>