Moving house, anyone offer any tips/advice?

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we're going to be moving house in the next month or so (subject to signing tommorow) just wondering if anyone on ocuk can offer some friendly advice/tips to get me through this?

This is the first "proper" move for us as our current place was our first home and as such we moved in nigh on 10 years so it was the bare minimum of stuff

just looking at my pc setup is a chore in itself eek 3 rigs and 4 monitors and 2 printers

any advice appreciated
 
i'm moving house tomorrow :p

got a mate with a van helping me (haven't got a huge amount of stuff so it's not too much hassle).

i'm just going to take my time, make sure nothing gets hammered, and have prepared in advance so i'm not rushing tomorrow.

happy moving!
 
When you're boxing stuff up, write the room you want it putting in on the box. That way, it goes straight to where you want it unpacking. Also, number the boxes, and keep a list of what's in each one.

Get a reliable moving company in, takes most of the humping and grunting out of it.
 
Don't move stuff you don't want anymore. We moved last year and have about 5 boxes in the loft / shed which have still not been opened. Might as well have taken them to the tip.

Also - Get all your major packing done at least 2 days before you move. Always something going wrong at the last minute. I would recommend starting your packing / boxing 3 weeks before you move.

If you're taking light fittings etc don't leave it till the night before to take them down and almost blow the electrics while you're at it - i may or may not have done this :D
 
Don't leave it till last minute. Allow plenty of time. You might have to make few more car trips that you think.

Get some boxes and pack all small, loose items in them (as many items as you can). It's very easy and quick to move boxes once everything is packed.

Rent a van or get a friend with a van to help you move as many items as fast as possible.
 
Throw out as much as you can (get a skip if there's a lot of stuff). Be absolutely ruthless and get rid of all that clutter.
 
I’ve just moved from a three bed house that I was living in on my own to a two bed house sharing with my girlfriend….

We decided it was crazy to have two homes, but boy…. I had to be totally ruthless with de-cluttering. As did the girlfriend…

We combined the best of what we both had, the rest was skipped or put into storage. We packed three weeks in advance, but everything into boxes. It was a nightmare as we had to pack for stuff we wanted to keep, and stuff we wanted to sell, and stuff that needed to be skipped or put into storage.

We used boxes, big boxes… Anything we didn’t need, have a use for or was just old and needed to be replaced was skipped. We used the local tips for getting rid of rubbish and the like.

We had a checklist to help us remember important bills, services and final payments and meter readings.

We hired a van, a LWB transit and moved over the weekend. With some careful planning, boxing, labelling and a bit of work it can be done without the expense of a removal company.

A van cost me £130 for two days, over the weekend basically and everything else was normal moving costs, such as settling up final bills etc…. Cost us about £400 in total. Removal company would have asked for more then this..

It was a bit stressful, but plan ahead and please… As said be ruthless with old stuff you don’t need. If you haven’t used it for a while, chances are you don’t need it..
 
If you have a cross over period go into your new place and get any decorating done when its empty, so much easier then.
 
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