4 “Must-Do’s” When You Are Moving
Real Estate sales is at an all-time high in most areas right now. Whether you have been in your home for a couple of years or for 20+ years, packing up your belongings can be overwhelming. Some people feel that moving is a large few day event and leave decisions to the last minute. When this happens, decisions are not always thought with clarity.
If you are one of the many that are putting your home on the market or have sold and now need to move, here are 4 things that I do for my clients that will help you make this exciting but stressful process a little more seamless.
1 ) Preparation for Staging: My suggestion is to start your decluttering in the storage areas first. The reason for this is the storage areas usually have things stored that you don’t use often and may not have seen in years. These are usually things that have been forgotten or you are no longer attached to. They may be things you still like but will not fit in to your new home. By doing this first, it opens up space for things you do want to keep and have already packed up, also gives them a home and declutters the living areas.
2) Starting to Pack: When packing up things for your new home I suggest using boxes for items that you know you will be unpacking right away and plastic bins for the items that you will be storing for a while. eg: Christmas decorations, old paperwork, pictures, etc. this will keep them away from dampness.
Tip: Label them well and if possible use colour identifying bins, red or green for Christmas, blue for paperwork, grey for pictures.
3) Heavy Items: Use smaller boxes for heavy items, books, tools, dishes. This will make it easier for yourself and movers to work with.
4) Designate Areas: As you begin to go through your things designate an area, room or container that will hold items that you do not want to bring with you, like the following; donations, give away, items for family members, for sale items. By having a designated area you then have a home for it, you have all like items together and then when it is time to get it out of the house it will be effortless. What I see a lot of, is people that do not do this then get frustrated and end up packing it up and deciding when they move in which makes for more work when you get to your new home.
Let’s be honest, moving is stressful no matter what is involved but by planning, starting early to prepare for moving and these few tips it can help to lessen that stress. Enjoy your new home!!
Chaos to Clarity helps their clients with individual organizing needs; Downsizing, decluttering, office organizing, estate clear outs and move management in the Halton, Hamilton, Peel and surrounding areas. Have questions? Contact us at http://www.chaostoclarity.ca/contact-us/
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