Moving Nightmare or Breeze: Your Choice

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After a long heavy tussle you have managed to get your dream property. Now it’s time to move. Moving can be as smooth as a gentle breeze or a walk through a thorny forest depending on how prepared you are. Clearly being unprepared means you will face a lot of problems, and worse comes to worse you may even loose some of your stuff while they are being transported to your new home. To avoid these nightmares you need to keep an open eye on the following points.

1. Strategy… Always Plan

It is always good to start from the end and then move back when planning. Picture yourself in your new home with everything in place. Now work your way back to how you got everything done. Did you move everything by yourself? Or did you hire professional services? Are they available for the day you want to move? When do you need to book them? These are important things you need to consider.

The most important thing to consider next is whether you have the budget to carry out your strategy. Don’t forget to include moves fees, transportation expenses, and insurance. Also keep in mind that there will be some minor expenses which you will need to undertake after moving.

2. Homework on your Movers

What you want to look here will be the license and the insurance offered by the Mover. Do not try to get a quotation over the phone. Always go for onsite- estimates because there is no way anyone can give you an approximate figure without actually seeing the work that is required. Failing to do so will result in disputes and which will result in wastage of time and additional cost. Always remember that cheap can be expensive. Hiring a low mover with the lowest estimate may lead to incompetence. Most experienced mover prepare inventory sheets, make sure you check every item on it before signing off.

3. Proper Packing

Start packing early. We are not talking about packing a simple box, it’s the whole house we are talking about here which will definitely take a lot of time. If you wait for the last moment, things could get very messy.

You know what you value most. Remember to add padding to prevent stuff from moving here and there inside the box which can lead to breakage. Plastic wrapping is a good way to protect if your movers use open vehicles like pickups and Lorries. Have your own inventory sheet prepared so that you can cross check with the one given by your mover. Also note that you may need to leave some stuff behind. It’s sad but it’s one of the dark sides of moving. But make sure that you don’t leave anything of sentimental value because they are priceless.

LABEL THE BOX. This can save you a lot of trouble during the moving and also while unpacking. You can label by box number and can also indicate where you want the box to be in your new home. One way to do it is to make a box out of different color tape on the floor and pack the box that needs to go to that room with same color of tape. This will make unpacking so much easy.


Moving Nightmare or Breeze: Your Choice