Without proper planning residential moving can be an exhausting and stressful process. Whether you are moving locally or across the country, you need to plan beforehand to make your move easier. Your moving can be hampered from various factors, and you may feel frustrated if you do not plan appropriately. In the first place, residential moving is not supposed to be a frustrating endeavor, and by planning correctly, you can avoid any last time issues and ensure a smooth move.

Below we’ve included 10 residential moving tips to help you through your move quickly and smoothly.

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#1. Organize yourself early

Organizing yourself early should be your first priority after you consider moving. To make a proper plan and cut down any chance of last time catastrophe before moving would take you at least 30 and 60 days. But if you take the time your residential move will most likely go smoothly. You can also count on moving magazines for helpful moving tips.

#2. Know your moving strategy

Before you plan your move, you sh ould figure out how you are going to get your important items from one place to another. You’ll need to decide if you should ask your friends to carry the belongings or should you hire a moving company. It’s recommended to get help from moving companies as they are professionals.

#3. Get rid of items you don’t need

Most of the time our household accumulate a lot of stuff we don’t need; hence, when you decide on a move, you should go through your belongings to get rid of items you don’t need. This will make it easier for both you and your movers. You can purge the unnecessary goods in several ways – you can hold a yard sale or donate them to a local charity. Also, you can put up larger items like furniture to sites like Craigslist or recycle old magazines and catalogs.

In any case, it’s important you get rid of the unnecessary items before you because these items will only increase the cost of the move.

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#4. Mark down the moving materials

If you are considering moving you should ask your friends to help you with the move. Let each person take an area or room and give them a black marker and mark the packing materials. This will help you save time and can help you prepare before the move day.

#5. Label Everything

Obviously, a move is much hectic than it sounds like. If you are moving out from your home to make sure that you can find all of your stuff when you need them when you unpack, label all sides of the box. But keep in mind not to label the top because it will make it harder to unpack. And remember whoever bringing your boxes may not be interested in checking all the labels, but with the labels in the right places will help you retrieve the items you need quickly and efficiently.

#6. Prepare an Essential items kit

To make things easier on the move day you should set aside one box and put all your essential items you’ll need on the moving day in that box. For example, You’ll need toilet paper, cleaning supplies, light bulbs, garbage bags, a change of clothes, etc. in the moving day.

#7. Find a moving company that is licensed and insured

If you are considering hiring a moving company to help out with your move, then you should pick carefully. There are many excellent moving companies, and there are many bad ones as well. Therefore, before hiring a moving company check for their credentials. All lost distance movers should have a license with U.S. DOT and a U.S. DOT number. You can check their credential by simply entering the moving company’s name into the U.S. DOT database or you can search on BBB(Better Business Buro)

#8. Be ready for your movers

It’s natural to be ready when you hire a professional moving company when they come to your home. Even if you opt for help from your friends, you should be prepared for them as well. That’s the least you can do. And most importantly it’s more efficient that way. If you are ready and packed up before the crew arrives then the move will be much easier. On another hand, if you’re not ready with the boxes scrambled around will only delay your move and costing you more money.

#9. Hook up essential services

It is important to make sure how the transfer of utility bills are going to be handled when you move into a new place. You’d also want to make arrangements for your phone line, cable, and internet after your moving.

#10. Notify friends and family before the move

Obviously, you’ll need to notify our friends and family before you move. Even better if you notify them a few months before and make sure you are not late or else your relationship may become worse with them.

Many reasons can force someone to move, and residential moving is never easy. However, with these 10 residential moving tips, your job will be much easier than ever.