Moving into your new home doesn’t have to be a stressful affair. Many people turn it into a stressful occasion because they don’t go about it the right way. You’ve got a lot on your plate when moving: you have to clean your old house, pack all of your belongings and move everything to the new place.
Granted, cleaning will take a lot of time and effort. So, why don’t you focus on the other aspects of moving and make them less stressful? When it comes to packing and moving your belongings from one place to the next, here are the most viable options – complete with when they make the most sense, and which one is the least stressful.
Hire A Full-Service Removals Company
A full-service removals company is basically an all-in-one solution for your house move. Most people think that a removal company will turn up, load your items onto a truck, and then drive to your new home. They can do that, but going down the full-service route means they also help with:
- Supplying packing materials like sturdy cardboard boxes, tape, and bubble wrap
- Actually packing your belongings for you
- Disassembling and reassembling bulky items of furniture
- Putting some of your items in storage
You pretty much get them to handle every aspect of moving house for you, which frees up the time to focus on some of the more stressful and energy-demanding things – like cleaning your house from top to bottom.
Most people recommend full-service removals companies if you’ve got lots of things to transport over, and you don’t have any spare time to even pack your items. It’s easily the least stressful way to move house, though it’s also going to be the most expensive. That’s something you have to weigh up before booking the service: do you want to sacrifice your budget in favour of not having to stress out at all?
Hire A Transport-Only Removals Company
You’ll find companies like these advertised as removals companies, or sometimes they’re just man and van services. The gist is simple: you pay them to provide you with a big van or truck to help move all of your belongings from an old house to a new one. It’s like a watered-down version of a full-service removals company – and services like this will typically only provide the following:
- Loading your pre-packed items
- Delivering them to your new house
- Unloading your items in their packing boxes
They won’t supply packaging materials, nor will they help you pack for the move. It’s an interesting approach that some people love, and others hate. You’ll find it does reduce stress when moving because it tackles one of the biggest problems: getting all of your items from one place to the next. Instead of driving and filling up your car five or ten times, you get it all done in one day.
All you have to do is pack up your belongings, disassemble furniture, and so on. It won’t be the least stressful way to move home, yet some people prefer it to full-service removals. Why? Because you get peace of mind knowing that you packed all of your belongings. You can package them however you want for optimal protection – not to mention you pack each box so you’ll know where everything is.
Moreover, this option could actually be the least stressful if you don’t have many belongings to pack. Perhaps you just need a van or truck to move bulky items of furniture while packing up just one or two boxes of your own. If you don’t find the packing part stressful, then the savings you’ll generate through a transport-only service might be worth it.
Rent A Pod Storage Solution
Sometimes advertised as container storage services, a pod storage solution is a unique way to move house that some people find incredibly relaxing. The idea with this is simple:
- You rent a storage container/pod
- The company drops it off at your current house
- You fill the container up with your belongings
- They come back and transport it for you
- You unload the container at your new house
- (Optional) You keep some items in the container, and they go to a storage facility
Already, this brings up a lot of questions. Mainly, why would you choose to do this? The huge benefit this has over other choices is that it gives more time flexibility. There’s nothing worse than working towards a specific date when moving house. Everything has to be done by a certain point because that’s when your removal company is coming round to collect your belongings. Pod storage gives you a container that stays at your house for weeks or months. Therefore, you can slowly fill it up without feeling the rush – and that makes the entire moving process less stressful.
In theory, you can then go room to room when packing up your house. Pack everything from one room and then move it out of your way into the storage pod. It gives you more space to breathe – and it also means you can clean as you go. Rather than waiting until the last day when all of your items are out of the house, you can clean for weeks in advance.
Pod storage solutions also work well when you’re moving to a stop-off point. Some people get forced to move out of their homes and have to stay in a smaller apartment until they find something more suitable for long-term living. You could be there for a few months or years – but it’s not big enough for a house’s worth of belongings. Pod storage lets you keep some stuff in a self-storage facility where it will be ready to unpack when you find your long-term home.
What Is The Least Stressful Way To Move House?
Honestly, it depends on how much stuff you have and where you’re moving to. More often than not, full-service removals companies will provide the least amount of stress because they take care of everything for you. If you’re willing to stretch your budget for this service, then it gives you more time to handle everything else.
Otherwise, the other two choices certainly have their merits and will still be less stressful than doing everything yourself. That’s the key here: avoid DIY moves if you want to stop your blood pressure from going through the roof.
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Magda
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