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Coping
It's a dirty job
Move countdown
1. Introduction
2. A date is set
3. 5 weeks before M-day
4. 4 weeks before M-day
5. 3 weeks before M-day
6. 2 weeks before M-day
7. 1 week before M-day
8. 3 days before M-day
9. The day before M-day
On the day
Plan your move
Removal services
Storage services
Move countdown
4 weeks before M-day
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By this time, you should be ready to start gearing up for your move. There are probably a lot of tasks ahead of you that are pretty daunting. Putting them off will only heap more pressure on you as Move day draws nearer, so try to get as many of the major tasks out of the way as early as possible.
If your loft has been accumulating possessions ever since you
moved into your current home, then it is probably not a bad place
to start. Select a room in the house and get everything down.
Unless you have a converted loft, this will be much easier than
rooting around with a torch in all that fibreglass. Go through
everything, disposing of anything you don't need or want. Anything
that isn't an heirloom and has been up there for some time may
well never get used again anyway. When you have finished, box
everything up, label it and either leave it out or stow it away
back in the loft.
Do exactly the dame for the cellar as for the loft.
Choose a nice day if you can, and sort out all the stuff that
is stored away in either of these two places. Why not have one
side of the garage for 'keep' and one side for chuck. You will
probably find that the chuck side quickly grows. You may then
wish that you had done this ages ago. Keep screws and nails separate
and start a box for useful bits and pieces. Keep all your garden
tools together. Throw away anything that you do not need. You
may need to do a tip run or visit a charity shop at this stage.
Cut the lawns really short so that you can get away with not doing
them again. Drain any fuel from garden equipment such as lawnmowers,
clean your BBQ, and ensure all outdoor equipment is clean enough
to transport. Make sure you know which plants you are taking from
the garden and make sure you have proper tubs to transport them
in. Ask at your local garden centre if you don't have any. Remember
to keep hold of some canes to help your plants get through the
move. Dismantle any children's garden play equipment such as swings
or climbing frames and keep all the nuts and bolts together in
a bank bag or jar.
Start going through the house room by room to get rid of anything
you aren't taking. Be savagely ruthless unless you're moving to
a much bigger place. This should include going through all the
cupboards (including under the stairs), emptying them out, cleaning
them and throwing away anything that is not going with you. Replace
everything afterwards, but consider rearranging the contents to
make it easier to pack them when the time comes.
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