5 Essential Rules You Must Follow When Moving House.

If you’re planning on moving anytime soon, then it is definitely time to start planning. The date will no doubt come around a lot quicker than you think and there’s nothing more stressful than moving house when you are totally unprepared (something which most of us are probably guilty of having done at one time or another).

However, if you take time to prepare, what is often a stressful experience, may just turn into an exciting one that runs as smooth as clockwork.

Moving your furniture
If you’re planning on taking care of the move yourself, then try and organise getting as many friends involved as possible. The earlier you organise the better, as if you leave it until the last minute they will often be too busy. If, on the other hand, you decide to go with a removal firm, take the time to look into them properly first. Get at least 2 or 3 written quotes and make sure whoever you employ to carry out the move is a member of BAR (British Association of Removers). If in any doubt ask questions, such as how much are your goods insured for and how long have they been trading.

Do a moving checklist and start on it well in advance
It may be that you are getting new furniture and you want it delivered on a specific day. If you are planning on dumping certain items, it may make life easier if you get as much done as possible over the previous weeks. Getting hold of boxes and other packing material can also be problematic at times, so you may want to think of this well in advance.

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Inform everyone that you are moving
From your landlord to the utility companies, you will need to let them all know you’re moving. Credit card companies, banks and insurance companies will also need to be informed whilst you’re at it. If you give your insurance company a call, you should be able to make sure your new home is insured from the day you move as well.

Packing
The last thing you will want to do is leave packing until the last minute. However, if you are organised the whole move can go so much easier. Try and get as many strong boxes as possible well in advance and take the time to start boxing everything that isn’t essential sooner rather than later. When putting heavy or expensive items in a box don’t hold back on the parcel tape, as an extra layer may be the difference between the box holding or not! It’s also advisable to pack by room and to label each box as clearly as possible. After spending 10 hours moving, who really wants to have to open 15 boxes just to find the kettle!

As well as packing your belongings, you need to create a list of everything you need to organize before the move. This includes notifying utilities, updating your address, and remembering to set up mail forwarding to ensure that all your important mail is redirected to your new home without any disruption. You can research royal mail redirection prices online to find the best service for your needs. This step will help you avoid missing essential correspondence during the busy transition period.

The arrival checklist
There is a good chance that if you are moving in, someone else has just moved out, which means check for any damage that may have been hidden behind furniture or caused during the previous owners/tenants moving out. You will also need to take all of the relevant meter readings and inform the utility companies, so you’re not stuck paying someone else’s bill.

If you are considering moving house and are still in the early stages, why not contact Hunters for a free evaluation.

The madness known as Moving Day.

We know about Black Friday, Boxing Day, Cyber Monday... But have you ever heard of Moving Day? Yes, there is such a thing. It's a tradition in the province of Quebec, Canada, and it falls on the same day as Canada Day, which is July 1. So while most Canadians sit back, relax, and commemorate Canada Day, the people of Quebec sweat, grunt, and tire themselves out from all that moving.

A tradition that dates back to the French colonial era, Moving Day is that time of the year when tenants who wish to vacate their current premises move out and settle into new domiciles. It's also the day moving company Montreal look forward to, and dread at the same time.

The madness that is Moving Day.

Movers Montreal are the busiest during this period of time, with the movers hustling, bustling, and working round the clock. With so many families moving out of their houses simultaneously, moving companies often run shorthanded, hence they tend to charge double, sometimes even triple their usual rates.

As of 2002, only 36% of the people in Montreal own their home. The rest are tenants, and are most likely to partake in the annual moving madness. Unless they now have houses of their own, that is.

Bye Bye Moving, Hello Hassle-Free Relocation.

If you're one of my regular readers, then perhaps you've noticed how moving companies are a familiar topic in this blog. I've featured quite a handful of companies in the past, and because I write about them so often, I thought I've seen it all. That is, until I came across this particular demenageur gatineau.

A moving company located in the city of Gatineau, Bye Bye Moving offers moving services in Ottawa for both business and residential areas. Like most moving companies, they provide moving supplies, do packing services, and have safe storage houses. For business moving, they even layout a carefully planned transition management scheme.

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But what sets Bye Bye Moving from its competitors is the fact that they have a Better Business Bureau (BBB) accreditation to their name. On a scale of A+ to F, Bye Bye Moving was given an A+ in the BBB Rating System, as they have met or perhaps even surpassed BBB's accreditation standards. This makes Bye Bye Moving the top choice in the field of demenagement gatineau.

Also commendable are the services they offer that go beyond moving supplies and facilitating deliveries. Bye Bye Moving has a complete junk removal service that allows the use of their waste trailers for all the junk, shingles, debris, and construction materials that need to be disposed - snow included!

A service that's rare for most moving companies, Snow Removal is the newest addition to their website's service options. This sure makes Bye Bye Moving a force to be wrecking with in the industry.

Across the globe with Montreal Movers.

Long distance moving (or as the French would call it, déménagement longue distance) is not an easy task. The mere thought of it is already stressful, so imagine how even more taxing it is if you're packing and unpacking your things, hauling the furniture, and moving house for real.

Fortunately, there is Montreal Movers, a removalist company that offers a complete moving and packaging service. They have specialized, spacious, and well-maintained trucks for your furniture and belongings, and a well-trained and competent staff to take care of the packing and transport of your things. Montreal Movers assures you of a stress-free and worry-free experience as they are covered by all required guarantees and insurances.

Montreal Movers also offers storage and packaging services. And for certain instances where the things to be moved are not at the initial loading point, Montreal Movers can do intermediate pickups, too. Even international moving is not impossible with this company. Their carriers, movers, and equipment are all fit for overseas transport, too.

To assess the situation and the needs of the client, Montreal Movers has a survey form accessible online. Quotations are free of charge, and are done within 24 hours.

Montreal Movers

9165 Boivin, LaSalle, QC, H8R 2E8
(514) 373-9131

Of Movers and Shakers.

One of my mommy friends from the little man's school has been missing in action since the start of the week. Apparently, their family moved house over the weekend, and my friend is the one overseeing everything - packing and unpacking of their stuff, loading and unloading of their furniture, and the interior decorating of their new home.

And from what I heard, there were even a few mishaps along the way. They had to make several trips from their old apartment to the new house because the moving truck wasn't spacious enough to load their stuff all at once. The movers weren't too careful either, and one of her precious vases broke into pieces as their furniture were being unloaded from the truck.

Had she availed the services of Demenagement Montreal, she could have saved herself from all the trouble, and her precious vase would have been safe, too.

Moving house is a Herculean task. But with careful planning, and with Demenagement Montreal assisting every step of the way, moving wouldn't be as burdensome. They have moving consultants that do ocular inspections prior to moving. A packing crew carefully prepares the family's possessions, while highly-trained van operators and their crew will do the loading and unloading. Finally, there are so-called destination members to assist the family as they settle in their new home.

Perhaps my friend and her family hasn't settled in completely. Either that, or she's still nursing a broken heart over her shattered vase.