A Quick Way to Move House

There are many ways in which you can move your house quickly. Quick and easy are two words one sadly does not think of when it comes to moving house and home. Now this all depends on what you consider moving your house.
There are two ways to move your house quickly. One way is to have everything boxed. Every little knick knack and item all wrapped up in bubble tape and placed in a box. Then that leaves just your large furniture to move. Rent your moving vehicle and don't be afraid of renting a vehicle that may be too big. You can never have enough room when moving your house and home.
Also remember to use one size of box for everything you pack. This is a perfect way to make sure that all your boxes will fit in the moving truck snug and secure. Loading a truck is the most difficult part of the moving experience. However, always keep in mind, like a giant jigsaw puzzle, everything has a place. This ensures that all the boxed items are in the back of the truck when loaded first. Then you place all your furniture in the truck behind the boxes. Doing this will secure not only the boxed items in the back of the vehicle but also allow you to secure the furniture with straps and bungees before closing the door. This way the furniture comes out first when you unload at your new home.
The second way to move your house fast is to just pick it up and relocate it. Now this is not a joke, you can relocate your entire home. Although there is some major planning which goes into this, not only do you have to secure all the items inside the house. Tie down the furniture and still box all the small breakable items for the move. You also have to remember to have all the utilities turned off and the plumbing disconnected from the house. Moving an entire house is quick but as stated not so easy. In your new location you need to have your foundation already set, all the piped and utility connections need to be established for when the house arrives and is placed on the new foundation.
No matter what method you want to choose, these two options should make your moving experience pass by quickly and smoothly without so much as a hang up.

A Guide to Cleaning When Moving House

When you prepare to move into your new home, you will need to make sure you have a moving house cleaning plan in place for both your old and new residence. The plan should consist of cleaning activities for each room of the house so that you can ensure that any dust and dirt are properly washed away so that you can enjoy your new home.
The Kitchen
High on the list of your moving house cleaning plan, should be cleaning the kitchen. Considering all the food preparation and cooking that gets done, it is essential to disinfect every surface. It's also worth cleaning the cupboards and cabinets of any marks that may have been caused by cans and other sharp objects.
You should also thoroughly clean all appliances, particularly the refrigerator and microwave - preferably before you move in. The chances of cleaning it after you've moved in to your new home are slim considering it's likely you would be exhausted from all the unpacking and storing.
The Bathroom and Toilet
Next on your cleaning list should be to focus on the bathroom and toilet. Disinfect and clean every surface as you did with the kitchen, and take special care to clean the floors. Check inside closets and cabinets to ensure that everything has been removed, and clean the walls if necessary. Once done, tick it off your moving house cleaning plan.
The Bedrooms
If the bedroom floors are carpeted at your old address and you were living there on a lease, you may be contractually obligated to have them steam cleaned. Chances are you will need to show proof of cleaning to the landlord or their real estate agent. So hiring a professional carpet cleaning service would be essential.
Apart from that, make note in your moving house cleaning plan to also scrub the walls of any scuff marks as well as any built-in-wardrobes, if the bedrooms have them.
The Living Areas
In the living areas, make sure to clean all the floors thoroughly and hire a professional domestic cleaning service if necessary. You can then focus on the walls and the fireplace (if you have one). After these areas have been cleaned, you can look at any small crevices where dirt may have become trapped.
Having a plan for home cleaning will assist you greatly in organising and conducting effectively the necessary house cleaning duties when you move house.

Moving House - A Simple Action Plan

While many people say that selling a house is the most stressful thing, others will say that it is moving house that makes them fret. All the worry of all your possessions getting from one place to another, all packed into one long day of fun! However like most things, if you plan ahead and think carefully about what is coming up, then there is no reason why the stress should take over.
Preparation
Once you know you have completed on the new house, or your notice period of tenancy has been accepted, it is time to plan your move.
Before you start browsing online for storage or removal companies, you need to ascertain what you are and are not going to keep hold of. We all generally have 'clutter' that we've kept hold of over the years, and much of it can be reduced after a thoughtful clearout. So review your possessions and work out what you can eliminate from the move. Then you need to decide if you are going to make the move yourself or whether to hire professionals. This can be quite a decision as there are of course many pros and cons. While being quite expensive (when you add it to all the other costs associated with moving), it does ensure that on the day all you need to is get to the new house and enjoy the fruits of others labour!
Of course though, some will not want strangers moving their things, or will feel that with a concerted effort from the family, it can all be done in a day anyway.
However make this decision early and if required, get the company booked as soon as you can.
Remember also that you may wish to have the first day at the new house as a time to fully clean it. Nowhere feels like home until you have gone over it with a duster, so you may want to leave the first day to cleaning prior to moving.
Action
Now it is time to do things. Before you start the packing, make sure you have all the 'admin' taken care of. You do not want to call the electricity company for a final account to only find you've packed the last bill with your account number!
Make sure you call all the necessary suppliers to your house and arrange such things as change of addresses and also redirects on your post.
If you have a young family or pets, it is wise to have then 'offsite'. For the day of the move, you really only want to be worrying about the move itself, nothing more.
Pack it up
When packing, all you need is forethought, it's not a science and it can be organised with common sense, however make sure you have given it some consideration:
Equipment - make sure you have all the boxes you will need. Get packing tape, bubble wrap, newspaper, marker pens etc. You can of course box the items within the room they come from as you pack and then label the boxes (as well as remembering to seal and package the well!). If the house you are moving to is empty, make sure you leave a room plan for the removal company so that they can understand which room relates to which.
Remember to pack in a manner that will be useful to unpacking. Having things like tea bags or toothbrushes at the bottom of a box won't go down well when you want to 'have a cuppa before we unpack'.
Make sure that things such as bed sheets, clean clothes and some food and drink are easy to get to.
Moving Day
If you have hired professionals who have either been storing your possessions or will be completing the move, then you have little to overly concern yourself with. Most companies will arrive, start the move, and complete the move and leave, leaving it to you to simply unpack.
If however you are completing the move yourself, it's a day to be up early and ready for action. Remember, bend at the knee, take adequate breaks and be careful! It's all effort and keeping calm, and before you know it, you're home!

Tips on Moving House from a Serial Mover

Moving house is reputed to be among the top three most stressful things the average human being goes through during life. The most stressful thing is bereavement, the second is divorce and the third is moving house. Sometimes, the top two experiences swap around in the stress polls, but always moving house comes in as a strong contender for third place.
So what, you might say. Well, I have moved house more than seventy times during my life and I suspect I will move once or twice more before I finally shuffle off my mortal coil. This could account for my reputation for being slightly mad. I have learned one or two useful lessons along the way which might help to pave the road for those of you who are considering the Big M.
The first thing is to spring clean thoroughly. This sounds poor advice since you are about to vacate the family home and it is gong to get filthy in the process, but in fact if you turn out your belongings, throw away the stuff you no longer wish to live with, and clean the furniture in the process, your job at the other end will be far easier.
Whilst cleaning, organize any collections you might have into boxes so the things which are not urgently required when you get to your destination can be stored somewhere, in that way you can unpack them at leisure. Label everything clearly on the side and the top and instruct your packers or removal company that boxes or cartons must be stacked at destination with the label showing. Mark your boxes for whatever room you want them in at destination, such as Dining Room, Bedroom 2, Kitchen etc. If you are really efficient, go one step further and number the boxes according to the priority in which they will be needed.
Unearth carrying cages for your pets and make sure they are clean and ready for use. Items which are not fragile or too heavy can be packed into drawers. There is no point in the removal company stacking empty drawers, so make use of them. Remember not to put anything precious in open drawers, though.
Pick two or three DVDs which the children like and tape them to the side of the television or the top of the DVD player. When you get to your new home, ask your husband to set up the television and DVD player straight away, so the children are amused and happy while you deal with the chaos of organizing boxes and setting up a working kitchen. Packing a few emergency amusements for the children can buy you a whole lot of available time for the important stuff in your new home.
Pack an emergency kit for your arrival. This kit should include:
The kettle, plus cups, coffee and tea bags, can opener and corkscrew, cutlery, sugar, milk and emergency snack food. If you have pets, remember you will need their dishes straight away.
A separate box containing enough linen for the family beds for that first night.
Towels soap, shampoo and toothpaste.
Hot water bottles (sometimes new houses are cold until the central heating gets going).
Any medicines that need to be taken on a daily basis.
Pack some family clothes and other essentials as you would for a two day holiday, into suitcases. That way you have emergency clothes for everyone until you get around to unpacking into wardrobes.
Pack valuables such as jewelry into bags that travel with you, do not entrust them to anyone else. The same goes for all of the family documentation that is absolutely vital, such as passports, medical cards, etc. If you have been efficient enough to complete an inventory, remember to keep it with you.
Try not to do what I did once, arrive at your new home hours after the removal vehicle, and then have to pay an enormous fee for extra time because the removal staff could not gain access. Remember also not to bury the keys to your new home at the bottom of a packing crate. Check you have all the keys you need, such as garage, garden stores, boiler house, or roof space.
Do not pack the essential cleaning materials you will need to spruce up the house you are vacating. You will need to clean it for the new owners, so remember to set aside the vacuum cleaner and other necessary cleaning items such as cloths, spray polish and bleach until the last moment. I always donate to the new owner a clean towel, new soap in the bathroom, and new toilet rolls in all the bathrooms. I have always managed to remain friends with the people who buy my houses and I am sure that is the reason!
Some people display the most revolting behavior when moving house. I bought a home in the South of England once and the day I moved in, I disturbed the ex owner while she was busy stripping the apple trees of every single piece of fruit. She and her husband were packing them into a large box and muttering something about how they had grown them so why shouldn’t they take them. Why indeed. I suspect she was prepared to make herself ill eating apples rather than leave a single one for someone else.
Another lady decided to leave behind all the furniture she had agreed to sell to other people, in the house after she had moved! She left instructions for me about who was to have what, and when she would be coming to collect the money they were going to pay for it! She said it was easier for her that way. Aaaagh!
In England I believe it is actually illegal to leave a house without a single working light bulb when you vacate a house, but this does not stop some people from removing every single one! Stunning isn’t it! I am one of those people who leave behind quite a lot of comforts for new owners and I also leave my houses spotlessly clean. I always think how lovely it must be to enter a new home smelling of lavender and pine disinfectant, because I always manage to inherit disgustingly dirty houses, with filthy toilets and about twenty years of dust, grease and grime clinging to every room.
I must be house hunting in the wrong circles. Set aside a room for your pets in which to recover. Set aside another room for yourself in which to recover. Enjoy your new home.

Jan Gamm writes reflections on life with an emphasis on world travel. She has lived in many countries and traveled extensively in the Far East, the Middle East, America, South America and throughout the South Pacific. She writes for fun and for money whenever she can manage it.

Moving House With Your Cat

Moving house is a stressful time for the whole family, and often it is our pets who suffer the most. Cats are especially susceptible to the stress of moving house, as they are normally family animals and like to be involved; the confusion of moving house can be very traumatic for them.
There are however a few things you can do to make the move a little less disturbing for your cat.
When you start to empty and box up the contents of the house, start with one room first and completely empty it. When you have done this, put the cats' bed, toys, food, litter tray and a lockable carrier in the room. Having the lockable carrier in the room, will make it less intimidating for the cat when it needs to use it for the journey. Introduce your cat to this room, as it will be its home for the next few weeks. Although the room will be empty, your cat should be quite happy as it contains the things your cat is used to seeing such as its bed. The good thing about using this empty room is that should you need to keep the cat away from something (when you are moving house a curious cat might jump in to a box being packed), you cat should not be upset as it is used to going in to the room.
When you have moved house, your cat should be your first priority. Find an empty room and place all the same items in it as you had in the empty room before. This will be your cats room for the unpacking time. Only let your cat out once the entire house is unpacked and sorted out. Your cat will want to explore the house, however it may be nervous of the new surroundings, so talk soothingly to it, and try to calm it. Also make sure you show the cat where its food bowl and litter tray are. Your cat will then being to explore the house by itself.
If you let your cat outside, try not to let it out too soon. Make sure your cat is used to the new house first, otherwise it may run away. Let the cat in to the garden in short, supervised intervals, and when your cat seems happy with the garden and how to get back in to the house, you can happily let your cat go and explore its new territory. Once you move, you need to remember to update the contact details on your cats collar, should your cat get lost in your new neighbourhood, people will need to be able to contact you.

Moving House - Choosing a Removal Company

Are you in the process of moving house and looking for a reliable Removal Company to help you move house. This always seems to be a big problem for families, couples and singles moving house, what removal company to use. There are so many companies offering a reliable service at competitive prices but some are dreadful, they don't take care of your belongings, things get broken, lost and or damaged.
Points to look for when choosing a Removal Company:
o Transparent Pricing - this gives you a full breakdown of all the costs from moving and transporting your belongings.
o Quality Assurance - have regulations in place and work to the British Standards ISO.
o Vehicle Tracking - you can track the vehicle in which your belongings are in for security.
o Full Liability Cover - this ensures your belongings are covered from the start of your move to the end.
Those points will offer you more than peace and mind, what happens if your belongings did get broken, lost or damaged and there was no liability cover. This would mean you wouldn't receive a replacement or it fixed by the Removal Company you would have to pay for it yourselves and why should you when you didn't break it.
If you're moving abroad from the UK you really need to make sure you do choose a well known removal company who has been recommended to you or has a good reputation. Moving abroad can be stressful enough let alone with problems of moving your furniture and belongings over there. You need to feel happy with your choice of Removal Company and get on with them. Some removal companies have contacts with border control and shipping and also removal companies in the location you're moving too. This helps you, border and shipping paperwork for your belongings etc. can be complicated and an experienced removal company will be able to help you fill the correct forms in and make the move more smoothly. Having them know removal companies in the location you are moving too helps in case the vehicle in which your belongings and furniture are in can't access your property as it may be too big. The removal company would then be able to get help from a local removal company with smaller vehicles which can access your property.
If you hate the thought of having to pack all your belongings up, make a list/inventory and then unpack it all on the other side then why not ask your removal company if they offer this service. Most removal companies now offer a packing and unpacking service. They may be able to pack and box your belongings safely and securely making an inventory list along the way (what's in each box etc.) and when you reach your destination they will unpack all of your items check them off on your inventory list and then clear away all of the rubbish for you. This service not only helps you save time but also stress as well, so why not ask your removal company today.
If you're moving out of your house, you may not be moving into another property straight away, you may be going travelling or moving in with your parents. Whatever your circumstances you may like to think about storage for your belongings. Many removal companies offer storage solutions now where you pay a monthly rental fee for using a unit. The units come in a variety of sizes it all depends on the amount of belongings you want to store. So ask your removal company if they offer Storage solutions.
Just remember a reliable and experienced Removal Company will take the stress away from your move from house to house so why wait, contact a Removal Company today!

How To Move House Efficiently

Anyone who has moved house will undoubtedly say that it can be quite a stressful and tiresome thing to do. Moving house is not something we all do every day and as such there may be many aspects that will contribute to an efficient house move that we simply do not immediately think of.
Millions of people move into new home every day and it is rarely something that we look forward to. The idea of being firmly settled in our new homes is a wonderfully encouraging idea but the path we have to take to get there is often the last thing we want to think about. We often spend a large chunk of time worrying about what we might forget; who we won't get around to telling, if everything will go smoothly during the move and so on. In reality, with careful planning and preparation, you can eliminate most of the stress.
Efficiently moving house needs almost military precision and organisation. You can never have too many lists of things to do so pull out the paper and pen and make sure you have enough time devoted to your preparation stage. Make lists of the people and organisations to inform about your move, make a list of the relatives and friends you may want to send a card to with your new address details and make a list of items you think you can pack first.
Stock up with packing materials and make sure you have a variety of boxes of all sizes and shapes. If you are unsure about how many you need, if you have given yourself enough time, you should be able to make a start on the packing and also be able to pick up more boxes if you need them.
Get friends and family involved. Enlist their help with your packing and give each person strict instructions about what is to be packed where and also how. If you find you have items you no longer need, you can also pass them on to others while they are helping you out, killing two birds with one stone.
Make sure everyone has a thick marker pen and a pad of paper to note down what is in the boxes and any notes needed that will help you when you begin to unpack at the other end.
Lastly, try not to worry about your move. There may always be something we overlook but if you have attempted to be as prepared as possible, there's every chance you will have an efficient and happy move.