Hey you. Yeah, you, surrounded by a sea of cardboard boxes and packing tape. I see you. You’re moving to my town, and first off, welcome. It’s a good place. But man, moving sucks. It just does.
I’m not here to sell you anything. I’m here to give you the real, honest advice I’d give my best friend if they were rolling into town. And that advice is this: for the love of all that is holy, get a storage unit.
Not forever. Maybe just for a month. But trust me, it will be the best fifty bucks you spend during this entire chaotic process.
Why? Because moving days never, ever go to plan
Your closing date will get pushed back. The old owners will be there, frantically cleaning out a closet you didn’t know existed. The moving truck will show up at 8 AM and your new landlord won’t be there with the keys until 2 PM.
So what do you do with a 26-foot truck full of your entire life? You can’t just leave it on the street.
This is where you text me. I’ll get you a 10×10 unit for the month. You tell the movers to swing by my place first. They unload everything. The crisis is over. You get the keys later that afternoon, and you can move in without having a panic attack on your new front lawn. You win.
Unpacking Shouldn’t Feel Like a Punishment
Walk into your new empty house. It’s quiet. It’s clean. It’s full of possibilities. Now imagine that same space five minutes after the movers leave. Boxes to the ceiling. You can’t find the toilet paper. You’re hungry, but the kitchen is a fortress of taped-up cardboard. You end up eating cold pizza sitting on the floor, questioning all your life choices.
Don’t do that.
Here’s a better idea. Your storage unit is your “staging area.” It’s your secret weapon.
- On moving day, only bring the boxes you need to survive for a week. Your coffeemaker. Your bedding. Your wifi router. Your favorite mug. A couple of changes of clothes. Your shower curtain. That’s it.
- Everything else? The holiday decorations, the ski gear, the box of childhood yearbooks, the extra set of dishes… it all goes straight into the storage unit.
- Now, your new house is functional. You can breathe. You can find your socks. You can make coffee.
- Then, over the next few weekends, you make a fun trip out of it. You go to your unit, grab two or three boxes labeled “LIVING ROOM,” and you go put them away. No stress. No chaos. You’re in control.
Elyria Houses Have… Character
This is a nice way of saying some of them have basements that smell a little funny and closets the size of a postage stamp. You might be downsizing. That giant sectional that fit in your old place? Yeah, it’s not going to work here.
So instead of trying to cram everything in and living in a cluttered mess, just don’t. Keep your out-of-season clothes somewhere dry. Keep your grandparents’ table somewhere safe until you figure out the right spot for it. Use the unit. It’s okay. It’s what it’s there for.
Most Importantly: Go Be in Elyria
Your first few weeks here shouldn’t be spent staring at boxes. They should be spent at Black River Reservation. They should be spent finding the best breakfast spot on Broad Street. They should be spent figuring out which neighbor has the dog that always barks and which one has the amazing flower garden.
If your stuff is safely tucked away, you can actually close the front door and go be a person. Your stuff will wait. It’s not going anywhere.
So, if this makes sense to you
…then give me a shout at A-Affordable Storage. We’re not a giant corporation. We’re the folks on the corner. We’ll get you a clean, dry unit, we’ll help you figure out what size you need, and we’ll give you the code to the gate.
Then you can get back to the important stuff: starting your new life here. We’re really glad you’re coming.
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