Moving Interstate? 7 Useful Tips You Can Follow to Help You Avoid that Headache and Emptying Your Pockets When Moving

“I’ve got so much stuff, packing is going to take forever!”

“The house is so messy, cleaning is going to be a nightmare!”

“I haven’t moved before, where do even look for an interstate removalist?!”

“Ooooh I fell that headache coming on”.

These are just a few questions that may enter your mind when you’ve just found out that you need to relocate yourself or family interstate. You may have landed a dream job that pays you a nice salary, you may be moving to be with your lifelong partner or someone who is just coming home from working away all those years. Whatever your situation is that requires you to relocate interstate. I am going to show you how you can move interstate without having a headache and save some money on booking an interstate removalist during the process. So, take a deep breath and let’s begin.

1. Remain calm and stay in control

This may be a little obvious but it is remains so true. There will be plenty of things to do and plenty of things to organize and sort out. If you overthink it by trying to tackle too many jobs or thinking about too many things to do at the same time. You are going to start to feel really stressed out and frustrated that things aren’t getting done. So, grab a pen and a moving notebook and start writing a list of things you need to do and organize before the big move day. You will feel a lot more in control when you know exactly what you need to tackle and that will give your mind some much needed breathing space.

2. List the large sentimental and valuable items

With your mind ready to think, time to write down on a new page, titled “Sentimental and valuable items to move.” This should include any items you cannot move yourself and of high sentimental value or high valuable items. Such as cars, grandfather clocks, antique dressing table or pianos. Any item that must come with you and absolutely cannot be left behind.

3. List the Essential Items

Now flip the page and title the page “Essential items with 2 categories. On the left title “For Me” and on the right title “For the Removalist” then divide the middle with a line. On this page we will list all the items that is an essential item, meaning an item that is needed in the new house that is a necessity for us to function as a new household. This may include, important documents, jewelry, tech devices, identification papers that may be small enough for you to take on your own and list it in the ‘For Me’ section. Then do the same ‘For the removalist section. However, this side should include items such as your television, fridge, washer, dryer, beds etc that is a must needed and in reasonably good condition for continual use for the next couple years. If you have a bed that has been there for 10 years and the mattress is stained and frayed and the structured wooden frame looks like it is about to collapse then I suggest to leave it behind and get a new one after you have moved as this will take up too much room for the removalists. Taking such an item will only take up much needed truck space, wasting your money and you’ll most likely will get rid of it when you have relocated anyway.

4. Sell what you can

You’ve heard the saying, “your trash is someone else’s treasure”. So, if you have a lawn mower that still works then sell it. If you have a mountain bike that’s been collecting dust in the shed then sell it. If you’ve kept the kid’s plush toys when they were a baby, hoping one day they will play with it again, then sell it. If you have a juicer that you’ve been meaning to make juices out of, then sell it. Chances are if you haven’t used these things for so many years, you most likely won’t use it in the new place. List it on ebay, facebook group, second hand directory site or even have a massive garage sale. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much stuff you don’t need and can get rid of that will save you time finding a home for or save you a load of money that can be better spent elsewhere. Otherwise the movers will take it on their truck and charge you for it.

5. Declutter Everything Else

What you have left, would be a lot of junk that you’ve added to the household over the years and much of it is not needed anymore. So, hire a skip bin and throw it out. It is time to let go of the things you’ve been collecting over the years. We’ve all got them, the roller blade that has a wheel missing. The high heels that needs to be re-soled. The kid’s toys that are missing parts that fail to make it a playable set. Toss it all in the trash. It is only holding you back from moving on to a new and exciting home. Think about it as starting fresh.

6. Get Packing

You are doing great so far to get to this stage. Everything you should have in your home right now should either be from List 1: Large Sentimental and Valuable Items, List 2: Essential Items broken down into 2 groups: For Me and For the Removalist. With the exception of the rest of the things you are going to leave behind or trash out. From these lists, you can start packing whatever you don’t need into boxes and start labelling the contents of the box and which room it will be in. This will make it easier for you to locate your items. You should now have an idea of a full list of movable items for the moving company. If you need to find moving companies in New Zealand, Wise Move is a great platform for that.

7. Get several quotes

You are at the home stretch now, moving interstate can be quite costly since you are moving your contents over a long distance. So, do yourself a favour and never ever go with the first quote that you are given. It only feels right to get a few quotes so that you get an idea of what movers are charging and compare them against each other. You can do this by searching for Moving Companies and calling direct to get a quote. Or you can do it the easier way where there are interstate removalist comparison websites that you can list your job on and ultimately interstate removalists who want to do your job will quote you. From here you can save money, read reviews and choose the most suitable mover for your interstate move.