Moving Guide – What you should know
Read our tips on how to arrange your relocation process. We know you can’t wait to move into the new house, but for everything to go smoothly and stay calm throughout this complex process, you need something more than pure enthusiasm: you need a list of what is strictly necessary and a moving plan, a kit with essential utensils, boxes, and bags and, of course, time and patience to be able to organize properly. If you reserve one day for packing and one for moving, you will inevitably forget to check some important steps and you will notice only in the evening, when you are already tired, that you forgot your bed linen or espresso machine in the old house. You don’t remember in which box you put the child’s favorite blanket, which he declares that he is not going to sleep without it. Wouldn’t it be much more pleasant to be able to relax with your loved ones in your new living room on the first night, without rummaging frantically through dozens of boxes that you forgot to write what they contain? In this article you will find everything you need to know when moving to a new apartment or house: How to organize yourself before moving? The organization of the move would be good to start two or even weeks before the big event. This way you will have enough time to plan the steps and sort things out. How will you transport the furniture and the heavy objects? The first thing you need to do before moving is to decide if you will use a company to help you transport and possibly handle the furniture or even disassemble / assemble it or if you will rent a truck. If you are not a very handy person or perhaps to busy, we recommend you contacting a professional company to do so. The next step is to decide what kind of services you need. Will you pack yourself; will you buy your boxes or order them from a moving company, do you need wrapping and safety services, do you take your furniture with you? Then you might need assembly and disassembly services. After moving there is usually lots of waste that has to be disposed, will you arranged that with the moving company as well? After moving into a new place, you have to make sure that the old place is clean and ready for the visit of the landlord, a potential buyer or perhaps the new inhabitants. Will you take care of the cleaning as well, or perhaps the moving company whom you have asked for help? Lots of things to keep in mind when moving, and these are just some examples. Some specialized companies ask for a higher rate on weekends, so take into account the date when you want to move. If you choose to rent a truck, know that it should be equipped with everything necessary for transporting furniture: simple and bubble protective foils, corrugated cardboard, strings, roller transport systems and fastening systems. If it doesn’t have something like that, you will have to take care of this aspect as well. Also, if you opt for the option of renting a truck, ask a few friends to help you on the day set for moving furniture, mattresses, and heavy appliances. This is always a memorable activity for your family and friends, however not very advantageous in term of time and quality, while hiring a professional company, is just as fun as do it yourself, however the advantage is that they are prepared for absolutely any kind of situation and can take care of unexpected issues and you can form new bonds with new people’s and there’s no back pain for you. Shopping list for moving into new home Another thing you need to do before the actual move is to buy boxes of various sizes, from the simple ones, from cardboard. If you do not have enough clothes covers, you can use large enough garbage bags. You can always require moving boxes from a specialized company. Prepare enough paper for packing kitchen utensils, glasses, decorations, and other fragile ornaments (leaflets or old newspapers are very suitable for this purpose). If you’ve packed a few raffia bags over time, add them to your moving arsenal. A particularly effective idea to take up less space when transporting winter clothes, pillows and beds is to use vacuum bags. If you are living in the Netherlands the best option is to buy vacuum bas from bol.com. Sort things out of the house before moving When you start sorting things out in your old home, be prepared to part with many of them. This is the moment of the decisions you have avoided so far: do you still keep the chipped plates, the clothes you no longer wear, the high school notebooks and the blankets you got bored of? Only if you are willing to pay for their transport and you are sure you have a place to put them in the new home. Have you decided not to take them with you? Very well. It means you can donate or recycle the, if you have chosen for a professional moving service, they should have such services available for you. Find, among friends, those who want clothes that you don’t like anymore, and you can take the old ones to clothing stores that have a collection program; leave your notebooks from high school at a paper collection center, and you can donate the books to the village libraries; blankets, beds and blankets that will not match the new décor of the house can find new masters on the donation groups on Facebook or to a poor people association. It is important to bring in the new house only the useful things and the ones you really like. Other purchases for the new house that will help you a lot are the organizers for accessories and cabinets, the