subject: Efficient Packing For Removals [print this page] If you are organised from the very beginning of your moving process, the unpacking of your new home might be easier than first anticipated.
You might want to consider packing up room by room. Many start their packing organised and calm, feeling they have plenty of time before the moving day, but all of the sudden you only have a week left and it seems like all your packing efforts were nothing. All attempts at organisation often go out the window at this point. However, if you pack up your home room by room from the very beginning you will not be left with this problem. This will also allow you to keep similar items together. All the bedding will be in the same bag, and all the little knickknack you keep on your night stand or next to the bed will be in the same place. When you are unpacking this can save you enormous amounts of time.
And instead of running around like a headless chicken when you are packing up your home you can stay in one room and maintain your efficiency. It also makes it easier for the removals company as they can keep all the boxes that are going in to the same rooms in your new home together. Write clearly on the boxes and bags where they are going in the new house and the amount of boxes you have to move again once moved in will be reduced.
Make sure you label all the boxes. Do not just write the room they are going in, write what is in them. Do not worry about the removals company reading this as they have seen it all before, and you do not have to get too detailed. But make sure you mark of what is where. This will save you from rumbling through boxes the night before you are moving just to find that hairbrush, or that document you really need for your bank visit. It might be a good idea to type up these lists and tape them only your boxes. If you are planning your move well in advance you can use these lists as a packing list and tick items off as you place them in the right box. This can be especially good if your children are helping with the packing up of their own rooms. This will ensure that all their items are in the right box and when they want their favourite teddy bear you know exactly where it is.
Having the kids involved can also help them stay out of the removal companys way on the moving day. The lists you have printed out are also a great way of having a database of all your stuff on your computer. This will allow you to quickly search for items that you cannot remember where you packed, saving you a lot of time and frustration.
