Moving Day

Last Sunday (April 30th), we drove to Guelph to help with our son's fourth annual Moving Day. Keys for their new place were to be available for pick up after 12 p.m. We arrived just after 11:30 a.m.  

The moving crew this year included three young men (our son and his roommates) and two sets of parents including us. For vehicles they had a pickup truck (borrowed), a van, our Santa Fe and our son's hatchback. 

We were pleasantly surprised to see packing was well underway when we arrived. Box springs were already loaded and ready to go. 

We filled the bins and boxes we had brought then helped load up the van and the hatchback before making our first trip over to their new place.

I rode with our son and his dog. Ajax sat in his bed, but seemed a little unsettled with all the chaos of Moving Day.

"Smile boys." OK never mind ... not a lot of enthusiasm for Mom taking photos on Moving Day.

I took one photo of the kitchen then set to work carrying things upstairs and downstairs as directed. Mostly I kept Ajax company while everybody else made multiple trips back and forth. Moves involving three strong young men are so much easier ... they do all the heavy lifting.

It took all afternoon to move everything. They were lucky with the weather. The rain held off until after the last boxes were unloaded. By then, everybody was hungry. We met at Fionn MacCool's for a yummy dinner before heading for home, leaving the boys to set up their bedrooms and finish unpacking.

Although I didn't take more pictures of their new place, I will tell you it is a three bedroom townhouse condo with a three piece bathroom upstairs, a two piece downstairs, a fenced patio out back and an unfinished basement with laundry and plenty of storage. The whole place has been freshly renovated - new carpet, linoleum, kitchen cabinets, appliances, bathroom fixtures, paint - everything is shiny and new. 

Their new place is slightly smaller than their last place, but the central location with better bus service more than makes up for that. Besides one less bathroom to clean is probably a good thing. They were missing curtain rods on the newly patched and painted walls, but my son tells me they have already installed rods on all but the kitchen window.

My son shared a couple photos taken at their new place. They look happy.

With Moving Day done, we wish them all another great year in Guelph.  

You can read about last year's move here if you missed it.

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The New Place

We helped our son move into a new place in Guelph a couple weeks ago. He is now living in a three bedroom townhouse condo with two friends. I wrote about the move here, but neglected to take many photos.   

My husband and son registered with a friend and his son to ride the Fox Epic 8 Hour Relay at Mansfield on Saturday. Guelph is much closer to Mansfield than London, so we stayed over at the new place Friday night. I took a few photos Saturday morning before heading out. 

Our son is happy with his new blackout grey curtains. They block the light and coordinate nicely with his bed linens - a much better choice than purple and black sheer drapes. 

I like the fun shower curtain his friends bought for their bathroom. 

On the main floor, there is a two-piece bathroom and a coat closet to the left of the stairs. The door to the garage is across from the stairs. The hallway leads into an open concept kitchen/living room/dining room.

With simple furnishings, it seems quite spacious. To the right of those boxes is the door to an unfinished basement with a front-load washer and dryer.

There is a small deck out back which overlooks a children's play park. 

The New Place is really very nice. I am happy to see them comfortably settled for another year in Guelph.

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