Tips to help you pack faster and smarter when moving home

Packing up when moving home is a lot of hassle and usually takes much longer than you think unless you employ someone to do this for you.

Whichever route you choose, make sure you start early, and if you’re doing your own packing, set aside a good amount of time each day for this. It will be worth it in the end there is nothing worse than leaving it to the last minute.

One way to save a bit of time is to buy Moving house kits online from a specialist moving home supplier of moving products such as smartpackaging.direct. These kits are bundled with all the essential moving supplies from a range of packaging boxes, strong tape, bubble wrap, packing paper, stickers and even specialist boxes such as wardrobe boxes for hanging your clothes and boxes with dividers for plates for instance. Or you could improvise and save money on things like bubble wrap and shrink wrap by wrapping precious ornaments in towels or clothing or sandwiching bigger items, such as mirrors, between curtains or bedding.

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We recommend you pack one room at a time and tackle the less-used rooms first and then move towards the main areas such as the living room, kitchen, and bathroom.

Be organized and plan your move. Start by labeling boxes when moving home is one of the most underestimated tasks in anyone’s moving checklist. It’s a bad idea to undervalue the significance of that packing task, but it’s done nonetheless, especially by people who are proud of their good memory. One important benefit is it tells the removal company or if you’re moving yourself to know where to put the boxes in your new home.

Place the labels where they will be easily visible, on the side of the boxes is the recommended position as boxes are normally stacked on top of each other. Remember don’t just label a room be specific, examples; bedroom one or bedroom two, en-suite to second bedroom etc. This will save you time and hassle of the moving the boxes again to the correct room.

Write what each box contains. It is very important to know which boxes have fragile items in so they can be handled with more care to prevent breakages.

Be careful not to put too much in the packing boxes or make it too heavy, If you’re packing heavy items such as china or cutlery for instance, only half fill the box, and then take up the rest of the space with super-light items such as cushions. A useful recommendation from help2compare.co.uk is to pack lighter items in large boxes and heavy items in small boxes.

Finally, when you’re loading the boxes into a van or lorry, place the heavier ones on the bottom of the pile and the lighter packing boxes at the top.

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