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Moving house can often feel like an almost incomprehensible project. There are just so many different things to think about and plan, from finding a new place to meeting your new neighbours, that it’s difficult to know where to start.
Having access to concise, simple guides can make the various parts of this process a lot easier to navigate, which is why we put this room-by-room guide to home move packing together.
Living room
Living rooms will often have a lot of stuff that can be boxed, like books, electronics and other decorations. Make sure that these are properly protected, especially more delicate items like audio equipment and lamps.
There will also likely be larger pieces of furniture, such as sofas, tables and cabinets. Make sure that you have enough people on hand to move these without damaging them, and that you have proper furniture blankets to keep them protected.
Bedrooms
When packing bedrooms, you’ll largely be splitting your efforts between furniture, clothes, and any other personal items you keep in that space.
You can use wardrobe boxes to pack your clothes, or just stick with standard boxes if you don’t mind folding them. Packing duvets and pillows in vacuum-sealed bags is a great way to save space.
Bathroom
Bathrooms tend to be the easiest rooms to pack, as there won’t usually be that much stuff in them.
Still, it can be a good idea to put cling film under the lids of bottles, to prevent leaking, and to put those bottles in a waterproof bag before boxing them.
Keep a small essentials bag on hand, with any important medication and toiletries, so that you always have access to the essentials.
Storage areas
Storage areas like attics and cupboards under the stairs can easily become the most time-consuming spaces to pack. Because they’re often tucked away and not something you interact with on a daily basis, it can also be easy to forget about these spaces, resulting in an unnecessarily stressful packing process.
To avoid this, it’s important that you start packing or at least slowly decluttering these areas at least a month before your actual moving date.
Label everything
No matter what room you’re packing, there are certain concepts that are universally applicable. One of these is that you need to make sure that you label every single box.
Make sure that you include a note of the contents, whether or not the box needs to be treated with extra care, and the room that it should go in. This makes it much easier for your removal team from somewhere like Bright Movers to manage everything on moving day, and decreases the chances that items will get damaged or go temporarily missing.
Packing is absolutely an art, and getting it right can make the moving process so much more manageable. The single most important thing to do is leave sufficient time to get it all done. If you’re not stressed, you’ll find it so much easier to do everything properly, without having to cut any corners.