How to Organize, Plan and Prepare for a Household Move in Adelaide

• Check Craigslist or Freecycle if it is active in your area and time permits.
You may find moving boxes and packing materials that others have just
emptied.
Start at least a basic plan for how you will arrange your
belongings in the new home.
If you can, label or mark each box with where you want it to go rather than
where it came from. (Often, this may be the same, since items coming out of
the kitchen probably will go back into the kitchen.)
Plan and pack a survival kit.
These are the items you will keep out or keep separate so that you have the
most essential items at hand when you first arrive. These items might go in a
specially labeled box or in suitcases. You will know best which items to pack
for yourself, but remember to include medications, eyeglasses, wallets and ID,
plus a few changes of clothes. If pets will move with you, include the basics
you need to care for them, as well.
• It's a good idea to pack one box with a teakettle, a small pot, some
teabags/coffee/cookies, some cutlery, a few plates, a toaster, some hand
towels and liquid soap, etc. for those much-needed things when you first
arrive. This will save you from rummaging around for basics and allow
you to get on with the business of unpacking methodically.
Plan to pack less-frequently used items first.
Especially if you have plenty of time to pack, start early, packing things like
books and clothing that is out of season. You will unpack in approximately the
reverse order.
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