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purplebutterfly

AdrianC said:

You would expect them to pack it according to the room they found it in...

So if your cereal bowls are in the bathroom - they're going in a box from the bathroom to the new bathroom. Complete with spot-welded cornflakes and dried-out milk.

I get what you are saying.

I was thinking more about things like ornaments and whether they put them all in room-assigned boxes or do a general "all the ornaments and knick knacks in the house" box. 

 Plus my bathroom toiletries, toilet rolls etc are all currently in a chest of drawers in the dining room due to there being no storage in the bathroom.  Not everything is where it SHOULD be    and the bathroom in my new place is even smaller - so DEFINTELY no space for cereal bowls!!!

zagubov

Don't hesitate to use the removal company's packing service. It'll be the best money you'll have ever spent.

Mickey666

purplebutterfly said:

AdrianC said:

You would expect them to pack it according to the room they found it in...

So if your cereal bowls are in the bathroom - they're going in a box from the bathroom to the new bathroom. Complete with spot-welded cornflakes and dried-out milk.

I get what you are saying.

I was thinking more about things like ornaments and whether they put them all in room-assigned boxes or do a general "all the ornaments and knick knacks in the house" box. 

 Plus my bathroom toiletries, toilet rolls etc are all currently in a chest of drawers in the dining room due to there being no storage in the bathroom.  Not everything is where it SHOULD be    and the bathroom in my new place is even smaller - so DEFINTELY no space for cereal bowls!!!

In my experience the packers pack everything in a room into boxes that stay in that room until the actual removals van arrives to load everything into the vans/lorries.  So it's up to you to label the boxes with what room contents they contain and where you want them to be put in the new house.

Scotbot

purplebutterfly said:

AdrianC said:

You would expect them to pack it according to the room they found it in...

So if your cereal bowls are in the bathroom - they're going in a box from the bathroom to the new bathroom. Complete with spot-welded cornflakes and dried-out milk.

I get what you are saying.

I was thinking more about things like ornaments and whether they put them all in room-assigned boxes or do a general "all the ornaments and knick knacks in the house" box. 

 Plus my bathroom toiletries, toilet rolls etc are all currently in a chest of drawers in the dining room due to there being no storage in the bathroom.  Not everything is where it SHOULD be    and the bathroom in my new place is even smaller - so DEFINTELY no space for cereal bowls!!!

They pack and label the box with  the room and a brief description so I guess that would be dining room toiletries.

On a side note don't you find it inconvenient to get out the shower and go downstairs soaking wet for a new bottle of shampoo? There are some clever storage solutions you may want to check out...

SaintJudy

You're overthinking it a bit, just get them to do the packing as it is and sort it out the other end with all the energy you'll have saved from not having to have had to pack it yourself  

purplebutterfly

Scotbot said:

On a side note don't you find it inconvenient to get out the shower and go downstairs soaking wet for a new bottle of shampoo? There are some clever storage solutions you may want to check out...

Currently in a 3 bed maisonette and the dining room is next door to the bathroom. It's just a case of making sure there is a new bottle put in the shower before the old one runs out! 

Also, it is absolutely my fault that I need a whole separate storage area as I could probably set up shop with the amount of toiletries I have.  

TBagpuss

I used the removal firm's packing service last time I moved, and I would definitely do it again.

They packed by room, so things went into boxes based on where they were in the old house, and the boxes were labelled with the relevant room. Since I have  a LOT of books, I did where possible add to the labelling as they packed, so that I could add 'Books - Jane Austen + classics'   or 'Books - Diana Wynne Jones'  rather than having 30 boxes that just said 'Living Room' 

If you can, try to declutter before you move - it saves money as there's less to shift, and you can take the opportunity to get rid of things you no longer need / want. 

On moving day, label the stuff you DON'T want them to pack - for instance, I kept back a box of cleaning things and the vacuum cleaner, so I could do the final clean once the furniture was in the van (in my case they packed almost everything the night before the move, leaving the bed, 1 chair and some kitchen stuff to the morning which worked really well.) I also had a separate box with essentials such as mugs, 1 set of crockery and cutlery, tea, coffee and biscuits, spare light bulbs, soap, toilet roll and hand towel,  and a small case with night stuff in, so that I had the essentials.

As others have said, they will pack everything - last time my parents moved they packed the food waste / compost caddy because it was in the kitchen, even though technically it belongs to the council and should have been left behind for the new occupants, and in my case there was one black bag of rubbish which I had forgotten to bring downstairs to put in the bin! 

In my view, it's definitely well worth the extra cost. 

I did put folded towels or pillowcases over the top of the drawers my underwear was is (they took the drawers out of the chests of  of drawers etc to move them, but the stuff in the drawers remained in the drawers) , partly as I felt slightly uncomfortable at a group of men seeing my underwear but mostly as I thought it meant there was less risk of anything falling out when it was being moved, but I'm sure they've seen it all before. 

Marvel1

Scotbot said:

purplebutterfly said:

AdrianC said:

You would expect them to pack it according to the room they found it in...

So if your cereal bowls are in the bathroom - they're going in a box from the bathroom to the new bathroom. Complete with spot-welded cornflakes and dried-out milk.

I get what you are saying.

I was thinking more about things like ornaments and whether they put them all in room-assigned boxes or do a general "all the ornaments and knick knacks in the house" box. 

 Plus my bathroom toiletries, toilet rolls etc are all currently in a chest of drawers in the dining room due to there being no storage in the bathroom.  Not everything is where it SHOULD be    and the bathroom in my new place is even smaller - so DEFINTELY no space for cereal bowls!!!

They pack and label the box with  the room and a brief description so I guess that would be dining room toiletries.

On a side note don't you find it inconvenient to get out the shower and go downstairs soaking wet for a new bottle of shampoo? There are some clever storage solutions you may want to check out...

I do the same, you simply get a new one when old one is close to empty before you bathe/shower.

AdrianC

Marvel1 said:

Scotbot said:

purplebutterfly said:

AdrianC said:

You would expect them to pack it according to the room they found it in...

So if your cereal bowls are in the bathroom - they're going in a box from the bathroom to the new bathroom. Complete with spot-welded cornflakes and dried-out milk.

I get what you are saying.

I was thinking more about things like ornaments and whether they put them all in room-assigned boxes or do a general "all the ornaments and knick knacks in the house" box. 

 Plus my bathroom toiletries, toilet rolls etc are all currently in a chest of drawers in the dining room due to there being no storage in the bathroom.  Not everything is where it SHOULD be    and the bathroom in my new place is even smaller - so DEFINTELY no space for cereal bowls!!!

They pack and label the box with  the room and a brief description so I guess that would be dining room toiletries.

On a side note don't you find it inconvenient to get out the shower and go downstairs soaking wet for a new bottle of shampoo? There are some clever storage solutions you may want to check out...

I do the same, you simply get a new one when old one is close to empty before you bathe/shower.

Such is the theory...

How many times have I thought "Must bring another shower gel over - this one's near empty" for a week before "Oh, bumhats. It's empty, and I didn't bring a new one in."

My favourite is getting out of the shower, reaching for the towel, and remember the old ones are in the washing machine and I didn't bring new ones over yet...

Rdwill

Another thumbs up for the packers. Of all the thousands I had to pay to 'useless overheads' such as estate agent, conveyancer etc etc. The couple of hundred quid for a guy to pack the house up the day before we moved was the best money I spent.

We had to take beds apart (including my sons 'cabin bed' to get them out of rooms, they did that and put them back together at the other end.

Yes, they did pack waste bins containing rubbish, but their job is not to think about it, it is to put everything in that room in a box.

Job Done.