Planning A Decent Domestic Move

by Grace Bailey
(UK, London)


One of the most important aspects of a good domestic move is the planning. If you are unable to get things set out in an order before you set off on your removal, then you stand at risk of having a horrendously difficult time!


There are a great many ways in which a removal can go wrong. Unfortunately, there is no magic spell for knowing all of the ins and outs of your move. However, in the planning process, try to consider all that's involved so you can properly prepare for mishaps and everything goes as efficiently as possible.

As a start point, you should get going with the planning for the domestic move as soon as you can. In many ways, this process is best done by sitting down with a friend or partner in the removal, and thinking through the move from start to finish in great detail. This means thinking through the process of packing, what order you are going to do it all in, getting rid of junk and recycling everything appropriately.

You must then think about how and when you will be transferring energy and communications bills as well as changing addresses in various places and setting up a forwarding address for the old house.

With this all set in place, it is important that you then think of the day itself. What do you need to be set in place for these sorts of things to happen successfully? Is there anything that you may be missing? Who is looking after the kids or the pets? All of these questions are the kinds of things that you may be asking yourself right at the moment that it needs to be sorted, and that is why you need to have planned it all!

It is hard but if you continually think through the process,you should be able to cover everything. Once you have it all thought through, write down the various stages as headers, with sub headings of how you are going to get it all done in a way that works for you.

Consider how you will protect your items against damage and your wallet against hidden fees. Be sure that you are moving on a day that works for you and fight tooth and nail to make sure that you can get the time off work at that time. From making things cheaper to reducing the time that certain parts of the removal take, you can make the whole thing work in your favor.

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