Moving

Common Mistakes To Avoid When Moving

While moving house is definately a stressful time for you and your family, you can make your life a lot easier by educating yourself on common mistakes people make when moving house. So to avoid making these mistakes yourself, we've laid them out for you.

Hiring Cheap Furniture Movers

This has got to be the most common, most frustrating mistake most people make when moving. Although relocating is expensive, one cost you simply can't afford to skimp on is hiring quality furniture movers. There are three main problems with hiring a cheap furniture mover:

1. They're usually not insured, which can spell big trouble if something goes wrong
2. Cheap movers usually don't trade as a registered company - so you won't be covered under the Consumer Guarantees Act if something goes wrong
3. Cheap movers make their money by roping you in with low quotes and adding hundreds, sometimes even thousands of dollars of extra costs at the end

So unless you want your move to turn into a nightmare, do yourself a favour and pay a little extra for a quality company that will do a good job and leave you with a smile - not a headache.

Zero Planning

We cannot stress enough the importance of careful planning when moving house. One of the most common mistakes people make is to leave everything until the last minute. That's why you should always book your furniture mover and pack as far in advance as possible. That way, you'll have more time to pack and plan.

Lying To Furniture Movers

Generally speaking, reputable furniture movers will provide you with a pretty accurate quote - unless you lie. You may think you'll save money by not telling the movers about everything you need moved, but at the end of the day it'll still take more time to move and you'll simply end up frustrated with a higher bill. Don't make this mistake. Instead, just be honest and upfront with your movers and they'll do the same. Moving is a lot easier and less stressful this way.

Careless Inventory Management

If you're planning on hiring furniture movers, one thing you'll need to do is prepapre an inventory of your household goods. Use our packing checklist. But you need to be careful. Always double-check everything. If possible have your partner or friend go over everything with you. You must make sure that everything is included.

Packing Precious Items

If you have items like laptops, computers, letters or jewellery that are extremely valuable to you, don't pack them. Instead, separate these goods from everything else and take them with you in your car when you're moving. The reality is, every furniture mover out there will break goods from time to time. It just happens. So unless you want that nightmare happening to your most precious goods, take them with you.