Preparing a home relocating checklist is the first thing you should do so that you can keep track of all the tasks to ensure a well prepared move. The house relocating process actually starts a few days prior to the relocating day. The following checklist from your local Man and Van London should help you sort out all the last minute tasks necessary for a successful relocate.

 

Before packing up your possessions.

 

1. Make sure that you defrost your fridge and freezer and drain all the water. Leave the fridge doors open for a couple of days before packing to help the appliance dry out prior to the moves. If stored for too long when damp, you could end up with horrible mould on arrival.

2. You cannot pack and move carry gas cylinders, unless they’ve been professionally purged.

3. This one people repeatedly forget, confirm if you have returned all library books or DVDs from your local shop.  Packing these for long distance travel might cost lots of money later on on.

4. Make certain you’ve kept items like keys, passports, driving licenses in a safe place so that nothing is inadvertently packed.

5. Your children – With so nearly all possessions going on during the relocation, not having to worry about the kids is especially helpful. Arrange for a relative or someone else to look after your kids on packing day.

6. When you have to relocate computer paraphernalia, lock down your hard disk if possible. Also mark the moving boxes carefully as “Fragile” and it won’t get wet or thrown about.

7. Dangerous things cannot be stored or transported. For example belongings like ammunition, cans of paint, gas cylinders, bleach products, linseed oil, kerosene, vegetable oils, batteries, charcoal, petrol, cleaning fluid, aerosols, matches and lighters are all disalloweditems.

 

The night before the move:

 

8.  Try to  shut downall air conditioners and make use of them just if necessary during the packing. Furniture that’s kept in a constantly air conditioned room might condensate when suddenly exposed to hot air. Allowing your furniture to adapt to the hot air can be helpful in eliminating moisture problems during transit.

9.  Pack you suitcases with toiletries and clothes for a few days and relocate them to a safe place such as the car or a neighbour’s home. This method, they will not be accidently packed.

10.  Put your personal telephone and address book with your carry on luggage if flying. This will be usefulif you want to hop in touch with people rapidly on arrival

11. Carefully dispose of all flammables, dangerous and hazardous supplies – dispose of or give away your nail polish.

12. Keep the keys to your house and car in a safe place where you’ll locate them later.

 

Planning well for your house relocation, being organisedand having a moving home checklist that has all the tasks that you need to accomplish will check that not only is your relocation lucrative, but it will be as tension free and as tension free as possible.

 

If you are moving house in South or East London,  this  South London Man and Van removals service is reliable and they only charge a  flat rate fee from £40.  You can easily book online here  http://www.helping2move.co.uk/manandvansouthlondon.html