TL;DR - Moving in Korea

[@RachelandJun]

What?! How can people want to move into a dirty apartment?! I feel extra sensitive about this because the last place my work put me was filthy, and the apartments were SUPPOSED to have been cleaned. It's just mine wasn't. On the plus side, I love the smell of cleaning chemicals and I'd probably clean everything in a nice looking apartment, too. Yay clean!!

[@eatyourkimchi]

For this week's TL;DR we're talking about what our moving experience was like, because we moved to a new apartment! Here's a first look at it as well :D

[@yanwenlei4827]

you use awsome sauce from superwomen i think X3

[@AttilaBP]

I wish to possibly move to South Korea sometime seems amazing :)

[@loganwetterling7331]

Congrats on your new apartment so glad for you guys😆

[@krs112278]

good to know!

[@Jakathera]

best tldr in a while! :D

[@nadiawesome72]

when you talked about your couch not fitting the hallway, i immediately thought of Ross' "PIVOT!" LOL

[@carmenc4926]

I worked for a moving company in the Boston area for 4 years. We offered packing services, organizers, professional piano moving, restoration services, and a service that would take down and mount TVs and expensive art work... Of course for an additional cost from the move itself. The brontosaurus was a furniture elevator. We have those in America too. Especially in tight/old buildings (ahem beacon hill) we would need cranes and furniture elevators for our clients. I am surprised at how much your movers did for the price! That's a steal!

[@secretdiaryofafoodie]

Carmen C how much would it cost in the USA?

[@AfizaFarhana]

Hi Simon and Martina, hope that you guys will got good sleep tonight! ^^

[@eatyourkimchi]

I hope so too. These last few days haven't been very restful...

[@AfizaFarhana]

Eat Your Kimchi Awuhhh... **sending sleep dust fairies trough computer** ^^

[@shazzump]

here in america there are moving services that you can hire to move you but if I remember correctly they are not as thourough as in korea apparently. when i was younger we once used a moving service (not sure why since most of the time we did it ourselves) they dropped off a bunch of boxes a few days before, we packed everything, they showed up moved the furniture and boxes into the moving truck, broke a bunch of stuff. when they got to the new house (several days late) they moved everything into the house piled it in one room and left. moving in korea sounds much better

[@eatyourkimchi]

English subtitles are now up! Thank you to whoever made them :D

[@matani2001]

+Simon and Martina I can't see them, weird...

[@cherace9633]

+Matan Inbar you click the 3 dots on the side of the video and then press CC after you just select the language

[@matani2001]

+Bunny Productions Now they appeared all of a sudden, not that I did something different when I posted that

[@MarcellaMzz]

I live in Brazil, and a moved out a lot, and every times was just like you guys described, they disassemble everything and use their on boxes, and assemble the way that you want in your new house!

[@eatyourkimchi]

Is it the same price there?

[@MarcellaMzz]

Eat Your Kimchi The last time, I moved to a very distant place, like a rural area, and we have so much furniture (HAHAHA I don't even know why, cause most of it doesn't even goes inside) and it costs R$800, it almost $343. A friend of mine said that the price changes depending on the city you are moving in, since I live in a small town (480.000 inhabitants) the price is low. BTW Congrats on your new awesome apartment!!

[@anthy_lorrel]

What you showed, with them moving everything for you is called a Full Service mover. We have those here in the US as well as self moving like you described with the boxes. Full service is way more expensive though!

[@alicestanis1246]

Congrats on your new place and can't wait to see all the new video's that you Simon&Martina make there.

[@Annie-ex8cv]

Martina's makeup in this video is amazing! I love it.

[@HitboxHannah]

Ahhh Martina! Please do a OpenTheHappy tutorial on your eye makeup here, it looks so pretty! Eat Your Kimchi

[@ratfinker]

In South Africa we pack up ourselves usually but hire a moving service to load/unload and move the furniture in

[@dorkabrain]

Korean movers sound amazing, but I think it would take some getting used to having strangers pack and sort through all the specifics.

[@garcia7939]

freaking love both moving videos!!!! Love to see what its like living in a different country especially korea!

[@sungjunwins]

In NYC, if you are hiring a moving service, the moving company needs to purchase an insurance so that it covers damages to the building from moving. And the moving company makes their customer pay for it so it adds $100-200 depending on the moving company and apartment management company.

[@MissChoushie]

i always find myself smiling like a dork when i watch your videos, your guys' love for one another makes me so happy! Your relationship is what i look up to :]

[@shadowmistMakeup]

They have those moving services here in Toronto too. We used one least time we moved. They pack and move things for you. But you have to unpack. And deal with left over boxes. I gave our ones away to anyone that needed it.

[@annakaro]

That's really cool! Here in Mexico is similar to what you say of Canada. You can hire people to help you with big furniture and appliances but they just move stuff, they don't really help you pack and then unpack and put everything in place. It's really cool you can hire people to pack and unpack and everything included in the moving.

[@macongapeach]

Whoa, I can't believe the movers do so much work for so little. That's terrific. I've moved around a lot because my husband was career military. The two moves from Germany back to the states were the best in terms of quality. The tradition then was to make sure you had BEER and coffee for the packers. That was a while ago so I don't know if it's still like that. Thanks for the tour of your new apartment. It's a very nice place. Love you guys.

[@TheGamer32121]

dam coming from canada also and having moved several times, the korea moving service is mind blowing to me. The fact that tey help u pack everything in your house for u

[@Rhasher]

Think I know you guys since your first KMM (that one which behind you had a stair). Congratz on your new apartment! I think is very lovely you give food/coffee for them, when I moved to my current house the workers sometimes had to get sofas and heavy stuff to the third floor, imagine you rising a sofa for two sets of stairs! So we give them food and water constantly. Hope you have a good time in this new house (and Martina, your hair is gorgeous ♥)

[@totorosan428]

that sounds very nice. when i moved this last march my friend and i almost broke our backs trying to move my life of 12 years to my new apartment.

[@VermilionLotus]

I wish I knew about all this moving stuff earlier! I just moved a couple of weeks ago (albeit it was within the same city) and I had to do all the work myself with packing and moving. Luckily I had a couple of people to help me actually move the boxes but still! This service you guys mentioned would have saved me SO MUCH STRESS!

[@annlulu29]

The moving guys/people and process explained here seems so godly and heaven sent.

[@ElizaQin]

One cool thing I found is floormates. They are really floor friendly. I don't know it is time difference or not. All the moving services that Simon & Martina had told about are provided in Toronto, except they won't clean the house, instead they clean mass they had made. However, cost should be different.

[@johnhuynh8440]

Martina, your eye makeup during this video was awesome!

[@kibethnehema2069]

OMG that's amazing! I've scrubbed apartments and still was charged cleaning fees. One time a classmate moved into an apt I had just moved out of and was charged to replace the carpets, paint the walls, and a cleaning fee... my classmate said that the carpets had not been replaced and they left a bucket of paint in case she got skippy. Yay for moving in Honolulu... its hella expensive. Also if you ever live on these lovely islands... a deposit isn't a deposit because your never going to see it again. The only upside is that many of them are partially furnished.

[@michaelandrekelley9568]

Just wanted to say that I really love your guys tattoos!!! Amazing channel as well!

[@Julie-fu6pe]

PLEASE do a video on how you did your makeup Martina!!! It is sooo pretty!!

[@ArcadiaLynn]

That's so convenient that they pack everything for you! Also I love your eye makeup and hair Martina!

[@amorfati3559]

Can you guys make a tl;dr on Korean school festivals? I just experienced konkuk university's festival & it was so different than what I imagined!

[@JennySnowy]

It's common courtesy for Northern Alaskan to offer food and an assortment of beverages to workers. When my parents had their house re-roofed after moving out of state, my mom came out and offered them lemonade, water bottles, coffee, soup, sandwiches and an array of snacks every day. They gave such a confused look at first and declined the first couple days. Found out in the middle of the construction that it is not common to serve meals in the lower 48 states of the U.S.A. We carried on with our meal serving.

[@minoentje]

Martina, your hair is so freaking gorgeous in this video!

[@officialjacqy]

You guys are the best! Keep up the good work, greetings from the Netherlands!

[@hanar1060]

Omgosh guise, I'm so exited! I saw the picture you posted on FB which was the view from the window of your old apartment and it took me a while to realise you guise weren't on a plane (I know, I'm so stupid sometimes) and that you weren't moving out of Korea which was what I thought for a devastating few moments.

[@RandomRyter]

Martina, I love your look here, especially the eye makeup! Darker and works with the black bowler hat!

[@MegVera]

They actually have this service now in Canada. They put away everything on your old apartment and then put up everything when you get to your new place. Though it might just be in Vancouver. Love your new place! We looked for key in password for house doors and there's one at home depot. JUST ONE BRAND. Canada we'll have to wait for a few more years to have a similar technology in Korea.

[@divyaalifa2687]

Congratulations for your new apartment!

[@kittylai8541]

Congraz on the new apartment!! Looks SUPER nice!! And thats such an awesome service!! That will be one of the (many) reasons I want to move to Korea... I used to study aboard on my own and had to move at least once a year, and I hate, hate packing and cleaning. I had to rent a truck to move all my stuff as well but all they did was picking things up and leave them in your new room, which is normal in Australia. BUT I wish they have this service in Hong Kong too... I wouldn't mind paying more for these kind of services!!

[@ghadahal5209]

In my 20 years of living, my family and I moved 9 times (between and in 4 countries around the world!), and I'm going to move TWICE by the end of this year!! If only we had those "temporary Korean family" each time we moved, life would be so much easier!

[@Thevoidlezz]

we got those brontosaurus to in the Netherlands don't know what they are really called and normally you rent a move truck here or hire a moving company, but a moving company is really expensive it possible costs around 2000 euro to hire a full crew and you still need to pack up everything yourself and unpack it in your new home. so 700 dollars is really cheap

[@cosplayderp]

Martina your makeup is on point >>

[@cinalob]

Hi, I was wondering if you could do a segment on how to purchase an apartment in Korea (process and requirements) and whether it is better to buy or rent? Thank you

[@Sabrinasoyhunlee]

Thanks so much for your hard work and awesome videos! I hope you settle into your new apartment smoothly. :)

[@jesskhan09]

Martina you are looking very pretty in this video.

[@eatyourkimchi]

The lighting here makes her look SO PRETTY! I lerrrvvv my waif!

[@AfizaFarhana]

Eat Your Kimchi Owh Simon... ^^

[@methodElevated]

I live in the US. The moving company my husband and I have used a few times will pack, disassemble, uninstall, then move, assemble, and reinstall anything you want. I assume they'll unpack stuff if you really need them to, but they're tired by the end of the day. Each flight of stairs they had to go up or down cost an extra $25. We had three guys working for us, and they got paid by the hour. They'll also dispose of any furniture you don't want anymore for a small fee. To move from a third floor apartment (no elevator) to our current house cost about $1,000. It was so worth it.

[@callmechia]

Hey guys, I've been subbed for a long time and this is my new favorite video of yours! I too have moved many times and I WISH I could've had a crew like what you described! It's great that different countries have such varied experiences with things!!

[@brendaj1265]

I'm happy for you guys! ^^ Worked so hard to get to where y'all are right now :') And the new apartment looks so cozy and niceeee

[@UsiUsiUsi]

That cranes are usual in Germany since a lot of buildings don't have elevators (gym not needed) or you can't rent them. They are for everyone's use. The good thing is that when you move you don't have to pay for it. People are very patient when someone moves in.

[@seannguyen4067]

Does anybody else like Eat Your Kimchi 's videos before even watching them?

[@PyroPisces]

I recently came across your videos, and I'm glad I did! You two are really funny. I'm definitely subscribing!

[@Kouu17]

This sounds amazing! I want moving service like this where I live!

[@pikagenie]

I recently moved into my apartment since my university only allows first years to dorm. (Some second years (non-RAs) can manage to occupy a dorm space, but you have to be quick on applying. I wasn't interested in becoming an RA either...) My parents helped me move into my apartment. What we did was that we rented a van and basically stuffed a majority of what needs to be brought to the apartment. Since I live two hours away from my hometown, I don't have to be in a rush to move everything in. Smaller things such as winter clothing and decorations could be moved in later. My apartment manager was nice enough to redo the carpets in the apartment. He wanted to replace them since they were getting old. I don't think the apartment was totally cleaned when I first moved in. Whether a place appears clean or not, I still clean it out of habit. Some places in the city I'm living in can include gas and electricity into the rent. However, for my apartment, that is separate. I see it as a way to discipline residents on how much energy to conserve and whatnot. There are some things that needs to be worked on, but overall, I'm satisfied. What is also nice about the place is that the back of the apartment has an entrance to the street. I can take my bike out this way and leave for class in a jiffy. Also, when I was moving in, it was over 90 degrees. Unfortunately, the front door is facing the sun. And you know what that means... Touching the door knob was like touching LAVA! D: The weather here follows the seasons well so I need to get used to this door knob burn. (I can't wait for winter... TT__TT)

[@animetwilight75]

I love your makeup in this one! Well I love it in all of them, but your eyes look super gorgeous!❤❤❤

[@shaneywaney2]

Simon❤Martina❤ I still really enjoy your informative yet hilarious videos😄

[@eatyourkimchi]

Thank you!

[@reyanime]

We moved in June and will be moving come the end of January again and moving in the US is a pain. I've moved around 7-8 times. We didn't use movers this past time b/c like you said it costs money. We got a uhaul truck but I don't think it was more than a hundred bucks or so (but it was only like 10 miles away). Packing is actually one of the worst parts of moving. My mom is so picky with packing so I doubt my parents would let other people pack and unpack their stuff unless if it was furniture. My parents own a lot of furniture so that's always a big pain. I know most apartment complexes here will charge you if you leave a dirty apartment. Houses is usually different but we always clean before we move. It's the last thing we do before we hand in our keys. I would hate to come to a new place and have it be dirty b/c it's hard to move your stuff in if there's dirt and dust everywhere. Other than that, having that sort of help would be awesome. We've had bad experiences with movers here. They usually break at least one thing b/c they literally just throw it in the truck.

[@puppylove767]

I hope you guys are getting enough rest! Seems like you guys are always busy! I love you guys :)) 💕

[@nashh1708]

Hope you two get enough rest and that your new place is greeaatt!! Love you two! ^^

[@KaTeLoVe251]

Hello you guys! Happy to see ya :D

[@eatyourkimchi]

Hiya!

[@EozOrange]

Are you still renting? Anyway, that removal service sounds OUTSTANDING. That kind of service is just un-thought of here, let alone heard of.

[@MrZacwentworth]

moving in Korea is amaazzzzzinggggg!!! want to move to Korea right away! I live in Toronto now, just spent CAD400 for moving and nobody helping me, just one truck driver~and nobody to pack and unpack for me, except my mom.....

[@dbsksarangx3]

Korea's really good at services like these. It's so crazy when you go there and those moving crane things are just normal, like oh someone must be moving. I went there to visit my family over the summer and I miss it so much =/

[@lunayepez4886]

You guys are amazing! Keep up the awesome work!!! *Fighting!!!*

[@chaostears]

my god, i love you guys, but zhajiangmian is a pretty well-known chinese dish for people familiar with northern chinese foods. because it's derived from the north that's why the recipe has found a place in korean cuisine as well. it's a relatively common dish at chinese restaurants that specialize in actual chinese food versus western-chinese food.

[@Ma5jay5dontxdoxthat]

I think by this time they have been to some parts of China a few times but they just never come across it in China and their Chinese friends said that they don't have it there.

[@Zeldafan36]

Man I live in Ottawa and moving was such a hassle. I was still a G2 driver and had to make 4-5 20 minute trips on the highway to get /some/ of our stuff to the new place. Not mentioning the stuff my parents put in their truck; AND we still left things in storage because we were renovating during the move and ran out of room... I don't even wanna think about what all that cost.

[@sarahhaines5097]

Love Martina's makeup in the double videos. Awesomeness. Always also love the informative TLDRs ^.^ Much happyness. Someday I want to move there, but the better question is what part? What are the different areas of Korea like? From personal/friend's experiences

[@mrwinkie1959]

The sound channels are reversed. I see Martina on the right but I hear her on the left.

[@eatyourkimchi]

Ah balls! I forgot to fix that in the end. Errr...

[@cardigancroix]

Same here lol i havent notice till i read your comment

[@AquanerdApril]

I didn't notice till you said something.......0_o

[@cameronabbey5668]

OMG

[@danibunny1005]

notarobot why would you say that, now i cant stop thinking about it

[@snv648]

Canadian maple whisky and Bailey's shots, YUM!

[@Free2Fly2011]

I stumbled on to your videos and I'm hooked. Thanks for sharing :-)

[@paulah22nov]

I moved only once in my entire life, with my entire family and we are 5 and we used to live in a huge house 1 story, for one month we didnt know where to star packing, till I discover a moving company.... and they were like angels... seriously... they packed everything.... they had boxes that looks like mini closet, in that way they didnt have to fold the clothe. they spent almost two days packing everything, they were so kind and as same as you guys we shared food in the backyard of my house... when they finished the packing and move to the new house which is 2 story house,then the nightmare start.... but this guys pull it of... and in the end of the day I was sleeping in my bed... dad watching tv... mom cooking and my siblings playing with the computers.... amazing.... oh! and even when I hired the service I thought it was quite expensive... it totally worth it!

[@Best784338]

i am so diggin' your style today Martina!! so gorgeous!!!

[@JoshJazz01]

And of courrrrse! Congratz on your move!

[@parkchanyeol9359]

Ooh! Martina has some naaaasty makeup! (In a good way!) Ily guys soo much! Ive been a subscriber for quite a while not and still do not regret it! Thank you guys soo much💕💕💕💕

[@avivar8258]

This is really interesting!! I didn't realize something so common as moving can be so different in different countries and cultures. I really wish such a moving service was here in North America. I wonder if such a service is only available in the city or if it can co from countryside to city? Congrats on the new apartment!

[@chelseahayes8706]

Can you please talk about what it was like when you moved from Canada to Korea. I've almost finished high school and I'm wanting to move to Korea after and I'd like to know what experiences you had as well as tips of what to do and what not to do when moving to Korea. Thanks!!!

[@kurichanmichele584]

2 main videos in one day!??! Yayy

[@HolyWarriorFury]

Martina looks especially pretty in this video. Like she's always pretty but wow you are really super gorgeous here

[@SillyPunkRockGirl]

My family moves at the very least two times a year but where I live, trucks and SUVs are very common and most of our family owns one or the other so we just round them up to help move.

[@persephonefairchild1059]

grats on the new apartment, guys! THE AUDIO IN THIS VIDEO IS SWITCHED AND IT'S DRIVING ME C R A Z Y (but srsly, grats)

[@MsJLOVEZ]

I lived in Toronto for few years, and they do have moving services.

[@pinkaliciouss08]

some apartment buildings in cda also charges a fee or has bylaws that requires tenants/owners to book the elevator to move out or in too

[@Xrana325]

Simon and Martina , could you guys please shine some light on the amount of idols leaving their perspective entrainment companies.

[@Iamatomto]

so much love in Simon's eyes when he looks at Martina :3 "You're a sweet girl"

[@CarlGorn]

Here in the U.S. we have both the DIY moving services and the full-service movers, along with everything in between. The main difference is the price. Full service movers here can run you upwards of $1,000/day, while I've seen U-Haul for as cheap as $40/day. Go figure. What my wife and I do when it's time to move is find a friend with either a pickup or a cargo van, use that, get some more friends to help with the big stuff, feed them all homemade food from my original recipes, like my spicy pulled chicken sandwich with homemade barbecue sauce(I call it "Bushwhacked!").

[@secretdiaryofafoodie]

Lunay LeZarde that is still cheap (the moving service) compared to where I am in Australia. I had to pay $1000 for a couple of guys to move things that were already boxed up and the furniture from the house down to the garage (with me having to carry a lot of things myself as they were charging by the hr), with a few furniture items and boxes being driven to a place 15min away.

[@eRyL86]

saw your new apt tour vid. Nice place I say, and I love it better somehow than your last one, and you got it for less money. sweet! Hope you guys have a good time here.

[@ithry18]

I'm Algerian and I live in Montreal, Canada, and every time i moved i had the exact same experience you had in Korea. We have a lot of furniture (BIG heavy ones), so sometimes it took 2 days to move everything. So, we eat like 3 or 4 meals with them, drink coffee and once they finish we offer them some beer (the guy who drives obviously skip the beer part). My mom would pay for everything, but i don't know if it's the norm to do so. They pack and unpack everything and clean afterwards. It cost around 2,000 $ (they charge you per hour) plus some tip at the end (an unspoken rule i guess). So the same service exists here in Canada. I don't know how much it would cost for an usual amount of furniture though...

[@tcpekes]

Compared to moving in the U.S. y'all have sweet. Whether renting a truck or hiring a moving company, it's expensive to move in the U.S. I was a former Air Force Brat and later married my husband who works for an oil company. In other words I still move around a lot. (On the bright side I did live in one place for 11 yrs, and for until recently were moving in state so it didn't feel like moving.) Anyway my point is with movers my family and I have had things stolen, broken, and even accidentally left behind. The coolest part about your experience was that they clean afterward. When I move they just leave, and I have to clean and unpack everything.

[@yani_rif]

New apartment certainly looks better than the old one tho :D congrats on the move!

[@yuweiliang4046]

jajiang mien is northern chinese food - if you go to northern chinese restaurants in canada you'll find tons of good ones

[@mrsmichelledaniels]

When we moved our movers almost didn't unpack our stuff! How lame. Man that would be awesome to have them clean afterwards. That would be great.

[@zribiines1733]

So happy for you guys ♡

[@EchoSinger]

That's actually exactly how it works in Spain, Italy and Germany too (apart from the renting the elevator)! When I moved from Italy to Spain and then from Spain to Germany they packed everything and did everything! so nice lol

[@ecsordas]

All that sounds so good. I live in Sweden and next week I'm moving from my university campus to a big apartment with my fiancé. It's going to be a big move since we have a lot of old and antic furniture that wight about a 1000 ton. Also our new place is 3 floors up and since the house is from like 1940 there is no lift. We will not hire any movers and I've not told my dad yet about there not being a lift... He is going to be quite pissed. I wish we could have some korean movers. No things are just gone get broken and lost.

[@TheRougeItaly]

The spacy audio scared me! I thought my head phones failed and this was playing outlound in the middle of class. O.O

[@topannikx]

Omg just watched your apartment tour its so pretty !!!

[@mjc00610]

You've come so far. Wow.. Congrats, Simon and Martina! :3

[@Hybridbabe_]

Good that you are happy about moving

[@HallyuHeavenUS]

I agree with you guys moving in Korea is so much easier. Moved a bunch here in the US and it was a pain. In Korea the furniture guy helped us because we had a great friendship with him. Plus I was pregnant so I had to do nothing. :)

[@nboul957]

I wish you guys would come to the u.s. you guys made my love for Korea grow. Can you guys do a tldr on makeup in korea?