How to Pack Glassware for Moving it Safely

Packing any of the household materials requires good attention because even a little bit of human error or mistake can cost you dearly. But when you are packing glassware and other fragile materials then you should be extra cautious and ensure that everything is packed properly in small sized boxes using good quality packing paper and bubble wraps. Proper packing for each of the materials to be moved is equally important, packing of your lovely glassware needs extra attention and care. Glassware could get damaged quite easily even with a little hard collision during transportation and thus proper packing of glassware is very important.

Here’s a few useful tips and to help you get started with packing of glassware and other fragile items. These packing tips are going to be very helpful especially if you are shifting of your own and you have decided not to hire a packers and movers service provider to help you. Continue reading How to Pack Glassware for Moving it Safely

How to Pack and Load Furniture in a Truck for Moving

Are you planning to pack and move to a different city with all your household Goods like Furniture, Home Appliances and all other materials? While packing and loading of small items or something that can be packed within a box is simple, but packing your furniture require lots of planning and expertise.

You may have furniture that can be disassembled and others are fixed. Like these days we have computer table that can be very much opened, folded, and packed inside a BAG, but it may not be possible for a big Showcase or a Wardrobe.

So packing these furniture and loading it in good order is very important else these furniture may get damaged and it may also damage other cartoon/boxes while in transit. Continue reading How to Pack and Load Furniture in a Truck for Moving

International Packing and Moving: Here’s How to Get It Right

Are you planning to an international shifting of some of your essential household goods or kitchen appliances but not sure where to start and whom to trust? I can understand your situation. Domestic shifting itself is so much complicated here in India, so when you think of hiring a mover for international shifting, you have to be very careful about which movers and packers company you should hire. Planning is going to be the key factor for a successful international relocation and here in this post I am going to help you build a solid plan to get your goods moved internationally from India. Are you ready? Continue reading International Packing and Moving: Here’s How to Get It Right

Do’s and Don’ts of Packing and Moving in India

When it’s about getting your goods packed and moved safely to your new house, you can’t afford to ignore even a small little thing. But if you have a plan in place and know how to search for movers, how to verify their profile and how to negotiate with them, then you may end up hiring a professional movers and packers company. But even then, you have to supervise the process at every step to ensure that packing is done in right way, good quality packing materials has been used, things are getting loaded in a good logical sequence and so on.

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Here’s are some of the best practices that you should do and avoid (Do’s and Don’t’s)

What is to be done?

  • Ask for a written quotation to each of the packers. Don’t trust on what they say you over the telephone, but ask for a written quotation so that you can have everything on paper.
  • Ask for detailed cost breakup for each of the process involved in relocation e.g packing charges, loading charges, unloading charges, transportation charges, unpacking and re-arranging charges etc
  • Make sure there are no other hidden costs involved and that you can make payment via cheque so that you can have a legal proof of payment.
  • Ask about the insurance. If insurance has been taken then make sure to collect all the papers before you move.
  • Negotiate well with them for extra services.e.g warehousing of goods for one week after reaching destination in case you are moving to a rented house and it may take time to find a new home, or may be some kind of renovation etc
  • Investigate packers and movers profiles and reviews. Ask for their profile, contact information of past clients that they have served, review their profiles on Internet and check what consumer says about the packing and moving company. There are several website where you can find unbiased reviews about packers and movers written by the actual consumer who have hired their services in the past.
  • Always talk to three packers and movers and request packing and moving quotes so you know the charges and differences. This gives you the opportunity to compare rate estimates and hire the best relocation company.

What is to be avoided?

  • Avoid hiring a company who’s reputation is not so good
  • Avoid hiring a company who denies written quotation and ask for full payment in cash
  • Avoid leaving all the documents with them and always keep all the documents with yourself.
  • Don’t hire a company who don’t offer insurance as insurance is very much vital if you are moving to different city and if the distance is above 200kms
  • Don’t hire a company who don’t offer door to door services and who don’t wide branch network of their own

If you fallow these simple do’s and dont’s, you will save your money time and overall effort while hiring packers and movers service providers.

Importance of Insurance in Packing and Shifting of a House

Thanks to those professional Packers and Movers who can help you in shifting your home. Even searching Moving companies is quite easy these days. But secure delivery of goods is equally important. No matter how professional your moving company is, but no one can avoid the chances of mishaps, flood, fire, accident etc

Not to worry, solution is to hire a professional Packers and Movers company and ask them to insure your goods before moving. Most of the Moving companies assist you in buying insurance policies for your goods. At times People tend to believe that they can do without buying insurance and this was they can save some money, but trust me, ideally you should insure your goods before moving. You have no control over the climate and the environment. An accident can take place at any time on the way. Just imagine the cost of your valuable goods. There area few items that is not covered in the insurance like money, currency, jewelry, interior appliances, televisions, stereos, furniture Continue reading Importance of Insurance in Packing and Shifting of a House

10 Questions to ask your movers and packers before hiring

Home shifting is best done when you hire trusted movers and packers service provider. Fortunately no matter in which city you are, if you make a quick and simple search on Google, you will see hundreds of listings of packers and movers companies who are claiming to be the best. But if you have time, I would suggest you also search for complains and feedback of these movers and packers companies to get the real picture.

Irrespective of how experienced your packers and movers service provider is, you ought to be alert and ensure that you are not ending up with a shady service provider. At times, you may not know what is to be asked to a movers and packers company to be sure that they are better than their peers. If you have experienced a situation like this, then this post is to help you get started. Continue reading 10 Questions to ask your movers and packers before hiring