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Moving residences commands weeks of careful planning and execution. However, it is natural for homeowners to miss out on important tasks associated with a move given the stress and chaos that often accompany it. That being said, it is important to keep a checklist of all your ‘things to do’ to ensure that your move is smooth and comfortable. To make things easier for you, we here have a list of important things that people often forget to do while moving to a new home.
Hiring a reliable moving company
Given the fact that it is complicated task that involves the safety and security of your cherished personal belongings, moving is best left to the professional movers. You must take your time in researching and obtaining references from your friends and family to ensure that you hire a reliable and competent moving company that can safely handle the moving process. Avoid making impulsive decisions while hiring a mover as it might cost your dearly in terms of both the moving expenses as well as potential damage to or loss of your expensive belongings.
Segregating your essentials
In the hurry of packing the items, homeowners often forget to create a separate box for essential items that they might need immediately after arriving at the new place of residence. There are several important items such as toiletries, smartphone chargers, identity cards, pet food, kitchen essentials, towels, flashlight, toilet paper, blankets and so on that you are might need on the very first night at your new home. As such, you must create a separate essentials box to avoid the hassles of opening up all your cartons searching for a toothbrush.
Labeling the cartons
Another important detail that most homeowners tend to forget amidst the entire chaos of making a move is properly labeling the packaged goods. While your moving company will help pack up your personal belongings, it is your responsibility to ensure that the packages are all properly marked with details of their respective contents. While it might seem like a trivial mistake, it can end up causing you a lot of trouble down the line. Chances are that you wouldn’t take to unpacking all your boxes right after you drop in at your new address. By labeling your boxes, you can easily unpack the ones that you need right away. Also, all the boxes that contain any breakable items must be properly marked ‘fragile’ to ensure that they are handled with greater care by the movers during the shipment.
Arrange for the extras
Moving to a new home can imply major changes to one’s lifestyle, especially if they are downsizing. And even if you are planning to move to a bigger space, you might not need a lot of irrelevant junk that was anyway hoarded up inside the attic of your current home. However, there are many people who do not bother segregating items on the basis of the useful and needless and end up spending a lot on shipping items that are eventually going to end up in the bin. As such, it is a smart idea to do away with all the unnecessary clutter before you start packing for the move. Doing this will not only save you the hassle of hauling additional boxes but also ensure that your new home looks tidy and organized.
Take care of memberships, rentals and such
Given the fact that there is always a lot of work associated with both the preparation and execution of a move, the homeowners often end up forgetting about winding up any existing affairs associated with their previous place of residence. You must apply for a cancellation or transfer of any club or gym memberships before making the move to your new home. Also, if there are any borrowed rentals such as any library books, DVDs or other items, you must duly return them before the move. Doing this will ensure that you do not have any unnecessary subscription charges adding up in your account even if you are no longer using the services.
Redirecting your mail
Another important aspect that most homeowners forget dealing with is getting their address changed with the local postal services. Since it is not an attractive prospect to run around government offices, redirecting one’s mail to the new home address often ends up on the low priority list. However, neglecting the task of changing your address in the government postal records can end up as a huge mistake especially when your important and confidential mail have already been sent to your old address and you need a redelivery for the same.
While hiring a reliable moving company is likely to take the major sting out of this treacherous ordeal, it is worthwhile to plan the process well in advance to ensure a successful and hassle-free household move.