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2010-02-19 Moving to Belleair
This past weekend Jessica and I moved from our apartment in St Petersburg to a condo in Belleair (just south of Clearwater). We made the move so I could be closer to work (2.5 vs 15 miles). It adds about 10 minutes to Jessica's commute, but she only goes to school about 3 days a week.
The condo association does not permit residents to move in on the weekends. So I took Friday off and rented a U-Haul truck. I reserved a 17' truck, planing on getting everything in one trip. When I went to pick it up, they told me they had rent it out last night on an emergency call. They gave me a 15' plus some discounts: flat rate of $35 (no mileage) and a free dozen blankets. Leon, the guy I talked to, was really nice.
We were fortunate to have Danny and Joel come over to help (since most people work). We loaded the U-Haul truck up with all of our big furniture except the sofa and the computer desk. We also got some other small boxes loaded. Then we drove to the new place. Jessica got us some pizzas for lunch.
After lunch, Harry the maintenance guy was there setting up the elevator and the hall way for us. He didn't say much, but was very helpful. He brought out different types of tools to help us move based on the type of items he saw.
After a few hours we mentioned to Harry that we were going back for another trip. That's when things started to get hairy. He said to check with Don, the association president about moving after hour. I was confused. I talked to Don and it turned out no vendors (including trucks) were allowed in after 5pm. I told him that nobody told us about this. Of course he said he did and that it was also in the booklet. I called Jessica (she was back at the old apartment) and she was very upset. She looked up the booklet and nowhere did it mention anything about the 5pm rule. We want to follow all of their rules, but we can't if we don't know them. This particular building is the only one the does not allow vendors on weekends either. So we had to reschedule Bright House to come back on Monday to install our internet.
We considered rushing back to get the rest of the stuff with the truck, but didn't want to risk not being able to get back in. So we finished unloading what's left in the truck and just returned it.
We went to Mama Fu's for dinner. Then Joel went back to Orlando. Danny stayed the night and went back to Miami the next morning.
Without the U-Haul truck, it took Jessica and I three more trips on Saturday and two on Sunday to get most of the stuff over. Good thing they were small boxes and clothes, so we didn't break the rule (no moving furniture on weekends). We're planning on moving our sofa and the computer desk sometimes this week.
Stay tuned for more pictures once we're settled in.
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