Top 7 Organizational Tips for Moving

Organizational Tips for Moving

Moving doesn’t need to be stressful. You can make it smooth and fast by t focusing, planning, and organizing. If you’re not organized, just thinking about this may be stressful. Staying organized during a move is essential and will make tedious tasks easier. Stay excited and stress-free with our top 7 moving organization tips.

1. Make Lists

Organizing starts with compiling a list of all tasks. After writing things down, you’ll realize there’s a lot to remember. Once the countdown begins, you’ll forget things. Keep a list to track your progress. Prioritize tasks by deadline and method.

Make pre- and post-move lists. Instead of carrying a clipboard or paper lists, use your phone to cross things off. Make a list and enjoy crossing things off.

2. Hire Movers Early

Hiring movers early is essential for local or long-distance moves. Not only can you check it off your to-do list (you do, right?) However, you will get more dates. Summer and weekend movers are popular, so scheduling ahead increases your chances of securing an appointment. They also have more trucks, equipment, and staff.

Starting early gives you time to read reviews and choose the best mover. Choose whether the experts will pack or just help with the move. Full-service movers bring supplies, pack boxes, disassemble furniture, and load everything onto the truck. They unload, reassemble, unpack, and remove all packing materials. That’s a few off the list, right?

3. Downsize and Declutter

Starting early does not mean wearing the same outfit until moving day. Pack and plan early. Numerous items are rarely seen, used, or worn. Those can be the first to find their way into a box.

Consider boxing items up as you pack. Place items carefully. You’ll need to know where your boxes go in your new house and where to put the items you pull out as you go through them, so be sure to label.

Pack off-season clothes, small appliances, and other items before leaving. As the day approaches, pack more essentials. The essentials come last. Bed linens, fresh towels, pajamas, some daily wear clothes, the coffee maker, medications, etc. What you use most goes last and comes out first.

4. Pack Last, Open First

Starting early doesn’t mean you’re going to wear the same outfit until moving day. You can start packing early and be strategic about it. There are plenty of things you don’t see, use, or wear every day. Those can find their way into a box first.

As you begin packing, make sure you are sensible about how you fill your boxes. Don’t just shove a bunch of things in wherever they fit. You’ll want to be able to understand where the boxes go in your new home and find a place for the stuff you pull out as you go through your boxes.

Pack your off-season clothing, lesser-used small appliances, and other items you won’t need before you leave. As you get closer to the day, you’ll pack more relevant things. Essentially, you’ll end with essentials last. That means linens for the bed, fresh towels, pajamas, some daily wear clothes, the coffee pot, medications… that sort of thing. What you use the most goes in last, and will come out first.

5. Label, label, label

After sorting:

1. Label everything.
2. Don’t assume you’ll remember what’s in that bedroom box or that all living room boxes are the same.
3. Specify box contents (without writing a novel).

Label rooms and contents. BEDROOM – CLOTHES – CLOSET ensures you open the right boxes when unpacking everything. You’ll move slowly through each room without distractions.

Make labels with waterproof markers, which protect your labels from weather and friction. Label boxes on all sides and top. Make sure you can tell what’s where even if it’s turned.

6. Make Space for Packed Boxes

Early packing does not mean stepping over boxes until moving day. Set aside a spot in your house or a corner of each room to store packed items. Place your packed items in their designated location before the big move.

7. Schedule Service Disconnections

Service disconnections can be forgotten in the excitement of moving. Schedule utility service cancellations. Know their billing method. Before leaving, photograph the water or electricity meter to record the final reading.

Requesting a post office address change is also a good idea and, if done early, speeds up the process.