The moving process, boxes etc

ChilliBob

Some really good tips there, thanks. My concern with our son is he'll start to unpack stuff and mix boxes up! But we'll be able to deal with that.

I think next port of call is removal firms to understand their costs and offer.

We also have a sofa bed, upstairs (shudder) we want to get rid of prior to moving. I was thinking some charities might take it? I'm sure they did in my deceased Aunt's house a little while back. 

pinkteapot

Sofa bed - try local charities who do furniture collection (British Heart Foundation have an online booking system). If they won’t collect heavy furniture from upstairs then advertise it for free on your local Facebook selling group - dead easy to get rid of furniture for free/cheap on there. 

pinkteapot

Sofa bed - try local charities who do furniture collection (British Heart Foundation have an online booking system). If they won’t collect heavy furniture from upstairs then advertise it for free on your local Facebook selling group - dead easy to get rid of furniture for free/cheap on there. 

MovingForwards

If you're on FB then offer unwanted things for free, there's always people after things as they've just moved, or started over following a relationship breakdown etc.

Charity shops need to have the fire label on furniture and it's also waiting to see if they are taking things, then when they can collect it.

Boxes - on the top  KITCHEN, FRAGILE, crockery. BATHROOM, toiletries. BEDROOM 1, misc, etc on all sides crockery, toiletries etc Instantly I could see what was to go where, or what box I needed to get and unpack.

I used a local removal company, a step up from man and a van as there were a few vans and people. I emailed for a quote, listed furniture / bulky items / freezer, how many boxes and book boxes, bags etc, said from and to areas, flat floor to flat floor and they priced it up, including disassembly and reassembly of bed. Booking was made after exchange of contract (conclusion of missives).
For ease, I had gathered things into the rooms and on moving day it was a case of going into each room and saying all that lot. The guys nodded and got on with it, this was about 6 weeks into the original lockdown.

Tried the local chippy that night.

Irishpearce26

Having recently moved i would invest in new boxes, getting boxes from shops and people is messy. Either dirty, broken or not the size you need. I probably spent £50 on boxes but you can then flat pack them and keep them for storage or for the next move or re-sell them.

Irishpearce26

ChilliBob said:

Some really good tips there, thanks. My concern with our son is he'll start to unpack stuff and mix boxes up! But we'll be able to deal with that.

I think next port of call is removal firms to understand their costs and offer.

We also have a sofa bed, upstairs (shudder) we want to get rid of prior to moving. I was thinking some charities might take it? I'm sure they did in my deceased Aunt's house a little while back. 

Moved with our 3.5 year old, talk to them and explain whats going on. they are smarter than we think. My son was great, he even packed his own box. Also invest in good tape, gorilla packing tape was great. Your child will not get into the box with this tape.

youth_leader

And don't forget to put the first aid box in your car.  Dropped something on my toe first night I moved in, blood everywhere and I had no idea where it was.

Redwino222

Amazon has great colour coded stickers for each room.  You don’t have to rely on the movers remembering the second bedroom on yellow - it says second bedroom on a big yellow sticker.  I will put a sticker on each door when we get there.

I have twenty boxed packed.  Sticker on each - plus a description of what’s in there.

Resisting the temptation to have a general stuff box, I am decluttering like mad.  I will have no belongings left but it’s amazing!  Donated five bin bags full of clothes that even if I became deathly ill and was therefore thin enough to wear them, they would be incredibly out of fashion🙁

csgohan4

Good thing about packing yourself, is you get to see how much clutter you have accumulated and you can start to declutter, donate, throw away at your local recycle centre e.t.c

ChilliBob

pinkteapot said:

Sofa bed - try local charities who do furniture collection (British Heart Foundation have an online booking system). If they won’t collect heavy furniture from upstairs then advertise it for free on your local Facebook selling group - dead easy to get rid of furniture for free/cheap on there. 

Thanks, we will for sure get on the case with that. Getting it down the stairs is a little scsry but hey ho, got to be done!