Are you moving to a new house soon? It has both physical and mental effects, only that everyone experiences it at different levels. The reason for house change could be related to your job, marriage, personal interest, family reason, or it could be anything!
Moving to New Home? Here are 11 Tips for Better Planning
What are the practical tips that you can apply to make the moving house easy? That’s exactly what we are going to discuss here!
1. Inspect the New Area
Once you have finalized the place, you can go around and check the place for a month and more. This will help in adjusting with the place more easily and you can feel more at home with the new surroundings and town. With the help of new construction, you could better understand the city roads and plan transportation too for your work or kid’s school.
When I say ‘area inspection’, this is not just about the living space.
It includes the environment, surroundings, neighbors, play area, and much more. You could take your kids around too, and let them know about the relocation.
2. Manage the Kids around you
This is important, and we are talking about kids. If you have kids who are moving out with you, it would be better to take them along and show them the new place. You can take them to local parks, new schools, and stroll around the new location with your kids.
When you have kids with you, it would be suitable to shift before the beginning of the new term. Just a tip so that things are easier for your kid, and they find quality time with the settling.
3. Discuss with people
Talk to the owner of the place you are going to rent or buy. Ask him/her about the place, note the key places like hospital, dentist’s place, market, dairy shop, and others. Communicate with the near people about the place- the good and bad, while you can also keep a check of the takeaway food parcels (in case you need it after all the shifting).
4. Start the packing work at the earliest
If you are going to relocate from one place to another, then it’s important to start the packing process as early as possible. It’s the key secret to organized shifting, and also helps you get enough time with managing all the other important works. Why should you start with this? You guessed it right! Packing takes a long time, and it’s always better to clean up things early.
5. Getting your pet ready!
Yes, this one’s another important work of all. While you change to a new home, this could make your pet clueless and disturbed about this sudden change. Give some time to your pet, take them around the new place, and let them adjust to the new place for you.
Give a company and support to your pet during the shifting process. This will calm them and make them adjust to the new place more smoothly.
Things to check after moving into your new house!
Once you have moved into your new home, these are the following things you need to work upon:
6. Check all the in-house utility condition and working
Although you have checked everything well in advance, do check the basic utilities like the electricity and water supply (the very basic ones). Find the water and the electricity meters and note the readings of both. You can keep a check on it, and note the readings after an interval, just to be double sure from your end.
Also, don’t forget to get the new house contacts for electricity and water readings. Other utilities like the TV, Internet cable, etc. could wait for some time until the basic things are set.
7. Start the unpacking of the ‘open first’ boxes
Once you have checked yours and your family’s safety, let’s get into the next step. Now it’s time to start the unpacking. The box with the ‘open first’ label is where you got to get started. This is the box with all the important things that you need to immediately use after moving.
By packing this ‘open first’ box, you can get started with the basic works like cooking, medication, bedding, clothes, etc. This will also help in case there is a delay in the delivery of the other boxes.
8. Arrange the large furniture in the house
Time to arrange the largest piece of furniture that you disassembled for the transferring. It should probably be a bed if there is no sleeping set up in your new house or your personal favorite furniture that you cannot go without!
9. Install the electrical appliances
It’s time to set up the fridge, TV set, cooking stove, washing machine, and all other key systems that run on either electricity or gas. I know you have taken a lot of effort with shifting and moving systems from your old home to a new one – and now it’s time to utilize them in the right, meaningful manner.
10. Double-check the safety of the new house in and out!
Make sure you have done a double security check for all the power connections at your new home. This is where you can get the new keys and locks prepared for your house. You can also inspect the quality of the doors and windows of all rooms, whether they are close up properly or not. In short, do a security check-in all the possible ways once you are set to live in!
11. Throw a house-warming party for your friends
And finally, it’s time to relax and enjoy some time with your near and dear ones. Invite your friends or family for dinner, dance with them, and enjoy yourself! After all, you deserve a party after all the stress and work!
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