Removals to/from Munich – save up to 60%

Moving to a new house is one of the most common happenings we can experience in our life. And even though we change the place we live in at least a few times before settling for good, removals are still some of the most stressful situations possible. Just working out the logistics of shipping all your belongings between houses is quite a job and when you add packing, unpacking as well as selecting the best transport provider to help you with removal, it seems really huge as well as quite nerve-wracking. Luckily there are a few ways to make the move as simple as possible as well as significantly less nerve-wracking.

Packing and securing your items for transportation

One crucial thing you should remember while preparing for the removal is that you need a clear list of steps that you’ll have to abide by during the move. It is best to make an inventory of all the things you need to transport. It can not only help you pack but also will allow you to make sure that all of your things were successfully shipped to your new home. Removal calls for shipping a great deal of stuff, among them a lot of small things that are easily misplaced under the pressure of time – an inventory will ensure that you will remember to check if they all made it to the place of destination safely. Another important step is tagging all the boxes as precisely as you are able to. One of the most helpful methods of tagging boxes is by category. So all the kitchen supplies as well as appliances go into boxes labelled ‘kitchen’, all the duvets as well as blankets in the box labelled ‘bedroom’ etc. You’ll see how much time labelling can save once you get to the unpacking part. Remember to tag both sides and the top of the box, so that you (and the hauler) will be able to recognize which box goes where, no matter how they will be stacked inside the shipping vehicle.

Be extra careful when preparing to transport delicate things. Enclose them in protective layers of fabric and bubble foil and tag them in an easily visible place (including a “This way up” label). You should also make sure that the transport provider is aware that he’ll be transporting delicate goods as well as which boxes have to be handled with care.

When you are shipping furniture, it’s crucial to empty them prior to the removal as well as ship everything that was inside separately. Any loose items in closets or cabinets could damage your furniture during shipment. Additionally it is smart to close all the furniture doors and drawers using tape to make sure they cannot open on the road. You can use ordinary Scotch tape for that. Another issue is the matter of putting the furniture inside the transporting vehicle. Before trying to move your furniture out of the house, be certain that they will fit through the front doors, stairways or into the elevator (if your building has one). If so, you can move them without disassembling (find at least one person to help you!). If they can’t, dismantling them is the sole way to move them without harm. Be cautious with dismantling – make sure you have all the nails and screws gathered for example in a Ziploc bag as well as that you’ve secured all the parts of the furniture sufficiently. Dismantling furniture is also a good idea whenever you want to use the transporting car to the maximum, because disassembled furniture will be much easier to stack efficiently.  

When securing smaller things, such as magazines, kitchen appliances, decorations etc., cardboards 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 methods to acquire additional boxes. Firstly you may buy new cardboards in all home-improvement as well as construction stores. However as you’ll probably need lots of cardboards, you can choose a more budget-friendly way. Try visiting nearby shops and ask if they have some boxes they no longer need. Stores tend to possess a great amount of unnecessary cardboards and they are usually happy to give them away. 

An alternative to boxes will be using bags, especially for storing clothes and small stuff. There is a much higher chance that you have some bags already at home. As stated above, bags will serve as an adequate choice for packing clothes, magazines and small things, there are some downsides, though. Bags are much more flimsy than cardboards as well as prone to breaking, if you decide to use them for storing things with hard corners (like books, cutlery etc.). Also – placing bags on top of each other is much harder than stacking boxes the same way.

One of the most tricky items to ship are houseplants. It’s obviously smartest to move them individually, however if for some reason you cannot do that, you need to be certain that the transport provider knows what he is going to transport. One day prior to the shipment water the plants thoroughly and let them sit. It’s important that the plants have enough water to endure the shipment, but also to let them take in what they can prior to putting the plants in a cardboard (you need to pour off the excess water gathered on the saucer, to make sure it won’t soak through the box).

Selecting the best transport provider

Certainly, aside from properly securing your cargo for the time of transportation, it is also important to select a suitable transport provider. Which factors should you acknowledge when making your decision? Cost of the service, of course, is of importance, especially on lengthy, international routes, but it’s only one of the factors. When transporting all your belongings you need to in the first place think if your load will be safe in the hands of the transport provider. When posting your listing on a transport marketplace, such as Clicktrans, you not only may ask possible haulers every question you need answered before deciding upon a transport provider but moreover you may check out reviews left by former customers on each hauler’s profile page. Not much is more reliable than reviews left by someone who’s already hired the hauler you are considering.  

Prices of removal

Price of removal is really difficult to asses, as it changes, sometimes drastically due to how much the cargo weights and how big it is or how long the route is. If your removal consist of many delicate things, the price is probable to go up. The same goes for removals between countries – routes within one country are frequently less pricey than moving your load into another country.