Ever thought of packing and moving your household goods without hiring a packers and movers service provider? Shifting is a complicated process but one of the most challenging tasks is packing. If you can manage to pack your goods perfectly then transportation can be done quite easily.
Packing and moving is a tedious process and when you have decided not to hire any Packers and Movers company for your shifting, its better you should start planning and do proper packing of your household goods so that you can shift or transport them safely to your new home.
Packing is essentially the first thing that you have to do and it must be done very carefully to ensure safe loading, transporting and unloading of your goods.
There are many types of items in your home and packing vary for most of the items for example your kitchen ware require special attention as they could get damaged quite easily. Similarly electronic goods require different kind of packing and same is true for furniture.
So you better have a plan in place and start packing your household goods accordingly. Here are some simple tips to help you plan and pack your goods for shifting and relocation to your new home.
Before you start packing your household goods, you have to procure packing materials like binding tapes, white thin paper, bubble wrap sheet, cartoons etc. Once you have them, you can start packing. Ready? Lets get going then.
- First and most important tip is to start packing from day one. You can start by packing non essential items that you are not using in your day-to-day routine. Packing few stuff at a time is better than packing all your goods in a day.
- When you start packing, keep the overall weight of a box under 50 Kgs so that you can load and unload them easily and box won’t get damaged during the process.
- For glassware and other costly and decorative items, which could easily get damaged, you should use lots of white think paper to wrap them and then do cushioning in side the box. Bubble wrapping will also help you keep them safe.
- Ideally you should pack similar items together to save space and avoid collisions. But incase you have to pack different types of items in one box, then put heavier items at the bottom and lighter ones on top.
- Finally do proper taping and labeling on each box.
Pretty much that’s the basic of packing your usual household goods for safe relocation.
In order to pack heavier items, like furniture, bed, fridge and other electrical appliances, always wrap them with cardboard or cartoons and do proper taping.
Since you are handling everything yourself, you have to ensure safe and secured packing. Loading and unloading is most likely going to be handled by the trucking company and they probably understand how to load and unload items, so nothing to worry about that.
