Author: Patrick Moreau

I always suggest going around your home and taking photos of your valuables and breakables before they get packed up. If for any reason things get broken, damaged or lost during the moving process, at least you have a record of them. (Just quick snaps on the camera on your mobile phone will be good enough). TIP – It’s worth doing this anyway for things in your house, as it can help with insurance claims if you get burgled or there’s a fire etc.. – I use the home inventory in my Home File for this. Does everything fit your new home? Furniture that is in your existing home may well not fit into your new home, and it’s best to know this up front so you can sell it / donate it before you move. Take some time to measure doorways etc. and work out whether the larger items of furniture (your sofa/dresser etc.) will fit into your new space. There would be nothing worse than leaving a sofa on the front garden on moving day! TIP – This is also a useful exercise for working out whether you have suitable space for all your furniture. If you are downsizing it’s worth working out what can and cannot fit into your new home, and sorting these out before moving day

The last thing you will really want to do is move lots of food – especially fresh/frozen food. You will no doubt have tried to use up as much as possible in the cupboards before moving day, and as such you will have minimal foods once in your new house. It’s therefore worth taking some stress away and organising an online food delivery** for day 2 of your move. That way you know that you will be able to stock up without leaving the house, and you only have to sort out food for moving day and the morning after. If you happen to have older kids or teenagers you can get them involved using the same techniques or maybe a simple promise of a night out on their new town. Take them out to see a movie, go to the mall or out to eat at a local popular eatery. Try being creative, Calgary is a fun town for all ages. Museums, theme parks, theatres, plays, sport complexes or school groups.

Most truck rental agencies will provide you with the amount their trucks can hold measured in cubic feet. One cubic foot essentially means the volume of a cube whose sides are all 1 foot long. They use this type of measurement to ensure every inch of available space is considered, meaning the space from the floor of the truck’s bed to the ceiling, back to front. Now, most people won’t be using every available inch only because it’s almost impossible to load and pack a truck so well that there are no empty spaces. Because of this, always opt for a slightly larger truck than what you think you need. While using a truck rental company’s estimate when selecting the right size of truck or trailer to rent may be helpful, keep in mind that this is merely an estimate. Some people have much more substantial furnishings, more things, and tons of stuff crammed into every closet and cabinet. Other packrats even have entire garages jam-packed with items from floor to ceiling. A smart way to better estimate a suitable truck size is to attempt to cluster your things together, such as in an unused formal dining room, a garage or another large space. This effort also helps you prep for the move. When you pack a place full of items and measure the area, you will have a better idea about the right truck size for your needs.

For our readers that speak german :

Alle Mitarbeiter verfugen uber eine langjahrige Erfahrung, wodurch Ihnen ein hervorragender Service garantiert ist. Wenn auch Sie sich fur ein Reinigungsunternehmen entscheiden, dann konnen Sie nicht nur von einer sauberen Wohnung profitieren, sondern konnen Sie sich dadurch auch einiges an Zeit ersparen. Bei uns finden Sie zahlreiche gratis Offerten, bei welchen Sie sich unverbindlich ein Angebot uber unterschiedliche Reinigungsfirmen in der Schweiz einholen konnen. Sie mussen sich auch absolut keine Gedanken uber die verschiedensten Putzgerate und Reinigungsmittel machen, denn all dies ubernimmt ebenfalls das Reinigungsunternehmen. Lesen Sie mehr auf Umzug und Reinigung Aarau.

Jeder Mensch, der schon mal einen Umzug geplant hat, weiss um die Hindernisse bei diesem Projekt. Es braucht namlich langst nicht nur ein grosses Auto und handwerkliches Geschick dazu. Vielmehr muss man samtliche Details genau im Blick haben. Da allerdings nur die wenigsten Menschen auf eine “Horde” starker Manner zuruckgreifen konnen oder gar einen kleinen LKW besitzen, wird haufig auf ein Umzugsunternehmen zuruckgegriffen. Leider ist die Korrespondenz zwischen Kunde und Umzugsfirma haufig „holprig“ bis schwierig, was Bedingungen und Abwicklung anbelangt. Das ist ganz besonders der Fall, wenn man in eine vollig fremde Stadt umzieht und dort nicht einmal eine Umzugsfirma kennt. Selbst wenn man in den “Wirren” des Internets ein vermeintlich passendes Unternehmen findet, fangen die Schwierigkeiten meist erst an.