Making Moving Easier

Making Moving Easier

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Moving house is an exciting thing to go through. It signals a new chapter in your life, maybe a fresh start, or it might even signal the expansion if your family. It can also be stressful, particularly if you have to work around your job or children.

It would be lovely if you could wake up on moving day, snap your fingers and have everything moved from your existing home to your new home. Including changing addresses, redirecting mail, and telling everyone. And as much as we would love that to happen, you would be missing out on some of the fun that comes with creating a new home – like planning, shopping, unpacking – all the things that stem from that urge to nest.

This article will show you how to make your move as seamless as possible; whether that’s by hiring movers, such as Hornet Moving, a moving company in Charlotte NC, to do the hard work so you don’t have to, or by learning how to organize your move with the right paperwork and the help of good friends. 

So, get your snapped fingers ready because it is possible to make your move so much easier than you initially thought.

Mail

Having to contact every company that sends you mail can be a daunting task. But there is a way to have all your mail redirected from the post office before it gets dispatched to your old area. This does mean paying a little, but that small price could be the difference between missing a vital piece of mail off your list and receiving everything with minimal effort.

Removal

Don’t have the stress of hiring a van and moving all those boxes and pieces of furniture – and just hire a removal team. Companies like Stevens Moving and Storage ensure the safe delivery of your things, and if any damage is caused by the team, it’s covered by their insurance. If you are moving alone, are elderly, or have any injuries or illnesses, one of the most stressful things about moving house is the amount of physical work needed. By taking this route, you can remove that and not have to worry about anything except getting yourself to the new house.

Right Agent

When you start looking for your new home, register with a few different realtors, but make sure that they come from businesses that have good reviews and ratings. The right Estate Agent will be able to find you the perfect home without you having to do hours of searching. They will also be able to handle all the financial and legal sides of things and just give you the documents and information as they go.

Savings

You can’t go through the process of moving house without having some savings tucked away. There are always going to be hidden expenses when moving house, from admin fees to items you realize you don’t have when you leave your old home.

If you’re renting, quite often it’s in your contract that you have to shampoo the carpet before you leave, and it’s a clause that is often missed resulting in the difference being deducted from the deposit. And on top of all that, you don’t want to empty your bank account when you move house, so having enough savings to cover the transition will save you so much stress.

Time Off

Most people take some time off before moving day to make sure that everything is ready to go – which is great, but when you’re at the other end and having to get back to work, you’re leaving your house containing a giant box fort. Take a week off and either split it half and half before and after the moving date. Or take it beginning the day before moving day. You will have enough time to slowly pack up your home before the move, but once you’re in you’ll want to unpack and make it homely as soon as.

Organization

This is the key to making any move easier – you have to be organized. Both with the lead-up to finding a new home, where you need to keep all the paperwork straight, and liaisons with the realtor and solicitors are relatively common. And with the move itself, you’ll want to be organized with packing and unpacking.

Enlist the help of friends and family to make things move quickly, time everything with a bit of wiggle room, so that if you’re late leaving, your old landlord or realtor isn’t waiting around for you to give them the keys. Use a labeling system on your boxes so that you know exactly what is which box – that way you know what to unpack first, so if you don’t have the time to do everything at once, at least you have easy access to all the essentials.

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