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.