Moving house can be one of the most exciting experiences of your life. It’s a chance to start fresh somewhere new, meet new people, see new sites, and live in a house you love. Unfortunately, it’s also the source of a great deal of stress. After all, there is a lot that you need to get done before you can move, and if you haven’t planned everything perfectly, then mistakes will be made. Under normal circumstances, mistakes offer a great learning opportunity, but if you want to avoid chaos, then it’s better just to avoid making the ones below.
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Immediately Deciding You’ll DIY
Moving house is far from cheap. In fact, when you add up the cost of the downpayment on your new home, any packing equipment you need, the cost of professional movers, and everything else, it can get pretty pricey. However, you shouldn’t immediately decide you’ll move alone, just so that you can save money. Even with the help of friends, moving house is difficult, and it’s often much better to leave the job to the professionals. After all, they’re insured for if things go wrong.
Hiring A Shady Moving Company
Although it tends to make more sense to hire professional movers, it’s important to note that they’re not all created equal. Because of this, it’s vital that you look beyond the price tag and do some proper research on every moving company you come across. Make sure to look for referrals and check to see whether or not they’ve got insurance. The last thing that you want to do is risk your property because you couldn’t be bothered to dig a little deeper.
Starting Packing Too Late
Packing up your home is not something that you can do last minute. You may only want to throw things in random boxes and get them out the door, but even this is going to take some time. This means that you need to be prepared, and allow yourself at least a day to pack up each room. If you don’t, then you’re going to get incredibly stressed, and may even end up losing things during the move.
Starting To Pack Too Early
On the other hand, it’s also important that you don’t start to pack up your home too early. If you do, then you’ll probably end up having to unpack and repack several times, as you’ll need certain things on the run up to you moving. Being surrounded by boxes every single day also won’t be much fun, and will likely only increase your stress. Because of this, you should wait until around two weeks before moving day before touching anything.
Taking Everything With You
Moving house gives you the opportunity to declutter your home and get rid of anything you no longer want or need, so make sure that you seize this chance. There’s no point in wasting time packing and unpacking things that you don’t use, and it definitely doesn’t make sense to pay to move these belongings to a new house. While you’re packing, make sure that you really think about what you’re putting in your boxes and toss what you don’t need.
Moving house doesn’t have to be so stressful and difficult. All you need to do is avoid the mistakes mentioned above, and the process will be a whole lot easier.
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Anna says
Indeed, moving all that you possess is a typical issue that can add superfluous expenses to your move. Get free of the stuff you don’t need or utilize – sell it, give it or offer it to companions, however don’t burn through cash to move it!
Andrea George says
Worth reading this post, these tips really help in moving house without any mistakes because often I did mistakes. Thanks for sharing!
Yoshiko Flora says
I find it helpful that you suggested that a person should tackle packing each room a day in order to avoid losing things or get stressed when moving houses. Since you mentioned about movers in this article, my personal tip when looking for one is to check their BBB rating first before hiring. That way, a household can be reassured that they can help deliver and unload the items in the new home.
Dennis V. Catalano says
Nice blog, and such informative posts. This is the 3rd time that I’m reading your post and much-appreciated work. I am a travel lover, and I always use moving company for this but you wrote a really nice guide. Thanks for sharing.
Los Angeles Packing says
The better way to select a moving company is to make a search and see the reviews about the company you want to choose. There are many sites that review it for you.
admin says
Yes, I do agree that it is so much easier if you have time to pack everything. Thank you for stopping by.
John says
Gotta check reviews for moving companies. And even if you get a moving company that’s well reviewed, always ALWAYS read the fine print in the contract.
admin says
That’s great advice, thank you for stopping by.
Mandy Yanga says
“Taking Everything With You”—I can relate so much! I remember when we were moving out of a relative’s house we lived in for like 10 years, my mother wanted to bring EVERY SINGLE THING we own. I saw the moving out as the perfect chance to declutter, so I did everything just to convince her to let some things go. Whew it indeed didn’t go easy.
admin says
Yes, I do feel “less to move” and deal with later is so much easier on everyone. I know it takes time to run to the donation drop off, but it would take more time to sort through later.
Paul Nelson says
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Aaron Smith says
If you hire a moving company, have them do the packing if it’s possible.
Henry Collins says
Great post! It’s definitely very important to hire reliable movers.