Tips For Moving Home From Professional Removalists
Removalists Tip #1: Sort through your items and make sure you throw out anything that you won’t be using the new house. This makes it quicker for your furniture removalists to pack your furniture and will save you money on move day.
Removalist Tip #2: Take all feet and sheets off beds and disassemble beds if needed.
Removalist Tip #3: Look around the house and roll up any rugs, floor mats, or carpets and wrap them up with sticky tape to ensure they don’t come undone.
Removalist Tip #4: Check your microwave and other white goods for loose glass shelves. Be sure to pack them in boxes or bubble wrap them as it will save your furniture removalists time.
Removalist Tip #5: Check all bookcases and shelving units for loose shelves and drop all shelves to the bottom and pull all shelf pins out and put them in a clip lock back and tape them to the back of the item.
Removalist tip #6: Sort through your walk-in wardrobe and pack all of your folded clothes into Standard/Teachest furniture removalists boxes then get all your hanging clothes and put them in removalists ‘Port-A-Robe’ boxes. This saves your hanging clothes from getting creases.
Removalist tip #7: Pack all fragile kitchen items into Standard cartons with crushed butcher paper in between every layer to stop breakages and to make contents secure. You can use plastics wear on top to keep the weight of the box down.
Removalists Tip #8: Remove all pictures and mirrors from walls and wrap in bubble wrap. This will save heaps of time and money because movers will not have to wrap them in blankets.
Removalists Tip #(: Disconnect all electrical items, ie. TV’s Foxtel, computers, modems, etc and pack whatever you can in boxes. Once that is done roll all your cords up so there is not hanging off the item, You can do this by taping or sip tying them.
Removalists Tip #10: Be sure to get your lamps off bedside tables and pack them in proper boxes as these cannot be taken loosely in a truck. This includes any floor lamps out of the lounge room etc.
Removalists Tip #11: Disconnect the washing machine and place all hoses in the washing machine and roll up the cord nicely on the back.
Removalists tip #12: Check your driveway or street for parking where you would like the truck to park for clear access. If there are overhanging bushes that will stop the truck from backing in, it is highly recommended you trim them prior.
