Packing Tips & Tricks
4th May 2024
- Organise removals and storage well in advance, you’ll be thankful when the day comes. Use expert movers for special items such as large instruments.
- Contact all utility suppliers; Get final metre readings and pay any outstanding bills.
- Change your address before you move so the post doesn’t arrive at your old address.
- Sort as you go. Have a keep, donate, and throw-away box.
- Pack from the top down – start with the attic then the bedrooms and finally the ground floor.
- Label boxes so you know which room they came from and what is in them.
- Don’t overload boxes – they will be very difficult to carry!
- Wrap up! Use tissue paper or bubble wrap for all your fragile and clearly label the box with fragile tape or stickers.
- Keep important documents together so they don’t get mixed up.
- Have a variety of sizes of boxes. Large boxes are great for duvets and pillows, medium boxes for toys and kitchen appliances and small boxes for your cups and plates and any delicate or heavy items.
- Keep all screws of dismantled furniture in a Ziploc bag and tape to a part of the furniture.
- Pack plates vertically (on their sides) and stuff lots of tissue paper in between. The more paper you use, the more your plates are protected.
- Colour coordinate – give each room a designated colour and any boxes for that room are labelled with that colour.
- When packing your storeroom put boxes you want to access at the front.
- Keep all screws of dismantled furniture in a Ziploc bag and tape to a part of the furniture.
- Try to pack each box to the top. Otherwise, they may collapse on top of each other.
- Protect fragile items with tissue paper or bubble wrap.