Removals to/from Swindon – save up to 60%

Changing apartment is among the most common situations we can come across in our days. And even though we change the place we live in averagely a few times before settling for good, removals are still some of the most stressful happenings that can happen to us. Just working out the logistics of shipping all your belongings between houses is quite a task and when you add packing, unpacking as well as selecting the suitable transport provider to help you with the move, it seems truly colossal and very nerve-wracking. Thankfully there are a few ways to make the move as efficient as possible as well as significantly less stressful.

Packing and securing your items for shipment

The most important tip you have to remember while preparing for the removal is that you need a coherent list of steps that you’ll have to abide by through the whole process. It is smart to make a list of all the things you want to transport. It will not only help you pack but additionally will allow you to check if all of your things were safely transported to its place of destination. Removal entails transporting a great deal of stuff, including a lot of small things that can be easily forgettable when packed in a hurry – an inventory will help you check if they all made it to your new home safely. The next important step is tagging all the cardboards as precisely as you can. One of the more helpful ways of labelling cardboards is by category. So all the kitchen accessories and devices go into cardboards tagged ‘kitchen’, all the pillows and personal items in the box labelled ‘bedroom’ etc. You’ll see how time-saving tagging can be once you get to the unpacking part. Remember to label both sides and the top of the box, to make sure that you (as well as the hauler) will be able to recognize which cardboard goes where, no matter how they will be stacked in the transporting car.

Take special care when preparing to transport fragile goods. Wrap them in thick layers of fabric and bubble foil as well as tag them clearly (including a “This way up” label). You also need to ensure that the hauler is aware that he’ll be transporting fragile goods and which boxes have to be handled with care.

When you are shipping furniture, it’s crucial to take everything out of them prior to the removal as well as transport all the things inside separately. Any unattached items inside closets or cabinets can damage your furniture on the road. It’s also smart to secure all the furniture doors as well as drawers with some tape so that they cannot open during shipment. You may use ordinary Scotch tape for that. Another issue is the matter of loading the furniture inside the transporting vehicle. Ahead of trying to move your furniture out of the house, make sure that you’ll be able to transport them through the front doors, stairways or into the elevator (if your old apartment has one). If so, you’ll be able to move them without dismantling (be sure to have at least 1 person to help you!). If they cannot, dismantling them is the only method to transport them safely. Be careful with dismantling – make sure you store all the pins and bolts in one place like in a Ziploc bag as well as that you’ve secured delicate elements of the furniture sufficiently. Dismantling furniture is also convenient when you want to fill the transporting vehicle to the maximum, because dismantled furniture will be much easier to stack efficiently.  

When securing smaller things, such as magazines, kitchen appliances, decorations etc., boxes will be the smartest choice. It’s most likely that you won’t have enough boxes to fit all your belongings – however there is a few methods to get some more. For example you may acquire new cardboards in most of the home-improvement or construction stores. However since you’ll probably need lots of boxes, you may decide upon a more economical way. Go to nearby stores and see if they have some cardboards they no longer need. Shops usually have a great amount of unneeded cardboards and most of the time they are willing to share. 

An alternative to boxes would be using bags, especially for storing textiles 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 storing textiles, magazines and little items, there are some downsides, though. Bags are much less durable than boxes as well as prone to breaking, if you choose to use them for storing things with hard corners (like books, stationery and so on). Also – stacking bags on top of each other is much harder than stacking boxes in similar fashion.

Among the most tricky items to ship are houseplants. It’s obviously smartest to move them by yourself, but if for some reason you cannot do that, make sure that the transport provider is aware of what he is going to ship. A day prior to the removal water the plants thoroughly and give them a moment. It’s crucial that the plants have enough water to suffer through the transportation, but also to allow them to absorb what they can before putting the plants in a container (you have to get rid of the extra water gathered on the saucer, to make sure it won’t soak through the cardboard).

Selecting suitable transport provider

Of course, besides properly securing your load for the time of transportation, it is also important to select a suitable hauler. What factors must you take into consideration when making your decision? Price, of course, is important, especially on longer, international routes, however that’s only one of the factors. Whenever shipping all your belongings you should firstly think if your things will be properly protected when given to the hauler. When listing your delivery on a shipping marketplace, like Clicktrans, you not only can ask possible haulers all the questions you require an answer to before deciding upon a transport provider but also you may read feedback given by former customers on each transport provider’s profile page. Not much is more believable than reviews left by a person who’s already used the services of the hauler you are considering.  

Prices of removal

The cost of removal is pretty hard to estimate, as it changes, sometimes drastically due to how much the cargo weights and how big it is or the route length. If you are transporting a lot of fragile items, the price is probable to go up. The same goes for international removals – domestic routes are usually more economical than moving your things into another country.