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8 Security Concerns for a New Home

The Modern Self-Reliance team bought a house! Exciting and of-course very nerve-racking. (This explains our long absence from new content…sorry fans…life happened.) While moving, we  made note of our security and preparedness concerns.

8 Security Concerns for your New Home

#1 Change The Locks

#2 OPSEC (moving day/movers)

#3 Alarm systems

#4 Social Media

#5 Meeting the Neighbors

#6 Organization (can’t find supplies)

#7 Check and Replace (broken, missing, purposely removed (my water))

#8 Updating Address (who really needs to know)

Conclusion

Have you moved recently? What steps did you take during or after the move for security or preparedness reasons? Share in the comments below.

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Day 1 Essentials for Moving

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Day 1 Essentials for Moving

Moving in a new house or apartment? Make a Day 1 kit, to have the essentials all in one place. I recently bought a house! Hoorah! When packing, I put together 2 large rubber totes filled with things I needed in the first day to be prepared in the new place.

Fast forward to moving day: Box #1 was exactly what we needed, and I used almost everything I put in there the first or second day. Box #2 was specific to our home, since we had things to fix right away. But even so, you may have furniture that needs to be taken apart and reassembled at the new place. Having tools in one place, for us, made this much easier.

These 2 boxes became the focus of our command spot. We put are car keys, and new house keys in the box. The box became the one "safe place" to leave papers we didn't want to lose and many other things. It prevents the many little things from getting lost we unpacked in that first week. When were looking for anything, our first stop was these boxes.

Day 1 Essentials Box for Moving:

Box #1: Essentials

  • 2-3 rolls of toilet paper (we went through the 1st one fast with contractors, friends, and family all stopping by to help)
  • hand soap
  • hand towel
  • first aid kit (try this FAK for a start, or make your own FAK)
  • bleach/cleaning solution
  • sponge/rag/cleaning thing
  • water bottle
  • ziplock baggies
  • trash bags
  • work gloves (my new favorite True Grip gloves!)
  • paper plates
  • napkins/paper towels
  • plastic cutlery
  • notebook
  • pencil
  • utility knife (my much loved basic knife)

Box #2: Tools

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Conclusion

These 2 boxes made moving much smoother. Did you pack an essential box for preparedness while moving? What did yours include? Let us know in the comments below.

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