Packing/Moving tips :)

Owain_Moneysaver

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Document storage boxes from stationery suppliers. Usually supplied flat packed, get the decent ones and they'll swallow loads of heavy stuff. They come with lids, so you can stack them easily, and when you're done they fold flat so you can keep them for next time (and clutter up the house with them!)

Alternatively any office will throw out gazillions of strong cardboard boxes + lids that A4 paper comes in (5 x 500 sheet). Somewhere like a print room would easily go through several boxes of paper in a day.

kprice580

Hi LE3

Hows it going hon?

Hope you've made a huge dent in your de-cluttering/packing. Keep up the good work.

Katy x

SusieT

I saw this thread when it started and I think its to blame for the major declutter and starting to pack mode I have gone into, and I have not had an offer on the house yet so even if one came in and was accepted when the estate agent opens tomorrow morning its going to be 3 months before I would be moving from here!
My clothes are down to a minimum, 9 boxes in the spare room packed, 2 kitchen cupboards cleared and empty, loads of books and other stuff taken to the charity shops, there will be a lot less to move when I do eventually go than there was last time

hairdye

iv just started packing properly, have so much more stuff than I thought! Have used suitcase for heavy stuff like books and dvds so I can wheel them in, have ran out of boxes now tho! need to go and source some more I think!

sharon1982

I know what you mean hairdye! I just started packing last night - got so much stuff. It's going to take me ages!

Lady1981

Hi all

Although not relevant to your situation LE3 (sorry!) I wanted to mention that I decluttered before the agents did their valuations. This way, our flat looks lovely and tidy and fairly de-personalised and I'm hoping it will make life easier when we do come to physically move! Fingers crossed!

Good luck with it all.

Lady xx

crusty_toenail

hey all,

we are moving in 5 weeks and hubby says we should start packing up now! I thought this was a bit early but maybe not? We have 2 young kids so maybe I will start clearing out all their junk first!

Because we are in rented I wanted to make the place clean etc so we get the full deposit back so perhaps moving everything out of one bedroom, cleaning well, then putting the stuff back in would be wise!???