07-23-2009, 05:01 AM
The thread I referred to above has a lot of info...
With things like photos & files, it is best to make sure they stay DRY. The humidity & bugs here can wreck havoc on paperwork. If you can get them into sealing storage boxes, put some desiccant (those little packets that come in 'bout everything, or make your own with crystal style kitty litter) & seal them up. Books can get warped easily, so we keep them in sealed clear boxes (had a sealed bookcase, but the boxes on selves seem to work better for us.... & would have been easier to ship in the 1st place!)
Furniture? Does it fit into you future planned lifestyle & will it hold up to the weather here. We made choices not to move ours based on the fact that most of the 'good' stuff were overstuffed pieces & family antiques. We wanted a more casual lifestyle here... Also we did not have a place picked out that we were moving to.
Storing things here is storing in a higher humidity. Things get funky. Whether you keep things on the mainland is a personnel option, but we know many who have, and most have found it more of a bother in the end.
The Jeep will come in handy here, esp for some of the subdivisions.... Many private subdivisions here have gravel roads, most are a little rough and some roads here are 4WD recommended.
With things like photos & files, it is best to make sure they stay DRY. The humidity & bugs here can wreck havoc on paperwork. If you can get them into sealing storage boxes, put some desiccant (those little packets that come in 'bout everything, or make your own with crystal style kitty litter) & seal them up. Books can get warped easily, so we keep them in sealed clear boxes (had a sealed bookcase, but the boxes on selves seem to work better for us.... & would have been easier to ship in the 1st place!)
Furniture? Does it fit into you future planned lifestyle & will it hold up to the weather here. We made choices not to move ours based on the fact that most of the 'good' stuff were overstuffed pieces & family antiques. We wanted a more casual lifestyle here... Also we did not have a place picked out that we were moving to.
Storing things here is storing in a higher humidity. Things get funky. Whether you keep things on the mainland is a personnel option, but we know many who have, and most have found it more of a bother in the end.
The Jeep will come in handy here, esp for some of the subdivisions.... Many private subdivisions here have gravel roads, most are a little rough and some roads here are 4WD recommended.
][