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?
4 comments:
Thank you for the great tips, I read them before I had to move to New York, and it helped me a lot. When I moved from NY, I got the New York moving and storage company moving to help me pack for my new home.
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These tips are great! When I moved last year, mu moving company Molloy Bros. Moving & Storage took great care to give me moving tips very similar to these. They even helped me unpack, whick was so helpful after the long move!!
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