Project Rio Chapter 6: Almost Completion and Lalamove

Last Monday, after I worked from Rio the entire day, we met the IDs in Rio, to agree on where to install the various toilet accessories. Plumbing work then continued into the night and thankfully, no complaints from the neighbours. On Tuesday, the major cleaning was done. With that, only minor works are remaining and we can start our own cleaning. 

We have the dining table delivery on 25th, TV console, cupboard and sofa delivery on 31st. The invisible grille installation will be on 4th Aug. We almost have to change the 11 Aug shift date bcos of Daddy Lim’s work. I was contemplating to do the shift without Daddy Lim, hoping that the kids are old enough to help. Thankfully, things worked out and we get to stick to the plan. 

I prided myself to be able to shift and unpack all on the single day of move. However, that is bcos we always do a lot of pre move. We would start shifting boxes weeks leading up to the actual move date. It was doable in the last 2 moves bcos of the proximity of the old and new places. It doesn’t quite work for Rio. We would waste too much time and petrol and our car could barely take sufficient boxes to make sense. 

The last round, I ordered lalamove ahead of shift day to move a study table. It was again to enable me to work from the unit while waiting for some delivery. I remember that the price was very reasonable for a big size van. 

This round, I suggested to Daddy Lim to order lalamove to do a one-time pre move to save us on multiple trips. The 1.7m van only cost $40. Once Daddy Lim agreed on the plan, I started on my pre move packing. I packed mostly things that we wouldn’t use for the next few weeks and it is amazing how many those add up. I easily packed about 15 boxes, mainly things in the storeroom, the kitchen and documents. I am quite sure the kids would have a quite few of those but we were short of time and they are not in Rio to unpack.

The pre move was planned for 9am Sunday morning. Zaky helped to bring down the boxes. The van came and we were pleasantly surprised that they helped to move the boxes too. They have a bigger trolley and productivity suddenly increased by 100%. We happily paid them $50, asking them to keep the extras.

Once the van moved off, Daddy Lim and I drove to Rio. Then, it was an attempt to vacuum the forever dusty floor, wiping some of the cupboards and cabinets, so that we can unpack and pack the stuff. Daddy Lim and I spent 3 hours doing so. It was tiring but I am beginning to love Rio so much. Everything looks nice and good. Hoho.

Nana’s room with the study table nicely set up and tucked. Everything fitting in like jigsaw puzzle.

Zaky’s room will look identical, just flipped over the other side. 

Packing and unpacking is hard work and called for lunch. We then headed to ikea to buy some stuff. IKEA would be our new hangout place for the next weeks. We are also keeping an eye on ideas to better utilise the balcony and service yard. Daddy Lim said that this would be perfect as a coffee stand in the balcony. 

Witt the purchases, we went back to Rio for round 2. It wasn’t much and we got what we needed to do in less than 1 hour. 

I think we would probably make a trip every Saturday and Sunday. There isn’t that many Saturdays and Sundays before the actual shift anyway. Just a while ago, 11 Aug seems very far away. Suddenly, it is only 3 weeks away. So exciting! 

Mummy Lim