House move - hiring a van

hazyjo

It's often false economy. I'm sure I needed over 100 boxes. Not to mention several cardboard wardrobes. And tape, bubble wrap, loads of sheets of paper for wrapping, plus time and effort.

Removal bods and wrapping service for me every time. It's the last thing I would try to save money on.

skm1981

Tippytoes said:

 It’s hard work but so long as the boxes are not too heavy it goes quite quickly.

For storage at your unit it’s useful to have proper packaging boxes that are sturdy and similar sizes so they stack well. We got lots of boxes through freecycle when we still could. Also you want good parcel tape to seal everything up and lots of marker pens to write where they are going in the new house.

On the subject of boxes:
They can be really difficult to source these days.  If you are lucky enough to have a nearby Costco, you can pick up the "open top" type at the checkouts.  They stack brilliantly and are really strong.  Failing that, they sell strong packing boxes which are much cheaper than anywhere else.  Bubble wrap and tape is very cheap, too.  Hope this helps.

We've been ok for boxes luckily.  Where my husband works, they have an endless amount of boxes and the security guards have been giving them to him over the past few months, so that's one thing sorted.