Moving Day Tips
Moving day is finally here!
You’ve been anxiously anticipated it for quite some time, and now here it is. Regardless of whether you’ve chosen to hire the services of a professional moving company or you’ve taken the DIY approach to moving, Moving day is crucial to the successful ending of your relocation story. It is a time when things could get messy unless you’re adequately prepared for its surprises.
There is no doubt that the safety of your belongings will be one of your biggest concerns when moving house. You will, therefore, definitely do your best to ensure maximum protection to your items – and that means ensuring proper packing and proper loading. Proper packing will create a protective layer around your belongings –
Moving is always hard, but moving in the rain poses a challenge of its own – in addition to everything else you need to take care of on Moving day, if it’s pouring outside, you’ll also have to find a way to keep your belongings safe and dry, to protect the floors and carpets in
So, you’re moving into a new home and intend to bring your old sofa along as it is comfortable, beautiful, high quality, in good condition, and just the right size and the right style for your new living room. The only problem is it doesn’t fit through the door. Or through the hallway. Or along
Moving is always a challenge, but moving with kids is double the challenge. Preparing for a move is much more complicated when you have children (just think about transferring schools, answering all your kids’ questions and dealing with their move-related anxieties, maintaining your young ones’ routines while taking care of countless moving tasks, etc.) and
Good planning is essential for the success of any project – especially so when it comes to big, complicated endeavors, such as house moves. So, when you need to move, you will certainly plan your relocation with utmost care and attention – consider all the relevant factors, make all the necessary preparations, and organize everything
Do you have to tip movers? This very question seems to worry millions of Americans who have hired professional movers to help them move to a new home. And there’s a good reason for the said anxiety simply because, in most cases, the answer is not as straightforward as it looks. Or maybe the answer
If you’re a renter who doesn’t want to risk losing their security deposit or if you’re a homeowner who’s about to put up their house for sale, then you won’t want to leave the property with a multitude of ugly-looking nail holes in the walls. Leaving any nails sticking out from the walls is even
There may be plenty of things to be excited about when moving into a new apartment – starting your independent life (if you’re moving out of your parents’ house), starting your family life (if you’re moving in with your spouse/partner), living closer to work, living in a better neighborhood, having a fantastic view of the
When moving out of your old house or moving into a new residence, extreme care must be taken to protect not only the floors of the new place, but all the stairs as well. Chances are that your move will already be too costly as it is, so there’s really no need to waste more
Moving house in winter, and in particular – moving house when it’s snowing outside is a specific type of challenge that will surely test how prepared you are for a winter move. As you know, moving in winter has some indisputable advantages thanks to being the off-season of the moving and storage industry – for
Moving requires a lot of energy and focus – you need plenty of physical strength and mental stamina to successfully handle the laborious moving tasks and nerve-wracking relocation challenges. And to be able to keep your vigor and alertness high throughout the arduous moving process, you need to fuel up with the right food –
The best thing about hiring full-service movers is that they will take care of everything for you, including packing up your possessions in a safe manner and moving large and heavy furniture pieces and household appliances without any risk of damage to the heavy objects or to the floors, walls, or doorways of the place
When moving into a high-rise building, chances are there will be an elevator to help you move up your furniture and boxes. However, sometimes that isn’t the case and you may have to move to a higher floor in an apartment building that has no elevator. It’s largely irrelevant whether the building has never had
As summer draws to an end, college move-in day approaches and anxiety starts to build up. It’s a big day – one that is eagerly anticipated and quite dreaded. College move-in tends to be a whirlwind of emotions – it brings a lot of excitement and pride, but also more than a little stress and
You know all about the benefits of moving in the summer, don’t you? Nice weather, days off from work, kids out of school – it all sounds like the perfect time for a house move. Yes, summer is the most popular season to move house, with more than 70% of all house moves happening between
The task of moving to a new home is pretty tough even for couples who are not raising children on their own. And for single parents, moving house is quite a serious challenge to overcome. Most single parents lead extremely busy lives and moving to a new place will put extra stress on the family,
Breaking up can easily be classified as one of the toughest things you may need to go through in your life until that moment. And if you and your partner are living together, things can become even more complicated because one of you, or maybe both of you, will most likely need to move out.
GOOD PREPARATION is the secret to a stress-free move. When you’re well-prepared for what’s coming, nothing (or almost nothing) can stop you from having a successful move to another home. When moving house, there are many things you should definitely do (DO’S) to make your move easier, cheaper and safer. Also, there are many things
No matter how you look at it, property damage when moving house is bad – bad for your emotional equilibrium (annoyance, anger), bad for your health (an overdose of stress, increased blood pressure, nervous breakdown), bad for your time management (lost time in repairs) and of course, bad for your moving budget (repair costs). And
You have a piano? That’s great. You’re moving that piano to another home? That’s not so great. Moving a piano by yourself is a very risky endeavor that can result in irreversible damage to the expensive instrument, lead to costly property damage to the house or apartment, or even cause a serious personal injury due
Moving from one home to another is regarded as one of the most stressful events in life. In most cases, the ultimate success of a residential move depends on choosing the right mover – reputable, experienced, and trustworthy. While most house moves get completed without any major problems, some relocation instances can turn into horror
