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Essential Moving Tips for Beginners

Relocating the first time can be a terrifying experience. If this is your first move, simplifying the process may not come naturally. Here are some tips on packing your belongings to help make your move as seamless as possible. Finding the easiest way to complete tasks is a must.

Moving Tip One:
Use garbage bags to move your clothes by leaving clothing on the hangers and covering them with large garbage bags by sliding the hanging clothes down into the bag and tying off the ends. Closing the ends will guard your clothing when transporting. Ensure you get the most use out of your bags during the move.

Moving Tip Two:
Use Styrofoam plates to transport glass. Many folks wrap each dish separately. This packing method can be time-consuming and take up too much space. Instead, stack a Styrofoam plate between each plate to protect each one from cracking each other during the move.

Moving Tip Three:
Moving delicate makeup products can be tricky since they break easily if not correctly handled before setting out for transport. Use cotton balls between your products to protect against shattering if the truck hits a bump. Cotton balls can save you much clean-up time and, indeed, much money.

Moving Tip Four:
Please take photos of electronic setups before unplugging and packing them. Plugging in your electronics the correct way is essential. Still, it can be challenging to remember precisely how the device was at your last place. Save the pictures for the unpacking portion and reinstalling at your new home.

Moving Tip Five:
Employ socks to wrap your glassware. Try wrapping your glassware by slipping them into socks to save more time. They don't have to be thick winter socks but stay away from dress socks since they are thin little padding. Socks will protect glasses from breaking during the move.

Moving Tip Six:
Why unpack your drawers and repack if you don't have to so, leave everything in your drawers. Mask your drawers with plastic wrap instead to save you the task of repacking. It will keep your things secure and safe.

Moving Tip Seven:
Utilize Sandwich bags to pack loose things such as screws, nuts, and other small hardware. To avoid losing track of these small items by labeling each bag. You can write it on a white plastic sticky note for better visibility. Electronic wires consider using tape to secure it to the electronic product it belongs. Labeling will save much time on the back-end of the move when organized this way.

Moving Tip Eight:
Color-coding each box helps to know which room in the house each box belongs to. Color coding your cartons will help you simplify your unpacking process tremendously.

Moving Tip Nine:
Use egg cartons to move jewelry. Egg cartons can carry your jewelry carefully and securely. These tiny cells covered by the lid and secured with tape are a great way to ensure nothing falls during the move.

Moving Tip Ten:
Use rolling suitcases for those heavy items such as weights, cookware, or books. Moving heavy objects all day will lead to fatigue. One thing to judge is the weight a suitcase can hold, so make sure to check its carrying ability before loading it up. When everything checks out, you'll be happy you utilized the rolling suitcases, turning your heavy job into an easier one.

Prepare for Moving Day Checklist

1. Begin early
Even if you think you're fast or don't have much, packing always takes longer than you imagine. Start two or three weeks before the big day. Pack things you use least first. I always begin with Dishes and books.

2. Pack tactically
Mark boxes you will need first with a star or other symbol. Place belongings you will need on Day One such as sheets, towels, toiletries, clothes change in a suitcase for easy access.

3. A packing room
Select a space in your house's corner to serve as the packing station. Build boxes of different sizes so they're easy to grab. Ease of access is essential. Keep on hand some thick markers, packing tape, and packing materials such as bubble wrap, popcorn, and newsprint packing paper.

4. Save on boxes
You can find used containers in a move to be greener by saving shipping boxes you receive or picking some up at your local grocery store. Many places that receive boxes regularly will be happy to donate them at no cost.

5. Don't overload cartons
Numerous self-movers think a large box is for the heaviest stuff, but it's quite the opposite. Overflow large boxes with light stuff, and put bulky items in small cartons. You would be astonished how many people fill large boxes until they are over the weight the box can handle and break.

6. Use space
Many people empty bureaus and cabinets; this only adds to packing time and wastes usable truck space. Leave suitcase and dressers filled with clothing. If a chest is empty, fill it with linens and sheets. You will also use fewer boxes, save time and money using this approach.

7. Trash bags are not trash
Cartons are excellent because they stack, but so are strong trash bags, and you can stick them almost anywhere. Fill large garbage bags with soft non-breakables. You can pack them into shapes that boxes can't go.

8. Back seat of the car
Why pack hanging clothes when they can take a ride in the car. Keep them on hangers and put them in the back of your vehicle lying flat. Then put them back up in your closet in your new home.

9. Grab the towels
Don't pack towels; use them as pads and save on boxes. Use a throw to wrap artwork and lamps and tape to secure. Carefully stack and pack lampshades; they often take a whipping during a relocation. Remove each shade; stack them small to large, put them together in one box to guarantee they land whole.

10. Label everything
Mark every box with its contents and destination for a faster unload. Please take notice of fragile items to give them special attention.

11. Ready to go
Have everything prepared before bringing a truck or the movers arrive. Disassemble furniture as necessary, keeping track of each piece of furniture's nuts and bolts. Roll-up rugs tight and tape them off on the ends. The more prepared you are, the less time you will need the rental truck, and most movers charge by the hour.