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Moving to the USA: how much money you need for the first time

User named AI VI, who won the green card and moved to the US 2017 in May with his family, on the website Medium told about how much they had to spend money on arranging comfortable housing after the move.

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In the US, we flew straight from home, with a short transfer in Copenhagen, but still we didn’t take enough things with us for comfortable living in my understanding of the word. Well, I decided to list what I had to buy. Perhaps for some it will be useful information in planning a move.

In my case, a one-bedroom house for 2 adults and a 9 child were set up.

As I already wrote, almost all the housing here is rented without furniture, so the sleeping place was the first thing I needed. Of course, the mat on the floor here is rather soft, but there is something in it that is not suitable for regular sleep.

Bed and mattresses were bought to Ikea. The bed is bunk and will perfectly fit for spending the night my teenage sisters who will come to visit very soon.

Photo: ikea.com

We have this one, it is worth 170 $, but I am the owner of the Ikea family card, so if the product becomes cheaper within three months after the purchase, I will return the difference in price ???? Convenient, right? Especially if you consider that the card is free and is done right in the store in a special vehicle for 1,5 minutes.

In addition to the bed were purchased:

  • 2 single mattress, by 90 $,
  • a sofa that turns into a bed to sleep in the common room (their large assortment, from 300 $ to several thousand),
  • dinner table (100 $),
  • 4 chair ($ 25 apiece, but we got a 12 sale)
  • chest of drawers (370 $),
  • bedside table for the printer (15 instead of 85 on sale :)),
  • chest of drawers to the bed (120 $),
  • a sofa to just sit in the nursery ($ 85),
  • TV stand, which is also a stand (150 $).

In total, the furniture can take about 1300, although you can shrink more, but is it worth it?

Now the devices. For complete happiness we needed:

  • electric kettle,
  • iron,
  • a vacuum cleaner,
  • toaster,
  • blender
  • fryer,
  • carpet washer
  • tv and
  • Printer.

Everything in the total cost about 700 $. A huge TV for me in 50 inches with 4k was bought on a regular day at a sale in the BestBuy store for 350 $, kitchen items were bought in Walmart store or at amazon.com, the vacuum cleaner was bought on Black Friday for very strange money up to 100 $.

Body and kitchen towels, washable bath mats - Home Goods network is perfect for these items. They sell items of amazing quality at prices from Walmart. In Walmart, of course, you can also find good towels, to be very attentive, but with rugs that can be washed, there are serious problems. What is a normal towel for me is one that absorbs, does not scratch the skin with the branches from which it is made, and it smells of what it contacts with, and not toxic chemicals from the paint in which it was dipped at the factory. Dishes from plates, forks, cups, pans and a scoop with a spatula for non-stick coating, you can successfully lay here in 200 $.

Great places to shop - Ikea, Home Goods, Target. These same places are good for buying bedding. And once again I want to emphasize that using store cards in certain cases significantly reduces prices.

Total, on the arrangement slightly exceeding an absolute minimum for a survival, it is enough 2500 $. You will also need a car to exist. My dear Dodge Durango for 1900 $ continues to please me ????

And now we’ll round it up a bit and get that for peace of mind it’s good to have 5000 $ for home improvement plus the rental price of your apartments on 2 – 3 a month in advance.

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