Huntington Reno

I will admit upfront that my wife did 90% of the work here. I certainly carried my fair share of heavy objects but in regards to packing, organizing and coordinating all credit goes to my better half, aka my best friend.
The move began almost immediately after getting off a 6 hour flight from visiting the in-laws and other fam in Oregon. We started bringing boxes over to Huntington from my parents basement in Westchester, where we had spent the past 18 months, at 7pm on that Sunday night. On Monday my wife met Dumbo Movers at our lovely storage facility on Gold Street to manage what was the lion’s share of the move. We continued to stay with my folks Monday thru Thursday then on Friday spent our first night in the house after burgers and fries at Dubuque and a Strokes show at MSG. It was a near perfect evening to be welcomed back to NYC.
Saturday morning we rented a U-Haul, drove back to Westchester and retrieved the remainder of our possessions and our four legged house-mates with help from my folks and a couple friends.
On Monday I was sick as a dog and had a feeling it was more than your average cold. Turned out to be bronchitis, strep and a sinus infection. Lovely. On top of that the countertops were being installed that week which took what was a super clean house post-move and put a layer of dust on absolutely everything. On top of that our animal friends were super uncomfortable in the new space, if I was not right by their side they were wandering the garden floor whining and squealing. On top of that the backyard was still a mess so anytime we let them out back they came in a dirty/muddy mess.
I’d love to say that week one in the house was amazing but it was a bit of a disaster. That being said at the time of this missive we are in much better shape all around. Our outstanding GC felt bad about the dust and paid for a cleaning crew to take care of everything top to bottom, our pets are settled and more comfortable now and I am well on the mends. I am sure I was supposed to stay home that week to help our girls adjust and make plans for the backyard, had I not been that sick I would have surely been in the office. Everything happens for a reason.

Gold Street, the home of our stuff for almost two years

Goodbye storage unit, you were good to us

Hello Huntington!

Tops of our counters on their way in, they are made locally and known as IceStone