10 Moving Tips You Husbands Should Never Forget

1. Make a List
This much should be obvious. You should always have a list of all of the major items in your household. Try making a list of items for each room in your house or apartment. It will help keep things organized and when something goes missing during the move, you'll know exactly what room it was in and what the item is.

2. Supplies
Even though moving companies say they won't charge you for supplies, they always do. Just in case you don't want to risk it, it's probably easier for you to have packing tape and empty packing boxes to avoid any extra charges. It will save you time too.

3. Wardrobe Boxes
Wardrobe boxes are compact, stackable wardrobe box ideal for shirts, blouses, sport coats and jackets. Directly from closet to box your clothing can stay on hangers.

4. Color Coordinate
When the boxers are all packed away snag a bunch of stickers and tag the boxes according to what room they belong in, or who they belong to. Your wife and/or mother will appreciate you for this.

5. Pack Ahead
Listen to your wife and pack at least a week in advance. Only keep the things to absolutely need out of the box, but still have the boxes ready for them to be put into.

6. Order
This one is simple. Keep everything neat and tidy. Don't just throw things inside of a box. "Place them carefully".

7. Luggage
If you travel a lot you're bound to have luggage cases. Try putting your clothing and other items inside of this instead of wasting money and trees on cardboard boxes.

8. Cleaning
As boxes are being taken away by movers make sure to clean up where they were. This is especially important if you live in an apartment because you're required to return the apartment to its original condition.

9. Protect Valuable Items
If you don't want something stolen or broken: take it with you in your own car. Don't leave movers to move it for you, no matter how good they say they are.

10. Personal Boxes
If you're in a large family, or you have possessive issues, make sure to pack your items away in special boxes so that no one touches your stuff. You don't want to reach into an unlabeled box and grab a handful of tampons do you?

Moving Advice - Moving Large Utilities

So here is a different vane of moving advice for the blog today. I was thinking to myself: "Why aren't there specific moving guides on..well..specific things?" Like moving an HDTV, or A bed, or even major utilities. Well I managed to stumble across this moving guide for transporting a washer and I thought it best to share it with you:

1. Unplug the washing machine from electricity.

2. Disconnect the hoses.

3. Dry the hoses and put them in a plastic bag. Attach the plastic bag onto the washing machine with tape or put it inside the drum after having done step 4.

4. Try to get out the water from the washing machine. There's always some water left in a washing machine. Some washing machines have a plug that you can pull, otherwise you will have to lean the washing machine forward and try to get the water out.

5. Put some old towels in your car so that leaking water won't spoil your car.

6. Put the machine in upright position in your car. If that's not possible, lay it on it's back. But be careful, if there's still water in the machine it might cause a damage to the electrical parts of your washing machine.

7. When setting your machine up in your new home and running it for the first time, don't just leave the house. Be around and have a look every now and then - something could be wrong and your laundry room could get flooded.

The Guide was written by Steven Miller should help anyone who has to get their washer to their new apartment or home; the advice of course applies in theory to moving the dryer. I hope that helps all the future movers out there!