The following article was written by our pro moving team that has helped countless families relocate to Nashville and spent lots of time here.
We break down the costs of living in our local guide while getting you excited for the move with our local tips.
Moving to Nashville is an exciting opportunity even if you aren’t Kieth Urban! Known for its downright soulful music scene, southern hospitality and food, and incredible cultural scene, Nashville offers a lot to explore as a family.
Here’s our local guide to the best spots in Nashville, with some costs of living thrown in to help you plan this out in a financially responsible manner.
Planning out your relocation can be difficult without spending some time in each area to really get a feel for it, but here is a list of a few to at least get you started off.
There are so many great attractions in Nashville, but if I had to list a few of my top favorites since you can’t do it all, then here they are below:
Now, let's talk food; I’m starting to get hungry:
Don’t take everything here at face value, but we wanted to give you a general idea of what costs are like here locally:
Kids are the future, but school can be damn expensive:
All in all, Nashville offers a great soulful country lifestyle with a great music scene, wonderful restaurants, and a wide variety of cultural fun things to do. The cost of living is higher in certain areas, but all in all it remains relatively affordable compared to other major cities.
Now go, eat that hot chicken and start falling in love with your new hometown. Best of luck from our pro teams at iMoving. We have a mover for you, no matter your situation.
We recommend purging as many items as you feel comfortable with. Whether it be by way of clothing and toy donations or a giant garage junk sale, you will feel more comfortable going into your new home with minimal clutter.
Marie Condo, that wardrobe! Think that you are paying by weight for the movers to move additional items you don’t really need. It makes more financial sense to purge now and save today.
The truly special pieces I would recommend actually packing up in many layers of bubble wrap and towels and actually putting in your personal car if the option exists.
You can of course wrap these items and put them in a plastic bin with many layers of pillows, towels and more soft items and write “fragile” on top, but I think it’s better to play it safe than sorry.
Moving really does tend to require lots of tape, cartons, and bubble wrap, but this doesn’t have to be an environmental nightmare. Where you can, replace bubble wrap with towels and sheets.
Replace tape with ties (but not too much), and see how you can repurpose all these items later on.
If you wrap things in your mom’s blankets, that's one less blanket you will have to buy for your new apartment!
Babysit and ask them what they really need. It could be a few hours where you take the kids off their hands so they can pack up the house in peace or even go out for a date night, or it could be a helping hand at home with the actual packing that they need.
Ask them directly and don’t take no for an answer. Try to help them involve their child in the move itself and get them excited about the new adventure.
Sports gear can be packed in many ways and can actually be used as padding for fragile items sometimes. iMoving has options that offer to move any type of specialty item from a grand piano to a giant basketball net.
In general, it’s best to break down larger items into smaller parts and pack them together if possible, but as well we have a full service option that will handle this for you.
If you have fragile surfboards, be sure to bubble wrap them and, ideally, tie them to the top of your car to keep them extra safe from dings.
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