Moving House: Think not Only about the House but Also about Yourself

what you should know before moving
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How to properly pack things when moving and in what order to transport them? For a start — transportation of furniture. So, in the first organizational visit to the new apartment, bring in a few chairs, a stepladder, a kettle, cups, tea, and (if you plan to start one) a small sofa. Because it turns out that the delivery of furniture needs to wait, that the master of hanging shelves and hooks will not meet the allotted hour, that the assembly takes a whole day, not half a day. And you will have to spend all this time on your feet. In order not to think every minute how to survive the move — bring a portable radio or a music center: the analysis of things will go twice as fast. As an alternative, you can also book professional moving helpers to do all the jobs. Before hiring a professional moving company check moving company reviews and ask for a moving quote. We understand, expenses are always disappointing but using nowadays tools like approximate moving cost calculator or numerous apps will help you to plan and even save your money.

Transport things in parts when moving 

After installing at least part of the storage systems, start gradually transporting things — we strongly advise you to find such an opportunity. Take a week off, put aside all other matters-it’s about reviewing and moving things accumulated over the years. In order to survive the move as calmly as possible, it is better to transport fragile and valuable things yourself. Dishes, lamps with murano glass shades, jewelry, hard drives, fragile appliances — everything will move perfectly on your lap or lovingly packed in the back seat. Nothing of value will be lost (and this often happens). Clothes are perfectly transported independently in dense 120-liter garbage bags: they can be folded together with hangers and hung in cabinets on arrival in 15 minutes.

Library Day

If possible, set aside a separate day for the transportation of books, this, in my experience, is the most time-consuming part of any move. Take helpers, hire an extra car. It is much better if the books immediately take their places on the shelves and do not get in the way with other things. In addition, if it rains, you will not worry that the movers will not pay enough attention to the books when moving. The furniture will dry quickly, but the books will spoil.

Think about the movers, too. For them, there is enough work with the disassembly, loading and assembly of heavy furniture. Additionally, lifting heavy boxes of books makes a person not the most attentive. And when assembling furniture, there is a high probability that it will be damaged. Human powers are not infinite.

Day X

By the time of the big move, it is best to leave only important documents (in a separate box, which you will carry yourself), furniture, a small part of dishes and everyday items.

The day before the big move to the new apartment, organize a large grocery delivery. If you are moving into an apartment with a refrigerator already connected, cook a large pot of soup. While the workers will bring in furniture and collect it, you will have the opportunity to eat quickly (and offer food to the workers themselves-remember that it is harder for them on this day than for you).

The corridor during the move must be kept completely free of things. Otherwise, large items will not be able to be brought into the rooms.

Properly folding and packing things is a kind of art. So that nothing is lost, put colored stickers on boxes, bags and furniture. And give instructions to the movers where to put things: put everything with yellow stickers in the kitchen, with green ones in the living room, and so on. It will be great if the person responsible for the arrangement of furniture will not be occupied with anything else (for example, ask for help to lift things into cabinets and so on). Let him/her give instructions to the movers.

Interior design & decoration

Plants and flowers are transported on the last day and immediately take up their allotted space. Flowers do not like changes at all, so try to find similar light conditions in a new place. If the plants are very tall and there are a lot of them, arrange with the moving company for an additional gazelle, it’s worth it. It’s better to have a lot of space in the car than not enough.

Flowers are in place, furniture is assembled in a couple of hours after moving; a small number of boxes in the kitchen, in the bathroom, in the bedrooms and in the living room will not be disassembled. Books, as we remember, are already on the shelves, arranged in advance, the main amount of dishes is already in the cabinets, food is already in the refrigerator, clothes and shoes are already in the cabinets.

The most pleasant moment at the end of the day is to get pre-prepared sleeping places for everyone. To do this, even in the old apartment, fill the blankets and pillows with fresh bed linen and put them in the already familiar 120-liter bags. It remains to spread and fall. Pleasant dreams in a new place!