Packing Organization Checklist
Here’s your packing organization checklist. It’s always nice to have a checklist, especially when preparing for a large project like moving your home. I have found that one can never have enough good information about packing and moving. And just when it looks like there isn’t anything else to know about packing and moving, here comes some more great ideas.
1. It’s a good idea to let your moving company (we hope it’s M&M Super Moving) pack the fragile items. This will insure that they will arrive safely.
2. It’s so important to clearly label each box. The last thing you need is to get to your new home and have to open every box to find something. Some important things to write on each box are your name, it’s general contents, an arrow showing which side is up, which room the box belongs in and ‘Fragile’ if the contents are breakable.
3. As a general rule it’s a good idea to pack one room at a time. This way when you get to your new home you can easily unpack room by room without as much confusion and mess.
4. Instead of packing your rugs, send them out to be cleaned, the cleaners will roll and wrap them and they will be ready for the move.
5. To use your moving boxes more efficiently put the heaviest items in the smallest boxes, working your way up to the largest boxes which should hold large or light items. Keep in mind that if you can’t easily lift a box it is too heavy.
6. When you take apart furniture be sure to keep all the small screws and nuts in a plastic bag. Tape the bag to the item in a way that won’t scar your wooden items.
7. Use your suitcases to pack your clothing. It will be much easier to find and there’s no need moving them empty.
8. For fragile items line the bottom of the box with packing materials to create a safer environment for your things.
9. Lastly and maybe most important of all is purging as your go. Consider throwing out anything that is broken or that you haven’t used in a while. It just makes sense not to move items that you don’t need any more. If the items are still good you might give them to a local charity or consider having a garage sale before you move.
That’s it for this list. If you’d like to find more great ideas for packing for your move check out the ideas under Packing Tips.
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