Moving tips in the big apple

Posted by localmovers1 on June 6th, 2014

While moving can be a stressful affair it’s always good to have some little tips that can help you when you next move. This is a guide to help our fellow Manhattan folk find some useful knowledge from the task at hand they face.

1. Pack an overnight bag with essentials you might need, to save digging through boxes once you get to your new place.
2. Items that you need first can be packed in clear plastic bins, you can get these from the container store and it makes it so much easier to see and find stuff you need.
3. Wrap breakables in clothing to save some cash on packing materials; it’s really handy to protect glassware also.
4. For extra padding pack your (clean) socks in to glasses and cups.
5. Add labels to all of your boxes so you know which room they need to go to and what’s inside them.
6. Once you move in to the new place have some cleaning supplies ready to give it a quick scrub and have a shower curtain ready to put up if you need one so you can take a nice hot shower after a day of unpacking boxes.
7. Cotton wool can be great to protect any makeup in transit, just place a ball in to the powder box to protect the glass.
8. If you have shampoo bottles and other toiletries then please make sure to tape the lids shut and pick up some big zip lock bags to seal them in incase they leak.
9. If you stack the plates like vinyl they won’t break and you can protect them in an easier fashion.
10. When moving bedroom dressers just keep you clothes in there and wrap them.
11. Stretch wrap is your friend! Use it to wrap everything from the mattress to your dressers and anything with doors that could swing open.
12. Little sandwich bags can be used to keep nuts and bolts plus screws that are loose once you start to disable anything large like a bed frame. Or TV unit.
13. If you have cables and wires that are connected to media consoles or sound systems then we suggest you take a picture before you start disconnecting everything. You can even get some white electrician tape to wrap around the cables and write where they go for easier reconnection on the other end.
14. Hampers and baskets can be used to help store blankets and other such home goods that need to be relocated.
15. Pack a closet quick by using a trash bag to bunch your garments together and box them up.
16. Anything you don’t need then donate it or put it on craigslist; your fellow friends around Manhattan who know you are moving might even want some of the stuff you are trying to get rid of.
17. Don’t break your back moving large objects if you are thinking of doing it yourself get a quote from movers Manhattan to make sure everything is getting to your new location in one piece.

We have more advice but that will be in our next moving article, we hope this helps. For more info about our service please contact us.