Moving Out of The City? Here’s A No-Headache Checklist To Follow
Leaving your home brings with it bittersweet emotions. Sure one looks forward to making new memories in the house and making it your own; however, there comes a time when leaving memories behind is hard, and going to a new city makes things even harder.
You need to realize that this isn’t an easy process. Not only are emotions involved, but there are a fair number of logical issues which might spring up during the process. However, with a defined checklist, we can make things a lot more manageable.
To make a complex process slightly more manageable, we will talk about some of the best ways to manage a shift out of the city. Even if some factors mentioned below won’t suit your needs, they will be helpful.
Find a storage facility in your new town
Shifting from one house to another and finding out that your stuff doesn’t fit is a significant hassle. You may have to let go of some of your belongings if you don’t have an alternate solution.
The said solution comes in self-storage facilities, where you can store whatever you don’t have space for in safe, secure, and temperature-controlled units.
Whether it’s crockery, decoration items, or the family RV, you can find a unit of just about any size.
Usually, families use their RV for storing stuff, which is a hassle altogether. A better option would be hiring moving companies and saving fuel by keeping your RV in an RV storage facility instead.
We advise finding a storage facility close by to avoid going across town to retrieve your belongings. A quick drive down the road is all it should take to get what you need and get back home.
Book a moving company in advance
We cannot stress how important it is to contact a moving company well in time. Winter is when most people shift out, thinking it’ll be less of a headache than moving during the summer. However, the issue is that moving companies are booked in advance, and people have to manage the move independently. There are only so many things you can stuff into your friend’s pickup truck, so make sure you contact the movers in time. A month in advance is a safe buffer for you to plan moving out. The benefit of hiring a moving company is that they help pack your belongings, and some of them even offer guarantees on breakages. Hiring a moving company also helps avoid going back and forth to move stuff, knowing the movers will do whatever is needed to ensure no hassles.
This is helpful for the working individual. You don’t have to worry about coming home after a long day’s work and starting packing. Leave the team in charge, and they will have everything done by the time you return.
Clear your bills and move out in time
It would be best to start clearing pending dues a week before you have to leave. You may not mean to leave outstanding payments, but with moving stress, you may forget. It would be best to start clearing the internet, water, and electric bills well before you leave. Failure to do so could result in your landlord deducting money from your security deposit (that’s if you lived on rent). Moreover, it would be best to leave before the contract ends. Staying past the agreed-upon date could cause issues with your landlord.
They could try to fleece you for money because you stayed longer than you initially agreed. These are general unpleasantries that you may want to avoid. As moving out of the city is stressful enough, you don’t need an added headache.
Opt for new services
Before moving into the new place, check on local service providers and gauge which ones are the best. Some major companies may not service certain cities/ towns, so you may want to survey and see which ones work best in the area. You should always have a strong internet connection no matter what. It’s your default way of keeping in touch with the rest of the world. This is also the time you should be changing your address on all your official documents. Billing details and driver’s license records should always be up to date whenever you move. Moreover, you don’t want personal mail going to the new tenants in the old house. When you start a new internet connection, make sure you give the previous modem back to the service provider. If you don’t, you may be fined or blocklisted from the company because you technically did not own the device.
Pack and unpack according to each room
If you are moving with your family, have each member pack up their room and label their boxes. Self-packing ensures that everyone is doing their part and the burden doesn’t fall on one person. Moreover, with labeling, boxes are easily identifiable and can go straight into the relevant rooms in the new house.
One of the most common issues when shifting houses is that containers and belongings remain packed, and no one bothers to sort them out for weeks and sometimes months. Assigning responsibility and packing according to each room helps clear the clutter.
Conclusion
There we have it, a must-follow checklist for when you are moving out of the city. With moving being stressful enough, the added issue of city borders makes things so much more complicated. Following these tips could go a long way in making the process easier and sorting the move out in the most efficient way possible. After discussing factors ranging from self-storage facilities to how and why to label your boxes, we believe these are excellent ways to lighten the load on yourself and get moving with several factors in between.
Cheer up. We know the move will be hard and you might miss your home but think about the opportunities that lie ahead in the new place. It’s a house today, but you could make it your home pretty soon.