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Moving house Moving house will never be completely hassle-free, but with a little
planning there is a lot you can do to help the day go smoothly. Lots of
our customers use Space Maker while they are moving house, for a number of reasons. Moving
house can be unpredictable - sometimes it turns out the new home isn’t quite ready
but the old home still has to be vacated. While you can often stay with
relatives or friends over the moving house period – what about your possessions?
Self storage can be the answer to this common moving house problem. Another
scenario is when the people moving house discover their new home doesn’t have
room for all of the furniture. With everything going on while moving house, there
is little time to sell or dispose of your unwanted possessions, and self storage
provides a solution. Often moving house can involve a major refit of the
new place. While you are altering and decorating your new home, it makes sense
to put your possessions into storage for protection. Moving
House Checklist - Take an inventory of everything before moving house.
- Buy
sturdy storage boxes. Moving house is tough enough without the boxes breaking!
- Label
storage boxes clearly. Moving house can be chaotic, and well-labelled boxes really
help.
- Tell everyone that you are moving house; e.g. family, friends,
employer, utilities, doctor, dentist, bank, finance companies, DVLA, subscriptions
services and clubs.
- Inform the electoral services that you are
moving house and get the register updated.
- Tell the Post Office
you are moving house and ask them to re-direct your mail.
- Take
the opportunity of moving house to return items borrowed from friends, neighbours
and libraries.
- Reserve your storage unit in advance, so it’s one
less thing to do on the day you are moving house.
- Disassemble
furniture the day before you’re moving house.
- Make an early start.
Moving house often takes longer than you think.
- Consider arranging
for someone to look after the children, as moving house can be stressful for them
too.
- Empty bins, lock windows and doors and get ready for an exciting
new chapter to begin.
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