Packing up your household possessions when moving house can be a long and tedious process. Some houses are very cluttered, and most houses have more items than you might initially think. Hundreds, or even thousands, of objects need to be packed into boxes, and many of them need protection with bubble wrap or packing paper first. This can take a lot of time. You should set aside several days before your moving date, just for packing your items. Most objects should be packed into house shifting packing boxes, because they are easier for the removal company to move, carry, and stack in the removal van or lorry. However, there are some objects that you should not pack when moving. What do removal companies usually do with those objects? Based on our experience running a removals business, we can offer you some advice and tips:
- Large electrical items should not be packed into storage boxes for house removals (because they will not fit anyway, and because they are far too heavy) such as a dishwasher or oven. These objects should simply be placed into the removal lorry separately. They will require several strong people to carry them out of your home and into the removal lorry, and they should be placed into the removal lorry before all of the boxes. The reason that they are packed into the lorry before moving boxes near me, is because they are so large, and it enables you to fit as many items into each load of the lorry as possible. Boxes are easier to pack on top of a dishwasher, than a dishwasher on top of boxes.
- Really delicate and valuable objects should not be packed into boxes either. If you pack them away with everything else in house moving boxes, then you take the risk of damage and things getting broken, and if they are extremely valuable, then they will cost a lot to replace. With these types of objects, you should carry them yourself separately in your car. Removal companies will always be as careful as they can possibly be with your possessions, but accidents happen no matter what, so looking after the most delicate things yourself is the only solution.
- Dangerous items should not be packed up before moving. Things such as a really sharp sword ornament, for example, would not be packed into a box, because it could seriously harm somebody carrying that box if they fall over. A gas canister is another example of something that should not be packed away. For things like this, you need to make them clear to the removal company that they are dangerous and need to be handled with the utmost care and attention.
- Irreplaceable objects, such as pictures of family members which have died for example, should not be packed and moved with the rest of your things, because of the potential accidents that could happen which would cause them to be lost forever. Moving them yourself should be easy enough.
