You can now exhale with satisfaction that the moving day has finally arrived. Now that you’ve finished your planning and packing, it’s time to move into your new house. Nevertheless, whether you’ve recruited the assistance of friends and family or hired professional movers, moving day requires teamwork. Moving etiquette must be taken into account in order to guarantee a smooth transition for all parties on this important day.
The following actions will help a moving day go quickly and maintain a positive attitude for those involved.
1. Be Prepared and Packed
On the morning of the move, make sure that your possessions are labeled, packed, and prepared for loading onto the truck. While some goods, like bedding and toiletries, might need to be packed at the last minute, most of your packing should be done in advance. This enables your movers to show up there and start working right away. Clear labels and orderly packing are necessary for a seamless residential moving experience.
2. Clean Labeling and Neat Packing
Make sure everything is safely packaged up and placed in manageable containers before the movers show up there. Don’t load up your movers with a bunch of stuff in trash bags. Furthermore, the more precise your box labels, the better.
Indicate the room that each box is going to be placed in using a bold marker. If needed, add supplementary labels (e.g., canned goods, toys, books). Put this information on a sign so that boxes are placed in the appropriate rooms at your new house, making the procedure easier. Remember to label any containers holding fragile or pointy objects.
3. Separate Prohibited and Sensitive things
Your movers shouldn’t touch some things, including flammables, pets, hazardous materials, alcohol, and plants. Get a list of things your moving company won’t accept ahead of time, and keep these things out of the movers’ path. You might want to put a “do not move” sign on the pile. Additionally, separate sensitive items like medication, personal documents, jewelry, and valuables to transport them personally.
4. Plan Ahead for Necessities
To prevent needless delays on moving day, take care of any administrative responsibilities such as obtaining a parking pass for the moving truck or making an elevator reservation before moving day. Before the movers arrive in bad weather, sweep and salt the walkways and sidewalks.
5. Assist but Don’t Hover
Stay out of the way of the movers as they are working. They load trucks and move boxes according to a method. Make sure your pets and children are kept out of their way and concentrate on loading your car with things you plan to transfer personally. If you’re handling any local moving, you can easily transport the things such as documents, fragile items, pets, etc you don’t want the moving company to have access to. It’s also a good idea to do a last inspection, which should include unplugging appliances and devices, packing groceries from the refrigerator, and taking stuff down from the walls.
