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LEAVING VANCOUVER — The House Is PACKED! Our New Life Is About to Begin

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Channel: Mike Martins · 2017 · Howto & Style

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“Moving just takes your energy right out of you—it takes your soul out of you. But I’m happy. We’re going to have our own place in a few days.”
— Mike Martins

The move is getting real now.

The house is absolutely packed. There are boxes everywhere. Upstairs, downstairs, bags, tires, air mattresses—there's barely room to move around anymore.

I'm calling it BOX CITY!

We're only days away from leaving Vancouver and moving into our own place, and even though I'm extremely excited about what's coming next, I'm definitely not excited about the actual moving part.

Anyone who's moved an entire household knows exactly what I'm talking about.

You start packing a few things, then a few more, and suddenly you look around and realize your entire life has been reduced to boxes stacked against the walls.

I'm looking at renting a U-Haul on Wednesday so I can start getting everything moved. I'm also getting some additional security equipment ready for the new house. The property already has an alarm system, but I believe there's nothing wrong with having some extra security and being prepared.

We've even got the air mattresses ready in case we can't get the beds completely set up on the first night.

This isn't really a housing-market news video. This is the other side of the story.

For months I've been talking about Vancouver housing, affordability, home ownership and what families are dealing with in this market.

Now I'm actually packing my own house.

I'm getting ready to leave Vancouver.

And as exhausting as moving is, I'm excited because we're going to have our own place, more space and the beginning of something completely new.

I'll keep documenting the move as it happens—the U-Haul, getting everything out of Vancouver, arriving at the new house and getting settled.

For now, though...

Welcome to BOX CITY.

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