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| Tips to pack your house on moving day |
1 - Plan ahead - start gathering boxes from local stores and when you see others putting them out in the trash. Check your local community board for people offering free boxes after their own move. The organization called Freecycle is a wonderful resource for services, news, used merchandise and stuff no one wants anymore but still has some value. The web address is www.freecycle.org Many cities and small communities have at least one Freecycle board.
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| Freecycle is a great free resource for useful items that you can't bring yourself to throw away AND to get free items for your home. |
2 - Recycle your moving boxes when you’re finished unpacking. You can offer your boxes to others who are moving soon by putting them on Freecycle, put up an index card on a local bulletin board (supermarket, community center) or you can flatten them to recycle in a cardboard disposal unit.
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| Give your moving boxes away or flatten them for recycling |
3 - Save your money by not buying bubble wrap. Instead, wrap your delicate items in bath and kitchen towels. After you move, toss them in the washer with some liquid fabric softener and you'll eliminate the smell of the moving boxes.
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| wrap dishes in bath towels |
4 - Use your travel luggage to pack your off-season clothing. That way you don't have to unpack them immediately; you can unpack them at your leisure. When you are moving bedroom furniture, don't pack your bed clothing either. Leave them in the drawers and either tape them shut or move the drawers separately.
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| Use luggage to transport clothes |
5 - Use your laundry baskets to move heavy bottles and boxes of liquid laundry soap, dish soap, and other cleaning products. This way when you unpack your cleaning products, you can see them at a glance.
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| Use laundry baskets to move your laundry detergents, fabric softeners and other bottles which will stand up very nicely. |
5a - As you are packing, don't move unnecessary items to your new home. Set aside what you want to donate or sell at yard sale. Now is the time to donate your outgrown clothing to Salvation Army or Goodwill and take a tax deduction.
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| Stay organized with labeling boxes |
6 - If you sold your home and are leaving it partly furnished, you might want to help your new owners by leaving some useful items for them. Otherwise, keep a list handy of what you want to sell at a yard sale and a separate list for donations. Many establishments will come to your residence and pick up furniture and clothing if they feel it is worth the trip. Make sure you get a receipt from the driver.
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| Donate to the Salvation Army and get receipts! |
7 - Forward all mail to your new residence. Be sure to fill out change of address cards. The post office keeps them on file for one year at which time you will have to fill out new ones if you haven't gotten all your mail rerouted yet. If you expect your move to be especially traumatic or hectic, you might want to ask your post office to hold your mail for a week so you can get settled in.
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| Change your address with post office about a week in advance |
8 - When you are changing locks in your new residence, consider having one key for all the doors and extra buildings (shed, garage, etc.). That's what we do at our home. This eliminates fishing through your key ring looking for the right key. You will have one key and never have to question what it is for.
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| Ask him to make all doors in the house to fit one key. It will eliminate carrying around multiple house keys. |
9 - If your present financial institution doesn't have a branch near your new residence, consider setting up your accounts at a new local bank. Order checks with your new address on it so when the bills come in, you are ready to pay them with your new checks.
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| Conduct your bank business about one week in advance |
10 - It might seem like a no brainer, but you are going to need cash money on hand. Go to the bank and withdraw at least $100 a day for the first week, so you can cover take out food, pay helpers and pay for incidentals so you aren't sharing your credit card information for small purchases.
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| Keep small amounts of cash for incidentals. This way you aren't spreading around your credit card information. |
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