share your stress free moving tips !!

[Shalou]

Hi, I start in the rooms we use the least and start packing the cupboards up months in advance and stacking the boxes up in the shed. Excess manchester, tupperware, toys etc all gets packed months in advance until we only have our every day stuff to go. When the time comes to finish the rest of the house I start at one end and work my way through 1 room at a time. We always find someone to look after the kids or we do the majority of our packing while DD is at daycare. Set one box aside as "priority" and place all the things you want ASAP in the new house. Things like the sheets for the beds so you have somewhere to sleep the first night, kettle etc all the things that your going to use in the first 24 hours. We buy snacks and make up sandwiches and keep 2 eskies full of ice going for drinks. The first thing we move is the fridge, we let it sit for an hour and then turn it on so that we are able to use it straight away. We also rope in as many friends and family as we can, lol. Good Luck with your move

[Lulu]

Valium sandwiches...

[*charmalea*]

Valium sandwiches...

lol, for me or the kids ???

tomorrow, he have set aside to pack all the stuff we are not currently usuing (seasonal clothes , linen excess towells and what ever else i find ) and also doing a major clean out ..

I wrote a list on what to do and when , but we are getting a truck on friday and the only other person we have helping is my mum !! poor thing and i have a bad back so we'll see how the day goes !!

i have no motivation to pack atm as it seems so far away , but i guess the sooner i get it over and done with the better !!

thanks for all the tips ,they are really helpful ..

im the sort of person who wants it all moved/cleaned in one truck load , but apparently moving doesnt happen like that

[Astrid]

i have no motivation to pack atm as it seems so far away , but i guess the sooner i get it over and done with the better !!

I was like that, ended up that we did not get all the packing done. I was still packing on the day and we had to go back ourselves for the that few items. The kitchen was the worst. It takes a lot more time and boxes than you first think. Set your self a rule, to pack x many boxes a day and don't just do the easy stuff first like I did Mix it up, so all the last boxes are not hard.

[mrsmac]

Some great ideas from the other ladies as usual. I 2nd Lulu's sandwich idea!! We have moved 10 times in the last 11 years and I don't think it gets easier, I have moved while pg twice and with a 6 month old and 2 other kids!
Here are the only things I can think of to help:
We have decided that the expense of a removalist is well worth it!
McDonalds can be family food for 2 days if it needs to LOL
Let anyone who offers to help do so!
If you have to have the previous place clean hire a cleaner, we found a lovely Korean couple who do it for cash in hand and they are cheap and do a brilliant job.

Good luck!

[Visitor8]

oh yes I second the cleaner thing!! They do it all, floors, scirting boards, scrub the walls. Something that none of us want to do!

[Cricket]

About last minute packing - some of that will have to be done. And you likely won't do worse than my parents. They moved last summer and were told that the moving company they hired would do the packing when they arrived, so that it would be insured on the truck. However, when the guys got there, they said no, they never pack. They had no boxes or anything. Needless to say there were some panicky moments. Mom and Dad had nothing ready, and a whole bunch of moving guys waiting to load the truck. So while the moving guys loaded the furniture, mom and dad and the kids ran around like mad throwing anything and everything into whatever boxes they could come up with. When they got to the new house, they discovered boxes with things like "coffee filters, two hangars, a single sock, the toaster, and a couch cushion" Mom said at least all the stress of packing was confined to a few hours. And they made it to the new house with all their stuff, and nothing broke.
Hope your move goes more smoothly than that!