Finally Finished My Home Move

Everton | Jun 23, 2008 | Comments


After one of the longest home purchases ever thanks to the difficulty in getting mortgages at the moment, I finally moved into my new home last Monday.  Packing for the move and unpacking after the move effectively took me out of action every evening for the last two weeks as I couldn’t get the time off work.

The next time I move home I will insist on getting time of work as the stress levels were unbelievable, and I’ll also make sure I do the following:

  1. Warn the rest of the Connected Internet team that I won’t be around for a few weeks
  2. Upgrade at least one of the team to admin so that they can catch all the spam
  3. Make sure that the new place has broadband installed on day one
  4. Buy a decent tool to strip speaker wires
  5. Make sure that I have spare cabling as mistakes are bound to happen!
  6. Put an ‘out of office’ message on my email to stop people chasing me and sending the same over and over and over again…
  7. Buy a spare mobile battery
  8. Plan in advance how all my AV kit is going to be connected, as it’s really annoying being short of a cable or two….

As part of the move I’ve made a number of upgrades to my TVs, hi-fi and computers, including my new awesome AV rig pictured below:

I haven’t actually watched a full movie yet as I’ve been trying to get all the settings just right..  I haven’t quite worked out how to get the best out of my speakers when playing music, but for movies the bass in particular is immense.  Expect more details about my various upgrades over the next couple of weeks

And before you ask, no I’m not watching a porno – it’s a scene from 300!


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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University.He also writes for Windows 7 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

  • Looks like you've got a great new place from that picture and that AV set up looks very cool indeed.

    Glad you got yoru moved sorted and hopefully you won't be moving again too soon! :)

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  • Nice! Are you sure you've got everything you need? ;) Hope you didn't leave anything behind!

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  • Congrats on the new move. Your AV system looks really impressive, we would like to check out your PC rig too....
  • Broadband from day 1 - glad to see you've got your priorities sorted. Enjoy your new home, may you live in comfort and peace.
  • @all

    Posts will be coming on all the new gear, how it's setup and the new tips I picked up along the way
  • I'm buying a house at the moment so I understand the frustration of current homebuying better than most. How can the housing market be so slow and yet conveyancing still takes weeks and weeks? What else have they got to do?!
  • Nice looking set-up and yeh we believe that is 300! ;)
  • That is one good looking system you have there.

    Love the flooring too!

    In no time at all you will forget the pain of moving, it is a stressful time but well worth it.
  • Man that setup looks cool, did you have many probs with hdmi connecting up ? Im still cursing at my mac mini :(
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