# How do people manage moving between (rented) apartments

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**Created:** [April 6, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-manage-moving-between-rented-apartments/655034 "2013-04-06T19:31:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 9, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-manage-moving-between-rented-apartments/655034/21 "2013-04-09T06:34:23Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> I think the answer is that “special arrangements” are almost always made. Landlords know what the logistics of moving are and expect to lose some rent between occupants for cleaning and showing. Giving (or prorating) you an extra day or two is just the cost of doing business. Lease periods don’t have to corespond with any particular day of the month.

Both that and making sure I never have to move so much Stuff it won’t fit in one carload. Sometimes I’ve spent one night in a hotel or a friend’s house, but in general those times have been when I was moving far enough that fully loading the car, driving it and unloading it fully in one single day would have been unreasonable.

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