It won’t come as a huge surprise that you will have a lot to do on moving day. But through packing these essential home moving accessories, you can also have a relatively stress-free day too! Make a moving kit with all the essentials you and your family will need for the first few days of living in your new home. Use Two Men and A Truck’s list of essential accessories for the move to ensure you’re ready for your moving day!
Some of the things you will need include:
Tools
- Rip hammer: Needed to cleanly remove nails from walls and hang picture frames and shelves.
- Nail Hole Filler: Help out your buyers by filling in nail holes when taking down wall decorations.
- Multi-Bit Cordless Drill: Perfect for quickly disassembling furniture.
- Plastic sandwich bags: Ideal for keeping up with small, essential accessories (such as nails, screws and brackets). Use a marker pen to write the name of the item the accessories go with on the outside of the bag.
- Utility Knife: This tool makes it easy to cut open taped up boxes. You’ll never get frustrated again trying to rip through packing tape.
- Tape Measure: Don’t waste time moving your furniture around the room until it fits just right. Before moving it off to the truck, measure your furniture to make sure it will fit where you plan to place it.
- Level: Keep a level handy to make sure you get it right the first time when hanging pictures in your new home.
- Torches: With new batteries
Money
You will need money in various forms on moving day including:
- Sufficient cash
- Credit cards
- Chequebook
- Don’t forget identification cards too!
Toiletries
- Soap
- Wash cloths
- Toothbrush/Toothpaste
Household Items
- Cleaning supplies – to ensure your new home is fit to hold your belongings
- Light bulbs: You don’t want to be sitting in the dark on your first night in your new home.
- Basic cooking utensils
- Can opener
- Paper plates
- Paper towels
- Plastic cutlery
- Disposable cups
Food
- Snacks
- Bottled Water
- Cool box filled with drinks, fruit, sandwiches and soft drinks
Other
- Toys and games to keep the kids occupied
- Pet food and dishes
- Mobile phone charger
- Emergency and/or important phone numbers (including the builder, lender and moving company)
- New House Keys!
With a little bit of planning, you can make sure you’re moving day is relatively stress-free. When the big day comes, you’ll be happy you made the effort.