On Call Moving & Storage shares the most beneficial moving tips for your big move day with our customers.
- Start with out-of-season items. Next, pack things used infrequently. Leave until last the things you'll need until moving day.
- Pack similar items together. Do not pack a delicate china figurine in the same carton with cast-iron frying pans, for example.
- Use the right boxes and sizes.
- Mark each box and put a unique mark on the cartons you want to unpack first at your destination.
- Empty your drawers to avoid damages and unnecessary losses.
- Empty your refrigerator and freezer.
- Family photographs, videos, slides, and negatives should be packed in separate cartons rather than combined with other household items.
- Pack all your valuables such as (jewelry, electronics, money, documents, etc.)
- Clocks, small radios, and other small appliances should be wrapped individually and packed in a carton cushioned with crushed paper.
- Steam irons should be emptied of all water, wrapped, and placed in the cushioned bottom of a box.
- Remove all batteries from small appliances before packing.
- Prepare the lawnmower by draining gasoline before the day of loading.
- Avoid mixing items from different rooms in the same box. It will make your packing quicker and your unpacking a lot easier, too.
- Never wrap oil paintings in regular paper; it will stick.
- Do not water your plants a week before your moving date.