Household Moving & Packing Tips

Planning is the Key to Moving Success

Nothing will make your move go smoother than detailed planning. This guide will help you prepare for one of the least favorite tasks in modern life (besides painting).. moving!

• Moving Checklist Comprehensive moving checklist, providing a time-line to assist in prioritizing your moving tasks.
• U.S.P.S. Change of Address Online Form Handy, online form the United States Postal Service to help notify eveyone of your move.
• Throw It Out- Before Moving It Some tough choices, but before moving it's time to finally decide whether you REALLY need all the stuff you've been gathering for years.
• Packing For Your Move With a little care and planning, you and your belongings can arrive in perfect condition. These packing tips will give you some helpful information to make this goal a reality.
• Temporary Self-Storage: Caught Between Homes? Your planning may be meticulous, but there are many parties involved in a typical home purchase. The person buying your home may be ready as planned, but you may not, or visa versa.
• Moving Yourself.. Is It the Right Move? Truck rental companies estimate that you can save as much as 50 percent by renting and driving a truck yourself, rather than relying on a moving company. Is the extra hassle worth it to you?
• Hiring a Professional Moving Company Carefully comparing companies regarding efficiency, results and reputation can help you determine how close the quoted price will be to the total resulting cost.
• Moving Tips for Pets Plan ahead to make moving your other family members as safe as possible.
• Moving Tips for Plants Plan ahead to make moving your house plants a success.
• Other Moving Issues Moving your vehicles, what moving companies will NOT move, mail forwarding issues, security and insurance issues, etc.