Step 27 to Buying a Home: Moving Day!

If you did your homework in Step 26 To Buying A Home, then it should be a breeze.

But if you get so excited and forgot all the steps, here’s a recap:

Schedule a cleaning crew or clean everything in your new house a day or two before your scheduled move. The sellers are only responsible for broom-swept condition. Since movers will be in and out of the new house and they were also pressed for time, we can’t expect them to wear booties as they move. Be prepared to clean it yourself right after they move out. If you don’t see any garbage in the house, then consider yourself lucky.

The night of the move, prepare some snacks that are easy to transport for the kids and people helping. Have some water ready and some food that doesn’t need a lot of preparation. Put these items in a cooler and put it in your car so it’s accessible. If you have someone watching your kids, have them moved last or bring them colouring books and anything that will distract them from the move.

After you have made a layout of the rooms, label all the boxes with the rooms where they are going to and put names of the locations where the boxes are going (it should match your layout) or probably colour-code it for easy transport then it’s time to move everything into the moving truck.

Have some helper that will oversee the move and delegate to people. If you hire a mover, there will be 2-3 men including the driver that will be part of the movers. Time is money so have a helper watching over your stuff while you and another helper moves the stuff out of your house while waiting for the movers so once they’re there, the move starts right away. If you have little children, arrange someone to take care of them, bring them to a daycare or have someone watch over them as you move the stuff.

Put all heavy things in smaller boxes so it’s easy to carry. Move all small boxes first in to the truck so it will also come out last.
Move the furniture, beds last and transport it directly to the designated rooms.
Put all your clothes that are in hangers in a big transparent bag and haul it to your car and straight into the closets.
Put things you need right away in a transparent bin so you can easily access them and store them in the trunk of your car – paper towel, toilet paper, soap, bucket, towels, etc).
Order some pizzas 30 – 45 mins before the move is over and have it delivered to your place. This is not the time to cook.
If you brought champagne and booze, then you can celebrate right after!

Hurray! You made it!