Moving House - Van Hire

1. Plan ahead. Get some sturdy cardboard boxes, Styrofoam, and extra padding to protect valuable items that can easily break.

2. Pack one room at a time. Pack stuff inside the room wherever possible. Also, make an inventory things which need to be moved and tick them off once packed.

3. Put heavy items inside small boxes. Use as small a box as possible for heavy items to save weight. Using a larger box just encourages adding more to it to stop it moving around, thus increasing the overall weight.

4. Invest in moving boxes and bubble wrap. These are indispensable when it comes to packing fragile or awkward items.

The decision whether to hire a van and move yourself or spend the extra and get in a removals firm partly depends on if you've got any big or specialist items to move.
If so, it is probably best to get in the professionals, but make sure they have the appropriate tools, equipment, and facilities to insure that these items do not get damaged while in storage or while in transport.

In the end whether a removals company or a small man and van moving outfit does the removals, get some references and do a bit of research to make sure there are no surprises. White van man has got a bit of a bad reputation, but there are some good ones about which may well offer better value for money than the big firms.

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