Interstate Moving Guide

Furniture Shifting Needs To Be Planned and Executed Carefully

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Moving a home can be full of stress unless you approach the task methodically and with a lot of care. The major item required to be considered during any relocation is furniture, which may have bulky items, which are also delicate and therefore require a lot of care to be taken by furniture Melbourne removalists, if that is the city you are in.

One of the first things you need to do is to make a list of all the items that need to be moved, and at the same time examine the need for taking them to your new location. If your furniture is quite old and near the end of its useful life, you can consider disposing it off and buying new furniture for the new home. Once you have decided on what you would like to carry with you, it makes sense to take the sizes of the bulky items to make sure that you will have no problem taking them out of your present location and into your new home. In case any item is considered problematic, see if it is possible to dismantle it to make it easily transportable. A major problem comes with narrow staircases down which this furniture has to be carried. Good furniture removalists may even suggest taking such items through windows after lifting them. Cupboards are bulky items, but are easy to dismantle. Items like pianos and refrigerators may cause major problems.

Most furniture, especially chairs and tables have legs and arms which are quite vulnerable and can even get broken if they are not carefully packed and handled. Removalists will have packing blankets specially made for furniture that will cushion the items from the strain of lifting and shifting. You need to reduce the weight of furniture pieces before you transport them. Remove all upholstery and cushions and arrange to pack them separately, after marking their positions. Drawers in tables and cupboards must be removed, again marking their locations. The drawers also need to be completely emptied and the materials in them packed separately. Take care to lock cupboards, so that doors remain closed during the move. You will of course need to take care to carry the keys securely to your new home, so that you can lock your cupboards again. Cupboards must also be cleared of all material inside them, which can be packed separately. Removalists will take care to weigh bulky items so that they can make the necessary arrangements for carrying them.

Where furniture needs to dismantled prior to shifting, care must be taken to mark each part, so that reassembling is done correctly. You must also be careful to keep any bolts and nuts in the assembly carefully and ensure that these are packed along with the furniture so that they can be easily retrieved at the other end, where you have to arrange for the reassembly. Make use of labels and stickers to make this process that much easier.

A lot of care must be taken while carrying furniture out of the old home and into the new home, to see that that walls and door jambs are not damaged. Carrying down staircases can also be a trick maneuver, especially at landings. You also need to consider the damage that can be caused by furniture shifting in the vehicle when they are being transported. Removalists companies will take care to prevent this by tying down the packages, but it can do no harm to check this.

Equal care needs to be taken when you are unloading the furniture and carrying it into your new home. Make sure of where you want each piece of furniture to be kept, as this can save you any shifting or moving of furniture at a later date. Insist that all items are unpacked, examined for damage, and the packing materials taken away, so that your new home is immediately usable.