oving house is one of the This saves multiple trips. Sturdy
most stressful life medium-size boxes are a life
events. When I first came saver, as they can be stacked
to London I had about twenty easily.
addresses in three years. After
the first few moves I got pretty 3. Containers should be light
good at it. I had to! Here's what enough for one person to lift.
I did:
Some people try to fill up a big
1. Pack well in advance box with books, for example. The
result: no one can lift it, or
It used to drive me wild how some worse, it's just light enough for
people in our house left it until someone to try lifting it, and
the last minute. The result was put their back out.
they'd still be going back and
forth from the old place, to the 4. First to go in, last out.
new, days later, for the last pot
plant or bit of cutlery. You'll be putting the carpets
down first, presumably, so they
Make up your mind that you are should be last into the van. If
quitting this house for good, you're super organised you can
then don't stay a minute longer decorate the new house 'on the
than you have to. Otherwise fly'. Otherwise, put all your
you'll be wasting time that could stuff in the smallest room in the
be more profitably spent doing new place, and then move it about
something else. from there, when it's all moved
in. This stops the need to move
2. Put small things into a large stuff between rooms later.
container.
5. Leave behind what you don't
need. find.
If you've always hated the sofa, 7. Many hands make light work.
leave it behind. Some people have
a curious pack-rat mentality; After you've hired the big van,
they love to hoard. If what get as many friends as you can
you're hoarding is not gold or involved in the move. If you're
jewels, but jam-jars and really organised, you can move
newspapers, leave them behind. house in half a day. I did this
once, to the great surprise and
6. Hire a big van with a big man. gratitude of the van driver we
used. He'd been expecting a
day-long slog.
This should really be the number
one tip. The idea of a big van is 8. Mark parking space for your
that you'll make fewer trips, van.
ideally only one. Some people try
to save money by using their Cordon off enough parking space
cars, or a friend with a mini for your van driver, so he can
van. The result: umpteen trips park next to the house.
stretching over days. You get
cheesed-off, and so does your 9. Cancel the utilities.
friend. Instead of decorating
your new place, you're still Bit of an obvious one, really.
half-in the old one. You don't want strangers running
up bills in your name. Let the
Moving house is very stressful. utilities know the date you're
Get it done as quick as you can. due to move out.
Hire the biggest van you can
About the Author:
T. O' Donnell http://www.tigertom.com/chat_rooms.htm is an internet entrepreneur in London, UK. His latest project is a freeware mortgage calculator, available at http://www.tigertom.com/mortgages-uk.shtml
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