Wizard Ways to Avoid Home-Moving Nightmares

The home of your dreams is within reach, and you lie awake at night visualising your perfect new home.

It is a cloudless sunny day, the children are happily out playing in the glorious sunshine, a steaming mug fills the kitchen with the aroma of freshly ground coffee, and the perfume of jasmine wafting in from the garden fills the air.

All is perfect in the world.

But lurking in the shadows are dark and hidden forces at work that separate you from that idyllic dream.

Moving Day Horror Stories, created by Nightmare Removal Companies and their co-author, Lack of Preparation.

The mere mention of the words is enough to instill fear and invoke trembling limbs in the most hardy of folks.

So, as your Halloween home move quickly approaches, you will need all the forces of good on your side to ensure a stress-free home move.

Read on to learn all you need to know to battle the dark forces of moving home.

How to Move Home Without Nightmares

Why is moving home a nightmare?

Because like any fear, the unknown, the uncertainty, preys on our minds.

Like walking down a dark alleyway at night, we know dangers lurk, but we cannot see them, and if they did show themselves, would we know how to deal with them?

So, in true Harry Potter style, we have the book of wizardry to dispel those moving nightmares.

We give you the magic spells to avoid moving mistakes, which can quickly turn any home move into a nightmare home move.

Prepare to battle the top 5 home-moving monsters and banish them to the underworld forever.

You may also like to read: Dido the Dragon Moves Home. A book for young children to help them understand the changes that are happening during the home move. It is also packed with useful tips for parents to help their kids adjust to all the changes in a fun and educational way.

Demon No. 1 – Dysorganysedkaos

Being disorganized when moving home will cause nightmares well into the future.

Start your relocation magic by creating a home moving timeline and planner.

Mapping out all you need to accomplish and by when will ensure nothing is missed.

Your home moving checklist and calendar is your book of moving spells that will guide and protect you during the entire home moving journey.

You won’t need extrasensory perception when you have a Moving Timeline and Planner.

The next spell-binding ingredient is the most vital to seeing off disorganised chaos.

Declutter your home.

Be sure not to miss out on this ingredient for a successful home move; it cannot be overemphasised how important this is.

Clear out anything that does not need to be rehomed. The more ruthless you are, the cheaper and easier your home move will be.

White magic? Almost. Your guide on how to declutter your home is invaluable reading.

Be sure to chant the words, I must not forget my change of address checklist.

Not only will this safeguard you from identity theft, but it will ensure that everybody who needs to know, such as insurance companies and utility companies, is informed.

Demon No. 2 – Duinaselfmove

Not hiring a professional removal company will come back to haunt you.

Common home-moving nightmares often start when people try to move home themselves.

From trying to pack everything, to moving heavy and large furniture, to trying to reverse a large van for the first time, there are many reasons not to attempt a self-move.

And don’t underestimate the time and effort required to pack all your belongings.

A professional packing service will take half the time it will take you to pack your things, you will not have to live amongst packed boxes and packing materials for weeks on end, and they will have all the skills necessary to ensure your goods arrive at your new home intact.

Above all else, your safety is a major factor in deciding not to do a self-move.

Moving heavy and large furniture, carrying boxes up and down flights of stairs, and trying to maneuver furniture through tight spaces can be especially risky.

Hiring the services of a removal company is easy, but hiring a good removal company takes some research.

Removal company nightmares are not a myth, but they can be avoided.

In the first instance, you should seek to get a number of different quotes for your home move.

This will allow you to gauge the approximate cost of your home move.

Not only that, but you will know that the removal firms who supply those initial quotes will have been pre-vetted for you, they will be a legitimate company registered at Companies House, and will have a great reputation.

Invite those companies that have quoted you to come and do an in-home survey so that you have the opportunity to get a more accurate price quote, you can discuss your home move in more detail with the surveyor, and you can find out lots of useful information about the removal company.

The removal company will also want to use this opportunity to make a moving day plan for you and assess things like access issues or packing needs.

The next step is to thoroughly research the reputation of those companies so that you do not fall foul of any moving day scams. Use reviews, investigations, and word-of-mouth recommendations to choose your removal company wisely.

Knowing How to Pick a Good Removal Company is not alchemy; it just seems like it.

Demon No. 3 – Pakinmyztakes

Packing mistakes spell disaster.

Take a look around your home; it is amazing how many items we accumulate.

Now consider how you are going to pack those precious items, the amount of packing materials you will need, and the time it is going to take to pack everything safely.

The mere thought can certainly cause nightmares.

Rule number one when packing is don’t underestimate the amount of time it will take.

You should plan to have the packing done so that you are not rushing around packing on moving day.

Some things, such as valuable collections of antiques or collectibles, you may wish to pack yourself, and indeed, some removal companies may not be able to move such items due to insurance restrictions.

In witch case, you will need to know how to pack fragile items and collectibles, especially.

Know which packing materials are best suited for the items you want to pack, and make sure you have enough packing supplies before starting.

Not only is it time-consuming to have to keep getting boxes, but it can be more expensive in the long run.

Not using all the magic spaces available to you will increase your packing costs.

Utilise suitcases, bags, and drawers; in fact, if an item can hold another, use it.

Just as rune stones are supposed to predict the future, so labeling your moving boxes properly will definitely help in the future when relocating your moving boxes and finding your items easily.

Take the time to perform this piece of moving magic, not only will it help you identify which boxes go into which room in your new home, but also help if you need to locate a specific item and have not unpacked everything, as well as identifying if you have misplaced a box somewhere.

Read the full-length spell in Everything You Need to Know About Packing for a Home Move to see off packing mistakes and avoid packing nightmares.

Demon No. 4 – Didnamezure

Tape measures are your home-moving wand.

The effort and expense of moving things only to discover that they will not fit through the door, or there is not enough space for them in your new home, is not a hex; it is just that you did not take the time to measure the items or create a floor plan.

Measuring your furniture, doorways, elevator, and hallways is not a black art.

Learn a few simple techniques to measure your furniture and home in this wizard guide to preparing a floor plan.

Demon No. 5 – Waznotinsuredenuff

Proper home moving insurance will work magic if the worst happens.

One often overlooked effect of doing a self-move is that many insurance companies will not insure you for loss or damage if you have packed the items yourself, so be sure to check your insurance policy carefully.

Even dragon slayers make mistakes.

Whether moving yourself or hiring a professional removal team, you will not be immune to accidents happening.

A lack of proper insurance often turns bad moving stories into horrible moving stories.

Consider all the things that could go wrong on moving day and the costs that these could incur if you are not adequately insured. What a nightmare!

• Damage to the home you are moving out of or into, furniture being scratched or broken due to mishandling, inadequate packing, or just sheer bad luck.
• Dents or scratches caused to your self-drive removal van.
• Delays getting the keys to your new home, or worse of all, your move being cancelled at the last minute.

Protect your home move with adequate insurance; many people underestimate the amount of insurance they need to replace or repair household items.

Unfortunately, most of us muggles don’t have tarot cards to help predict the future; the best we can do is plan for the worst and hope for the best.

Do you need home moving insurance? To help you sleep soundly at night, yes.

Luckily, we have just the right spells to guide you through the maze of home-moving insurance policies in Home Moving Insurance – Do I Need it?

Although removal trade associations and bodies exist in the UK to help you resolve claims against a removal company, not all removal companies belong to such organisations.

If this is a particular concern to you, be sure to check if the removal company you are considering hiring is a member of a trade association.

By now, you will have realised that you certainly won’t need a sixth sense when it comes to moving home if you follow our tips and guides to a stress-free home move.

So be assured that there is nothing to fear when moving home if you take the time to plan each step of the way, and thoroughly research the removal company you intend to hire.

One final magic spell you might like to read is What is the Fear of Moving Home and How to Overcome it, as they say, there is nothing to fear but fear itself.

We hope the ley lines from your old to your new home spell happy times ahead.

Have a happy Halloween home move!