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All My Sons of Austin Moving Tips

If you’re in the process of moving, you’re probably overwhelmed and don’t know where to start. People always feel anxious around these times and can’t seem to put their thoughts together. That’s why All My Sons Moving and Storage of Austin has put together this list of tips and sound advice to help you out through the moving process. And if you’re moving in and around the Austin, TX area, don’t forget to give the All my Sons of Austin movers a call. We are efficient with a solid reputation and are experts at our job. Our company is family-owned and is licensed plus insured so you have nothing to worry about. Let our family move yours, safely and without any hassles. Read on for tips.

Before you start packing, make sure that what you are about to move into your new home are items that you use and need. Don’t pack old clothes that you don’t wear anymore, or toys the kids don’t play with anymore, old tapes, old appliances that are missing parts and so on. If you find that you actually have a lot of things that you want to get rid of, then have a garage sale or donate everything to charity.

Make sure you have all the packing supplies you need. This includes boxes, tape, labels or markers to mark your boxes, newspaper, bubble wrap, garbage bags and anything else you think you might need. Make sure to pack your boxes tightly so items don’t move around while the movers load up their moving truck. You might want to use towels and sheets to help you pad some of the more delicate items like dishes or decoration pieces you have around the house. Try to get the boxes from your local grocery store or ask friends if they have any, maybe someone just recently moved. When All My Sons of Austin does moves, our Austin movers come with a few extra boxes and packing materials in case our customers ran out of them.

Another thing to thing about when moving is the transferring of all your services to the new home. You’ll have to deal with your phone company as well as cable company, plus not forget to transfer your electrical service to your new place. You’ll also have to call your local post office to let them know that you’ve moved so that your letters arrive to the correct address.

All My Sons of Austin recommends you also mark “FRAGILE’ on boxes to make sure that the movers take extra care in transferring the goods. You don’t want anything damaged, especially not things that have sentimental value.

Random Moving Tips From Austin Local Movers

All My Sons Moving and Storage of Austin has accumulated numerous moving tips along the years of performing relocations, residential moves and office moves. This article will list some of them in no specific chronological way, these tips are completely random, but will help you throughout the stresses of your next move. If you live in the Austin area, remember to book your moving day with the expert movers of All My Sons of Austin. We have countless years of experience in moving and have a great reputation not only amongst our clients but also within our industry. Just ask around!

1. Find a professional moving company that will work around your schedule and fit your moving needs. Make sure you get a fair price too.

2. Tell your moving company if their movers will have to deal with any special issue like your condo association rules, an elevator, stairs and so on. This will help them prepare accordingly for your move.

3. Ask if your moving company will take care of padding some of your furniture and appliances.

4. To save money, pack your belongings yourself.

5. If you need tools in order to disassemble some of your appliances or electronics, borrow them from a friend. Don’t go out and purchase a new toolbox, chances are you won’t have to do this again for quite some time.

6. Make sure you ask your moving company for all the upfront costs so you won’t have any surprises later.

7. If you have children, talk to them about the move. If they’re involved right from the start, they’ll feel more secure about everything. Remember, a move might mean that your kids will have to switch schools, make new friends not to mention live in a new house and new neighborhood.

8. Save all your bills that revolve around the move itself. You’ll have important contact information on there that you might need one day, plus, depending on the type of move it is, some services might be tax deductible. Check with your accountant.

9. If you’re moving far away from your old neighborhood, you might want to retrieve the family’s medical records so that you can later on transfer them to a new doctor.

10. When your packing boxes, keep in mind that you don’t want to not fill them up enough but at the same time you don’t want to over-fill them. In both situation, they just won’t hold up throughout the entire move.

11. Pack a box or two with some items that you’ll be using during the first few days after moving day. Everything will still be in boxes in different rooms around the house and you don’t want to spend an hour looking for your toothbrush or medication.

A Moving Checklist From The Austin Movers

Moving has it’s good side and bad side. Of course, the good side is all about the new place, the new house or apartment we’re going to start fresh in. The bad part to moving is all the work it involves. But, the All My Sons of Austin movers are here to help with a little moving checklist that can make the ordeal a little easier for you and your family.

The first thing the local Austin moving company suggests is that you lock in a moving date, even if you haven’t hired a moving company yet. This will allow you to know how much time you have to prepare for moving day. Mark that date into a notebook you’ll be using to track all of your notes surrounding the move. This will include contact information and phone numbers, appointments, ideas, delivery dates for furniture and things you’ll be buying new for your place.

Next, start getting rid of extra baggage. De-clutter and throw out the stuff you won’t be using in the future and also things you haven’t been using in the past.

Hire your movers. If you live in the Austin area including Salado, New Braunfels, Waco, Temple, Seguin or Lampasas, the local Austin moving company, All My Sons of Austin can do the residential move for you. We’re licensed and insured and have countless years of moving experience. Your belongings will be safe in our hands. Just call us and let us know your moving date and leave the rest f the heavy-duty work for us.

Then, start packing. Begin with the rooms and items you use the less and work your way up to the things you use most. You can start packing even before you found your movers, especially if you have a big house or multiple floors. Make sure to have all the packing supplies you need including boxes, newsprint, bubble wrap, tape and so on.

Don’t forget to contact your kids’ schools and make sure to transfer records. Take care of transferring medical records too and wrap up any loose ends like returning movies to your local video stores, returning library stores, picking up dry cleaning and so on.

If you tackle moving on a step by step basis, the Austin movers promise you won’t feel overwhelmed. So work your way up through every step, just like when you’re packing room by room.