Packing Up: Making Your Move Easier

OverviewPlanning for a move requires more than just throwing all your stuff in a few boxes and waiting for the movers to pile it in a truck.

If you organize your items and think about how they’ll fit into your new home, the packing process can actually make your move easier.

By carefully planning how you pack, you can avoid unnecessary costs and hassles that can make an already stressful event even more frustrating.

Why Planning Is Needed For Packing and Moving

Homeowners lose substantial amounts of money each year in additional moving fees and damages to their possessions because they fail to properly pack and plan their move. Taking a few minutes to plan your move – deciding how items need to be packed and where they should go when you arrive – will help you reap significant savings in labor costs for movers and in lost or broken items.

Develop A Checklist

When planning your move, develop a checklist of all the items you are moving. This will help you keep track of your items and ensure that nothing is damaged or goes missing.A checklist also helps to organize your items into groups, making sorting them for packing and transferring them to the appropriate place in your new home easier.

Label Your Boxes

For items you are packing, label your boxes so that you can keep up with the contents of each box as the movers are loading the truck. Labeled boxes also make it easier to stay organized when you arrive at your new home. You can use the labels to determine where each box should go, saving you a lot of time.

Develop A Floor Plan

To save time and trouble when you arrive at your new home, develop a floor plan of the new residence and list which boxes and furniture need to go where. A floor plan will reduce the amount of time you or your movers will spend putting your items in the right place at the new residence.

 Think About What You’re Putting In Boxes

By optimizing how you fill your boxes, you can ensure that your items aren’t damaged, that you or your movers aren’t stuck moving boxes that are too heavy or awkward and that everything is easily accessible when you arrive at your new home.Be sure to:• Limit boxes to no more than 35 lbs., if possible.• Use sturdy boxes that close.• Avoid mixing items from different rooms in the same box.• Provide cushioning within the box.

Professional PackingIf the prospect of sorting all your worldly goods, wrapping the fragile items in newspaper or Styrofoam, boxing up everything and labeling boxes doesn’t sound like the ideal way to spend your time, you may want to consider letting your mover handle the organization and packing of your items. Moving professionals can help ensure your items are safely and securely stored and can organize your move to make it go much more smoothly. It also saves you much of the grunt work involved in moving.

 About Kloke

Kloke Group offers moving and storage options for clients in the Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Tidewater areas.

Whether you’re moving your home or business, moving around the corner or across the world, Kloke can provide moving solutions that fit your individual needs.Visit us at http://www.kloke.com or call us today at a location nearest to you:

Tidewater - 757-320-1189 Richmond - 804-201-9221Manassas - 571-921-4563 Fredericksburg - 540-322-2270