Moving your family, pets and possessions into a new home can be a stressful process.
Follow our tips to streamline the entire experience and make moving into your new home a joy.
- Pack the items you will need first into an accessible box.
- Wrap your breakables in clothing to save on bubble wrap.
- Create a folder for all your moving documents.
- Write down any pre-existing damage to any items prior to transport.
- Label all of your boxes clearly to ensure you don’t forget what’s in each box.
- Keep your tool box handy. You never know when you’ll need it.
- Pack per room. That way you can easily unpack all the ‘kitchen’ boxes in the kitchen and so on.
- Ask your local supermarket for their old boxes to save you buying them.
- Don’t forget about your plants.
- Do a big cull before moving. That way you can start fresh in your new home without those unnecessary items and you can save on moving costs.
- Clean the house you are moving from after your furniture has been collected.
- Clean your new home before you’ve moved your things in.
- Take a photo of how your electronics are connected so you can remember how and where all the wires go.
- Have a plan at hand for furniture placement in your new home.
- Wait until you’ve moved into your home to buy some of your new furniture. This way you’ll have a better idea of how everything will fit.
- Take all of your valuables with you when moving. Don’t leave them in the moving truck.
- Try to use the majority of food in your fridge and freezer before you move. This will save on wastage.
- Set aside bed linen and towels to be used on the first night so beds can be made up as soon as possible on moving day.
- Make sure your pets are secured and safe for the day as more than likely doors and gates will be left open.
- If you aren’t moving far take all the clothes hanging in your wardrobe, still on hangers and transport them directly into your new wardrobe. This will save you time.