Removals to/from Southampton – save up to 60%

Changing house is among the most common situations we can come across in our life. And despite the fact we move at least a few times in our lifetime, removals are still among the most nerve-wracking situations that can happen to us. Just figuring out the logistics of transporting all your belongings from one place to another is quite a task and with securing your belongings for transportation, unpacking and selecting the suitable company to help you with removal, it becomes really colossal as well as very stressful. Luckily there are a few ways to make the move as efficient as can be and significantly less nerve-wracking.

Packing and securing your items for shipment

One crucial tip you should remember while preparing for the removal is that you need a clear plan that you’ll have to abide by through the whole process. It is smart to create an inventory of all the things you need to transport. It can not only make the packing easier but also will allow you to make sure that all your belongings were safely transported to your new home. Removal calls for shipping a great deal of various items, including a lot of little items that can be easily misplaced under the pressure of time – an inventory will ensure that you will remember to make sure they all made it to the place of destination safely. The next important step is labelling all the cardboards as precisely as you are able to. One of the most helpful ways of labelling boxes is by category. For example all the kitchen accessories as well as devices should be placed into boxes tagged ‘kitchen’, all the duvets as well as personal items in the box labelled ‘bedroom’ and so on. You’ll quickly find out how time-saving tagging can be once you get to the unpacking part. Remember to label both sides and the top of the box, so that you (as well as the hauler) can be sure which cardboard goes where, no matter how they will be placed in the shipping car.

Take special care with fragile things. Enclose them in protective layers of fabric and bubble wrap and then tag them in an easily visible place (together with a “This way up” label). You should also make sure that the transport provider knows that he’ll be transporting delicate load and which cardboards have to be handled with care.

When you are shipping furniture, it’s important to take everything out of them prior to the removal and ship everything that was inside separately. Any unattached items inside cupboards and cabinets could damage your furniture during shipment. Additionally it is smart to secure all the furniture doors and drawers using tape to make sure they cannot open during transportation. You may use ordinary Scotch tape to do that. There is also a matter of putting the furniture into the shipping car. Before attempting to move your furniture from the house, make sure that they will fit through the front doors, stairways or into the elevator (if your old apartment has one). If so, you can transport them without dismantling (be sure to have at least one person to assist you!). If they cannot, dismantling them is the sole way to move them safely. Be cautious with dismantling – be sure to store all the pins as well as bolts in one place for example in a Ziploc bag as well as that you’ve secured all the elements of the furniture properly. Disassembling furniture is also a good idea when you want to fill the shipping car to the maximum, because dismantled furniture will take a lot less place.  

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