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Select your moving company
well in advance. |
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Purchase insurance coverage
on movables. |
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If you need to store some of
your goods, it's a good idea to tour the warehouse of the mover you're planning to use.
Look for cleanliness, organization, security, etc. |
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At the time of residential
moves take inventory of your home.Decide what to keep what to give away.Donate items you
no longer want or have a garage sale. |
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Create a file for
all-important moving-related documents |
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Start packing belongings
that you don't often use. |
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Discard
or give away all your absolutely inessential items before moving. |
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Pack your
current phone book to take with you.You may need to make calls to residents or businesses
back in your former hometown. |
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Pack heavy items in small
boxes, light items in larger boxes. |
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Place pictures and glasses
in boxes between sheets and blankets to give them added protection. |
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Plates
and record albums should be packed on end vertically, rather than placed flat and stacked.
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Finish packing your personal
items and make sure all boxes are appropriately labeled. |
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Before the mover’s
leave for your destination residence, give them a phone number where you can be reached.
It is also a good idea to provide him with an alternate contact in case you can't be
reached. |
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Toilet
paper, telephone, toothpaste and brushes, snacks, coffee and coffee pot, soap, flashlight,
screwdriver, pliers, can opener, paper plates, cups and utensils, a couple of pans, and
paper towels are some of the essentials you may need upon arrival at your new home.Pack a
box with these types of items and ask your movers to load it on the van last so that it
will be unloaded at your new home first. |
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Leave the rest to the
professional movers, sit back and relax, and look forward to the new opportunities, new
friends, new experiences, etc.that are part of any move |
