June 25, 2010
What are your tips for moving house?
mel g asked:
HELP!!! We are moving house – we have 4 kids and a dog and so much stuff! i have organised for the Salvation Army to come and collect our old furniture, a rubbish clean up bin and also professional cleaners to come after we have it all cleared out – but how oh how do i pack all the stuff and sort it? What is a good method or way to do it? Where do i get all the boxes and stuff?
Roswell GA Moving
HELP!!! We are moving house – we have 4 kids and a dog and so much stuff! i have organised for the Salvation Army to come and collect our old furniture, a rubbish clean up bin and also professional cleaners to come after we have it all cleared out – but how oh how do i pack all the stuff and sort it? What is a good method or way to do it? Where do i get all the boxes and stuff?
Roswell GA Moving
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8:20 pm
Roswell GA Moving
kids pack their own rooms
you pack living room,kitchen,your bedroom
hubby takes the yard and garage
anybody with time to waste helps mom
give everyone a marker and packing tape
write on the boxes . so when you move to your new house you can find ,what goes where. u-haul has packing stuff for sale
11:30 pm
Roswell GA Moving
Pack everything by rooms, label all sides of the boxes as to what room it goes in…get your boxes from grocery stores, department stores etc…..Walmart pharmacy boxes are excellent to pack in, ask them to save their vial boxes and McKesson boxes for you, they are heavier boxes and you won't over load them..
Go to the local newspaper office and ask for the end rolls of paper, it is excellent to wrap dishes in as there is no ink on the paper and they are usually free..make sure when you load the stuff in the moving truck to load the things you will need first ====last so they will be the first to unload off of the truck, like kitchen items and clothes and bedding.
Also pack a tote with cleaning supplies, toilet paper, and things you will need when you first arrive to your new house, also a change of clothing and bath soap and shampoo and a few towels.
If you pack according to rooms and label the boxes it will be much easier to carry the boxes to the rooms they go in so you don't have to move them several times trying to figure out what room they go in…good luck with your move…
6:21 pm
Roswell GA Moving
You start collecting newspapers and boxes the moment you are thinking about it.
OTOH. most movers will sell/hire you boxes to pack your stuff in. at one stage they insisted on packing it if you wanted it insured. I do not know if that still applies.
If you are moving yourself, you can buy boxes from movers, storage places and some couriers.
Basically, you pack like with like. Good time to sort stuff out. Caution, do not pack too much into a box as someone has to lift it. Usually 20kg max.
Yep, use stuff like pillows, cushions, doonas, towels to fill up the boxes with plates etc to keep weight down.
Crockery is generally wrapped in layers of paper individually. Stuff cups with paper, then wrap. Plates stack from bottom up.We have usually done it horizontally, then bowls, padd with scrunched up newspaper balls and then cups on side, lots of padding.
Seal all boxes with packing tape. Hint, seal bottom first before you put anything in it and make sure you carry boxes underneath, not on sides.
Clearly label contents of each box.
Label all.
You could probably double, triple, quadruple the number of boxes you intiially thought of.
You can pack towels, sheets, loosely inside plastic shopping bags to help keep them clean inside boxes.
Start packing early with the things you use least.
If neccessary, plan the last weeks menu to reqwuire the least cooking so you can get 99% of the cookery related stuff packed.
If your fridge or freezer is iced up, do not forget to turn it off a couple of days or more beforehand to allow it to de-ice.
Generally, you do not pack stuff inside these, unless you are moving yourself (to save space) and then after it is loaded.
Also, require your kids to pack their stuff early, but remind them to keeps stuff out for last week and trip.
Lastly, have plenty of boxes left over as you will never efficently pack all those last minute things.
Also, auto shops around here sell cheap two wheel trollies. for a few dollars they are well worth buyingif you have to cart 300 boxes out of one house and into another.
12:33 am
Roswell GA Moving
You can get boxes from the u haul place.
Also, I bought a lot of storage bins because you can reuse them.
Throw away as much as possible.
Put an x on the boxes that you know you will not need immediately (pictures, decorations, etc.), put those in the garage or a spare room. Don't open them until all the important things are in order.
I recently moved, and I take a box a week out of the storage room and work on it.
9:32 am
Roswell GA Moving
if you are using a moving company to move your stuff then they should supply you with boxes. you should separate the boxes of stuff by what things go in what room. then separate what you are donating from those piles hope this helps:)