What Are Some Good House Moving Tips?

Moving tips are valuable at any time, because moving at any time of the year can be very stressful, whether you are moving to your dream home, or moving to a new renting home. Your move will still take time, no matter what you do, and planning, with the list of good moving tips below, will make your life a little easier.

Having a check list means you will not have to remember quite as much, so refer to your moving list and moving tips often so you don’t have any last minute surprises.

Good House Moving Tips

As soon as you know you are moving, look around your house, in each room, including attics, basements, and garages, and decide what items need to be sent to charities, and which need to be thrown in the garbage, or recycled.
Begin to move out discarded items, recycled items and those for charities, so that you have more space in your home, and can see more easily what needs to be dealt with.
Start using up tinned and frozen food from your food stocks. This will give you less to move, and will also save you spending as much on food during the time of your move, which is often a financially difficult time too.
Decide whether you are doing the moving yourself or hiring someone, and choose the company as soon as possible, so you can get the date that suits you best.
Make sure the moving company know of any special items, like pianos, freezers, art work.
Draw up a plan of your new home, and where each item of furniture will be placed. Make sure your furniture will actually fit in the designated area! This planning will take time, but believe me, it is well worth doing properly, as it will reduce the number of unnecessary surprises on moving in day!
Return all borrowed items, like library books, dvds, cds, etc, and collect anything you have sent out – like dry cleaning etc.
Make a list (if you don’t already have one) of all the monthly bills you have, when they are due, and when you have paid them. This way you can make sure that no bills are overlooked during the busy moving time due to wrong addresses, or simple misplacement of the mail!
Notify the Post Office, and all your accounts of your new address, and when this address change takes effect.
If you have young children, arrange well in advance for a babysitter at least for your moving day. If you can arrange one for a few hours the day before your move, as well as the day after, then this will help you a great deal too, but this may be hard if your children are very young and are stressed by the move.
Pack and box as much as possible that you do not need on a daily basis, and just leave unpacked all your necessities.
Try to be home the day of your move so that you can give extra advice to your movers.
Also make sure you have someone at your new home to direct the men plus furniture to the correct room according to your plan. Make sure the furniture is put in the right place before the movers leave.
Notify the power companies, telephone companies etc of your day of leaving and the day you take over at your new home.
Make sure your doctor and dentist offices know of your move, as well as your children’s schools, library etc. Again if you can make a list it is useful to refer to and update for your next move!
Confirm with your movers that they have the correct address to move to, and that they have a cell phone number to contact you if there is a problem. Also confirm the day and time!
Remember to check behind doors for anything hung there.
Take down drapes and curtain rods in advance if possible. The same applies to blinds, except bedrooms where it will probably have to be the morning of your move.
Make sure to get as much rest as possible before your move, especially the night before. And yes I do know this is extremely difficult as there are always so many last minute things to see to!
Make sure all your friends know your new address and phone number if there is a change.
Remember to defrost fridges and freezers and wipe them dry.
Clean cupboards ahead of time if possible.
Clean bathrooms, and carpets, and wash floors.
Cancel newspapers and magazines, or give them your new address.
Empty water from garden hoses, and empty the gas from lawn mowers.
Make sure you have drinks and food on hand at each house for you and your workers – and remember to eat it and drink it. It is easy to forget to eat when there is so much going on, but you will need your strength!

If you do all of the above, you should find that your move will go more smoothly, but be prepared, there is usually something that gets overlooked. Good luck with your move, and I hope you found the moving tips above useful!