Packing/Moving tips :)

LE3

Nosht wrote: »

When uplifting old carpets the easiest way to do it is by taking a Stanley Knife, or similar, & cutting the old carpet into managable sized strips which can easily be rolled up for dumping.

Do most people remove carpets when moving house then?
Personally I think the landlord may be very annoyed if I were to take these & my new house already has carpets anyway!

vein

LE3 wrote: »

Do most people remove carpets when moving house then?
Personally I think the landlord may be very annoyed if I were to take these & my new house already has carpets anyway!

Dont be ripping up the carpets, most people do not rip up the carpets when they move.

It is a handy tip though if you ever do need to rip a carpet out, one I have out into practice quite a few times

azkaban420

Hi LE3, just wanted to say, some great hints/tips/advice there. Also wanted to add (sorry if I'm repeating):

1) If you've got bulky stuff that you want to get rid off, freecycle it - put posts on freecycle.org, and usually people will email/contact you to take it off your hands gladly - saves you time to get it out of the house/trips to the tip;

2) Also make sure you have a box of essentials to go with you - tea, milk, snacks, cups, loo roll, washing up liquid, cloths and whatever else floats yer boat lol! Make sure you know where this is kept as you WILL get exhausted and WILL need your batteries recharging with refreshments etc. The last thing you want is to be rummaging around for glasses/cups to pour yourself a drink!

3) Write down/label what is in each box on every side...once they are stacked, you don't want to be clambering over them to check what's written on top/at the back/on the wrong side etc lol!

4) Get as much help as you can! It's great that your friend has offered to help, use it, and any other help you can get...the more of you there are, the quicker you can plough through the work.

That's all I can think of for now Good luck with your move!

Az

BabyBoots

Hi LE3 - good luck with the move! Having your friend help packing/chucking things out will be a great help - it is really good to have an objective person challenge you over your junk. My sister helped me halve my shoe collection by saying e.g. "so let's get this straight, these are your flat shoes you're going to wear if you're driving and it's raining and you're wearing a skirt, but when you aren't wearing your favourite flat shoes for when you're driving and it's raining and you're wearing a skirt"!

I'm decluttering ready to downsize to a smaller house, and I've also found the book "how to dejunk your life" from the TV show the life laundry very helpful in guiding you through the process room by room and by type of clutter. It might not appeal to you, but it has really helped me.

tealady

Hi
I would ask your local Council to see if they will take stuff away. Here in Brum we can have 6 items collected max 3 collections per year after that we pay. I have also left stuff on the garden with a note for people to help them selves.
When you get to your new house make the beds 1st (after unpacking the kettle, mugs and loo roll). Thats cos when the day is over, you will be knackered and the last thing you want is to have to make the bed before you can get in it.
HTH

MissyP71

Hi - I don't have any advice, except it takes so much longer than you think - well it does if you're like me and faff! I'm going to be moving soon (well hopefully still waiting on exchange) and am now inspired to start packing up more stuff. I'm a complete hoarder and have to be quite ruthless with my decluttering - oops.
Good luck with the packing though!

azkaban420

Oooh just remembered from the post above about hoarding and being ruthless - if you have trouble throwing stuff away/decluttering, think about it this way. If you didn't remember you had the item (i.e. something you find in the loft and think oooh I should really keep this) then it's not probably worth keeping if you had forgotten all about it.

Should help get rid of more stuff that you'd like to keep hold of but no point taking it with you, as you'll store it, then forget about it again!

Az

goggle

Good luck with packing - worst job in the world!

LE3

Dreamy I have no idea how you can pack a whole house in a day, it took us ALL DAY to do one room! Having siad that, there are now 10 boxes all neatly stacked and a dismantled bookcase. A small amount went to the tip, the recycling bin is half full & there's a large box to go to charity.
Today's task is the spare bedroom/office - but I'm on my own today

eileenfromplaistow

For those bits of furniture / other items you don't want, set aside a Sunday morning and put an "Offered" on Freegle. First come, first served and saves waiting around for different people at different times. (Not my idea, saw it recently). Also, we have loads of books, and we were advised to mix duvets and books in boxes to even out the weight - probably applies to other things too.