When is the best time to move to a new home? Important, interesting folk signs and rituals when moving to a new place of residence
Moving on new apartment- this is always an exciting event, associated simultaneously with joy and trouble, with excitement and a premonition of a new life.
Of course, when moving to new house a lot to take into account important nuances, such as solving household, housing and communal issues. But, in addition, there is a mystical aspect, no less important - and the signs associated with moving to a new home will help make a new life happy, comfortable and carefree.
These signs and traditions date back many centuries, and have passed to us in modern times without changes. They are used, so it makes sense.
What do you need to know when moving?
When moving to a new house, do not be too lazy to perform and observe a few very simple rituals and signs, and your life in a new place will be bright and joyful, and troubles will bypass your home and family.
1. First of all, you need to leave old apartment the right way. There are signs associated with saying goodbye to the old housing in which you have lived for a long time.
Check that nothing is left under beds, behind cabinets, inside chests of drawers, if you leave furniture. Ventilate the apartment and thank her for comfort and protection. Mentally wish the new tenants happy life- and then leave.
2. There are other signs associated with farewell - for example, farewell cake. It must be cooked and eaten whole in the old place, without taking it with you.
If life in the house was difficult, the cake should be salty. If, on the contrary, you had a good life, bake sweet pie. Share with your family, and let this ritual farewell dinner and good omen become an important transition to a new life.
4. The first thing to do in a new apartment is to solemnly let in a cat, cat or kitten. If you don’t have cats, let the dog in - she is also a guard.
In general, it is very desirable to have a pet in your home. Families that don't have pets aren't usually as happy. At least a hamster or a fish is already good.
5. Entering your new home, light a church candle and slowly go around all the rooms and corners, reading "Our Father". So you clear the space and sanctify it.
6. Incense cleanses the house very well from negative energies. Light incense sticks in every room - even in the toilet, let them smoke. Their smoke attracts positive energy and drives away stagnant, bad energy.
This, of course, is very contrary to the rules of economy, but at least for a few minutes, do it. Such a ritual will cleanse the house, bring new energy into it, drive away evil forces.
8. Everyone knows the sign that when moving, it would be useful to hang a horseshoe over the threshold - a protective amulet that attracts good luck to the apartment. It is necessary to hang, of course, with the ends up, and securely - so that it does not fall if the front door slams shut. The horseshoe should be periodically wiped of dust.
9. After you have launched a cat or a dog into your new apartment, do not rush to enter - throw a few coins through the threshold into the room. Then in the new dwelling you will always have prosperity, and poverty will bypass the house.
10. It is important that the move takes place on right time. Definitely in the morning, and the earlier, the better and more successful it is. Wake up on the day of your move at dawn to check in early.
12. It's great if the move takes place in the snow or rain! This is a great omen, a blessing higher powers and a symbol that life will be happy in a new place.
13. After check-in, check your belongings. In a new dwelling, there should in no case be cracked or broken dishes, torn bed linen, curtains or towels.
It is better, of course, to update everything, or at least partially. Throw away the cracked dishes - it will bring misfortune.
14. Be sure to buy something new for the house. A set of pots, a lamp, a rug - if only it was new thing. She will bring good luck.
15. Check doors and windows. If the windows are old, they need to be replaced - especially if they creak. Squeaky doors should be, if not changed, then lubricated, if necessary, painted.
Be sure to put new locks on your front door. This is not only a sign, but also prudence.
Only the closest and most beloved people, preferably relatives, should be present at the holiday in your new home. The more children there are in the house, the better - their voices and laughter will charge your new home with happy and bright energy.
17. The second housewarming should be held after all things are in place, on the second weekend. Now you can invite acquaintances, colleagues, friends.
18. Be sure to cook more food for housewarming - the richer and more generous the table, the richer and more satisfying your life in the future. For housewarming, according to signs, it is customary to give things for the home, but money cannot be given - warn guests about this.
Moving is a joyful event, it is always a transition to a new milestone in life, and a person himself changes a little and is updated with a change of home. Take this event seriously, do everything slowly and wisely, do not miss important details.
And let simple ritual actions help you live harmoniously, happily and richly in a new place!
Author: Vasilina Serova
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Moving to a new apartment. SIGNS!
If you are about to move to a new apartment or a new house very soon, then our article can be very useful. Read about the signs and rituals of moving, how to organize the unpacking of things in a new home.
You can say that when moving to a new apartment, it is enough common sense and a clear plan, a list of things to do and a list of things to pack? In fact, moving is a rather serious life experience, and it is better to find out some of the nuances in advance in order to do everything right and settle down in a new place as well as possible.
You ask, will this be useful to you if you move to a rented apartment? Of course! After all, you will live there for some time, perhaps even a very long time. We also recommend reading our tips on how to equip a rented apartment and make it more comfortable.
Some rituals when moving to a new apartment
As we have already found out, moving from one place to another is not an easy task, a responsible one. Do not forget anything, pack everything carefully, deliver it safely and, finally, place it in its place - this is just a dry summary of the sequence of actions, and how many laborious processes are behind these words ... And yet, most people still find time for one more action, usually we call it rituals.
At the same time, some rituals when moving to a new apartment are not meaningless, while others cause bewilderment and slight shock - there is no clear answer how to relate to this. Out of pure curiosity, you can walk through several of them, at least in order to smile, or maybe become interested.
Moving to a new apartment conditionally includes three stages:
Actions at the old place (collection of things, loading);
transportation;
actions in a new place (unloading, arranging things).
Here in such chronological order and consider some rituals when moving.
One of the curious rituals is advice from the teachings of Feng Shui, to which recent times more and more people are listening. You are invited to bake a loaf, pie, cake or something like that from the dough according to the recipe of your choice. The only condition is that the shape of your baking should resemble a house. It is recommended to eat it immediately before moving, thus you carry with you the very essence of the house where you lived.
Another ritual of moving is from the category of more mystical ones. In a vessel, preferably made of glass or ceramics, you carry salt around the old house, mentally imagining how it absorbs all the energy of your life in this house, all emotions, negative and positive. Let the salt stand in a dark place for a while, imagining how your old house from everything that was. At sunset, in a deserted place, this salt should be buried and left without looking back. After that, you need to wash your hands.
As for rituals in a new place, the most favorite of them is housewarming. It is useful and pleasant in all respects - housewarming will help you get to know your future neighbors and psychologically adapt to a new place. It is not surprising that this ritual not only took root, but also became obligatory.
It is also recommended, upon arrival at a new place of residence, to announce your presence by making several successive actions. It is necessary to open the windows in all rooms, turn on the light in each of them, drain some water. This ritual is useful because at the same time you check the health of all appliances and devices.
You can continue indefinitely the enumeration of rituals that are united by one common property- all of them are designed to bring prosperity to your new home and preserve as much as possible the good that was in your old home. You just need to remember that only you yourself can do it better than rituals.
Moving to a new apartment: interesting signs
An important sign when moving, especially if you move into an apartment after the old owners, is getting rid of the negative energy accumulated there. To do this, it is very important to do a general cleaning immediately after the move, thoroughly washing the floors, wiping the dust in all places.
We also know from our grandmothers that in a new house over front door you can hang a horseshoe, it should be done with the horns down. This sign is connected with the fact that happiness and prosperity reigned in a new apartment or house.
But from evil forces and evil spirits in the old days, bunches of St. John's wort were hung in houses - this is the so-called amulet.
The sign, according to which, when moving, you should be the first to let a cat into the house will help your new home become hospitable. Therefore, they say that the cat should come in by itself, it is enough just to put it at the door. In general, a lot of signs and even superstitions are associated with a cat. Some look closely at her behavior in a new place, remember the places that she has chosen. For example, in the place where the cat fell asleep for the first time, they put a bed. But this is not always correct, because the bed is located according to the principles of Feng Shui in the bedroom, and according to other signs. Well, what if the cat fell asleep in the kitchen or in the bathroom? Of course, you won't sleep there!
How to take your brownie from the old to the new apartment
It is unlikely that today many people pay attention to this fad, but in the old days they didn’t squeeze it into a new dwelling without a brownie at all - they had to lure it with them by any means.
In general, a brownie is your friend and buddy, who not only protects the house from trouble, but also takes care of the household. And when you are friends with him, you probably noticed that you live well. Therefore, it is important to take your friend, the brownie, to your new apartment when moving. The easiest way to do this is to place a box at the front door after collecting your things, in which soft things will be folded, and then leave it for at least 10-15 minutes. Your brownie will definitely climb into this box and go with you. And some beliefs convince us that in order to move along with your brownie, it is enough to grab a broom from the old apartment.
One way or another, but after arrival it is necessary to let the brownie in. Place the same box at the entrance and open it. Then pour milk into a saucer and place it on the floor. The brownie will certainly go to feast from your caring hands, especially since he could get hungry on the road.
What to unpack first when moving
So, the car with all the good you have acquired drove into the yard of your new home. But it's too early to relax. You have to unload and arrange things, and it depends on how successful the move to your new apartment will be. We hope that you have prudently numbered your boxes of things, and the most prudent ones also wrote a list of all the things on the box for convenience. Then the final stage of the move will not raise questions and will not take much time. You only need to decide which things to unpack first.
First of all, you need to unload from the car all the items that will interfere with the removal of furniture. It can be fragile chandeliers, TV, houseplants and so on - all this can be temporarily placed on the ground or on a bench near the house. Now you can take out and deliver the furniture to the house. As furniture is brought in, it should be immediately unpacked and inspected for damage in transit. It will be easy if you have an inspection report drawn up during the collection. Furniture is recommended to be assembled, if required, and arranged with the help of loaders immediately to where it will be in the future. This is best planned in advance and included in the moving plan. If you do not have a plan, just keep this information in mind and control each mover with furniture, giving them instructions on how to arrange items.
If necessary, you can walk with a damp cloth on outer surface furniture and wipe the shelves in the cabinets.
After the initial arrangement of furniture and unpacking things from the boxes, it's time to get rid of the now unnecessary containers in the form of countless boxes and a pile of packaging material. As soon as the maximum space is freed up, it will not be superfluous to wipe the floors. However, this must be done after installing the cornices, installing blinds or hanging curtains on the windows.
The question of which things to unpack first has already lost its relevance, and it is the turn of those things that are orphanedly awaiting their fate on the street. Bring in a TV, plants, a vacuum cleaner, bedside tables, ottomans, chairs, in general, everything that is left. When the last thing is brought in, and your act, the entire list of things is marked with a tick, it remains to take a look at everything again with the owner's eye and sign the act on the completion of work with a calm soul in order to let the loaders go and stay with your family.
Add a touch of magic to such an exciting and stressful event as moving! And you will see how things will go easier, and the joy of the process will increase. Yes, the rules of moving are good, but combine them with magical signs and rituals and life will become easier and happier.
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WHAT TO DO BEFORE YOU MOVING
Say goodbye to old housing! Indeed, in this house, too, there were many all sorts of events: joyful, sad, exciting, which will certainly remain in the memory. So, first of all, leave the apartment clean, clean up the trash, trash, bags, sweep and mop the floor.
Make a simple ritual "Farewell Cake", which consists in the fact that in the old apartment you cook any simple treat and eat it here with all the household members. This is a farewell to the house and a kind of transition to a new life. Pieces and leftovers of the pie should not be taken to a new apartment!
While preparing for moving to a new apartment, try to take everything into account and not forget anything. Counts bad omen if you have to return to the old house again and again for things. Check in turn all the rooms, the bathroom, the balcony, the loggia, look into all the pantries and on the mezzanine.
Another simple ritual is performed after things are taken out when moving. Ventilate the apartment, go around it and mentally or aloud say goodbye to it. It is very useful to thank her for the protection, comfort and all the good things that were here.
And be sure to take a broom with you from your old apartment! It is believed that together with him you take away the spirit of the house, the brownie, your protector. Moreover, before picking up the broom, quickly sweep the floors with it and put it in a separate bag.
WHICH DAY IS BETTER TO MOVE
There are some magic rules:
- It is best to plan the move in the morning, and the earlier, the more successful the case will be.
- Saturday is considered a suitable day, and according to Eastern beliefs, Wednesday.
- It is considered auspicious if it rains or snows that day. This is fortunately and an easy road.
- No need to wash your hair, sew or wash on this day!
- If you meet a beggar, a dog or a pregnant lady on the way to a new home, this is a sign of luck and good news.
Before moving into a new apartment, it is advisable to plan a housewarming day. This will help you quickly adapt to the place.
IN YOUR NEW APARTMENT
Let's get the cat in first! If it is not there, but there is a dog, it will also do. Let your protector be the first to enter the new home. And then you throw a few coins over the threshold - for prosperity and money luck. After this procedure, you can bring things, boxes and furniture.
After the movers leave and the move to another apartment can be considered completed, it is worth doing a small ritual-amulet. You will need church candle and 10-15 minutes of free time. Light a candle and go around all the rooms, reading a prayer (better "Our Father"). Consecrate corners, pantries, toilet and bathroom, all-all space of the house with a candle. This will clean it well and protect you.
Another simple way to “make friends with the house” is to light your favorite incense and walk around the rooms with it. After 10-15 minutes, the apartment should be slightly ventilated. Don't worry, the aroma of incense and their benevolent power will be preserved!
We recommend that you hang an amulet - a horseshoe - in your new apartment. It is best to hang it with the ends up, above the front door. If there is no place there, then above the entrance to any of the rooms. And another tip: buy something new from kitchen utensils for home. This will also be considered a sign of good luck!
HOUSEWARE - MANDATORY!
Now you know what you need to move and set up in a new place. But that is not all! Be sure to organize a housewarming party, and it is on the first weekend after moving in. Several rituals are also associated with this home holiday:
- Invite only relatives and loved ones, as well as children different ages. Children's laughter and fuss in a new home is a great start and an auspicious sign for everyone.
- If it is important for you to invite colleagues, then make a second housewarming party for them, which can be held when things are already laid out. In addition to colleagues, you can also invite friends and acquaintances.
- fruits, sweets. All this makes the table (and therefore the house!) Abundant and generous.
A lot of food for housewarming - fortunately and prosperity! You can even make a kind of buffet, where there will be a lot of sandwiches,
It is imperative to accept housewarming gifts, especially if it is household utensils, dishes, interior items!
Each of us at least once in our lives faced with the desire to move to a new apartment and knows that this is connected not only with the beginning of a new life, but also with a lot of stress. The question immediately arises: “How to organize the move to another apartment on your own?” Below are effective advice how to minimize the loss of nerve cells and avoid mistakes yourself. But you can also contact the specialists who organize apartment moving http://pereezd-voronezh.ru/services/flat/ and once again do not worry about transporting your things.
Mandatory items you must follow:
- Choose a convenient date for the change of housing, so that it suits all its participants.
- Make a list of helpers, taking into account that someone may get sick or quarrel with you and simply refuse to help. In this regard, all options must be considered.
- Calculate the time for which you order the car. It would be better if you give yourself an extra hour to check everything over and over again and collect your thoughts.
- Think in advance how you will take out the overall furniture.
- Pack your items so that they are not damaged during transit.
- Measure doorways and stairwells in the old new and the apartment, in order to know how to bring in the furniture.
- Organize a convenient plan for loading things into the car, think about how to distribute things in the cargo hold to minimize empty space, because everyone was playing famous game Tetris, the task is similar.
- Take care of how to get moving assistants to their final destination.
- Take care immediately about where it is better to put the furniture first, so as not to interfere with further unloading and the movement of people.
Get rid of unnecessary things
Let's start with how to properly organize an apartment move. First, carefully sort things, and in the process, rearrange how this or that thing could help you. Nothing comes to mind? Do not be afraid to throw away things you do not need, because sooner or later you will have to do it, not now, but in 10 years, when there will be no room for rubbish in your apartment. If this is some kind of expensive thing, but you no longer need it and it’s really a pity to throw it away, use the free ads service, for sure, there will be people who need these things much more.
Sort and pack properly
Sort things into categories. For example, “things of a husband / wife / child”, “ kitchen appliances”, “technique”, “books”, etc. As for clothes and shoes, it is recommended to sort by season. Do not spare money on packaging materials, as they say, the miser pays twice. They can be vacuum bags, packaging film. You do not want your things to be deformed during transportation? Also mark each box, where everything is located, so as not to open each box in search of the right things, this will greatly simplify the organization of the apartment move.
Calculate how many boxes you will need for all the things, and buy 2-3 more boxes, as practice has shown, they will not be superfluous. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to purchase packing containers in a store across the street; it is cheapest to order it on the websites of companies that help with the move.
What to do with furniture when moving
It often happens that they did quality repair, and money for new wardrobe- no, and they move with the old one, which does not fit at all into new design apartments, with the idea that they will soon acquire another. But you can only imagine how many new problems you create along with such a solution. old furniture it’s not so easy to change to a new one, firstly, you will have to spend money on transportation, and such a pleasure is not cheap. Secondly, when transporting a large non-collapsible chair, you risk damaging your new renovation. You must understand that by getting rid of old junk in time, you save a lot of money. Move only antiques or worthy items to your new apartment quality furniture that can last for many more years. And the old grandmother's closet, better, sell it and invest in a new one.
Transportation of furniture
In the case of antiques, entrust it to special shipping companies. With ready-made programs for a fixed price, protection, transported item, packaging, machine, loading and unloading are included. Certified companies, before starting work, must inspect all things and indicate its condition. So you don't have to worry about the new scratch being said "it was."
But also, if you decide to save on transportation and move to another apartment on your own. Then, first of all, protect the corners of the furniture, you can use foam rubber. It’s better not to save on this, so as not to pay twice as much for repairs later. Special attention give glass, if possible, take out all the breakable elements and pack separately, if this is not possible, cover with cardboard. In no case do not transport glass and mirrors horizontally - only on the edge. To prevent objects from hitting each other when moving, lay foam or foam rubber between them. As for chandeliers and sconces with ceramic or glass shades, they need to be disassembled and packed separately.
Take care of a fresh renovation in a new apartment. Protect all walls and openings that you might damage. Prepare sheets of cardboard in advance, which can be used to protect more vulnerable areas.
Everything has to be calculated
Before ordering a car for transportation or loading furniture yourself, consider one thing: will all your things be able to fit through the doorway in terms of dimensions? If there is one, there is only one way out - to lift through a window or balcony. There are special winches that are firmly fixed in the opening or on the roof of the building.
Pay attention to the weather
Also calculate weather a lot depends on them. It is not recommended to do this in slush-frost-snowfall, especially in rain, when loading and unloading things, you will wet everything, which will eventually bring even more inconvenience. Humidity and sudden changes in temperature can greatly damage furniture and clothing.
Moving cost
Before you rush to order a car to transport things, carefully study parameters such as the make of the car, how many movers you need and for how many hours you need the car. The price varies from all the above parameters, choose the most optimal option for you. average price for one loader and two hours of work equals 2000 rubles, therefore, the more loaders and hours, the higher the price. The maximum you can pay is 20,000 rubles for six movers working six hours. Pleasure is not cheap, but you are guaranteed high-quality transportation and you can be calm about the safety of your furniture.
Moving to a new apartment is a very serious stage for every person, as a result, people usually change jobs, educational establishments. This is a new environment new life. Perhaps many would like to change their place of residence, sell their old apartment, and move closer to work, or you are simply tired of your view from the window, but you are afraid of difficulties, as they say, fear has big eyes. If you really want to start a life of a clean slate, then forget all the barriers that exist only in your head. Sit down, collect your thoughts and weigh everything sensibly.
“The Russian move is pointless and merciless,” my friend stated, trying to cram three ficuses, a half-sleeping bed and a cage with a hamster into one Daewoo Matiz. However, turning a move from a natural disaster into a glorious victory over chaos is not so difficult.
It's good to be a kitty, it's good to be a dog... a wandering monk, a street musician, a gypsy Aza and someone else, just as delightfully homeless... that is, free. Move - I don't want to!
No bales, pots and antique dumplings for you, I took a knapsack, girded myself and went (kisa and the dog in this regard are generally raspberries).
Of course, even in a secular society, some manage to flutter around rented apartments for years without acquiring unnecessary things, oversized household appliances, pets and flowers in tubs. But we, what are we to do? Ordinary mortals who fell under the influence of the consumer society? There is only one thing left: the system.
Preliminary valuation of property upon moving
The very first thing is to carefully examine and determine what and in what order you will prepare for the move. Namely:
carefully shake all the cupboards, pantries and mezzanines and throw away everything that you definitely don’t need anymore: cups with chips, filings of scanwords, memorable notes that have been gathering dust in the closet since the third year, half-dead indoor plants and broken gadgets - it is necessary to get rid of the rubbish BEFORE moving, and not in the process, and certainly not after.
How to move to a new apartment: useful tips
Make a list of the things you will pack first: in the summer it is warm clothes and shoes, as well as what you rarely use.
Take care in advance to find a professional carrier, rely on the fact that friends in a sedan can handle things in two or three calls, you should be careful: these same two or three calls through busy city traffic can easily stretch for a whole day.
Bulky things do not fit in the passenger car, and volunteers often fail. Custom "Gazelle" will not cost too much, but it will save your nerves and time, moreover, two or four loaders are usually attached to the car.
The best option for moving around Moscow with an average amount of things, as practice shows, is one truck plus one passenger car, in which you can put all the most valuable things. The most important thing is yourself.
How to properly pack
We put together what is left after the general cleaning. Have you used the baggage wrapping service at the airport? polyethylene film that protects bags and suitcases? This film is sold in building markets and is inexpensive. A few meters - and the transportation of a double mattress is no longer a nightmare.
It's hard to believe, but the "pimple" cellophane was invented not to burst bubbles on it, but for cases when it is necessary to protect it from damage. household appliances and hard furniture. It is also useful for packing dishes (if you are too lazy to pack each plate, put them in piles and wrap them in polyethylene).
Soft things (clothing, bags, blankets) seal in vacuum bags. An option is ordinary garbage bags: pack, release the air and carefully wrap each bag with tape.
Transport flowers in pots cardboard boxes. You can buy them, or you can get them for free in a stall near the house: for your favorite customers, helpful sellers will not regret it. We continue to master the science of how to move to a new apartment.
Not big boxes with the same type of cargo, for example with shoes, it is more convenient to load it by packing it in one large box. You can also load individual bags with clothes, towels and blankets into large boxes.
After disassembling the furniture, put the screws and dowels in your purse (or cosmetic bag). It is better to sort the cogs - separately from the bed, separately from computer table. Take your bag in hand luggage"- then in a new place you will quickly assemble the furniture again. In order not to accidentally put the refrigerator on top of a fragile Chinese service, be sure to sign the boxes.
In what order to ship things
Usually, experienced movers know in what order to load things when moving and put them in the car, but control will not hurt. First of all, we load dimensional things. When transporting, you should get a kind of pyramid, at the base of which is the heaviest and most stable, and on top are light trifles.
Do not transport plants and fragile things in the truck, better boxes and load packages with them into a passenger car. Leave an empty bag (the size of a sports bag) on the day of the move. In it you will pack the essentials: cosmetics, hair dryer, bath accessories and home clothes.
Firm selection
Interview your friends: everyone moves, which means that someone may have a phone number of a reliable company. It’s good if furniture assemblers and packers work in their staff, and there is a clear price list for each service. Be sure to find out how the payment for services takes place, whether the company issues checks, whether it concludes a contract. Do not be lazy to "break through" on forums and blogs reviews about the activities of the company.
I chat household chemicals leave it to the new owners or neighbors. A half-empty bottle can leak and ruin things. Bored things and furniture - if the owners do not mind. It might be useful for new tenants. I also eat from the refrigerator - even if you have 20 kg of dumplings and a case of soda. Dumplings will defrost, and soda can explode from rolling. Invite friends before moving: they will help to capitalize stocks.
clean up after yourself
The house after the removal of things is like a dirty orphan. Taking care of him is good form and good omen. And therefore: collect scraps of packaging, pieces of paper and vials from under valerian; walk around the apartment with a vacuum cleaner (do not pack it first!); wipe the stove, window sills and tables with a damp cloth; turn off the water pipes and gas.
Leave receipts for payment for services, documents for the equipment that remains, keys and something from yourself, such as a box of chocolates, if your communication was pleasant.
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