SMART MOVES
Reduce your stress
The how-to guide on how to pack up your house
T
hey say moving, death and divorce are three
of the most traumatising experiences one
can have.
While the former two are incredibly traumatising
and very understandable, moving your family into a
new home doesn’t have to be - if done correctly.
Depending on whether you are prepared to pack up
and go all on your own or if you are going to hire a
moving company to help you, either way there are
steps to take into consideration. For the sake of this
article, we will focus how to move effectively from
one rented space to another without the help of
professional movers.
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Residential Handbook 2014
First things first
The f irst thing you should do is conf irm when
exactly the tenants of your new home will be
moving out so that there isn’t a bottleneck effect
when you arrive, where nobody can move in or out.
The next thing to do is to organise when to drop off
and fetch keys. Once you have that informa [ۈ [