Moving day is upon us
Monday is moving day (another Montreal tradition that’s been widely reported): CTV has tips to avoid shady movers – although if you’re still scouting for a mover this weekend you’ve left it late – and the Journal has tips to avoid getting injured schlepping your furniture up to the third floor. The Gazette examined the phenomenon of rented storage space.
TVA says some landlords are excluding families with kids and talks to FRAPRU, which is concerned about households that haven’t found new digs but are expected to move out of the old ones. La Presse estimates the unaccommodated households at least at 110. Finally, that last article gives the emergency city number for people without new lodgings: 514-868-4002, which is supposed to be working this weekend.
Lots of trucks around Villeray streets Saturday. Anyone with a truck or pickup who isn’t already making a few bucks moving could scavenge a few things of value off the sidewalks this weekend.
Ian 16:50 on 2019-07-02 Permalink
I was actually surprised how little good stuff there was out on the streets this time in Mile End, a couple of decent tables and a few beat up lamps but that was about it. If you are into collecting reusuable shopping bags though, I saw lots of bags of bags all over the place.
I have also noted that this year the pre-moving yard sales have gotten weird – lots of tables set up with stuff marked anywhere between 20 and 50 bucks, even hardcover books for 5 bucks each. That’s not the point of a yard sale, folks.