Moving Tip #3: Fill Moving Boxes Completely...
Slightly overfill moving boxes with packing material when sealing shut. A box not completely filled will crush when stacked. Contents may shift if not packed...
read moreSlightly overfill moving boxes with packing material when sealing shut. A box not completely filled will crush when stacked. Contents may shift if not packed...
read moreIf packing your own china and dishes, wrap each plate in unprinted newsprint (or bubblewrap) and stand on edge in a heavy duty box. This is safer than laying them...
read moreAs movers know it sometimes is impossible to get a mattress (or more likely boxspring) into a small hallway, stairway, or small elevator. And if you want to move “just” a mattress and boxspring you are looking at a 2 or 3 hour minimum with 2 movers. At around a $100 per hour it sometimes still makes sense as the cost of a new mattress is in the thousands. Part of that expense is all the middlemen and the shipping costs. Not how much the mattress store is charging you for shipping. (That cost is built into the cost of the mattress increasing the price. I once had a woman insist I match to the $30 a mattress company charged her when she bought her mattress new. $2000 to ship a mattress across the...
read moreChange your address with your credit card companies BEFORE the move date. If you are moving long distance they may interpret out of state charges associated to your move as fraudulent and prevent you from using your credit...
read moreI think Zig Ziglar would have agreed: Most sofas have two beginning tables not end tables. #movinghumor
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