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Though moving home at any time has the potential to become a highly stressful process, it can be particularly so if you have to move right before Christmas. On the whole, it may be worth putting off your move until after the festive period. However, sometimes it simply cannot be done. If that should be the case, you’ll need to know how to prepare, thereby ensuring your move is a triumph. Here, we’ll be showing you how to do just that.

Plan Well Ahead

The key to success is preparation. Plan early on every facet of your move, down to even the smallest detail. A comprehensive plan and preparing every facet of your move from the get go will save you immense amounts of time and money. With that said, the rest of the article includes a number of things you should plan for. Moreover, some of our previous articles, including our article 5 Handy Tips for Moving House, show you the kind of things you should be planning for and doing.

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We all know that moving home is a stressful experience, but there are a whole host of things you can do to make the move a little easier. For instance, you could take time out to properly research your removals company to ensure you use the best one in your region. Alternatively, you could employ an expert packing service to free up time to concentrate or more important matters concerning your move.

Here, however, we’ll be detailing just one in particular: how using self storage can benefit you during your move, whether domestic or commercial. Read on to find out more and about the attentive self storage services on offer here at Wardle & Keach International.

Increase Your Chances of a Sale

If you’re struggling to sell your property prior to your move, your furniture could be to blame. Rooms that are full of furniture and other possessions appear crowded and cramped. Your property might look far larger if it has less of your belongings in it during a viewing, which is where self storage comes in.

Before you start taking viewings, you could move out some of your bulkier items and put them into storage. Your property will look bigger than it is and you’ll increase your chances of a sale. Furthermore, moving day will have just got a whole lot easier, too!

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Whether you’re planning a long distance or complicated move, you’re hoping to downsize, or you want to protect your prized furniture during a home renovation, storing your furniture in a dedicated storage facility is an effective and secure solution. But how do you protect and prepare your furniture for storage? In this, the first article of the new year, we’ll be answering exactly that.

A Thorough Clean

Before you do anything else, you need to give your furniture a thorough clean. Dust your furniture to protect it while it’s in storage, but also give it a comprehensive check to ensure there’s nothing like pieces of food trapped in its crevices – if a bit of food goes mouldy while the furniture is in storage, it could irrevocably damage your furniture!

Disassemble Your Furniture

Storage is usually priced by how much space you use, so it makes sense to disassemble your furniture before storing it to effectively utilise your storage space. This has the added benefit of making it easier to transport, too. Any screws and bolts and the like should be collected in a bag and taped to the furniture for safekeeping.

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