House moving requires a multitude of things to be well organized and several things to be well addressed. It is not something that you plan one day and executes the other day. You have to arrive at a decision one day and give yourself sufficient time to make things fall into place. Every task that we do while we are preparing for our next move, has to do with just one thing – how well the final day turns out to be! And for that, you need to take care of a few essential things, which are having a great moving plan, an easy-on-pocket moving day budget, and an even better moving day checklist. Alongside, you also need professional assistance that you can get by hiring the packing and moving experts of Agarwal Packers!
This blog post is more like a guide that tells you about how you can prepare your home inventory before you move out of your old home. This checklist is quite easy to refer to while you are planning your next move.
Overview
To give you an idea on why one should have an inventory of items before planning a move is simply because it gives an idea of household goods and possessions that you currently own. When you catalogue everything that you have in your place, you get a vision of what all you need to get rid of immediately, so you can have an easy, comfortable, and budget-friendly move. Also, we do not even realize how clumsily we are surviving and how much junk we have accumulated around us over the years, unless we take things out of their spaces and put them down on our inventory list.
Whether you wish to go by a gradual room-by-room process or you wish to wrap up listing down items in your virtual checklist from any random corner of your home, make sure you follow a process or you will end up creating more chaos for no reason. Keeping a catalogue of all your goods and belongings is not easy, it certainly takes time and patience and you might not be in a position to get into all of that few days ahead of your move, so we recommend you to let go of your stress by following a quick strategy that we have designed for you, to help you deal with your task.
Follow a room-to-room process
Making an inventory of things before you get into any project is one of the best things you can do. So, once you have worked out all the immediate tasks before your move, you need to focus on the number of items you have in your home. For instance, you begin with your kitchen space; you will have all the major appliances along with the tools and kitchenware items – crockery, cutlery, dishwasher, refrigerator, and specialty items, and so on. For every room, you would have a specific checklist that would give you an idea of the items that you presently own.
Note that not every item would be worth including in your inventory because either they would be in poor condition, or they would be too old to be used again, etc. So, you should choose cautiously which items you would need in the future, and leave aside the rest. To make your sorting process a bit more planned, you can assort piles for the items you would discard and the ones that you would pack.
See how well you can manage items
While you are sorting out your stuff to get a clear picture of all your household items and belongings, make sure you cover all the household spaces and areas that are out of reach or away from the regular vision – the basement, the garage, behind the floor cupboards and terrace storeroom. Once you have checked all the areas, make sure to remove everything that is there to decide which ones are ideal for sale, donation, and trash and to be taken away. This is a major task before the move and is time-consuming as well. So, you should get into this early in the process.
Do a detailed assessment of your items
After you have sorted your items and de-cluttered your space, you would be left with only the essential items (things that are worth moving to your new home). Now it is your time to evaluate how you would be moving all of your items to your new home and the packing materials you would need for the task. If you have already appointed the professionals –Agarwal Packers and Movers – for your house shifting assignment, then there is no need to be worried about because they would bring everything (from the basic packing supplies to the specialized packing and moving equipment) to your address on the final date. Just make sure you have the floor plan of your new home in mind so that you can figure out which household items are worth carrying. Enormous furniture, complicated appliances that are in a wobbly condition should not be transported at any cost, because you will have to pay for them.
Fulfill all the major left out tasks
One of the most essential things you should take into consideration is opting for moving insurance for all your household belongings. Now when you have a clear vision of the items that you own, you should talk to the moving experts for the insurance cover. This is one of the crucial aspects of inventory designing where you can seek the assurance of the wellbeing of your goods in transit. If your package has a generous amount of expensive items that you cannot afford to lose to damage or accidents, you should opt for an insurance policy at the earliest.
EndNote
Keeping a track of your household articles and valued possessions is very important when you are planning for a move. This rule works regardless of whether you have hired professional assistance for your move or not. This blog post might not have covered all the aspects involved in designing a home inventory but was created to give you an idea of why having a house inventory in place is important ahead of a move. Besides, if you think all of this could be a hell of a lot of tasks and you cannot spare your patience and time in it, you can appoint the professionals from Agarwal Movers and Packers who would make the job easier for you, and take away the stress you have built around your shifting day!