Time-Saving Advice for Your Canberra Move

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Find out whether a removal company has all the necessary equipment to carry out the exercise. A quality removalist must have its trucks permanently marked with the name of the company. Do they have enough packing boxes? A quality removal company must have many boxes of different shapes and sizes for packing all your goods including the fragile ones. Paperwork A reputable moving company will explain into details the paperwork before asking you to sign. Don’t you ever sign a paperwork that you’ve not understood well or a blank one. Rights and responsibility All quality removal companies will provide you with a booklet that contains your rights as well as responsibilities. If a company doesn’t do that, then keep searching. Go online Before you choose a removalist, it’s now time to find more information online. Check whether the information you’ve gathered matches with what you find in the internet. Read customer reviews and read the comments from customers who have heard fast hand experience with that removalist. If the customers are happy, then the moving company is of quality otherwise send them packing. There are a number of online services that allow you to compare removalists quickly and easily. Utilising an online service such as these allow you to cut down on the time and effort required to find a removal company. 3. Pare down your possessions In a few weeks I’m moving across the country—from a 1,400 sq. ft. house to a 900 sq. ft. apartment. Though I consider myself generally minimalist, my little family has lived in our home for almost four years, and some things... and stuff... and crap... have naturally accumulated over time. Now it’s time to downsize—to revaluate what does and does not “make the move.” At first it felt like a huge chore, like a million small yet annoying and potentially-backfiringon-me decisions to make. But I shifted my mindset, and now I’m really excited about it. I’ve realized that moving is an opportunity to uplevel: to reassess what I own and edit out anything that no longer fits my life (or the new chapter I’m about to begin). This is a chance to re-evaluate my wardrobe, my kitchen appliances and utensils—even my precious books.
Don’t think of paring down as something you have to do; think of it as a chance to start fresh. Put another way: You get to move only your best stuff! This is permission to get rid of, say, that piece of cheap-ish fiberboard furniture you bought years ago for some weirdly specific use and have just been dragging along with you ever since. Or your old towel set that you kept even after you bought some new ones. Or your third set of measuring cups. You’ll know the unnecessaries when you see them. Just because you own it now, doesn’t mean to you have to take it with you. Forget “sparking joy”—is this thing worth hauling across the country? Does it earn its keep enough to pack it, transport it, unpack it, then find a place for it in your new space? Do you have multiples of it? Is it worn out, or has it been unused for more than a year? Does it have a place in your new home/chapter? Paring down now will save you time (and space) later. And if you’re struggling to part with an object of nostalgic value, remember: You can keep the memory without keeping the object. Reap the rewards of living with less. You’re not just throwing this stuff away (...right?!). You can sell things if you need/want some extra money for the move, or simply donate them if you’re just done with them. That’s my preferred method. I also take comfort in knowing that all the items I’m donating are going to someone else who really does need and want them—it makes it easier for me to part with them, too. Out with the old… and in with the new.
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