How to Organize, Plan and Prepare for a Household Move in Adelaide
If you have time before the move, you may want to run through the usable foods in your pantry and freezer. If you do not have time, or if there are items remaining that you do not have time to move, see about donating the nonperishable stuff to a food pantry. You might also give usable items to friends and neighbors. • If moving overseas, carting food and beverages with you is rarely an option. Give away what you can, from spices to chocolate stashes. Investigate the rules about the carrying and acceptance of such items as alcohol if you wish to take your special wine cellar overseas with you. There can be a lot of strict rules surrounding food and alcohol importation, depending on the country; most countries do not let you move alcohol. Line up help. Even if moving day is months away, start now to get the help you will need. The budget option is to call in favors from family and friends. Otherwise, look around for someone you can pay to help with packing and moving. Get recommendations from friends or read ratings if you have the time. • One thing friends can be a huge help with is meals. Once you start packing away your kitchen equipment, meals become problematic, so accept all offers for good food from others. • Friends can also be great babysitters for kids and pets, who can often get underfoot or increase your stress levels when you're worrying about where they are. • On the day of the move, strip all the beds, including the mattress pads, and gather the used towels. Get a neighbor to wash, dry, and fold everything, then pack all together in one box for immediate use in the new place. Plan for any special or challenging objects you must move.
If you and your friends can move the sofa, fine. But if you have anything especially large, heavy, or fragile to move (such as a piano), you may need specialized help. • When moving long distances, ask the removal company about their wrapping and packaging techniques, as well as their policies with respect to breakages. • If asking others to remove valuable items, get references from people who have used their services and been satisfied with them. Make a list of people and organizations you will need to contact. When you move, you should inform government agencies, institutions with which you do business, utilities, and so on. Make this list as soon as you know you will move, and continue to update it as monthly bills and statements remind you of whom you should inform. • In some countries, the post office offers a standard form with a list of names that you can check and they will advise the most obvious companies and agencies that you have moved. Inquire at your local post office for more information. • Consider mail forwarding for a while. Although this can cost money, it is better than having your mail go astray until you've caught up with all the address changes. • If you cannot forward your mail to a foreign country ask a trustworthy friend, or family if you can forward it to them. They can hold the important mail and throw away the unimportant. • Consider opening a joint account with a family member or friend that you can access online. This way if you need bills paid you can transfer funds and have them pay with them. Organize any repairs or cleaning. If the new place must be cleaned or repaired before you move in, plan overlapping time or time with your belongings in storage to complete these
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If you have time be<strong>for</strong>e the move, you may want <strong>to</strong> run through the usable<br />
foods <strong>in</strong> your pantry <strong>and</strong> freezer. If you do not have time, or if there are items<br />
rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g that you do not have time <strong>to</strong> move, see about donat<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
nonperishable stuff <strong>to</strong> a food pantry. You might also give usable items <strong>to</strong><br />
friends <strong>and</strong> neighbors.<br />
• If mov<strong>in</strong>g overseas, cart<strong>in</strong>g food <strong>and</strong> beverages with you is rarely an<br />
option. Give away what you can, from spices <strong>to</strong> chocolate stashes.<br />
Investigate the rules about the carry<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> acceptance of such items as<br />
alcohol if you wish <strong>to</strong> take your special w<strong>in</strong>e cellar overseas with you.<br />
There can be a lot of strict rules surround<strong>in</strong>g food <strong>and</strong> alcohol<br />
importation, depend<strong>in</strong>g on the country; most countries do not let you<br />
move alcohol.<br />
L<strong>in</strong>e up help.<br />
Even if mov<strong>in</strong>g day is months away, start now <strong>to</strong> get the help you will need.<br />
The budget option is <strong>to</strong> call <strong>in</strong> favors from family <strong>and</strong> friends. Otherwise, look<br />
around <strong>for</strong> someone you can pay <strong>to</strong> help with pack<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> mov<strong>in</strong>g. Get<br />
recommendations from friends or read rat<strong>in</strong>gs if you have the time.<br />
• One th<strong>in</strong>g friends can be a huge help with is meals. Once you start<br />
pack<strong>in</strong>g away your kitchen equipment, meals become problematic, so<br />
accept all offers <strong>for</strong> good food from others.<br />
• Friends can also be great babysitters <strong>for</strong> kids <strong>and</strong> pets, who can often<br />
get underfoot or <strong>in</strong>crease your stress levels when you're worry<strong>in</strong>g about<br />
where they are.<br />
• On the day of the move, strip all the beds, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the mattress pads,<br />
<strong>and</strong> gather the used <strong>to</strong>wels. Get a neighbor <strong>to</strong> wash, dry, <strong>and</strong> fold<br />
everyth<strong>in</strong>g, then pack all <strong>to</strong>gether <strong>in</strong> one box <strong>for</strong> immediate use <strong>in</strong> the<br />
new place.<br />
<strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> any special or challeng<strong>in</strong>g objects you must move.
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