It’s no surprise that moving can be one of the most stressful life events and tasks that we can undertake. Especially when it comes to making sure you have the right moving supplies. If you’re about to get started on a DIY move, be sure to follow this handy, little pro-tips we’ve collated for you.
Get a mobile storage box
Although seeking help can take a lot of weight off your shoulders, hiring professional movers can be costly, and it’s usually not an option for couples and younger families. But a lot of us don’t even know that there are options between hiring professional movers and borrowing a friend’s ute. Using a mobile storage box is becoming the new norm for many regular movers for a few notable reasons. Not only are these storage boxes so much easier to load and unload, but you can also order however many you believe you’ll need, meaning that you won’t need to make multiple trips!
Alongside this, mobile storage boxes give you the option to easily spread your ‘moving day’ across multiple days without having to break your bank account as a result. With the option of choosing to store your belongings at a dedicated storage facility, young people who may have a myriad of other commitments won’t need to take any time off work just for the sake of a move! I’m talking to you shift-workers and all of you trooping full-timers. The flexibility of hiring mobile storage boxes, as well as all the money you’ll save on the move as a result, definitely makes this moving option a very attractive addition to your DIY moving game.
Enlist the help of some friends
Even though you’re not looking to seek professional help, it doesn’t mean that you and your family will have to do everything single-handedly! A lot of veteran movers advocate hosting moving parties to not only get some much-needed extra hands and greatly simplify your move but also to make the move a lot more enjoyable experience! Moving parties can be pretty lowkey events, and most of the time all you’ll need is a decent playlist and the promise of free pizza. But if you were looking to go all-out, feel free to incorporate some competitive aspects to your moving day, like placing people in charge of ‘zones’ and then handing out mystery prizes to the friends who finish their tasks first.
Categorize and declutter
It helps to separate all of your belongings into well-defined categories prior to your move and to make detailed lists of the items in these categories. That way, you don’t end up in a situation where you’re losing a single left shoe, which admittedly has happened to me. It’s recommended that you try to move all of these categories together, packing these items together, so that you can go through each of your checklists one by one.
Similarly, with all of this focus on decluttering and downsizing, it makes sense to prepare for your move by identifying all of the items that aren’t worth taking with you. The KonMari Method is becoming an increasingly popular practice amongst renters and homeowners alike, simply because it makes sense to limit all of your unnecessary clutter. It makes even more sense to double this task up with the task of moving, and effectively killing two birds with one stone.
At the end of the day, moving is always going to feel a touch overwhelming, and loading all of your earthly possessions into a truck is always going to feel a tad daunting. But when you consider that it’s a task a lot of us will be doing every few years at the least, it still seems worthwhile to perfect your moving game now in order to save yourself from a lot of potential future grief. So be sure to follow these helpful hints and develop some master moving habits!