What to pack first when moving? That's what I'm talking about today so let's
get started!
Hi everyone I'm Holly Brainard and I'm a REALTOR with Daniel Gale Sotheby's
International Realty right here in Stony Brook, New York. You're moving! Great!
Now you have to pack. The most important task to accomplish is also one
of the most dreaded. If you're like me, you get overwhelmed when you think
about what do I pack first? So the logic we're going to follow is to start with the
least frequently used rooms and go all the way to the most heavily trafficked areas.
If it's going to be several weeks before you actually move, well you don't want to
pack up the heavy traffic rooms right away because then you're going to be
bobbing and weaving between boxes for quite a while.
So the first area you're going to attack is the garage, the attic or the basement.
All of these areas tend to store a lot of odds and ends and they're going to take
quite a bit of time to pack. Make sure of course that you purge whatever you don't
need to bring. Two - unoccupied rooms like guests rooms. These are so
easy to pack because usually they don't have a lot of stuff in it and will make you
feel very much accomplished. Once a spare room has been packed up, you can
then use the rest of that space to store other boxes as you go.
The kitchen is your third room. That one tends to be pretty tough because you've
got odd shaped items that don't fit in the boxes easily or effectively. So this one
you need to really go at methodically. But this is when things really start to disrupt
your daily use of the house. The 4th room is your living room. That's probably the
room you spend most of your time in but to leave this to the last minute? Not
advisable. Games, puzzles and books - you want to make sure you attack this
room next. Coming down the homestretch now with room number 5
which will be the bedrooms. You're definitely going to be tired so you want to
approach this room as one the last rooms. Thankfully things like
comforters and pillows can get packed up and pulled the day that you're
moving. Finally the very last rooms that you should pack - the bathrooms!
This is a room you absolutely need access to every single day right up to the
day of moving so you're not going to pack
the bathroom until the night before, if not the morning of your move.
At the local liquor stores at night will put outside of their doors all of
the unused or no longer needed liquor bottle boxes. These things are fantastic
for packing up kitchen dishes and glasses and that type of thing. They usually come
with tops or you can close them securely and they've got built-in handles. So I
definitely recommend you try to find as many free boxes as possible!
A side tip about ... I can't speak... a side tip about boxes for you ... when I
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