Moving home invariably means you have to spend money on such diverse but essential things, ranging from takeaway meals for your family on a moving day to the removalists transporting all your furniture from your old home to your new one.
You might be lucky and have plenty of financial resources, which means you will not be too concerned regardless of what it costs. However, not everyone is in this fortunate position, and many about to move home need to find ways to limit the costs of their home move. Ever the helpful, we have outlined below seven awesome tips that can help you save money in several ways.
Plan And Prepare Properly
This tip will not only save you money, but a lot of time, stress, and worry too. Planning your move carefully, and making all the preparations for it, will ensure that there are no additional costs you incur due to doing things at the last minute or having to put the right mistakes you make due to poor planning.
Choose Your Removalists Wisely
We must stress we are not saying that you pick the cheapest removalists. However, it pays for you to research them properly, get quotations, and select the removalists that offer the best value for money. This should also ensure that you hire reputable removalists who will be insured in the unlikely event of any of your items being broken or damaged versus an uninsured one where you have to pay for that replacement.
Choose The Optimal Time To Move For Lower Fees
If the timing of your home move is open-ended, meaning you can choose any time, then you can save significant amounts on removalists fees as a result. Avoiding the peak time of summer and opting to move on the days that removalists offer reduced fees can mean far lower moving costs.
Sell Items You Are Not Taking With You
The first point here is that the less you take with you the lower your removalist fees might be. In addition, for those items you do not wish to take, why not list them in a local newspaper, Craigslist, or eBay for sale? Every dollar you earn from this is one dollar less you have to find to fund your home move.
Shop Around For Quality Packing Materials
A caveat from the outset here is that you should not use cheap and inferior packing materials and boxes, especially if you want your belongings to arrive undamaged at your new home. However, that does not stop you from shopping around to find the best value for money regarding all your packing requirements. You could also ask your removalists if they can do a deal for them to supply you with packing materials and boxes.
Pack Your Items Yourself
While paying your removalists to pack for you is the safest option, it is not necessarily the cheapest. That would be for you and those living with you to pack. However, do so properly rather than just filling each box with random items. Also, use good packing materials to protect your items in each box.
Seek ‘New Customer’ Discounts For Utilities At Your New Home
When you move to your new home, presumably you will need water, gas, electricity, phone line and/or broadband, TV and so on. If so, use your move as an opportunity to shop around for deals that most of these companies offer to ‘new customers’. Alternatively, ask your existing utility companies for better packages than you currently have; either way, the savings will soon add up.
