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How to start preparing for the move?

With a good preliminary work, if you decide to do everything yourself (be sure to talk about alternatives too). It depends on the quality of preparation for the move whether it will turn into a pain of loss for you or everything will go smoothly. We will have to work on two fronts: to solve organizational issues and actually prepare things for moving to another address. The main recommendation for this stage is to get down to business in advance, unless, of course, extreme circumstances lead to an emergency evacuation. Ideal if you have a couple of weeks left.

When is it better to move?

If possible, make a move on a weekday. For obvious reasons, this does not work for everyone, so it is easy to explain why it is not so easy to find a car and movers on weekends or holidays. Especially if the calendar is the end or the very beginning of the month: during this period, those who have experienced changes in rental housing are actively moving. In addition, the founder of the company Art-Muving, Igor Maksimenko, notes that the very end and beginning of the calendar year, as well as the week before and after September 1, are considered the “high season”. For many, this is also the beginning of a new life in a new place. Do not forget about the weather characteristic of different seasons. Agree to move more pleasant when the yard is warm and dry.

What is needed for packing things?

Stock up on a wide scotch tape, a rope (a nylon cord will suit), a bubble film and a stretch film. All this is in any hypermarket for construction and repair. They also offer the most suitable container for moving - cardboard boxes, if you do not manage to agree on a free party with some nearest "Pyaterochka". Pay attention to the quality of the product: special slots on the sides for ease of carrying may not be as important as the certainty that the box will withstand the move. In addition, avoid too large boxes: when loading, they can be heavy even to move them, and not what to wear. It will be a shame if the box suddenly remains without a bottom and all the contents ... Take another pack or two of capacious plastic garbage bags. Even if you don’t put anything in them, they can be useful as additional protection from dirt and dust.

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In what sequence to cook things?

Start with the contents of the mezzanine and distant shelves (do not forget about the balcony, if you also use it for storage). Most likely, you use all these things infrequently and easily do without them in the days remaining before the move. Actually, demand is the main criterion. Follow it until you are only with the most necessary. You will be able to pack this in just a couple of hours before the move, just remember to mark the package appropriately so that you can quickly find and start using it at the new place. Special attention and time will require preparation for transportation of fragile and valuable things - for example, family crystal and porcelain, expensive household appliances and, of course, furniture. That is why fees are better to start in advance. By the way, relocation is a good reason to revise your belongings and just throw away all unnecessary ...

How to properly fold things?

Although packages are less preferable as moving containers, they are quite suitable for transporting blankets, pillows, and seasonal clothing. To prevent packaging from being too flimsy, use not one bag, but two or three. Watch the weight: if the burden is too heavy, the bags will simply tear. If possible, turn the bale wrapped with scotch tape: so you strengthen the packaging, somewhat reduce its volume, and at the same time you can make a durable loop handle. It will be more convenient to take and carry.

Books, magazines, albums, cd dear to heart fold in boxes. At the worst, if you carry close, you can put in the old fashioned way in piles and bandage, placing each pile in a bag so as not to get dirty on the way. In any case, remember about the weight: even a small box filled with printing, it becomes simply very heavy. Alexander, who works as a freelance loader at apartment and office crossings in Yekaterinburg, advises: in order to avoid this, the books should occupy at most half of the volume, and the rest should be done with lighter things.

At the same time, it is important that the contents of the box be packed tightly, otherwise it will roll, beat and break. In addition, these boxes can not be stacked (and it is necessary to stack), because the upper ones will simply crush the lower ones. And do not forget to strengthen the box with scotch tape, especially the bottom.

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How to protect the fragile and expensive?

For expensive and fragile things, of course, it is better to choose individual packaging. Well, or pick up a bubble or stretch film, paper, all the same tape and create an individual packaging yourself. It is good to fill the voids in the general box with soft things, but do not wrap everything in blankets and rugs, warns Igor Maximenko. First, get a shapeless and insecure node. And secondly, then, when after the move you take the gasket out of the box, something will definitely fall out on the floor ...

Dishes are transported strictly vertically, otherwise serving items may not bear the excess pressure from above. For large mirrors, plasma TVs and all this, they generally recommend a solid wooden crate (if there is no factory packaging left) - especially when it comes to a long distance crossing. At the worst, cardboard, film and scotch will help again. Of course, it would not be superfluous to mark packages with fragile and valuable cargo.

Furniture before moving is not always necessary (and you can) disassemble. But nothing should remain inside, including loose shelves, glass, mirrors. To protect external surfaces, do not feel sorry for the film, as baggage packers do at airports. Protect especially critical places (corners) with cardboard. Do the same with large appliances - fridge and washing machine. After packing, provide free access to large things: loaders will take them out first.

Does it make sense to go to moving companies?

There are, and we would strongly recommend to consider this option, especially if there is a long-distance and difficult move. Do not be afraid that it will be too expensive. First of all, it's worth it: you will receive a comprehensive service that will relieve you of the headache associated with preparing for the move, and will allow you to focus on other, possibly more important things. All the wisdom listed above will no longer be your concern.

Secondly, professional companies operating under the contract assume financial responsibility for the safety of the cargo. And finally, anyone who moved using the services of a simple cargo taxi (even without movers) will confirm: these guys are not as simple as they seem, and they will definitely not miss theirs. Even if it seems to you that you have taken into account all the terms of payment (for urgency, for distance, for that and for this), the final score will still be much higher than what you expected. And, by the way, not much less than you would have to pay, working with professionals. However, no guarantees, no liability, and even, as a rule, no receipt.

Each person or family had to move either over long distances, or to another place of residence, close to the former residential address. And in the first, and in the second case, packing, transporting things seemed a burden, an inordinately burdensome task.

In this article we will look at how to pack correctly when moving with the least waste of nerves and strength.

Preparation of container

People who often have to migrate from place to place probably know how to pack compactly when moving and may advise that you need to start preparing for the move a few days before departure. This approach will help not to forget the necessary things because of excessive fussiness, to reduce the number of scandals between the participants in the move.

The main condition for fast, proper packaging of things is to collect the necessary packaging. It can not do without cardboard boxes. Moreover, their forms should differ. Boxing can be in large supermarkets or stores. Here is such a good bulk. Therefore, the first step is to follow the nearest institution of this type and contact the technical staff with this question. Most likely you will not be denied, as usually, after receiving the goods, the boxes are simply thrown out for unsuitability. If the container is not enough, you can get it, break the attic, garage, basement.

Materials such as scotch tape, bags, film with air pimples, foam tiles will be needed to isolate fragile items from each other. So, the adhesive tape will be suitable for fastening the upper cardboard shutters on the boxes, winding dangerous corners, and the film will fit for the wrapping of household appliances and similar utensils. Stock up worth wrapping paper, which can replace ordinary newspapers. With the help of them you can protect paintings, dishes, mirrors from damage. You will also need the usual rope-type rope for dressing needy items.

In addition to everything you need to collect all plastic bags, bags, shopping bags to fit all.

How to pack when moving and where to start?

Before collecting, assess the condition of your cabinets, shelves, and trellis, because things from this furniture should be collected first. Surely there are statues, souvenirs, decor items. Under this group of utensils prepare a separate container - boxes, plastic boxes with a small proportion. Sort unnecessary accessories that are tainted, broken or simply unnecessary, suitable for disposal. Immediately clean the garbage.

Collect uniform small objects or gizmos from the shelves of all cabinets for one purpose of use. These are buttons, pins, batteries. Sort everything into different bags, tie it tight, send it to a separate place, and sign the storage container.

To disassemble newspapers, magazines, books, other waste paper, you need to try hard. Bring your printing items from the whole apartment. Unnecessary, read newspapers can be discarded or applied for packaging. Older books that you do not intend to use for their intended purpose can be given to your neighbors or to the library. This way you will drop extra ballast when you move.

Selected, suitable material should be folded in a box, previously tied each pack. Cardboard container after securely fasten on top, sign, so as not to get confused.

How is it better and safer to pack things when moving, namely the dishes?

In this matter, the main thing is accuracy, slowness, because kitchen utensils are a particularly fragile group of home accessories, especially if you are dealing with crystal glass, glass, or thin plastic.

Open wide all kitchen shelves, drawers. Separately, distribute such categories of dishes, classify by type of material:

  • Glass, ceramics, porcelain, faience, crystal.
  • Plastic.
  • Aluminum, iron, steel, cast iron, silver, nickel silver.
  • Heat-resistant materials.

Let's start in order. Ware of the first category - glasses, glasses, dinner items, plates, simply, the one that easily lends itself to scrap, wraps itself in thick paper so that each of the elements is as isolated as possible. Everything is folded, fixed on tape or string.

With plastic kitchen utensils, everything is much simpler: you can not wrap it, but simply put it in a designated box. The main thing is that everything is compact. The trays are defined into each other as the volume increases, as in a nested doll. The same is with plastic cups.

Plates, pans, broilers, trays are processed with solid waste paper, sorted according to their intended purpose - plates with plates, pots with pans.

How to compactly fold clothes, cosmetics for moving?

Wardrobe items are selected in accordance with the seasonal destination. Immediately set aside those things that are small, old, worn, just not needed. Surely, there will be a decent bundle that can be given to orphans, homeless, other poor. Separately, we recycle outer clothing, which at the moment is not relevant to use due to another season. If it is summer heat or late spring outside, winter items of outerwear should be folded compactly, letting air out of the fabric by pressing. This approach will provide a looser space for things in box space, good spaciousness. Together with warm clothes you need to pack voluminous, such as dressing gowns from makhry, gaiters, pants with a nap. Things that will be needed soon, add up in a separate travel bag. So, towels can be identified in one department, underwear in another, outerwear, jackets, jeans, shirts in the main. Cosmetics, bathroom items, cotton sponges are formed in small compartments. Moreover, each category must be isolated from things. This can be done by putting cosmetics in one bag, shampoos, gels, soaps - in an arc.

How to quickly pack when moving? Small household appliances.

If after the purchase you still have the boxes from the kettle, hairdryer, mixer, blender and the like household utensils, you can pack it here. In the absence of packaging, everything is placed in ordinary cardboard boxes and signed. After that, small household appliances put in a large box. If it is not possible to collect as much packaging, microwave, curling iron, mixer, etc. placed in a volumetric box, laying each of the items with a bubble film.

There is an alternative solution if there are not enough packing units: the entire kitchen and cosmetic equipment is wrapped in warm fabrics, blankets, blankets, and transported with other things. The main thing is that there are no voids in the boxes. So, the free space after the arrangement of objects, filled with newspaper convolutions or socks, for example.

How to translate large furniture?

The most weighty part of things, called heavy furniture, when moving, accepts the main condition: careful analysis, division into buildings, which are then successfully assembled at a new location of dislocation.

The algorithm works as follows:

  1. When parsing the bed, unfasten the backrest, armrests, mark with a marker what to return.
  2. Cabinets, trellis. It is necessary to remove shelves, doors. The first parts are numbered with one number, the second with another. Those elements that can be laid horizontally, using the one-to-one method, are folded separately;
  3. Fasteners from furniture sorted by individual packages, signed. Bolts, nuts, euro keys need to be put so that after they were easy to find.
  4. It is recommended not to disassemble the boxes, but leave them in the cavity of the furniture. Hanging out, they will take up a lot of space.
  5. It is important to wrap sliding boxes with adhesive tape so that they do not move out and be damaged during transport.

All such pieces of furniture are analyzed in this way. The main rule is competent, economical layout. This is the only way to answer the basic question of how to quickly pack when moving.

Large home appliances

A group of things includes: a refrigerator, a washing machine, a dishwasher, a TV, and other weighty appliances. Well, if preserved packaging. In the absence of such, try to find a similar container. Due to the lack of it, treat items from all sides with foam, wrap with foil, blanket, wrap with twine. When loading, make sure that the refrigerator does not stand upside down, as this threatens to dislodge some parts and lose the freon responsible for the cooling function.

Now you know how to pack your household items when moving. Make sure that nothing remains in the previous place of residence. To do this, prepare in advance, collect the belongings of each family member in a travel bag. Often, relocation is associated with a fire, but if you correctly plan out all the manipulations, you can get by with a little blood and losses.

Aug 15, 2017 Sergei

What new can you tell about the apartment move? Well, what secrets and riddles can be in this area? How to disassemble the stool? “Thank you, I can do it myself,” the client thinks and ... makes several mistakes at once in the “simplest” action called “preparing for the move.” In 50% of cases, this is exactly what happens.

Preparing for the move - it is not only sorting things and putting them in packages. First of all, this is a strategy based on “three pillars” - the basic principles. Observe them - and on the eve of the move you can assume that more than half of the work is already behind.

Appreciate your time. There is a very good and simple method of economic calculation. Calculate how much you earn per hour. Now think how much time your unloved work will take (for example, packing things). And if you assign them to a professional, how much will he have to pay? If the amount is less than your hourly earnings or is comparable to it, safely transfer the tedious chores to the specialists.

Keep things you need handy. For what you use every day, you need to choose non-standard packaging - for example, a bright package. The most important thing should be striking in order not to forget it in the old place and easily found it in the new one. Fold everything you need in a convenient noticeable package in advance and place it on a hanger in the hallway.

Think over the labeling system. Movers in transport companies often use inventory stickers. Another option - multi-colored tape. Mark beige boxes with dishes, white - boxes with books, and bright (yellow or orange) - fragile cargo. In extreme cases, the boxes can be signed with a marker - but with adhesive tape you will spend less time. Still, 10 times to attach pieces of scotch tape to the container easier and faster than 10 times in a row to write "dishes". Marking boxes must be at least from two sides, and best of all - from three.

Choose a convenient package. A wardrobe box is ideal for clothes, corrugated grids and complex cutting packages for dishes, and especially durable corrugated boxes for heavy things. The sharp edges of the furniture would be well covered with protective corners. They are made of cardboard or energoflex and serve two purposes at once: not to beat off the corners and not to injure someone with protruding parts.

Think about the division of labor. Even if you do everything yourself, except for driving a truck, “share” your work with other family members. The same marking of things can be charged even to a 5-year-old child. He will gladly agree to help you, because for him putting up multi-colored scotch on the boxes will be more an interesting game than a tedious duty.

Take care of home appliances. Remove food from the fridge. Lock the washing machine drum. Transfer all important information from a personal computer to a separate media - this is called a “backup”. Even better, remove the hard drive from the system unit and transport it in your personal bag along with the documents.

Secure all movable pieces of furniture. These are mainly drawers and doors. Accessories from the disassembled things fold into separate packages and be sure to sign them. After moving fatigue will prevent you to determine "by eye", where the fasteners from the children's wall, and where - from the kitchen.

Compare sizes. It happens that the furniture or household appliances do not pass through the door. If you have to deal with this, look for solutions to the problem in advance. True, there are usually only two of them: to disassemble oversized furniture, or to turn to specialists to expand the opening. Sometimes, as an option, you have to dismantle the door frame, and then put it in place. But if you do not have such experience, it is better not to take it on your own.

Designate a move at an early hour. If you need to go to the other end of Moscow, invite loaders to 8-9 in the morning, but not to 12, otherwise the move may be delayed until midnight.

Make your life easier. To get less cleaned up in a new apartment, spread a protective film on the floor. She can also close the fact that it is undesirable to soil - for example, new doors. If you are moving with a moving company, ask the experts to do this.

Keep calm. Unrest and anxiety confuse even the most balanced people. Try to get enough sleep on the eve of the move - do not collect things until late, and lie down early. And think about the pleasant - for example, about how life in a new place will be better than before.

It is unlikely that there will be at least one person who sincerely admits that he loves to relocate or enter a new office building. After all, the organization of the move is always accompanied by a huge amount of trouble: how to disassemble, and then assemble the furniture; how not to damage and not lose valuables; Where to find good packaging material? These issues can be solved independently, and you can ask for help from specialists who carry out professional relocation of an office, an industrial enterprise, or delivery of cargo to a dacha or new apartment.

Rules of the "correct" move

  • Purchase a diverse and high-quality packaging material:  scotch tape, stretch film, corrugated cardboard, boxes, air bubble film, foam plastic, corners. It will help you to maintain the integrity of things to the maximum, as well as not to damage the walls and floor in the room when moving goods.
  • Pack in boxes. In this case, one should not dump all shoes in one container, and for books it is advisable to use spirits boxes: they can withstand more weight. Experts advise not to overload the boxes: the weight of each of them should not exceed 20 kg. It is also easier for loaders to work, and there is a minimal risk that the bottom of the container due to overloading can fall off at the most inopportune moment. There is even a so-called “rule of thumb”: a loaded box should move from its place, if you press it with your thumb on the side. If the packaging could not be moved, it means that it is overloaded.

How to save on packaging

  • Wrap each box several times with tape.. This will not allow it to fall apart, because, being a fairly durable material, the tape securely fixes.
  • Label packed boxes. So you can easily find the necessary thing in a new place.
  • Clothes pack on bags: ties to ties; shirts to shirts. In order that things when moving strongly not wrinkled, it is not necessary to pack a bag "to the basis". Leave some free space there.
  • Valuable household appliances overlay in boxes with layers of foam. A fragile dishes - wrap a towel or at least paper. They fill all the empty places in the box.
  • Purchase special corners for furniture or use air bubble wrap for packaging.So you save the interior from scratches, and the walls - from damage during the removal of furniture. Remove all shelves and connect with adhesive tape for 2-3 pieces. Unscrew all the knobs and place them inside.
  • Valuable interior, antiques subject to special packaging. They are desirable to carry hand luggage.
  • Transfer all valuable information from a stationary computer to a removable media before moving.. Pack the monitor with cardboard.

It may seem that to properly prepare for the move is an extremely difficult task. But if you assign a housing move to the hands of professionals, then you will not remember the difficulties. And the move you will be associated exclusively with new pleasant experiences.

Olga Nikitina


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Those who at least once in their life have had to move to a new apartment are well aware of the feeling of “prostration” that arises when looking at numerous things in the wardrobes, bedside tables and shelves. It is not for nothing that the move is “equal to one fire” - some of the things are lost, some are beaten and broken on the way, and some simply disappear somewhere in an unknown way. About the amount of energy and nerves expended and can not speak.

Your attention - the main secrets of the right move!

Preparing for the move - what to do first?

The most common mistake of those moving is to collect things at the last moment. It would seem, “yes, everything will be in time!”, But - alas, oh - the result of fees in the last hours before the car arrived is always equally pitiable.

Therefore, it is better to begin training in advance.

Approximately a month before the planned relocation, the most important things should be done:

  • Cancel all contracts   (note - with the landlord, with companies that provide cable TV, telephone, Internet, etc.), so that in the new apartment they don’t demand money for services that they continue to provide with the old one under existing contracts.
  • Put everything in the trash you don't need , and everything that may prevent new owners.
  • Clearly determine the date of the move , enter into an agreement with the relevant carrier company and inform those who will assist you with moving to a new home.
  • Sell ​​furniture   (clothes, washing / sewing machine, other things) that you do not want to take with you, but which still look quite decent. It is better not to put high prices so that later you don’t have to leave these things in the old apartment for free. It is better to let them "fly away" at a modest price than no one buys them at all. And remember: if you have not used the thing for more than six months, it means that you do not need it - safely get rid of it in any convenient way.

One week before the move:

  1. We pack all the things that you will not need in the near future.
  2. Throw away too much.
  3. We begin to disassemble things, food and furniture in the kitchen.
  4. We buy disposable plates / forks to safely remove all the dishes from the kitchen.
  5. We connect the Internet in a new apartment so that on the day of the move it frantically does not ring up the company for this purpose, running between the boxes with the useless router.
  6. We clean carpets and erase curtains (save yourself strength in a new place), and also we wash clothes that require it.
  7. We do general cleaning in a new apartment, so as not to waste time on it after the move.

The day before the move:

  • We send children to the grandmother (friends).
  • Defreeze the refrigerator.
  • We understand the keys to the old and new housing (mailboxes, garages, gates, etc.).
  • We take readings of counters (a comment - we photograph).
  • We collect the remaining things.

7 secrets of preparation for the move, which will facilitate your life and the fees themselves

  • Audit.  Relocation is a great way to get rid of extra rubbish. Starting to sort things for packing them for the move, immediately put a large box "to throw" or "give to the neighbors." Surely, you have things (clothes, tiles, lamps, toys, etc.) that you do not need in a new apartment. Give them to those in need and don’t drag extra rubbish into a new apartment. Toys can be given to an orphanage, decent things can be sold at the respective sites, and old blankets / rugs can be taken to a dog shelter.
  • A box with documents. We collect it very carefully so that we can take it with us to the car on the day of the move. All documents that you have, lay out in folders, mark and clean in one box. Naturally, this should not be done the day before the move.
  • Box "1st need." So we label it. When you move in this box, you can easily find a first-aid kit, toothbrushes and toilet paper, a set of changeable clothes for each family member, the most necessary products (sugar, salt, coffee / tea), towels, pet food and other important things.
  • Box with valuable items.   Here we put all our gold with diamonds, if any, and other valuable items that are expensive or have a different value for you personally. This box should also be taken with you (do not shove it into the general “heap” into the truck, but take it with you to the salon).
  • Disassemble the furniture. Do not rely on chance and do not be too lazy to disassemble it, so that you do not cry over a torn sofa, a broken table and chips on a rare chest of drawers. There is no sense in dismantling and hauling old chipboard furniture - just distribute it to your neighbors or leave it near the garbage dump (who needs it, he will take it away).
  • Do not make major purchases a week before the move. Food stocks, too, do not do - it's overweight and place in the truck. It is better to replenish bins in a new place.
  • Prepare food on the eve of the move   (there will be no time to cook!) and pack it in a cooler bag. Nothing inspires a new place after the move like a delicious dinner.

Collecting and packing things for relocation - boxes, bags, scotch

It is almost impossible to collect the things that you have made in an old apartment even in 1 year, in 1 day.

Therefore, the ideal time to "start" - one week before the move. The most important thing when collecting things is packaging.

Therefore, we start with boxes and other items for a comfortable move:

  1. Looking for or buying cardboard boxes   (preferably strong and with holes for easy carrying). Most often, boxes are given free of charge in hypermarkets or local stores (ask the store administrators). Estimate the volume of your belongings and take the boxes according to this volume. On average, for packing things from a 2-room apartment, in which a large family lives with pets, it takes about 20-30 large boxes. It is not recommended to take giant boxes - they are inconvenient to carry and difficult to lift, in addition, they often break under the weight of things.
  2. Do not spare money for a wide quality scotch tape!   You will need it in large quantities, and not only to seal the boxes. And preferably with a dispenser, then work will go multiply faster.
  3. Also, you can not do without cardboard "pads"   (newspapers, wrapping paper), twine, regular stretchable thin film and packs of transparent bags.
  4. Special film with "pimples" that everyone likes to click so much, we buy in large quantities.
  5. Do not interfere also multicolored markers and stickers.
  6. For packing furniture will need thick fabric   (old sheets of curtains, for example), as well as thick film (as for greenhouses).
  7. For heavy things we allocate bags and suitcases   (boxes can not stand them), or put the weight in a small and strong box, then carefully fasten with tape and twine.

General work plan:

  • We strengthen all the boxes with a good scotch, paying special attention to the bottom of the container. Pens can also be made from it, if there are no holes on the boxes themselves (or to make these holes independently with a clerical knife).
  • We select a separate room (or part of it) under the packed items.
  • We buy a notebook for records, where there will be all the information on bills, loaders, counters and the things themselves.

On a note:

If you use costumes, you will be happy to know that there are cardboard “cabinets” for the safe transportation of expensive items right on the hangers.


How to move and not forget anything - lists of things, marking boxes and much more

In order to not look painfully for a long time in a new apartment, clothespins or pantyhose in all the boxes that no one ever takes apart at once (usually it takes from a week to a month, and especially lucky ones take up to a year), use the rules of competent packing of things:

  • Mark boxes with stickers and markers.   For example, red - for the kitchen, green - for the bathroom, and so on. Do not forget to duplicate each box in a notebook.
  • Be sure to put the number on the box   (on each side of the box, so that later you don’t have to turn it around in search of a number!) and duplicate it in a notebook along with a list of things. If you are not shy of loaders and are not afraid that "things are stolen," then the list with things can be glued to the box. In notebook, you should have all the boxes with all the lists of things. The numbering of the boxes is also useful because in the new place it will be easier for you to check whether all things have been brought into the apartment.
  • Life hacking: not to look for clothespins and washing powder, pack them directly into the drum of the washing machine. Tea and sugar can be folded in the kettle, and a pack of coffee in the box with the Turkish coffee grinder. You can fold the litter, bowls and pet food into the cat carrier. And so on, with other things.
  • When folding wires from equipment and gadgets, try not to confuse them. In a separate box - a scanner with wires, in another - a computer with its own wires, by separate packages, phones and other gadgets - each with its own charge. If you are afraid of getting confused, immediately take a picture of the area where the wires are connected to the equipment. Such a cheat sheet can make life easier for you after the move.
  • Ship linens separately   with towels and blankets with pillows.
  • Do not forget to select a separate box for tools.   and the little things needed for repair, you will need it almost immediately after the move.

Room moving - we prepare furniture for transportation

Do not rely on "strong" furniture and "caring" loaders.

If your furniture is dear to you, then take care of its safety before moving.

  • Everything that understands - we sort, pack and label. For example, we disassemble a table into parts, each one is packed in special thick paper or cardboard (ideal is a pimply film), we mark every detail with the letter “C” (table). Accessories from the table are folded in a separate package, twist it and fasten on one of the parts. Ideally, if you manage to fix all the details together or put in narrow boxes. Do not forget the instructions! If they are preserved - put it in a bag with accessories, so that later it would be easier to assemble furniture. Keys for furniture and other tools for its quick assembly, put in the box "1st need" (described above).
  • Sofas and chairs wrapped in thick cloth , on top of a thick film and wound with tape. Do the same with mattresses.
  • All the handles on the doors and drawers wrapped with cling film or foam rubber so as not to scratch other things.
  • If the drawers from the dresser (table) you do not pull out , be sure to fasten them so as not to fall out when carrying. Also fix all the doors on the furniture - on the kitchen and so on.
  • All glasses and mirrors must be removed from the furniture and packaged separately. . Usually they fight first if the owners leave them in the closets.

If you send things to another city in a container, then pay special attention to packing furniture and boxes!

Moving to a new apartment and pets - what you need to remember?

Of course, the ideal option is to send pets and children to relatives during the move. First, it will be easier for parents, and second, it will protect children and young cubs from accidental injuries.

But if there is no such possibility, then use the "reminder" for moving with pets:

  1. Do not swear at pets.   For them, moving alone is stressful. Their attention to things and boxes is quite natural. Do not swear and do not shout. Do not forget that they do not feed themselves.
  2. At the time of collection and running around with boxes, highlight the young animals anything that can distract them   - a separate box for cats (they love them), toys, bones for dogs.
  3. In advance (for a couple of weeks) resolve all questions with the veterinarian, if any. Update the information on the chip (note - phone number, address).
  4. For transportation of fish: Pour the water from the aquarium into a bucket with a ventilated lid (transfer the fish to the same place), and transfer the vegetation from it to another container, adding the same water. Soil lay out the packages. The aquarium itself - wash, dry, wrap "pimply" film.
  5. For the transportation of birds:   we wrap the cage with cardboard and on top with warm and dense matter (birds are afraid of drafts).
  6. Rodents can be transported in native cages. , but it is recommended to warm them if it is too cold outside. In the heat, on the contrary, choose a place for transportation in which it will not be too hot and stuffy (so that the animals do not suffocate).
  7. Do not feed dogs and cats right in front of the road. , be sure to walk the dogs, and clean the troughs during transport - or, if it is hot, replace them with wet sponges.
  8. For cats and small dogs it is better to use hard carriers. Naturally, it is not recommended to transport them to a new home in the cargo compartment of the car. The best option is to carry pets on your lap.

And do not forget to take a couple of days off for moving and unloading things in a new place. Moving after a working day is an ordeal.

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