Helpful Moving Tips and Advice

Drawing from personal experience, I know there are lots of ways to help make your household move easier and more smooth. Read here for help to get your life, and your possessions, organized for a peaceful and exciting move.

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How to Move: The Basic Steps

1. Plan your move using a moving checklist.
2. Decide whether you will be moving yourself or hiring professional movers.
3. Select your moving day.
4. Reserve your moving truck or moving company.
5. Get your packing materials.
6. Start packing !
7. File your change of address.
8. Eliminate items from your move.
9. Manage your moving day.
10. Start settling in.

The key to a smooth move is organization. Based on our years of experience, we have compiled this series of moving tips. These tips on moving are helpful hints and useful suggestions to assist you in organizing and planning your next move.

Keep important papers with you. Your list of "important" papers might include: birth certificates, school records, mover estimates, new job contacts, utility company numbers, recent bank records, current bills, phone lists, closing papers, realtor info, maps, and more. Don't leave these with the mover. Keep them with you!

Use brightly colored storage tote boxes, one for each person. Let each family member fill theirs with items they'll want 'right away' in the new home -- a set of sheets, a towel, a couple of extension cords, a phone, nightlights, address book, pens and paper, keys, kleenex, and travel cosmetic case, and so on.

Moving may not be the most fun you've ever had, but planning ahead will go a long way toward making the process bearable.

Long Term Storage

When you need long term moving storage, reliable moving companies can accommodate your needs with climate controlled, alarmed and monitored warehouses to protect your belongings. Your possessions (which remain in boxes or protective padding and wrappings) will be stored safely inside a 250 cubic foot container (not mixed up with other people's things) or, certain items like sofas or appliances may be stored on specially designed racks in the warehouse.

· Moving house is not the only reason that you might require long term storage. If a flood or other disaster dictates your need for long term local storage a reliable moving company can safely store your things until your disaster recovery is complete. Delivery to your new (or repaired) home will be arranged when you are ready to receive your household items.

 

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· Maybe you are fulfilling a lifelong dream to travel for an extended period and require secure storage for household items that you won't need until your wanderlust has been sated. Reliable movers can store your goods and ship them to you wherever and whenever you are ready to settle down and stay in one place for a while.

First, container storage should be done under certain conditions. Meaning, if there is equipment that is vulnerable to high temperatures; it should be kept under proper temperature. Frequently, a lot of business owners, as well as individuals, store large quantities of juice cartons, other food products, or alternatively cosmetics and the likes, which are products that may spoil under certain temperatures, so this should be taken into serious consideration.

Second, the container itself needs constant maintenance and proper care. Keep in mind that if you neglect to maintain the container, when winter comes, you might discover holes in the roof, which could cause flooding, which can result in serious damage to your equipment.
 

 

Portable containers, however, could not be simpler. The moving container company will deliver your container right to your home and leave it where you need it - whether in your driveway or on the street. You can keep the container as long as you need while loading your belongings, and when you're done, the company will return, load up the container and either store it for you, or deliver it to your new home for unloading.