HOW BIG IS YOUR LOAD AND WHAT ARE YOU TAKING?

Written by Peter Driscoll


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An inventory achieves three important things. Firstly it allowsrepparttar removal company to know exactly what is to be taken (especially if you noterepparttar 101674 size of each item). Remember here to include such items as Pianos (that may need three men to move them), Snooker tables and items such as Sit on Lawn Mowers and other fragile, bulky, heavy or strange objects. (We have had to get quotes for Boats, cars, and 48 Fragile Garden Gnomes who were going to Spain). Secondly inrepparttar 101675 event of an insurance claim you can PROVE thatrepparttar 101676 removal company hadrepparttar 101677 items concerned! Thirdly it helps you on unpacking to see where each numbered box should go inrepparttar 101678 new house. Using a simple spread sheet will make this even easier, and of course you can then userepparttar 101679 same sheet to when sorting out your home contents insurance. The inventory itself should be detailed, but not to extremes, one of our customers diligently reported 487 pieces of “Leggo”! Mind you as an exercise in keeping “Little Tommy” amused, it must rank as one ofrepparttar 101680 best “keep them quiet” ploys yet)!!!

The inventory also allows you to re-assess just what you don’t need to take with you. There is after all very little point in transferring from one attic store, boxes of items that have not seenrepparttar 101681 light of day in years, to sit in another attic store. Now isrepparttar 101682 time to have that clear out that you always wanted. One of our client’s loads constantly changed from an initial 34m3 to 26m3 and then back to 32m3 and was eventually finalised at 28m3. The reason was Mr “X” was finally persuaded to abandon most ofrepparttar 101683 “Home Gym” that had been purchased in 1996 and never used!

It is however, not only load andrepparttar 101684 distance that can affect your quote. Please remember to let any remover know of any problems at either end that could affect delivery or pick up. If you are moving to or from a flat PLEASE indicate how many flights of stairs have to be negotiated. I recently had a call from a very irate (and out of breath) remover complaining that althoughrepparttar 101685 flat was a first floor one,repparttar 101686 client had “forgotten” to say that there were six flights of stairs to get torepparttar 101687 first floor!!! You guessed it,repparttar 101688 price went up andrepparttar 101689 last thing any one wants is a debate about prices onrepparttar 101690 day ofrepparttar 101691 move. Please also consider things such as narrow roads (or even “no roads”) at either end. Some large lorries do not act like 4X4s!! It is also as well to check if there any overhanging trees that could prevent lorries passing underneath, although there is one company that we use, that always carries a chain saw with them…just in case!



Peter Driscoll of European Transport Brokers (www.etbrokers-removals.com) has moved many times in his life and has many tips to offer on how to make the move go smoothly


MOVING: REMOVAL DAY

Written by Peter Driscoll


Continued from page 1

An inventory achieves three important things. Firstly it allowsrepparttar removal company to know exactly what is to be taken (especially if you noterepparttar 101673 size of each item). Remember here to include such items as Pianos (that may need three men to move them), Snooker tables and items such as Sit on Lawn Mowers and other fragile, bulky, heavy or strange objects. (We have had to get quotes for Boats, cars, and 48 Fragile Garden Gmomes who were going to Spain). Secondly inrepparttar 101674 event of an insurance claim you can PROVE thatrepparttar 101675 removal company hadrepparttar 101676 items concerned! Thirdly it helps you on unpacking to see where each numbered box should go inrepparttar 101677 new house. Using a simple spread sheet will make this even easier, and of course you can then userepparttar 101678 same sheet to when sorting out your home contents insurance. The inventory itself should be detailed, but not to extremes, one of our customers diligently reported 247 pieces of 'Leggo'!!!

The inventory also allows you to re-assess just what you don't need to take with you. There is after all very little point in transferring from one attic store, boxes of items that have not seenrepparttar 101679 light of day in years to sit in another attic store. Now isrepparttar 101680 time to have that clear out that you always wanted. One client's load constantly changed from an initial 34m3 to 26m3 and then back to 32m3 and was eventually finalised at 28m3. The reason was Mr 'X' was finally persuaded to abandon most ofrepparttar 101681 'Home Gym' that had been purchased in 1996 and never used!

It is however not only load andrepparttar 101682 distance that can affect your quote. Please remember to let any remover know of any problems at either end that could affect delivery or pick up. If you are moving to or from a Flat PLEASE indicate how many flights of stairs have to be negotiated. I recently had a call from an irate remover complaining that althoughrepparttar 101683 flat was a first floor one,repparttar 101684 client had 'forgotten' to say that there were six flights of stairs to get torepparttar 101685 first floor!!! You guessed it,repparttar 101686 price went up andrepparttar 101687 last thing any one wants is a debate about prices onrepparttar 101688 day ofrepparttar 101689 move. Please also consider things such as narrow roads (or even 'no roads') at either end. Some large lorries do not act like 4X4s!! It is also as well to check if there any overhanging trees that could prevent lorries passing underneath, although there is one company that we use that always carries a chain saw with them' just in case!

Peter Driscoll of European Transport Brokers (www.etbrokers-removals.com) has moved many times in his life and has many tips to offer on how to make the move go smoothly


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