Whether you are hiring professional movers to help you transport your things or you are doing it yourself, long distance relocating can still be a trial. Choose to make a smoother move by planning everything before time. No need to rush around at the last minute like a headless chicken instead be ready to go. You can then be much more relaxed when the moving day actually comes around!
If the movers do everything this is the most helpful option and they can advise on what you need to do as well as inform you of any rules or regulations to follow. They are expert at what they do as they have been there before. On the other hand if you opt to pack your things you may prefer this as it’s a personal thing to do and you can make sure your belongings are packed just as you want them!
1. Make A Complete Check List
It’s always a brilliant idea to create a complete checklist of things you need to do before, throughout the trip and after moving to your new place. Tick of all the things you have completed as you go along. This is a useful visual record to show what is still to be done.
2. Collect Information About You New Home
Research your new area so that you and your family can settle in as quickly as possible. Print of information about physicians, schools, libraries, sport and leisure. These will save you time when you arrive and it means that you can start being part of the community once you get there; of course after a reasonable settling in period! Whether it is yourself or a family member, being part of something can really help when moving to a new place. Your movers may also have some information on the area you are moving to if they are a countrywide firm.
3. Confirm Your Home Purchase and Collect Keys
Before you go coast to coast moving, make sure that you sign a lease or buy your own home in advance. You need to make sure that you have accommodation available before you proceed with a long distance move! This may seem obvious but we can be so caught up with things we may just leave things until the last moment.
Make sure all is ship shape and you leave time to collect your new keys for your new home. The procedures for this of course will be different if you are leasing or buying your home. Check with your agent or legal advisor.
Movers have been known to be delayed just because the client has not got their contract completed or the keys! Saves money on storage too!
4. Selecting A Moving Company
If you are choosing a moving company, it may work best to select one from your local area. If you decide to rent a van from a moving firm, your reservation ought to be made as far ahead of time as possible. Rental groups and movers frequently have bargains for early and advanced bookings. According to different online sources, it has been said that hiring or booking a firm is busier from the start of the month to the middle of the month. So you may be better booking from late to the end of the month.
5. Plan Your Travel
It’s the vital part of long distance moving. So plan you travel properly and make all the arrangements in advance. No matter if you are driving or travelling by air to your new province, you need to make all the arrangements a couple of weeks ahead of time, at least! If you are going to travel by air, advance booking of tickets must be made, and assuming that you are driving, auto repairs and any other servicing ought to be finished ahead of time. Also, take care of pet travel if your family pets are tagging along for this cross country relocation.
6. Make Changes To Your Postal Address
You also have to change your address and contact details. This can be done quite easily though a form available at your nearest post office, this will help you update your address and receive mail to your new home. You may also want to contact banks, administration offices, your insurance company, acquaintances, colleagues, teammates.
7. Settle Utilities
You don’t want to pay extra cash for the utilities you’ve not used. So you must make sure you have turn off dates for all utilities in advance. A planned date for power, gas and different utilities to be turned off must be provided for your old home while a “turn on” date ought to be booked to use these utilities in your new home.
8. Pack Carefully
If self-packing, you need to verify that your cases/boxes are unmistakably marked and labelled so you can comfortably unpack necessities first, when you touch base at your new home.
9. Keep Important Belongings With You
Make sure that you keep all the important stuff with you rather than packing them or keeping it in storage. This might include medication, important documents, travel cash and some other expensive personal stuff.
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Dan Lee, loves nothing better than finding out useful and helpful information for friends colleagues and fellow bloggers. He works for long distance movers and enjoys anything to do with homes and moving home.
