Moving House Essentials Box / Survival Kit

ilikewatch

RedBlue wrote: »

What things did you really want/need on your moving day?

A half competent conveyancer and estate agent would have been top of my list, closely followed by a buyer and vendor with some sense of urgency, morals and common decency...

Slinky_Malinky

Some paracetamol and plasters, just in case. Hand soap.

meeps

cleaning wipes, drinks and snacks, notepad and pen for to do list/snagging list, bin bags/recycling sacks for getting rid of packaging, the local paper if its a different area to find out what goes on?

escortg3

If you are taking it around on the day they move then a Flask of hot water, Instant coffee sachets with creamer already in. Pen, paper. toilet roll and paracetamol. Also some bottles of juice and some sandwhiches & fruit. Packet of biscuits and depending on the cooking facilities perhaps take a slow cooker round with a meal in or a cottage pie for the oven for the evening.

CupOfChai

If you're putting a bottle of wine in, make sure that either it's a screw top or you also put in a corkscrew.

mummyroysof3

We are putting our house up for sale this week so will keep an eye on this to male a list of what to pack in 1 box together....wine is top of the list so far :rotfl:

pigpen

Handcream... all that shifting and cleaning I was desperate and couldn't find the box I packed it in.

When you move.. Job 1.. build the beds!!! Nothing else matters so long as you can go to bed on the night!

You have a box marked 'kettle' with the essential drinks stuff and some sandwiches/biscuits/crisps to hand so you can have a cuppa and life is complete.

MrsAtobe

Some things from recent experience: Gloves to protect their hands from the boxes, the travel first aid kit also got used a lot. A extra pair of scissors, so that more than one person can open boxes (our neighbours when they moved in ended up borrowing ours, luckily we had spares ).

daska

Just think what the basic necessities of life are. Food and drink, warmth, light and somewhere to sleep... so...

plates (can be paper)
mugs
glasses
cutlery

kettle
thermos of hot water (just in case)
tea/coffee
milk
sugar
bottled water
juice
(bottle of wine)
mugs/glasses

take away/delivery menus (and cash so they can have it delivered!)
snacks - pasties, bag of apples, nuts, hobnobs?

jumpers and blankets (you can't be sure the heating will be working!)

lamp
candles and matches
lightbulbs

bedclothes
nightshirts
hot water bottles

phone
mobile phone charger!
(credit if PAYG)

scissors
tape
kitchen cleaner
scourer
bleach
antiseptic
plasters

numbers for estate agent, solicitor, local police, doctor etc

Callie22

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

When we mvoed last year it took me ages to find where one of us had hidden the duvet covers. We had to use sleeping bags for a few days.

Whenever we move I change the bedding and then roll it up and bag it. The first job I do (after cleaning the bedroom) is to set the bed up - that way I know there's somewhere comfy to go at the end of a long day!