Packing up: Making your move easier

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Packing Up Making Your Move Easier
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Overview

• Planning for a move requires more than just
  throwing all your stuff in a few boxes and
  waiting for the movers to pile it in a truck.
• If you organize your items and think about how
  theyll fit into your new home, the packing
  process can actually make your move easier.
• By carefully planning how you pack, you can avoid
  unnecessary costs and hassles that can make an
  already stressful event even more frustrating.

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Why Planning Is Needed For Packing and Moving

• Homeowners lose substantial amounts of money each
  year in additional moving fees and damages to
  their possessions because they fail to properly
  pack and plan their move.
• Taking a few minutes to plan your move deciding
  how items need to be packed and where they should
  go when you arrive will help you reap
  significant savings in labor costs for movers and
  in lost or broken items.

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Develop A Checklist

• When planning your move, develop a checklist of
  all the items you are moving. This will help you
  keep track of your items and ensure that nothing
  is damaged or goes missing.
• A checklist also helps to organize your items
  into groups, making sorting them for packing and
  transferring them to the appropriate place in
  your new home easier.

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Label Your Boxes

• For items you are packing, label your boxes so
  that you can keep up with the contents of each
  box as the movers are loading the truck.
• Labeled boxes also make it easier to stay
  organized when you arrive at your new home. You
  can use the labels to determine where each box
  should go, saving you a lot of time.

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Develop A Floor Plan

• To save time and trouble when you arrive at your
  new home, develop a floor plan of the new
  residence and list which boxes and furniture need
  to go where.
• A floor plan will reduce the amount of time you
  or your movers will spend putting your items in
  the right place at the new residence.

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 Think About What Youre Putting In Boxes

• By optimizing how you fill your boxes, you can
  ensure that your items arent damaged, that you
  or your movers arent stuck moving boxes that are
  too heavy or awkward and that everything is
  easily accessible when you arrive at your new
  home.
• Be sure to
• Limit boxes to no more than 35 lbs., if possible.
• Use sturdy boxes that close.
• Avoid mixing items from different rooms in the
  same box.
• Provide cushioning within the box.

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Professional Packing

• If the prospect of sorting all your worldly
  goods, wrapping the fragile items in newspaper or
  Styrofoam, boxing up everything and labeling
  boxes doesnt sound like the ideal way to spend
  your time, you may want to consider letting your
  mover handle the organization and packing of
  your items.
• Moving professionals can help ensure your items
  are safely and securely stored and can organize
  your move to make it go much more smoothly. It
  also saves you much of the grunt work involved in
  moving.

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 About Kloke

• Kloke Group offers moving and storage options for
  clients in the Northern Virginia, Richmond, and
  Tidewater areas.
• Whether youre moving your home or business,
  moving around the corner or across the world,
  Kloke can provide moving solutions that fit your
  individual needs.
• Visit us at http//www.kloke.com or call us today
  at a location nearest to you
• Tidewater - 757-320-1189 Richmond
  - 804-201-9221
• Manassas - 571-921-4563 Fredericksburg
  -  540-322-2270