Moving to a new apartment is among the most ordinary happenings we can encounter in our life. And despite the fact we change the place we live in at least a few times before settling for good, removals are still among the most nerve-wracking activities possible. Just working out the organization of transporting all your belongings from one place to another is an enormous job and when you add securing your belongings for transportation, unpacking and choosing the suitable hauler to assist you with the move, it becomes truly huge and quite nerve-wracking. Thankfully there are a few ways to make the move as efficient as possible as well as considerably less stressful.

Packing as well as securing your items for shipment

The most important thing you need to remember while preparing for the removal is that you need a clear plan that you’ll have to stick to through the whole process. It is smart to create a list of all the things you need to transport. Such a list can not only help you pack but additionally will allow you to check if all of your things were successfully transported to your new home. Removal calls for shipping a great deal of various items, including a lot of small items that can be easily misplaced when packed in a hurry – an inventory will ensure that you will remember to check if they all arrived to the place of destination safely. Another crucial step is labelling all the cardboards as clearly as you are able to. One of the most helpful ways of tagging boxes is by the room name. For example all the kitchen supplies as well as appliances should be placed into boxes tagged ‘kitchen’, all the duvets as well as jewellery in the cardboards labelled ‘bedroom’ etc. You’ll be surprised how much time labelling can save once you start the unpacking. Remember to tag both sides and the top of the cardboard, to make sure that you (and the hauler) can be sure which box goes where, regardless of how they will be stacked in the transporting vehicle.

Be extra careful with fragile things. Wrap them in protective layers of fabric or bubble wrap as well as label them in an easily visible place (together with a “This way up” sign). You should also ensure that the transport provider is aware that he’ll be transporting fragile goods and which cardboards requires handling with caution.

When it comes to furniture, it’s important to empty them prior to the removal as well as ship everything that was inside individually. Any unattached things in cupboards or drawers can damage your furniture on the road. Additionally it is good to close all the furniture doors as well as drawers with some tape so that they won’t open during shipment. You may use ordinary Scotch tape to do that. Another issue is the matter of putting the furniture inside the shipping vehicle. Before attempting to move your furniture from the house, be certain that you’ll be able to transport them via front doors, stairways or into the elevator (if your old apartment has one). If so, you’ll be able to move them without disassembling (be sure to have at least one person to help you!). If they can’t, dismantling them is the only method to ship them without harm. Be cautious with that – make sure you store all the nails and screws gathered for example in a Ziploc bag as well as that you’ve secured all the elements of the furniture sufficiently. Disassembling furniture is also convenient whenever you need to fill the transporting car to the maximum, because disassembled furniture will take a lot less place.  

When packing minor items, like books, kitchen appliances, decorations and much more, boxes will be the most obvious choice. It’s almost certain that you won’t have enough boxes to fit all your belongings – but there is a few ways to acquire additional boxes. Firstly you may get new boxes in most of the home-improvement as well as construction stores. But since you’ll most likely need quite a few boxes, you can decide upon a more budget-friendly way. Go to your local shops and see if they have any boxes they no longer need. Shops tend to have a great amount of unnecessary boxes and they are usually willing to give them away. 

Another options, instead of boxes will be using bags, particularly for storing textiles and little stuff. There is a quite bigger possibility that you will find the bags at home. As stated above, bags will be an adequate choice when packing clothes, magazines and little things, but unfortunately they have a couple of disadvantages. Bags are much more flimsy than cardboards as well as prone to tearing, should you choose to use them for shipping things with edges (like books, stationery and such). Also – placing bags on top of each other is much harder than stacking cardboards in similar fashion.

Among the most tricky loads to transport are houseplants. It’s always safest to move them individually, but if something prevents you from doing that, make sure that the transport provider is aware of what he will be shipping. A day before the shipment water the plants generously and let them sit. It’s important that the plants have enough water to suffer through the shipment, but also to allow them to take in what they can prior to putting the plants in a cardboard (you must pour off the excess water gathered on the saucer, to make sure it won’t accidentally leak through the container).

Searching for suitable hauler

Certainly, besides suitably securing your items for the shipment, it is also important to find a suitable transport provider. Which aspects of transportation must you take into consideration while selecting the right person? Cost of the service, certainly, is of importance, particularly on lengthy, international routes, however it’s only one of the factors. Whenever transporting everything you have you have to firstly consider if your things will be safe in the hands of the transport provider. Whenever listing your delivery on a shipping marketplace, such as Clicktrans, you not only may ask possible haulers every question you need answered before making your decision about a hauler but also you may read feedback given by former customers on every hauler’s profile page. Nothing can be more believable than reviews left by someone who’s already hired the transport provider you are thinking of hiring.  

The cost of removal

Price of removal is really hard to estimate, as it varies considerably due to the weight and dimensions of the cargo as well as how long the route is. If your removal consist of a lot of fragile things, the price is probable to go up. The same goes for international removals – domestic routes are normally less pricey than shipping your load into another country.