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  Moving and Storage Solutions - Vaulted Storage - Mini-Storage Specialists
  Packing Tips Our expert crews carefully pack everything from fine china to plasma TVs.
  Estimating the Job - prepare a list of questions to ask your moving company representative
  Countdown to Moving Day
  Customer, Mover Etiquette - At Inside Moves Relocation Services we'll treat your belongings as if they were our own.
  Insurance and Valuation - There are four ways that a shipper can be covered for moving:
 
 
 
  Inside Moves Relocation and Storage - Local, Long Distance, International Industrial, Office and Senior Moves.
 

Countdown to Moving Day 

Here are some guidelines to help you organize your move.

    8 Weeks

  • Sort out the items you will be moving.
  • Dispose of items you either don't want to move or don't use any longer. 
  • Decide which discarded items will be donated and which will be sold at a garage sale.

    6 Weeks

  • Have a garage sale.
  • Start working on a floor plan of your new home to help decide the placement of the furniture. This will be extremely helpful to the moving company.

    4 Weeks

  • Interview and select movers.  Get recommendations from friends and family. Go to the California Moving and Storage Association web site to get the names of credible movers in your area.
  • Get at least three estimates. And don't assume that the least expensive estimate is the best deal. You generally get what you pay for.
  • Decide if you will pack or the movers will pack.  If you are packing use the mover’s estimate for how many boxes and what kind are needed.  Check your homeowner’s policy for moving coverage.

    2 Weeks

  • Start packing and sorting. 
  • Use right box for the job.
  • Label on the side so the movers know where the box goes. 
  • If you want to know what’s in the box, put that on top.
  • Fill out postal change of address forms and send them to the utility companies, telephone company, etc.

    1 Week

  • Set aside toys, dog food, and other important things.
  • Set up cleaning crew for new and old house.
  • Make arrangements for care of animals and children.

    2-3 Days

  • Write directions for the mover to the new house.
  • Verify the date with the mover. 
  • Round up prescriptions, checkbooks and important papers. Make certain you know where they are. Better yet, take them with you in your car on the day of the move. 
  • Make sure the access to hallways and the house in general are clear.
  • If you've asked the mover to do your packing they will usually do it the day before move. The mover will label the boxes as to where they are going and not what is in them, unless requested.  Rarely will a moving company put an inventory of contents on the side of the box. You can provide the moving company with that information, if you like. 

    Moving Day:

  • Pack bedding.
  • Have directions and floor plan for movers. 
  • Load car with personal items.