Ultimate Checklist before shifting to your new residence
- Making a game plan
It’s time to get to work when you’ve finished looking for your future apartment, signed your lease, and set a moving date. Moving involves a lot of details, from packing your belongings to choosing how you’ll transport everything. It is considerably simpler to complete all of the duties connected with relocating if you can complete one or two per day. The key is to begin as soon as possible by drawing up a game plan that stops you from completing all of your move preparation at the last minute. You will significantly reduce your stress levels if you gradually build up to your relocation.
- Choosing a Moving Service
Determine your moving day and arrange your relocation based on the terms of your lease. You must ensure that, regardless of how you transfer your belongings, you can complete the move on time. However, determining how you want to go can assist you determine what actions to take. If you want to move yourself in your own vehicle, you may wish to invite a buddy or two to set aside a day to assist you. In return for their time, offer to feed them throughout the day. If all of your belongings will not fit in your car, you will need to hire a moving van or a larger vehicle. If you are shifting on your own, you will need to hire movers. Because locating the proper movers at the appropriate price might take some time, you should start gathering quotations as soon as possible. Once you’ve found the perfect movers, sign a contract to reserve your moving date.
- Making arrangements for time off
Knowing how you’ll transfer your belongings might help you determine how many days off work you’ll need for your relocation. Moving throughout the week is generally less expensive with movers, so you may want to take a day or two off before the weekend. This also allows you a few additional days to unpack. Doing things on your own may need taking a bit extra time off and spreading out the move over a few days. Remember that this procedure is exhausting no matter how you do it, so allow for some recovery time. Once you’ve determined how many days you’ll require, apply the time off well in advance to ensure that you won’t be late for work. This also helps you to plan ahead at work, completing assignments ahead of time so you don’t have to think about work while moving.
- Preparing utilities
Most electricity companies allow you to remotely connect and disconnect utilities. This allows you to plan ahead of time when services will begin and end. This not only allows you to cease paying for utilities like electricity, gas, and water in your previous house from the day you move, but it also helps you to ensure that everything in your new home is switched on time. Set a reminder at least three weeks before your move to make an installation appointment for utilities like cable or internet, which frequently require an in-person visit. If you plan that far in advance, you should be able to choose your date. It also guarantees that everything is set up as soon to your move in date as feasible. This means you won’t be stranded in your new place with only your cell phone reception for internet access.
- Address Update
Changing your address is one of the most difficult things to remember when you’re relocating. The easiest way to avoid this is to begin having your mail forwarded on the day you move. Set up an email with your new address to go out approximately a week before you move to all of your friends and family. Don’t forget to include the date that the new address will be effective. You’ll really do need to update your address with any of the online delivery providers you use. Your updated address will be required by everything from Lazada to Grab food. You don’t want anything to be delivered to the wrong location, especially if it’s your supper. Go through your phone’s applications a day or two before you move and start making adjustments. You should also change your address with your bank, credit card companies, and physicians’ offices. Many organisations that do not send you mail will want your new contact information just in case.
- Purchasing shifting goods
The quantity of items you have has a direct influence on the length of time you’ll need to pack. It can also inform you how many packing items you’ll require. It’s better to pack a little bit each day over a longer period of time than to do a few all-nighters the week before you move. You will need enough boxes, packing tape, paper, and permanent markers to complete this task. Purchase approximately 25% extra than you think you’ll need for most items, but double-up on tape. Make sure you have a good set of scissors as well. Most packing businesses will accept returned products, even boxes. If you don’t want to generate a lot of garbage during your relocation, you may either buy or rent plastic storage bins. Once you’ve adjusted into your current residence, these may serve as storage boxes. Looking for secondhanded boxes may also help you save a lot of money. Many individuals put up their boxes for free online after they’ve relocated. On particular days, grocery stores, package stores, and other major retail outlets may give out boxes. It never hurts to inquire.
- Minimizing overall load
Moving is a wonderful opportunity to go through your belongings and get clear of everything you don’t use or need. While some objects may be too sentimental to part with, others are simply gathering dust. Get rid of those items to lighten the burden you have to transport. Purge your closets and drawers. Pack everything and donate it to a good cause, whether it’s a small local charity or a larger organisation like The Salvation Army. Many of these groups accept donations of furniture that you will not need in your new home. Most will even come and get your belongings.
- Labelling and packaging
When packing, keep the 30kg guideline in mind. Keeping boxes at or under this weight limit might make transportation more manageable in general. It reduces the possibility of a box breaking in the middle of a transport. When stacking boxes, place the heavier ones at the bottom and the lightest ones on top, and mark everything. Labels may be as simple as which room the box belongs in, but adding a few more information might help you prioritise what you want to unpack first. It’s also simpler to find important goods in a hurry. Making a “open first” box with the necessities for every area might help with unpacking. To keep track of everything, you may want to compile a more thorough inventory of what’s in each box and how many boxes you pack each room.
- Bringing it along with yourself
When packing, not everything has a spot inside a box. Certain goods should not be thrown in with the others; they must accompany you to your new home. This includes treasures and goods that are difficult to replace. Things like your birth certificate and jewellery should not be thrown away in a random box. Put all of your critical papers and special objects in one container and carry it by hand. You should also pack a luggage and keep it with you as if you were going on a trip. Pack enough clothing and toiletries for three days to ensure you have all you need to live in your new home without having to rummage through boxes.
- Making additional last preparations
The final preparations you must undertake before moving are for the other special family members who will accompany you. Book a pet sitter or board your pet on the day of the move to ensure they are safe and out of the way. If you’re travelling a long distance and will need a new vet, make copies of your pet’s medical records to keep on hand. If relocating with children necessitates a change in schools, prepare ahead of time by obtaining copies of your children’s records from their present school. Also, inquire about enrolment or transfer processes at the new school.
- Getting to know your new neighbourhood
It doesn’t harm to spend a day or two visiting the neighbourhood around your new house before you move in. After move-in day, you can use this as an excuse to take a vacation from unpacking. Meet some neighbours, explore the local neighbourhood, and locate the nearest grocery store, pub, or coffee shop. Knowing what’s around makes it simpler to pick up last-minute needs for your new home.