You gotta be … September 3, 2007
Posted by nbeyond in : tips , trackbackI was warned enough moving in Germany is not easy. I am not really sure it’s only in Germany or overall in Europe. Here’s a story about moving I made recently in Germany. It is a domestic move.
Unlike other countries, moving in Germany is demanding. This is because of a difference specifically with a kitchen installation. Although there are apartments with kitchen installed, it is still rare to find apartments with kitchen installed. You sort out nice candidate apartments by good locations, good neighbor, and so on and easily face the situation with no kitchen installed. This is exactly what happened to me.
I used to live in a furnished apartment that gave me many things automatic for living. I could not choose another furnished one for some reasons. So, I had to install kitchen all by myself. Thanks to a friend with experience, we decided to do all these things.
Before taking any action, I had some things on the list as
- Time should be minimized so that I can get back to my primary job.
- An oven and a dish washer should be built in Kitchen cabinets.
My wife and I went to IKEA to buy some cabinets used for some frames and Saturn to shop some electrical kitchen appliances, and to OBI to shop some water hoses and hardware tools such as electrical drills and saw.
Reading a manual by a manual of IKEA’s, we were able to assemble them. This was in fact the easiest part compared to sawing and drilling concrete wall to have some screws in to hang other cabinets. Surely, I needed to know how to connect hoses for hot and cold water, how to connect special oven wires properly, and how to saw a about-more-than-five-centimeter-thick-plate accurately to have a stainless steel sink, one water faucet, and oven top nicely fit. All of these were again learning it by doing it. Haibing, my friend, really helped me a lot. But, there were so many things that I had to remember such as sizes of diameters, what kind or size of drills I had to buy and use to make holes on woods, concrete or metals.
Anyhow, all are done by the amateurs. I found myself to pay special attention to the installed kitchens or other furnitures assembled somewhere else after all these. A very challenging and painful experience, though. It was exciting enough.
Yes, right. If you like moving in Germany, you gotta be a PLUMBER, a ELECTRICIAN, and a CARPENTER.
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I have different experiences concerning moving in Germany. We simply hired electricians, carpenters and plumbers. We collected information about the local workmen and chose the most reputable ones. They were not the cheapest but worked fast and there were only minor, irrelevant things to complain. The same applies to the moving company. The drawback is that I still do not know how to install a kitchen.
vitalidle:
That does not seem to be a drawback. It’s more about saving money I think.