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1. Don't bring furniture that is compressed wood, such as particle board. The moisture will ruin it.
2. Most people that move to Hawaii stay less than 3 years when they "discover" that family members are so far away and it's so costly to fly to/from Hawaii and when they "discover" that medical care (doctors and hospitals) is very below the level found on the mainland. With that being said, you may wish to store some furniture on the mainland with relatives or in a storage facility until you are in Hawaii a period of time and are convinced you are going to stay.
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Well, this is really tough trying to keep onesself from falling into the shouldof wouldof couldof trap. There are certain things that have to go..
Tools and equipment are simply not to be left behind as they are how we are able to get there in the first place. that being said, tools of the home, gardening processing and cooking, cleaning and sewing are also subject to high replacement costs.
Furniture to me seems to civilize oneself not to mention keeping the little wahine happy.... So I guess anything that is not geometrically correct will have to come apart for maximized space...(equipment mainly, followed by reducing the number of duplicate items, such as double nitestands, twin chests-of-drawers, unneccessary occaisional tables and spare beds.
20ft containers are pretty large but they do have their limitations as we are finding but budgets are budgets and we must keep within the constraints thereof....
Thanks everyone for your thoughts they all stand for good reasoning, something that can be sacrificed if not carefully focussed.
I*'m so glad we purchased our container as the 48 hours of loading time a shipper allows for the use of theirs is simply not enough time, if you are trying for everything you can to bring. we are on day 16 of boxing, building crates, for big heavy things, and loading so as to gain max space. Some things have gone in and comeout and gone back in again just to make things fit better.
Aloha Everyone HADave
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if there's room in the container why not bring everything?
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Hey Dave, did you save rooom for your tractor? Julie and I have sold or given to our sons most everything, We were going to ship a crate but it would have cost about $700 and when I started adding up the value of the items I said it wasn't worth it. We will mail some boxes and just replace other items. The Harley I haven't made up my mind yet.
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One never knows If there is enough room for everything untill it is either all in there or not. If there was no question We would just bring it and what did not work for us there we would get rid of. As it is we are trying to bring some unneeded things that we think will fit in those places to fill in for those less fortunate or down on their luck, perhaps someone could make good use of. The Lamont's generousity and thoughtfulness for others has inspired us to rethink our sorting process. It won't be any great contribution but it will be something.
Hey Scott, The Tractor, Thats a big 10-4 she'll be the last thing in and the first thing out. It owes me nothing and warrants the cost of shipping our own container. If I didn't own it and the impliments there would be nothing shipped. I know there is noway I could come close to replacement costs if we were to sell it here.
HiloHaole I suppose noone can be completely be sure whether they will make a go of it forever or not but we have not rushed into this move at all and what small amount of family we leave behind will one day be as thrilled as we are to have the ground work layed out for them to enjoy their time in paradise. I also believe being and Island so far away from the rest of the world that if you are not sure of the probability of happiness ever after you shouldn't make the trip in the first place. but then again it is what YOU make it. So one must make a few sacrifices I'm sure and sacrifices we are getting use to as we have had to make many to pull this move off so far. We are so close and yet so far away still bue we are are diligent and steadfast and we are coming!!!
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aloha all,
I haven't looked into booking any containers yet, can someone advise - can Matson arrange to have a trucker deliver the container and let you hold it for a longer timeframe at your home to load or is it just that short window of loading time at their facility. Do i have to rent a truck to load our items and then offload/transfer to the container....would appreciate any clarification on this from anyone thats made the move....thats way too much effort. I have no problems paying a trucker to bring the container over to our place to keep for a short timeframe to load up.
thanks in advance
noel
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After 20 years, I still have one beautiful oak dressor that I am debating bringing over (in storage at my mom's other house in Cali). It didnt get into our container 20 years ago (an oversight - dont ask!!). My parents didnt think of putting it in there container 9 years ago.... now my SO says its been in a very dry climate/climate controlled dry warm house for so long that it will swell to pieces if I bring it over. At this rate, it will probably be a gift to my neice as she moves into her first apt.
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I am sort of taking the opposite route and actually buying more furniture now to take with me. Ikea is 2 miles from my home in Oakland, and I have a 1BR 600 sq ft and will be building a 2BR house double that size. I might as well get furnishings I like now for much less. The smallest container is 20ft which is huge, but also expensive ($4300 was my quote). After moving out from the home shared with my ex and having almost no furniture, I've been on a buying spree the past few months knowing it would all be coming with me to Hawaii. The winter clothes won't come with me and I guess I will finally be getting rid of LPs I haven't played in years. Everything else is coming with and what I have is worth far more than shipping costs.
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We are thinking of getting an entire kitchen (minus the appliances) from Ikea and shipping it over with our other belongings.
We went to the Ikea in Sacramento and we were very surprise. Their quality / price ratio is outstanding and is very customizable. They have all the modern counter tops and stone counter tops.
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We're bringing only things that are of real sentimental value and cannot be replaced. Everything else is getting liquidated. But then again, I like having new furniture every couple of years, so I always shop the yard sales and buy well made, cheap items that I can mix and match.
You cannot find cheap, well made items at garage sales here. Also, used furniture here is a bit more of a gamble because it's so damp. Couches and mattresses are yuck.
I say bring what you need.
Edited by - greta on 10/04/2007 17:13:42
