Moving or shifting your residence or office from one location to another can turn into a huge project and a disastrous one if not planned properly, especially in the absence of professional movers and packers and shifting services providers to help you along the way. Here are some tips and tricks that can help to make the process of packing and shifting easier.
1. Look for a one-window solution provider
Look for a service provider that can offer a one-window solution. So that there will be no hassle of dismantling appliances like Ac, geysers, UPS, etc., and then installing them again at your new location. Otherwise, you’ll have to arrange a plumber, electrician, and an Ac technician in absence of such a service provider. In this case, always ensure that these individual technicians must dismantle and install the appliance. This is to avoid any extra hidden charges that come up by the new technician at the time of installation.
2. Arrange cartons before packing
Before shifting, ask your service provider to give you cartons. If they don’t oblige then find cartons yourself. Before the shifting, you will need cartons and boxes to pack small items like crockery and decoration pieces. Mark each carton with a permanent marker. This can be a serious energy and time saver once the move is complete.
3. Pack items according to requirements
If you are aware that the shifting process will take more than a day then plan realistically. You must keep the provision of keeping your old space usable. Don’t pack or unsettle the essentials that you require on the very first day of the move. Plan to move them in a fashion where the bare essentials are moved, unpacked, and installed at the new location within a day. In this way, you can spend the night in the case of residential or have your basic workspace set up in case of an office shifting.
4. Be prepared to expect minor scratches
Packing furniture and items can be a costly affair. If your move is a short commuted and not inter-city then it doesn’t require sea-worthy packing. Damage to most items is caused during the loading and unloading only. If the distance is short then only pack things that are fragile or have a fine finish where the slightest scratch would spoil the item. Be prepared and be patient to expect minor scratches and/or breakages during the process.
5. Timely mention any particular tool or requirement
Always take into account any special requirements particular to your space that can cause delays or need special tools equipment etc. Also, mention those to the service provider in advance. This can help the service provider arrange for the appropriate manpower and/or tools that could be required. For example, movement from or to a higher floor. This will need to mention any items that would not fit in the lift or any odd-shaped fragile pieces of furniture that would need special attention, etc.
6. Ensure your availability while loading items
Appoint your staff or present yourself while loading the items in the trucks. More than often transport service providers will loosely load the items to increase the number of trips. It is so because charges are according to the price per trip thus, the more the number of trips more will be the payment. The first few loading trips are critical to keeping the cost down.
7. Place items in respective order while unloading
Lastly, it is paramount that you, your staff members, or your family members are present at the destination during the unloading of items. This is important to have the items placed in their respective locations at the first instance of the unloading. Especially larger items like beds, sofas, dining tables, etc. are once placed then the unloading labor would not stick around to change the locations of these items to your liking. Also, your night can end up needing to hire extra labor to do that for you.
While expanding family units and increasing the price of property have caused a significant increase in rental property preference. In urban centers of Pakistan, we are still short of service providers that offer a complete one-window solution like movers and packers and shifting services. There are only a handful of registered companies that provide this service. But, if you can come across one then it can be a major support in easing the process of moving to a new location.
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