Moving home can be a time of real stress.
Your day to day commitments don’t miraculously vanish just because you're moving. Life continues, work continues, family commitments, school, competing demands and priorities, the list goes on.
When it comes to moving house, it pays to start early and to be prepared.
A house move inevitably brings a multitude of tasks and paperwork to be completed. solicitors, estate agents, utilities, bills, updating your change of address with numerous suppliers and organisations, not to mention removal quotes and getting packed.
But before you even begin to turn your attention to packing and removals, think about investing some time to consider exactly which possessions you want to take with you. A new home is a fresh start and brings with it the perfect opportunity to be mindful about what will fill those walls. When you picture your new home are the rooms and cupboards filled with clutter? Do you really want to pack every single item you own or might there be some that you could let go?
Often, clients I unpack for tell me they wish they had called me earlier to help them before their move. So, rather than packing everything on auto-pilot take the opportunity to conduct some decluttering for your house move - the time spent could produce a range of potential benefits:
Pre-move decluttering will give you an opportunity to actively decide which of your possessions will travel with you, helping to ensure that your new home contains only items that you love or that you have a need for.
Decluttering has the potential to save you money on the cost of your move. When sourcing quotes for removal, the volume of your possessions is usually a major factor. Why pay to move items that you don’t like or need? Taking time to sort through your possessions before you pack will help you identify which are unnecessary or unwanted and allow you to re-home, gift or otherwise dispose of them before you pack and before you get your quotes.
As you work through each area in your house, the process of decluttering helps you identify exactly what you own. This may sound like a strange thing to say, but often there are numerous items in houses that have been overlooked or forgotten, tucked away in the back of a cupboard or in a loft or garage. There may even be boxes from a previous move that have remained unopened.
Pre-move decluttering will help establish in good time what needs to be packed and when, which items need special care, which are high or low priority and which you might wish to transport yourself, enabling you to create accurate packing checklists. Additionally it will allow you to create a comprehensive itinerary of your possessions and to consider the most effective way of labelling boxes to speed up and simplify your unpacking process in your new home.
To be most effective, any declutter should take place well before your move date, allowing you time to make unhurried decisions and make suitable arrangements for any items to be disposed of.
If you're considering decluttering before a house move and you would like some professional help, don't hesitate to get in contact for a chat. I offer a free no obligation consultation where we'll have plenty of time to discuss your timescales and your move.
Happy decluttering!
Nikki
Dunmow Decluttering Essex Professional Organiser
Dunmow Decluttering Essex Professional organiser offers home organising services, home decluttering services & house move preparation & unpacking for the areas surrounding Great Dunmow - Saffron Walden - Stansted - Bishop's Stortford - Sawbridgeworth - Ongar - Chigwell - Colchester - Chelmsford - Brentwood - Braintree - Cogeshall - Tiptree - Witham - Maldon - Halstead - Sudbury - Haverhill
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