Removalists tips for moving House.

Here are some handy hints to provide the best Service in the Safest Manner.

• Ask questions about items that concern you
• Pack items you will need upon arrival in a box and place in your car
• Keep jewellery, passports and other valuable documents separate to be conveyed by you
• Check the manufacturer’s instructions for moving appliances
• Empty all petrol powered items safely. BBQ gas cylinders need to be purged by an authorised dealer
• Keep cleaning equipment apart so you can clean when the removalist has gone
• Inspect the house thoroughly before leaving for the last time.
• Disassemble your flat-pack furniture. "Your flat-pack furniture isn't built to last — or be moved. It can fall apart at the slightest provocation," Mr Stewart says. Don't take the risk. Packing it down will hugely increase the odds of being able to use it again.
• Empty your drawers. "Empty your stuff — carrying a chest full of drawers that wasn't even made to be moved empty is dangerous."
• Don't water your pot plants the day before moving. "Plants are really heavy when they're full of water."
• Tape your boxes on both sides. "When you're trying to stack stuff in the truck, it helps."
• Use similar sized boxes where you can. It makes stacking easier.
• Highlight fragile goods. "If you have anything you want looked after carefully, tell the removalist about it when they do their walkaround." 

DON'T

• Don’t leave any articles you don’t want packed in the house
• Don’t hover around the removalist and offer suggestions
• Don’t leave food in the fridge
• Don’t empty the BBQ bottle by simply letting the gas out into the atmosphere or burning it off
• Don’t pack ammunition, aerosol cans and other explosive items
• Don’t criticise the workmen in how they do their work
• Don’t insist on the workmen packing your things the way you want it done
• Don’t let any of your goods be packed without the correct paperwork being received and signed.
• Don't recycle boxes that are too worn. "Sometimes you'll be on a move carrying someone's china in a shoebox and it just disintegrates in your hand."
• Don't give a removalist valuables. "That includes documents like passports — you don't want to be in situation where they get lost."