Tried And Tested Hacks To Carry Out A House Shifting All By Yourself

Are you willing to carry out a house shifting all by yourself? I should give you a friendly advice about house shifting; it is a full-scale exigent process and takes a lot of planning and preparation to execute it with efficacy.

Whether you consider moving alone or with your family, in the same city or to different cities; it is a huge switch in your life. In case you are planning to shift, that too all by yourself, and you do not have any idea about the process involved in house shifting, it is an add on to the challenge.

Carrying out a house shifting is an onerous procedure and requires a lot of thoroughness and effort to accomplish it. It requires both managerial and executive qualities from your end to meet up with a successful accomplishment.

I recommend you to get professional help from the packers and movers in your nearby area. Executing a house shifting all by yourself is like undertaking a herculean task. But if you want to be self-sufficient and want to do it anyway, go ahead and check out the tried and tested hacks to carry out a house shifting all by yourself:

Create a Checklist

Make a checklist to sort out your self-regulating household shifting procedure from the ground level. Your checklist will make things organized and you will not leave out the necessary things as you move. You can estimate the number of boxes you will need to pack your belongings.  While making the checklist, you should mention each of your belongings individually. Consider making separate lists for every room to avoid confusion.

De-clutter

As per the checklist, you will be able to prioritize the importance of your belongings. Pick out all the items that you think are essential amongst the belongings. This way, you will be able to separate the necessary items from the unnecessary items and then do the needful. You should steer clear of all the unnecessary items lying around without any purpose.

You can choose to sell, donate or dump the unnecessary things according to the value of the individual items. Sell the old furniture and other defunct appliances in your house.  If you have old books, clothes, shoes, bags, or toys that you don’t need further, donate them to an NGO or orphanage.

Dump the broken and damaged items that are of no use to anyone. The lesser items you have to shift, the lesser will be the struggle of packing them individually during self-governing house shifting.

Protect the Valuables

As you carry out house shifting all by yourself, things can often go haphazard and you may lose your patience if you are unable to locate the valuable things in their usual places. So, it is better to stow away the valuable items and keep them safe as you start with the packing.

Keep all the precious jewellery, expensive watches, and electronic gadgets, personal, educational, legal, and official documents in a specific bag and keep it safe under your custody. In this way you will be able to stay away from pointless annoyance of losing them or getting them mixed up with the rest of the belongings.

Carry it with you as you shift to your new house and keep it in the locker of the cupboard as soon as you arrive there. This will also ensure that your valuables are safe in a determined place in your new house.

Get Fresh Boxes for Packing

As you conduct a self-reliant household shifting, you cannot compromise on the quality of packing supplies. Use fresh boxes of good quality for packing your belongings if you don’t want them to get broken or damaged. Do not try to cut down your expenses and use grocery store boxes or previously used packing boxes.

They have a high chance of falling apart as soon as you try loading them into the moving vehicle. Old boxes are often infested with bugs and termites which may ruin your belongings if you use them for packing.

Fix a Packing Hour Everyday

Executing a single-handed household shifting is a brutally complex process. Plan your shifting much ahead of time and mark a particular hour each day to pack your belongings. This way, you can fulfil your daily chores and your packing procedure will also continue to progress on a regular basis. You will not feel the yoke of packing everything by yourself within an inhibited time frame if you plan your shift this way.

Pack an Overnight Box

Pack an overnight box if you want to spend the first day in your new house in a sorted way. An overnight box comprises all the essential items that you would need right after your shift to your new house like a dental kit, a fresh set of clothes, undergarments, and towels, minimal clean bedding, toiletries, disposable plates, and cutlery, first aid kit, etc. During DIY house shifting, pack these items in a distinct box or tote bag and carry them to your new house to get you through the first day of your stay.

Label the Boxes

Nearly all the packing boxes look identical from the outside so it will be very difficult to tell apart which box contains what items after you shift to your new house. Label the boxes from outside by writing the names of the rooms these items belong to. You can also choose to use masking tapes of different colours to classify the boxes by allotting each room a specific colour. This will keep your independent household shifting smartly organised.

Never Over-pack

During a DIY house shifting, don’t cogently stuff a lot of things in each box or they might fall apart. Moreover, packing too many items in each box will increase their weight much more than you can carry at a go.

Use Right-sized Boxes Wisely

Be wise about using the right sized boxes as you pack your belongings during an autonomous house shifting. Use small boxes to carry heavy items and big boxes to carry lighter items so that you can easily carry your load to the moving vehicle you are using to shift your belongings to your new house.

Read: Diy packing tips for making a home relocation successful

Don’t Leave Empty Spaces

Don’t leave any gaps or empty spaces inside the boxes while packing. Consider using pieces of cloth, foam, or old newspapers to prevent denting, breaking, or spillage.

Add Padding to the Fragile Items

For packing the fragile and breakable items, cover them up with layers of leftover newspapers or pieces of cloth to prevent them from breaking.

Repurpose Household Items

In case of DIY house shifting, use the household items that have a good holding capacity like suitcases, luggage bags, totes, hampers, buckets, trash cans, and laundry baskets for packing your belongings.

Decide On a Moving Vehicle Wisely

As you carry out a household shifting all by yourself, you can request your friends or relatives to lend you their car for transportation purpose. This will be feasible only during local relocation as during long-distance relocation, you will have to book transportation services from specific companies that provide trucks, tempos, and containers for these purposes. Choose the size of the moving vehicle according to the size of your belongings.

Final Verdict

Conducting a household shifting involves a combination of strategic planning and appropriate execution. In general, it is advisable to hire a packers and movers company near your location and within your budget. But often things don’t go as planned and you might not be able to get a booking if you are trying to shift during the peak season on very short notice.

Sometimes, you may not have sufficient budget to hire the packers and movers service. This is when you have to rely on yourself and if you want to accomplish anything with determination, nothing is impossible. Now that you are aware of the tried and tested hacks to carry out a house shifting all by yourself, I want you to believe in yourself. Just remember, “Where there is a will, there is a way.”